Cool. Rad. Amazing. Magnificent. Impressive. Glorious. AWESOME! Yep, that's the word.

If Sharks weren't awesome then there wouldn't be an entire week dedicated to their awesomeness, right? Right.

Even though you may have learned a lot about Sharks this past week on TV there are a few key facts we think they left out. So we decided to rank some of the top findings about Sharks you may not have known.

Well, it's happened. At this year's NHL draft, most of the players drafted will have been born in the year 2000. That's right, players who will play in the NHL next season were born in the new millennium. 

In honor of this "wow I feel old" fact, here are some of the major pop culture happenings that occurred at the turn of the millennium, right when many of these prospects were born. 

8. 28 NHL teams

That's right, just 28 teams. The Minnesota Wild, Columbus Blue Jackets, and Vegas Golden Knights had yet to take the ice when the year 2000 began. How weird is it to think about a time where there isn't 31 teams in the league?

It might be hard to believe, but sometimes players forget the score of the game. Even in the final few seconds of a close, incredibly important game. Crazy, right? 

In honor of this completely hypothetical situation that certainly did not happen last night, we decided to celebrate the ten times this season the Sharks definitely knew that the game was tied (or needed to be tied up) late in the game. 

10. Labanc scores in overtime

Video: VAN@SJS: Labanc one-times game-winner in overtime

Sharks are awesome. That is an indisputable fact of life. On the other hand, knights are a remnant of an outdated mode of society often romanticized for no real reason.

So in honor of the second round matchup with the Vegas Golden Knights, we've decided to take a look at some of the most famous knights in pop culture and explain why they are actually bad. 

T8. Dark Knight (aka Batman)

First of all, Batman doesn't have any superpowers outside of a ton of money, so not sure how he's considered a superhero (before there are any arguments, Tony Stark/Iron Man also falls under this). Second, Christopher Nolan's Dark Knight trilogy - while a great deconstruction of the superhero genre to make it realistic - has all but ruined the DC cinematic universe. Not every superhero needs to be dark and broody and murder-y, you know. 

So. Here you are, six days after the Sharks wrapped up their first round series, still waiting for the second round schedule against the Vegas Golden Knights to be released. 

To help pass the time, sjsharks.com has compiled a list of things to do while you wait. 

Pop culture is filled with awesome sharks, from Bruce in Jaws to Bruce in Finding Nemo to Jabberjaw to Street Sharks to the literally limitless number of made-for-TV shark disaster movies. 

Ducks? Not so much.

So in honor of the first round matchup with the Anaheim Ducks, we've decided to go through pop culture's most famous ducks and explain to you why they are actually bad. 

∞. The Ugly Duckling

This classic children's story is about how an ugly bird is made fun of by all the other ducklings, but then grows up to be a beautiful swan. 

Even children's fairy tales agree that ducks are obviously inferior. 

Is there a more popular giveaway in sports than a bobblehead? It's where marketing departments can flex their creative muscles and create a very memorable giveaway that will decorate fans' desks or bookshelves.

This season, the San Jose Sharks gave away quite a few bobbleheads in both ticket packages and to every fan in attendance. With the final bobblehead of the season being given away at tomorrow's Fan Appreciation game presented by SAP, sjsharks.com has decided to rank this season's Sharks bobbles. 

6. Brent Burns Camo Suit Bobblehead

The fact that Burns's amazing camo suit bobblehead - complete with hairy beard and removable hat - is at the bottom of these rankings is a testament to the strength of bobbleheads the Sharks marketing department came up with this season.

Team photo day: a chance for the finalized roster can come together and take a photo that proves that this is the definitive roster for the 2017-18 season. 

It's also a chance for sjsharks.com to make the players take selfies.

As the Sharks were waiting around to take that perfect team photo, we asked them to take selfies to help pass the time. And some of those selfies were better than others. 

6. Dave Barr

Technically, this isn't a selfie, as it was taken by Johan Hedberg. However, the phone was in selfie mode, so we're counting it. In that, we're including it in this list but it, unfortunately, ranks at the bottom of the selfies taken.

5. Marcus Sorensen, Kevin Labanc, and Dylan DeMelo

Save for DeMelo, these guys are too cool to really smile. Though the framing is good, it's a solid yet unspectacular selfie. 

Happy Birthday Brent Burns! In honor of the bearded beauty's birthday, we're taking a look back at the defenseman's past year. After all, birthdays are a great time to reflect on the year gone by and remember all the cool things that happened.

There's no question that at the age of 32, Brent Burns had a year for the books, so we decided to rank some of the top moments.

Giveaway Items
Burns green suit bobblehead, Burns grill, Burns nutcracker, Burns wine glass, Burns camoflauge suit bobblehead. You name it, it's probably been made for a San Jose Sharks giveaway item. Brent Burns takes the (birthday) cake for inspiring the most giveaway items this past year.

Happy Hockey Weekend Across America! This weekend, we're honoring the fastest sport on earth across the nation, and it kicks off with "Wear Your Favorite Jersey" Day. In honor of trying to choose which of the many, many, many jerseys to wear from the sjsharks.com closet, we decided to rank our favorite Sharks jerseys. 

In the interest of fairness, we're excluding our current set of jerseys due to recency bias. Retired jerseys only!