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Sharks ownership examining all businesses during search for new president
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Sharks ownership examining all businesses during search for new president

Published Oct. 18, 2010 10:10 a.m. ET

Before selecting a successor to Greg Jamison as CEO and president of the Sharks, the team's ownership group is taking a closer look at all of Silicon Valley Sports and Entertainment's different business interests.

Jamison announced Sept. 1 that he was stepping down from his top spot in the organizational hierarchy in one month, though he would remain in a lesser role. No timetable was given for finding his replacement.

"What I think they're doing right now is getting a little more involved with the organization to kind of assess where we are, where we want to go," said Malcolm Bordelon, the team's executive vice-president of business operation.

The process, he added, includes an examination of all of SVSE's diverse business interests, from the merchandising of corporate sportswear to the operation of three community ice rinks in the Bay Area.

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"I think they're kind of just reviewing the business as a whole and then shape what they want it to be after that review process," Bordelon said. "And that may help determine the kind of person they want to have in that role."

Jamison had served as the lone spokesman for the ownership group since its inception in 2002. Once he decided to step aside, questions have been referred to Bordelon, a leading candidate to succeed Jamison if the owners decide to promote from within the organization.

Jamison will continue to represent the Sharks on the NHL's board of governors and 10-member executive committee.

It's only three games, but Sharks defenseman Dan Boyle is averaging 27:32 of ice time, third highest in the NHL. That's about 80 seconds more per game than last season, when he finished fourth in the league.

Boyle says he wants all the time he can get, and coach Todd McLellan looks at it similarly.

"He's going to play and play and play," said McLellan, who wouldn't put a ceiling on Boyle's ice time. "That's what happens with star players."

Boyle was a minus-2 in Saturday night's 4-2 loss to the Atlanta Thrashers, and it was his error late in the game that led to visiting team's insurance goal. But fatigue, he said, was definitely not a factor.

"I had nightmares about it last night," Boyle said Sunday. "It was a very poor decision and a poor play. That's not something I normally do, but it has nothing to do with playing the 27th minute."

Players reported for practice Sunday, then found out that wouldn't involve getting out on the ice for most of them.

"I didn't like the way we skated last night, but we have to figure out as a team, have we over-skated the past six or seven days because of practices or have we under-skated?" McLellan said.

"Sometimes when you practice as much as you do," he added, "you forget that they're on the ice for the full hour and 15-20 minutes skating versus eight to 22 minutes in a game."

Two injured Sharks, Jamal Mayers and Derek Joslin, did skate Sunday. McLellan said Mayers, who hurt his arm in a Sept. 28 exhibition game, is getting close to returning to the lineup. That isn't the case with Joslin, who required surgery to repair an injured thumb.

For more on the Sharks, see David Pollak's Working the Corners blog at blogs.mercurynews.com/sharks . Contact him at dpollak@mercurynews.com or 408-920-5940.

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