(05-24) 04:00 PDT CHICAGO -- Inquiries will be made about the Sharks' future in the next few days (the team is taking the next few days off for decompression, reflection and familial duties before the annual Doug Wilson State of the Fin Address), and though nobody was in the mood to consider too many tomorrows, here are the key decisions:

-- Whither Patrick Marleau: The Sharks' leading (read: nearly only) scorer against Chicago is likely to command a raise from at least Los Angeles and perhaps Calgary as well, meaning his decision to stay in San Jose or leave is probably more his than the team's.

-- Whither Evgeni Nabokov: The question is whether the market can produce a replacement, given that Thomas Greiss played almost never and minor leaguers Alex Stalock and Tyson Sexsmith haven't reached the show yet. Nabokov probably stays.

-- Whither Todd McLellan: A no-brainer. He stays.

-- Whither Doug Wilson: He'll be back as well.

-- Whither everyone else: Defenseman Rob Blake might retire (he said he would take a few weeks to ponder it), but the Sharks don't need to clear out anyone else for salary reasons. They got all they could expect from centers Manny Malhotra and Scott Nichol, but some scoring from the third and fourth lines is long overdue.

Trophy phobia: As is traditional, Chicago captain Jonathan Toews did not touch the Clarence Campbell Trophy for winning the Western Conference because of the superstition that suggests it will the last trophy he would touch. He says superstition wasn't the problem, though.

"(Patrick) Sharp was the one who brought it to my attention before the game," Toews said. "I actually hadn't thought about it at all. He asked me if I had any plans for after the game. I told someone before that I thought he was talking about dinner plans or something like that.

"It's not being superstitious. It's just saying that we're here for bigger and better things. We're just happy about winning this round and moving on. We've got nothing to celebrate, no reason to accept any hardware yet because it's meaningless to us."

Teeth of the win: Chicago awaits the winner of the Montreal-Philadelphia series for the Stanley Cup Finals, which could begin Saturday in Chicago if the Flyers beat the Canadiens tonight. Just enough time for defenseman Duncan Keith to replace the seven teeth he lost when he was hit with a Marleau shot just before San Jose's second goal.

This article appeared on page B - 8 of the San Francisco Chronicle