WTC: Heatley's historic night, Joe Ike fired
New WTC post from Pollack. Of note:
*Heatley's +6 night is the best for a player being on the ice for all his team's goals since Richard Smehlik had a +6 for Atlanta back in 2002. Also, the Heatley-Thornton-Setoguchi line's combined plus-minus went from -12 to +2 thanks to that game.
*Some observations on Jason Demers' bad night, including the Nabby shove at the end of the game.
*Joe Ike was apparently let go, according to Greg Jamison. Team got rid of 8-10 jobs during the off-season, and dedicated PA announcer seems to be one of them. The guy doing the PA last night was Danny Miller, who you may recognize as the contest and promotion guy during TV breaks.
*McLellan with some comments on the team's defense and whether the Thornton line would break out that night.
Now if you'll excuse me, I'll be in the corner depressed about Joe Ike being let go. :(
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Joe Ike going sucks balls
Danny Miller is craptastic, should’ve canned his ass and done away with the shitty $50 OSH promos.
Oh, so that's where you edit your signature
beat me!
Your post didn’t show up when I went to do mine. Sorry. I’m so bummed about this.
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No prob. It’s depressing for me, too – guy was a damn staple at the Tank.
Now, you can follow my uninteresting life on Twitter.
I was really looking forward to hearing him again. It’s just not the same without him saying “SHARKS ON THE POWER PLAY!”
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Joe Ike will be missed. Danny Miller will be wished to be missed.
“The Sharks, are going on, the power playyyyyy”
Not quite the same there Mr. Miller.
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also
dude cannot read.
“Section 222, row 15, seat 5!”
Crowd: Uh, it says 226!
Also, power plays is not the same as PPG, dude. The poor Tank Patrol guy had to keep the guy who answered the question Danny Miller ASKED correctly from freaking out. What he asked and what he meant were two different things.
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Even if it is too expensive to have both Ike and Danny Miller, couldn’t we have just fired Danny Miller? Seriously, the guy is neither inspiring nor entertaining (kinda how I feel about Sharky, but that’s another matter) and he’s kinda of a tool.
My mom did make an interesting point in defense of Miller’s mistakes last night: He does have a lot of things to do between his stoppage bit and the in game announcing. I think that last night proved you need two different guys to do the work.
I am officially starting a Bring Back Joe Ike campaign. Who’s (not whose) with me?
by princessminako on Oct 9, 2009 1:37 PM PDT reply actions 1 recs
me!
So on board with this
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I'm in
Probably will make a blogspot that I’ll promptly forget about as well.
"I think I realized after the second or third punch, I should have taken his helmet off sooner." - Ryane Clowe
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I'm in this thing!
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Johan Franzen out 4+ months with a torn ACL.
If he’s back this season at all, I will be amazed. ACL injuries usually take 9+ months to heal. Hockey players are nuts.
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Oh wow
That is going to be a big problem for Detroit.
by princessminako on Oct 9, 2009 2:15 PM PDT up reply actions
Hell yes- it ruins Detroit, and it ruins TCY’s fantasy team.
MUHAHAHA
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Just had to drop him in a league and pick up Joffrey Lupul. Fortunately it’s a league slanted toward PIMs and goalies, so it doesn’t ruin me.
Passed him over in a more competitive league, and got Doan instead.
Any word on who’s playing in his spot?
It's nothing but crumpled porno and Ayn Rand.
I suspect Leino and Filppula will get some more PP time, and they’re probably still available in most leagues.
No idea who will take his spot though- I haven’t had the chance to watch Detroit yet this season besides a period and a half against St. Louis.
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As much as I hate Detroit
I love Mule. Big loss for Detroit, for Team Sweden and for league as a whole as Mule tends to produce at least one of Top 10 regular seasons goals every year.
Every time I see a guy like that go down, I say my prayers for our guys. knock knock knock
I dunno
I was back in a few days short of 6 months. It takes hard work, but it can be done. And I wasn’t getting paid hockey style wages to do it. I think he’ll be back in 4-5
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by Dave Valentine on Oct 9, 2009 7:52 PM PDT up reply actions
Back doing what? I’m basing my opinion off football, where they miss a season, and then often suck for another. I’m not saying it can’t be done (which is why I said hockey players are nuts), but to compete at the highest athletic level takes quite a bit of rehab.
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Demers
Even with some problems, he looked decent.
I even give him a bit of a pass on the steal by Nash, because one, he had to try and skate AROUND a teammate, which gave Nash the opening, and two, someone has to be talking to him letting him know Nash is right there and he’s gotta move.
I missed the Colorado game, but I can’t say he was glaringly awful on any of the goals I remember. Overall I’m pleased. If Demers can develop, that makes the bottom pairing look a lot better, and could help to shore up the team overall.
Now, if only Blake and Vlasic can figure out what happened to their game…
They're not getting this kind of coverage at "Hockey Night In Canada" folks! - Randy Hahn
I’m willing to give Demers a pass for the foreseeable future if he has games like this every now and then. He’s going to make mistakes being a rookie, and in my eyes it’s up to the other five defenseman to make up for those mistakes these next two months.
I’m excited to see his development this season.
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Joe Ike or No Ike
If you are a season ticket holder, email you dissatisfaction with Ike’s dismissal and Miller’s “craptastic” (great word) replacement to your account rep.
Here’s the contact information for the San Jose Sharks.
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anyone know who best to contact about this from that list?
i want to put something about this up on CT as well.
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I’m actually tempted to get a blogspot thing up – “Bring Back Joe Ike!”
"I think I realized after the second or third punch, I should have taken his helmet off sooner." - Ryane Clowe
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doo eet!
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I haven’t been able to find a picture of him, but I want to add some sort of “Bring Back Joe Ike!” logo-ishness as well
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"I think I realized after the second or third punch, I should have taken his helmet off sooner." - Ryane Clowe
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by mymclife on Oct 9, 2009 4:02 PM PDT up reply actions 4 recs
Knowing random historical facts like campaign slogans does come in handy sometimes.
"I think I realized after the second or third punch, I should have taken his helmet off sooner." - Ryane Clowe
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Fools and Sages
thank you Eisenhower!
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Event Presentation seems like the way to go, but broadcasting, business, and media relations wouldn’t be bad either.
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by Mr. Plank on Oct 9, 2009 5:19 PM PDT via mobile up reply actions
I'll be doing this this weekend
and encourage all those who sit around to do so as well.
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Ryan Garner
Is back on the Sharks bandwagon apparently.
Now predicting Heater to get to 70 goals this year.
What happened to Bret Hedican?
I thought he was supposed to be doing post game analysis, instead we get Fatto and McKeon
"iaT"S FUCKINGE LIEK CONICO DO MAYO!!!!!111"
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and dont forget Borat Brazil
or whatever his name is.
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I will certainly miss Joe Ike’s voice.
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by SharksFanEst.1994 on Oct 9, 2009 5:36 PM PDT reply actions
This whole Ike thing really sucks.
Now whenever the Sharks score I go from jubilant to wanting to take a header into the lower bowl as soon as Miller opens his mouth.
It takes a big man to cry and it takes a bigger man to laugh at that man. -Jamie Baker
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Bring back Joe Ike
Couldn’t they tell from when Danny Miller subbed for him in prior seasons that he sucks at the PA job?
by bison on Oct 9, 2009 8:40 PM PDT via mobile reply actions
And while we're at it
I'm a happy seal
by SwisherThresher on Oct 10, 2009 12:02 AM PDT reply actions
YES!!!
Yes, I'm from the tropics. Yes, I love hockey. What's not to get?
by workthecycle on Oct 10, 2009 2:15 PM PDT up reply actions
The Front Office Made A Bad Choice In Keeping Danny!
This nerd was the one constant downer at every Sharks game I have attended. Now I get the “pleasure” of hearing him yell Nabby’s name in such an anticlimactic way!? Only Joe Ike could do it the right way.
“#20, Ev-GENIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII Na-BOKOV!!!”
This loser’s got to go.
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