San Jose Sharks owner Hasso Plattner announced that they have hired Mike Grier as the club's fifth general manager in franchise history. <div align='center' class='pl20 pr20'><blockquote class='twitter-tweet' data-lang='en'><a href='https://twitter.com/pr_nhl/status/1544378607711277066'> </a></blockquote></div> Grier has the honour of being the first black GM in NHL history with the announcement. And there was nobody better to announce it first, than himself: <div align='center' class='pl20 pr20'><blockquote class='twitter-tweet' data-lang='en'><a href='https://twitter.com/sanjosesharks/status/1544377578244284416'> </a></blockquote></div>