Sharks owner Hasso Plattner had \u201csome things to say\u201d before his team began the 2025-26 season, sharing his thoughts during a 25-minute conversation with local media, according to Curtis Pashelka of the San Jose MERCURY NEWS. With \u201can eye on taking a step forward after years of being at or near the bottom\u201d of the NHL standings, Plattner \u201ctouched on several topics\u201d with reporters. <\/p>\n
On fan support: \u201cI hope that the fans support me a little bit and come to the arena and sit outside or watch on television so that we are sold out again. Financially, it\u2019s not a problem. It\u2019s a problem of self-motivation. … Tuesday\u2019s and Thursdays are tough. … We have to do something … We have to play good hockey, and people will (want) to come … I have a big television screen at home. It\u2019s actually better than live with the cameraman zooming in and the repeats, but I definitely will come more if there\u2019s excitement.\u201d Regarding speaking to Sharks GM Mike Grier about the team: \u201cMike, once or twice a week, depending on how urgent it is. Big things, he will always come to me, but not with every decision.\u201dOn why he does not do more interviews: \u201cIt was not so much to talk about. That\u2019s the only reason. … And this is just one of my many investments, which is not going so well. Actually, financially, it\u2019s going extremely well.\u201d On if there was a possibility of relocation had the City not invested in the building: \u201cWith the new (mayoral) administration, the outgoing administration, they were not so engaged anymore. But the new administration saw that we are an asset and … It was a mutual agreement\u201d (San Jose MERCURY NEWS, 10\/10<\/a>). <\/p>\n BREAKING THE SILENCE: In San Jose, Sheng Peng wrote when the Sharks owner spoke with local media, he was \u201ccandid and hilarious.\u201d Whether you agree with him or not, \u201cPlattner loves his team\u201d (San Jose HOCKEY NOW, 10\/9<\/a>). THE ATHLETIC\u2019s Eric Stephens wrote Plattner \u201cdoesn\u2019t talk often,\u201d as it had been \u201cnearly a decade\u201d since he met with the media. Plattner\u2019s \u201cexpansive\u201d and, at times, \u201cpointed and critical comments\u201d Thursday felt like an \u201coutpouring of things that he had bottled up.\u201d Regarding former Dir of Scouting Doug Wilson Jr., Plattner said, \u201cHe was totally over his pay grade, and that was another mistake I probably made. I didn\u2019t see that.\u201d Stephens wrote the Sharks owner is \u201clike much of the Sharks fan base that is excited for the future, even if there are probably\u201d losses to come in \u201cthe short term.\u201d The owner is also \u201cgetting tired of losing\u201d (THE ATHLETIC, 10\/11<\/a>).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Sharks owner Hasso Plattner had \u201csome things to say\u201d before his team began the 2025-26 season, sharing his…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1716,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[401,2500,404,88,90,89],"class_list":{"0":"post-1715","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-san-jose","8":"tag-hockey","9":"tag-leadership","10":"tag-nhl","11":"tag-san-jose","12":"tag-san-jose-headlines","13":"tag-san-jose-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1715","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1715"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1715\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1716"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1715"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1715"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1715"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}