Sharks Gameday: Problems? We ain't got sh*t.
by Matthew_Taylor on Nov 14, 2009 3:15 AM PST
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5th in Central Division
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The Sharks can't win in the shootout. They've got injuries. The blue line, at times, looks akin to the Mighty Ducks before Gordon Bombay got his shit together.
Well, count your lucky stars (barf), 'cause the Sharks have nothing on the Blues.
After a surprise run into the NHL playoffs last year, the Blues have fallen on harder times than the aforementioned Emilo Estevez. After being swept by Vancouver in the first round, they've stumbled out of the gate so far this season, and currently sit at 13th in the conference. So, yeah, not off to the best of starts.
It's the primary impulse and god given right of any fan to be critical of their team. But it's match ups like this that make you take things into perspective. The Sharks are pretty damn good, and the inability to win in the shootout should be one of our smallest concerns.
What should be a concern is the Sharks' annoying tendency to play down to their lowest competition. I don't want to see that against the Blues.
Even though the Blues have had their share of trouble, their 85.3% penalty kill rate is good for 4th in the league. That's not going to do the Sharks power play, who failed to score at home in Thursday's game against Dallas, any favors. However, the Sharks boast the second best kill rate in the league (86.5%), while St. Louis is struggling to find it's stride on the power play (15.2%, 25th). It's looking like this game will be won, or lost, even strength.
This is a big game for the Sharks (In the first half of a back to back, no less), who are attempting to bounce back from one of their most gut-wrenching losses this season. I was there, and at the risk of sounding cliche, the air left the building as soon as Dallas got the second one past Nabokov. Bad penalty or not, Dallas found a way to tie the game and then grab the extra point. The Sharks have to do that tonight (or, early evening). No more flukey goals against. No more letting a team stay in the game. Shut St. Louis down quickly, and keep them down.
I'm not saying that goal was Demers' fault, far from it. I like Demers. He makes passes that I don't even have the balls to try in NHL 10. But that confidence comes at a price. If he and Huskins can come into Missouri tonight and log effective minutes, I don't think this one will be close.
Oh, yeah, and if they score... that would be great.
Prediction: Sharks win 4-1. Goals by Marleau, McGinn, Setoguchi, and Jumbo.
Go Sharks.
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St. Louis, Chicago, here we come.
Keep an eye out for me and K. GO SHARKS!
It takes a big man to cry and it takes a bigger man to laugh at that man. -Jamie Baker
Proud member of the "Don't Trade Marleau" Club
Where you guys sitting? We gotta be on the lookout for you
Fear the Fin....where being an old guy isn't all bad, and the 2nd round can be bad on the heart
by Dave Valentine on Nov 14, 2009 6:33 AM PST up reply actions
yeah, where are you guys going to be?
resident cartoonist @CouchTarts Lightning is seven times as hot as the surface of the sun.
That’s still not as hot as Douglas Murray. -mymclife
We're in the lower bowl somewhere.
Just not sure where. Brad Lee’s wife got us the tickets. Keep an eye out for us.
It takes a big man to cry and it takes a bigger man to laugh at that man. -Jamie Baker
Proud member of the "Don't Trade Marleau" Club
by Lurker Shark on Nov 14, 2009 12:16 PM PST via mobile up reply actions
Well, use that fancy phone you have and let us know as soon as you get seated
Fear the Fin....where being an old guy isn't all bad, and the 2nd round can be bad on the heart
by Dave Valentine on Nov 14, 2009 12:33 PM PST up reply actions
Definitely
We’re in Row W of whatever section – that’s as much as I know.
We’re at the Days Inn in the slums of St. Louis – nothing but the best for Lurks and me. Currently enjoying complimentary internet whilst waiting for a cab to take us to the Arch.
Dinner w/ Brad Lee and Chris Gift at 5:30, followed by game, post-game beers, and much needed sleep. The Leonard Cohen concert last night completely surprised me – the 77-year old rocked out for 3 1/2 hours. So much for beauty sleep.
But that’s cool, cause I’ll sleep when I’m dead. GO SHARKS.
Fear the Fin: If you're a Fin, you're Family.
by Conico do Mayo Miracle on Nov 14, 2009 1:06 PM PST up reply actions
I miss the hometown
We’re at the Days Inn in the slums of St. Louis
The gunfire, the dead bodies, the burned out cars.
Some days its just not worth chewing through the restraints
A far cry
from the digs in Atlanta and South Carolina, huh?
Fear the Fin....where being an old guy isn't all bad, and the 2nd round can be bad on the heart
by Dave Valentine on Nov 14, 2009 4:00 PM PST up reply actions
awesome
have fun!
...Thornton to Murray. HE SCORES!!! DOUGLAS MURRAY! With his first goal of the year. What's he doing way up there??? - Randy Hahn
Have fun in St. Louis!
I’ll be catching up with yall in Chicago! Should be pretty epic.
Sometimes the impossible can become possible if you're AWESOME!
by ZeroIndulgence on Nov 14, 2009 11:02 AM PST up reply actions
I got tickets for Chicago
Let me know if you guys want to meet up sometime during one of the intermissions. Contact info is in my profile
by Chicago Shark on Nov 14, 2009 11:34 AM PST up reply actions
I sent ya an e-mail.
Sometimes the impossible can become possible if you're AWESOME!
by ZeroIndulgence on Nov 14, 2009 1:39 PM PST up reply actions
IM RAY RATTO AND IM HUNGRY
I STORE CHEESEBURGERS IN MY MOUSTACHE FOR WINTER OM NOM NOMNOM NOM
( Go team goooooooooooo!!!)
I like my goals like I like my booze..... Top shelf.
by GhostOfLinkGaetz on Nov 14, 2009 6:56 AM PST reply actions 7 recs
rec'd
hahahaha
MeThinksSports where the only semi-good thing is the poll...
by serrapadre716 on Nov 14, 2009 8:39 AM PST up reply actions
seconded
"Fear the Fin: where some fans chose to swathe themselves in baseless optimism all season long." -CTGray
by workthecycle on Nov 14, 2009 11:04 AM PST up reply actions
I really wish moble commenting would let me rec this.
It takes a big man to cry and it takes a bigger man to laugh at that man. -Jamie Baker
Proud member of the "Don't Trade Marleau" Club
by Lurker Shark on Nov 14, 2009 12:14 PM PST via mobile up reply actions
This is all sorts of amazing.
Fear the Fin: If you're a Fin, you're Family.
by Conico do Mayo Miracle on Nov 14, 2009 1:06 PM PST up reply actions
Haha, brilliant!
Sometimes the impossible can become possible if you're AWESOME!
by ZeroIndulgence on Nov 14, 2009 1:39 PM PST up reply actions
First of a Back to Backs
Since this is the first game of a back to back and is against somewhat of a lesser team, should the Sharks roll out Greiss today, or put him up against the Hawks tomorrow? I would start him today, then start Nabby tomorrow personally.
Proud member of the "Don't Trade Marleau" club.
Fear the Fin: Where Sharks Fans Aren't Like Other Sharks Fans.
by SharksFanEst.1994 on Nov 14, 2009 8:41 AM PST reply actions
i'm inclined to agree with you strategically '94
but i have a hard time imagining Nabby would be happy about sitting so soon right after getting back in after Greiss’s start on Tues. Deflating loss on Thurs. doesn’t help either. But if the coaching/management is really serious about overseeing Nabby’s minutes, I hope Greiss gets in today, Nabby tomorrow. They should save him up for Atlanta.
...Thornton to Murray. HE SCORES!!! DOUGLAS MURRAY! With his first goal of the year. What's he doing way up there??? - Randy Hahn
My bet...
Nabby starts both of ’em.
Fear the Fin....where being an old guy isn't all bad, and the 2nd round can be bad on the heart
by Dave Valentine on Nov 14, 2009 10:03 AM PST up reply actions
I'm sure it's been addressed Ad nauseam at Game Time
There appears to be a bit of ferment in St.Louis
Checketts Press Conference
‘It’s time to start winning . . . it’s time to start competing for the first and second place in the division.’ And not have playoffs a question (mark) and have some playoff run where we have to struggle to get in. No, this is a team, even in a tough division, that’s good enough to be there. Especially at home. We better never get outworked at home. The hallmark of our club, even when we didn’t have the talent, was we never got outworked at home. It has to be that way."
And there’s some issues surrounding Berglund apparently.
And theeen, MacInnis had a few things to say – about how the young players need to start meeting expectations
Should make for an interesting contest tonight.
"Sorry guys, I’m not going to try and hit (Douglas) Murray anymore, it doesn’t work" - Steve Ott, Dallas Stars.
by SwisherThresher on Nov 14, 2009 10:13 AM PST reply actions
As Charlie Chan would say to #1 son...
Sumting Wong in STL
Some days its just not worth chewing through the restraints
Damn, if I just stayed up for 15 minutes longer I would have been here for when this thread was posted.
"I think I realized after the second or third punch, I should have taken his helmet off sooner." - Ryane Clowe
Proud member of the "Don't Trade Marleau" Club
Fools and Sages
burning the midnight oil
or partying it up? Oh btw good luck vs. Stanford today, you’ll need it :)
"Fear the Fin: where some fans chose to swathe themselves in baseless optimism all season long." -CTGray
by workthecycle on Nov 14, 2009 11:06 AM PST up reply actions
Friday the 13th scary movie night with my dorm. So not really either.
Oh, and thanks, I think.
"I think I realized after the second or third punch, I should have taken his helmet off sooner." - Ryane Clowe
Proud member of the "Don't Trade Marleau" Club
Fools and Sages
The Orphan and some other movie that I didn’t pay attention to at all.
"I think I realized after the second or third punch, I should have taken his helmet off sooner." - Ryane Clowe
Proud member of the "Don't Trade Marleau" Club
Fools and Sages
was Orphan bad? Someone told me the ending and now it kind of made me want to see it in a weird way…
by a10dency2ask on Nov 14, 2009 3:38 PM PST up reply actions
I’m not a fan of scary movies, so I’m probably not the right person to ask. But all of my friends liked it, and just because you know the ending doesn’t make it any less creepy, suspenseful, or gross. Believe me, I knew the ending as well, and I was still grossed out when I saw it.
"I think I realized after the second or third punch, I should have taken his helmet off sooner." - Ryane Clowe
Proud member of the "Don't Trade Marleau" Club
Fools and Sages
yea i’ll probably end up seeing it. It looked pretty bad it though.
by a10dency2ask on Nov 14, 2009 3:42 PM PST up reply actions
Atta boy
Thumbing his nose at silly superstitions!
Fear the Fin....where being an old guy isn't all bad, and the 2nd round can be bad on the heart
by Dave Valentine on Nov 14, 2009 12:35 PM PST up reply actions
Interesting..
Sharks get new travel jet. Result of crazy airplane guy at State of the Sharks? Unlikely.
haha
I was tweeting about that dude last night after I read about the new plane
resident cartoonist @CouchTarts Lightning is seven times as hot as the surface of the sun.
That’s still not as hot as Douglas Murray. -mymclife
it must be his doing. persistence is the name of the game
by a10dency2ask on Nov 14, 2009 12:27 PM PST up reply actions
I've now seen that thing sitting on the tarmac at a non San Jose airport twice now.
It takes a big man to cry and it takes a bigger man to laugh at that man. -Jamie Baker
Proud member of the "Don't Trade Marleau" Club
by Lurker Shark on Nov 14, 2009 1:06 PM PST up reply actions
the real shame of this thing is
how the heck did the SaberCats have a better jet than the Sharks?
...Thornton to Murray. HE SCORES!!! DOUGLAS MURRAY! With his first goal of the year. What's he doing way up there??? - Randy Hahn
Guess who's back...back again
Couture is the player replacing Vesce according to the Woostah Telegram
"Sorry guys, I’m not going to try and hit (Douglas) Murray anymore, it doesn’t work" - Steve Ott, Dallas Stars.
by SwisherThresher on Nov 14, 2009 12:55 PM PST reply actions
And I see Netsky beat me by about 40min
"Sorry guys, I’m not going to try and hit (Douglas) Murray anymore, it doesn’t work" - Steve Ott, Dallas Stars.
by SwisherThresher on Nov 14, 2009 12:56 PM PST up reply actions
Maybe we'll finally get to see Couture and McGinn on the same line?
That would be awsome!
Woot!
Couture started looking halfway decent before he was sent back down. It’ll be good to see him back up.
Sometimes the impossible can become possible if you're AWESOME!
by ZeroIndulgence on Nov 14, 2009 1:41 PM PST up reply actions
Go to a Third Eye Blind concert on campus or watch the Sharks?
This is tough. Seriously, the NHL need to check in with Caltech before making their schedule. What were they thinking?
You could always record the Sharks game, yes?
"Sorry guys, I’m not going to try and hit (Douglas) Murray anymore, it doesn’t work" - Steve Ott, Dallas Stars.
by SwisherThresher on Nov 14, 2009 12:57 PM PST up reply actions
No, not really, (I typically watch the Sharks through less than legal means) and I don’t actually have that much time to burn watching the entire game after the concert anyway, too many sets to do this weekend. Besides, I don’t really like watching recorded sporting events, the tension just doesn’t feel real (part of the reason I hate the Olympics, it’s so difficult to avoid spoilers) and I feel somewhat obliged to watch the Sharks; their record is 11-0-1 when I watch more than half a period of a game.
I saw third eye blind a couple years ago
they played their htis, but they mostly were into playing their new songs…so if you don’t like the new songs, be careful!
by a10dency2ask on Nov 14, 2009 1:13 PM PST up reply actions
I know how you feel...
I had tickets to the Billy Joel-Elton John concert in Oakland tonight and was going to miss the Sharks game, but then Elton got sick and they postponed the concert. So I’ll get to watch the game in St. Louis tonight.
Sometimes the impossible can become possible if you're AWESOME!
by ZeroIndulgence on Nov 14, 2009 1:44 PM PST up reply actions
3rd eye blind? I saw them 12 years ago on my little campus in Wisconsin. I didn’t realize they were still around.
Jon Casey fan since '84
I think they just released a new album
saw that while perusing metacritic yesterday, I might give it a listen eventually
I love that not even he knew that he scored and he continued to try to put it in - Evilducks
LETS GO BLUES!!!
sneaking in for some pregame recon
Hello Shark fans
Some days its just not worth chewing through the restraints
I hear some Shark fans are invading the Lou tonight?
any arrests yet?
Some days its just not worth chewing through the restraints
No not yet.
And no, I’m my fight strap isn’t tied down.
It takes a big man to cry and it takes a bigger man to laugh at that man. -Jamie Baker
Proud member of the "Don't Trade Marleau" Club
by Lurker Shark on Nov 14, 2009 3:24 PM PST via mobile up reply actions
It's the first words I uttered when born, sorry
Should be a barnburner tonight. Or the Blues crawl further into their shell forcing a trade.
Some days its just not worth chewing through the restraints
Slightly OT
I know you didn’t actually mean it literally, but I always thought that shark finning was a very brutal practice. They cut the fin off and toss the shark back into the ocean to drown. Truly disgusting.
This is just wrong
No goal in CHI-TOR game last night.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RBTRO3syruk
Some days its just not worth chewing through the restraints
STOP MAKING RAY RATTO HUNGRY
I COULD DOWN AT LEAST 50 OF THOSE BAD BOYS WITH SOME PICKLED EGGS AND SOME STEAK SAUCE AAHHHHHMNOMOMNOM
I like my goals like I like my booze..... Top shelf.
by GhostOfLinkGaetz on Nov 14, 2009 3:57 PM PST reply actions
HNIC baby!!!
Saturday, Saturday , SAtuday nights aright for fighting
Some days its just not worth chewing through the restraints
DISLIKE
"I think I realized after the second or third punch, I should have taken his helmet off sooner." - Ryane Clowe
Proud member of the "Don't Trade Marleau" Club
Fools and Sages
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