[Open Thread] Sharks Gameday: Black Armor Debut
by Mr. Plank on Nov 22, 2008 8:00 AM PST
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The Washington Capitals come into tonight's game reeling- Alexander Semin, Mike Green, and Sergei Federov all are battling various forms of injuries. Semin and Green are both essential ingredients to Washington's special teams, and have played a large part in resurrecting a franchise that was looking to be destined for mediocrity in the near future.
Of course, there is always Alexander Ovechkin (introduction unnecessary). As Mr. K mentioned yesterday, San Jose is one of the three teams he has not potted a goal against. But hold your horses ladies and gentlemen- he seems to have some history with a certain current Sharks netminder.
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As it turns out, that goal (which is one of the most well-known goals in the modern NHL era) victimized none other than our very own Brian Boucher.
Charming really.
Boucher gets an opportunity to banish his demons tonight, as Nabokov will be riding the pine. Per King David of WTC:
Evgeni Nabokov’s return to the nets won’t come against Washington. Sharks Coach Todd McLellan said his No. 1 goalie was healthy enough physically to play Saturday night, but the staff thought it made more sense to give him a couple more practices before throwing him into his first game since Nov. 6 when he suffered his lower body injury.
Dun-dun-dun. Do we have a goalie controversy? No. Expected business from Sweeney Todd & Co.
Going back to the Capitals, watch out for Brooks Laich tonight. He was my favorite non-Shark last season (I sort of adopted Washington as my favorite Eastern team during their run to the playoffs), and has a tendency to make big plays when his team needs them the most.
Black Armor premieres tonight at The Tank- let's see how the Sharks fare with their new jerseys in tow.
Prediction: Sharks win 5-3. Goals by Gooch, Boyle, Ehrhoff, Cheech, and Grier.
Go Sharks.
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Great test for the Sharkies, even though it would mean more to beat the Caps at full strength. One could argue that the Caps are the most explosive team the Sharks could face this year.
Let’s hope Theodore continues to struggle tonight; his GAA through the season’s quarter mark is hovering around 3.20. Against the Sharks since 2001-2002, his line is:
2.93 GAA, .909 S%, 4 W, 5 L.
He’s actually been better than that, excluding one game where he game up 7 in regulation. Ouch. Here’s hoping for another game like that.
Fear The Fin: Gloating during the season, crying during the playoffs.
Needs more Rogaine
I'm a happy seal
by SwisherThresher on Nov 22, 2008 11:05 AM PST up reply actions
great test? that's what everyone said about pitt and motown.
and look how that turned out.
by serrapadre716 on Nov 22, 2008 4:32 PM PST up reply actions
Update = The Sharks are the ONLY NHL TEAM...
…that Alexander Ovechkin has not yet registered a POINT against.
Let’s keep it that way – hip hip, Boucher!
Seriously - read this now
http://capitals.nhl.com/team/app/?service=page&page=Preview&seas=20082009>ype=2&gnum=296
If that looks terrible, then just go to the Caps website and click the link about the game tonight.
For example – who knew that McLellan and Boudreau were AHL teammates?
Also = the Caps’ last win in San Jose was in 1993. They have not won since the lockout. The Sharks have also won TEN straight games against the Caps.
Two former Sharks on the Caps lineup...
Viktor Kozlov and Matt Bradley. They were never Sharks teammates.
Possible Caps lines tonight...
Ovechkin-Backstrom-Kozlov
Fleischmann-Nylander-Clark
Laich-Steckel-Fehr
Brashear-Gordon-Bradley
Morrisonn-Schultz
Poti-Sloan
Erskine-Jurcina
Johnson / Theodore
Mr. K
Throwin’ down the numbahs
Fear The Fin: Gloating during the season, crying during the playoffs.
i'll see you next saturday.
serra beat gilroy 45-14. they were way overrated. #2 seed my ass. the only bad thing is that were like 5000 gilroy fans and like 500 serra fans, not including a couple of bellarmine guys that were sitting next to our cheering section for some reason.
by serrapadre716 on Nov 22, 2008 4:36 PM PST up reply actions
aand why is the "neutral" site for next weeks game on YOUR home turf?!?!
ahh CCS computer/ranking people, what a group of genii (geniuses).
by serrapadre716 on Nov 22, 2008 4:38 PM PST up reply actions
E-Mailed PickSPG about the results of the Blackhawks game
Now I’m sitting at #2 with 2 points.
GO SHARKS/MY PICKS
ok guys
I’m gonna go take a short nap. It’s 9:15 here. Gotta get recharged for the game. I’ll be back by the time we face off
Mr. K At It Again
If you haven’t seen his previous work check it out here.
This is what he has in tow tonight:
Fear The Fin: Where the second round is overrated.
If you haven’t seen his previous work check it out here.
Linkage = Fail.
Fear The Fin: Where the second round is overrated.
help a sista out
I’m housesitting and they have an awesome big screen HD TV with Direct TV. Any idea what friggin’ channel the game may be on? I’m in Contra Costa County, so normally it would just be on Comcast channel 40 or so, but this things has like 1,000 channels. I’d hate to have this set up and be stuck watching whatever crap game is on the NHL Network.
gracias
but… 419 is like Spanish CNN or something. I think I found it on 642. “CSNHD” should be the channel, eh?
That might be the Washington feed. Looking here it might be 696 or 697.
When I was a kid I used to pray every night for a new bicycle. Then I realized God doesn’t work that way, so I stole one and prayed for forgiveness. - Emo Philips
Neglectful father of David Quinowski
YES!
Thank you! You are right. And I guess that would explain why when I tried it earlier I was getting a blacked out Wizards game. Durr…
Ok guys stop panicking...
I’m here.
Fear The Fin: Gloating during the season, crying during the playoffs.
BTW: Voting is closed.
Thornton wins in a landslide.
Fear The Fin: Gloating during the season, crying during the playoffs.
Wow... Johnson in net.
Last I heard, Theodore would be in net.
Fear The Fin: Gloating during the season, crying during the playoffs.
These black jerseys are going to take some getting used to.
Fear The Fin: Gloating during the season, crying during the playoffs.
I dig the strings...
It’s the lack of horizontal stripes that irk me.
Fear The Fin: Gloating during the season, crying during the playoffs.
Supposed to look like pucks lol
Fear The Fin: Gloating during the season, crying during the playoffs.
i think the black jerseys are holy
let’s were them during the playoffs.
by serrapadre716 on Nov 22, 2008 8:07 PM PST up reply actions
So far, so good with the Black Armor.
When I was a kid I used to pray every night for a new bicycle. Then I realized God doesn’t work that way, so I stole one and prayed for forgiveness. - Emo Philips
Neglectful father of David Quinowski
Howdy howdy
Nice to be up on the scoreboard, but our breakout looked bad for most of the period.
Don’t you love complaining with a 3-0 lead ;)
Fear The Fin: Where the second round is overrated.
we’ve been outplayed this period too- I think Jamie Baker said it well a minute ago:
“They’ve been opportunistic but havent had a lot of flow”
Fear The Fin: Where the second round is overrated.
Continued problems
We just cant seem to hold the zone.
Fear The Fin: Gloating during the season, crying during the playoffs.
This can be like the Matt Cain stuff over at McC. It’s a joke there that Matt Cain is a 3rd starter, at best.
When I was a kid I used to pray every night for a new bicycle. Then I realized God doesn’t work that way, so I stole one and prayed for forgiveness. - Emo Philips
Neglectful father of David Quinowski
One more goal...
and it’s TheoTime
Fear The Fin: Gloating during the season, crying during the playoffs.
Discussion Point:
How do we feel about Cheech on the third line?
I’m shaky.
Fear The Fin: Gloating during the season, crying during the playoffs.
I agree with it- where else are you going to put him?
Fear The Fin: Where the second round is overrated.
I prefer Clowe on line three..
I know he’s had the touch lately, but he’s a bigger body and a more physical presence
Fear The Fin: Gloating during the season, crying during the playoffs.
thats one of the reasons I like him with a speedster (Milan) and a playmaker (Joe Pavs). In all fairness though, he’ll be up on line two by the time the playoffs roll around.
Fear The Fin: Where the second round is overrated.
Murray had a big hit in the first
and Shelley and Brashear dropped the gloves about 5 minutes in.
Fear The Fin: Gloating during the season, crying during the playoffs.
Waiting all year to post this...
Fear The Fin: Gloating during the season, crying during the playoffs.
I know they are bankrupt...
By they have to find some money in the coffers to get a sponsorship deal going…
Fear The Fin: Gloating during the season, crying during the playoffs.
Cross promotion with the Giants on Bocock day.
When I was a kid I used to pray every night for a new bicycle. Then I realized God doesn’t work that way, so I stole one and prayed for forgiveness. - Emo Philips
Neglectful father of David Quinowski
Three in the net
Pickles you get!
Fear The Fin: Gloating during the season, crying during the playoffs.
HAHAHA
When I was a kid I used to pray every night for a new bicycle. Then I realized God doesn’t work that way, so I stole one and prayed for forgiveness. - Emo Philips
Neglectful father of David Quinowski
That's the Vlasic Slogan
not good enough with the photoshop to fix that lol.
Fear The Fin: Gloating during the season, crying during the playoffs.
Beer Talk
Anyone tried any of the “Blue Moon” Variations?
I’d say…
Blue Moon: 10/10
Honey Moon: 7/10
Harvest Moon: 7/10
Full Moon: 5/10
Too bad I’m drinking the latter right now.
Fear The Fin: Gloating during the season, crying during the playoffs.
I really like Blue Moon, haven’t tried the others except maybe Harvest Moon.
When I was a kid I used to pray every night for a new bicycle. Then I realized God doesn’t work that way, so I stole one and prayed for forgiveness. - Emo Philips
Neglectful father of David Quinowski
Harvest Moon
Is that the pumpkin one?
I’m drinking wine. During a hockey game. Which I think you can only get away with in the Bay Area.
I’m drinking wine. During a hockey game. Which I think you can only get away with in the Bay Area.
Haha very true.
Fear The Fin: Where the second round is overrated.
Blue Moon's good
It’s not my favorite beer, but it’s up there. All their seasonals are pretty good. My usual game brew is Alaskan Amber when I’m at the Tank and whatever microbrew I have stocked at home. I’ve got a Mendocino Imperial IPA open right now. Good stuff if you like a hoppy ale.
by Lurker Shark on Nov 22, 2008 11:51 PM PST up reply actions
I'd leave the sideline reporting
in football.
Fear The Fin: Gloating during the season, crying during the playoffs.
I never understood why they interview professional athletes during the game.
“Yeah we need to work hard and put points on the board.”
Fear The Fin: Where the second round is overrated.
if it makes you feel better i got 2 points in the first period
by serrapadre716 on Nov 22, 2008 9:33 PM PST up reply actions
actually, not including goalies, 1 in 18
by serrapadre716 on Nov 22, 2008 9:40 PM PST up reply actions
1 in 5,832
to get all 3 for one period correctly. If you guessed.
Fear The Fin: Gloating during the season, crying during the playoffs.
Well yeah...
but there’s no real way to measure odds then.
Fear The Fin: Gloating during the season, crying during the playoffs.
I don’t mean the odds of guessing correctly, I mean the historical average score for one participant for one game.
the leader has an average of something like 2.18 points per game.
not sure about the average player though
Fear The Fin: Where the second round is overrated.
Still nursing this Full Moon...
It’s heavy.
Fear The Fin: Gloating during the season, crying during the playoffs.
SPG
Shots: 1. Marleau 2. Marleau 3. Boyle
Penalties: 1. Shelley 2. Thornton 3. Setoguchi
Goals: 1. Marleau 2. Thornton 3. Clowe
Damn, DaveValentine nailed all 3 goals.
When I was a kid I used to pray every night for a new bicycle. Then I realized God doesn’t work that way, so I stole one and prayed for forgiveness. - Emo Philips
Neglectful father of David Quinowski
good sports day:
Live college FB game during day
Live college BB game during night
Last period of sharks game
…..awesome
A few thoughts from the Tank
That was one hell of a game. The boys looked like they had a little rust on them, especially Danny. He wasn’t quite as sharp as he usually is. The black sweaters looked good out there. Ovie is good. Not much more you can say about him. The guy is just good.
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