Todd McLellan on the high expectations surrounding the Sharks "The two years in between, we got to the final four and Chicago went on to win the Cup and Vancouver was eliminated in Game 7 of the Cup Final. We lost to both of those teams. Mike Babcock always says if you get to the final four you've done something, you've pushed your horses enough so they ran for you and something either went right or wrong. "I can't blanket my four years here with one statement." When the NHL returns, can you say with any certainty that the Sharks are still legitimate Stanley Cup contenders with the personnel you'll have coming back to San Jose? "I think we have to come to the rink and prove to ourselves that we are first. "I'd like to think we are. I believe we can be. But we're at a point where we need to look each other in the eye coming back from the lockout -- and we're going to have to decide if we are going to be a Cup contender. With the personnel and the type of game we want to play, I think we can be, but collectively we need to make that decision and make it quickly."