Sharks Playoff Gameday: Part Two
by Mr. Plank on Apr 23, 2009 3:00 AM PDT
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Today is one of those days where you wake up and get the jitters until about six, six thirty- then you realize what's coming is inevitable. The train's boring full steam right at your sternum and you just stand there and watch it hit you, and...nothing. The team is prepared, the lineups are set, there's no time to think about what may happen, only time to wait and see what does. You feel that adrenaline but learn to control it, harness it. It's no longer an enemy. It's an emotional asset.
It's funny how much an object weighing a mere six ounces can lead you to places you never knew existed. Six ounces. Let that sink in a bit. Six freaking ounces. What else weighs six ounces that has the potential to make people lose their damn minds? I see Willie Nelson raising his hand in the corner over there, but he's wrong. That's on a strictly personal level. No one goes nuts when he's doing his thing in the trailer before a big set.
Break down game three in your head. Cut through all the noise. The egregious turnovers, Boyle's performance, Hiller looking finally looking like a human being, Murray blowing up Selanne, the powerplay getting on the board. What does it come down to?
Speed. Bet your sons and daughters college fund that Carlyle is going to be doing his damndest to jam four black jerseys in the neutral zone, restrict that flow. He's going to preach the casual interference Anaheim is so good at, keep the game at a manageable pace. Have Hiller ice the puck a lot, hope Marchant gets those defensive draws going again. Muck it up in front of the net after the whistle. Keep it tight and try to get a goal or two late. An all-out firefight is out of the question. Tonight is about the trenches, about winning those puck possession battles just like game three, about skating in the neutral zone and beating the man to the dump-in, about having that same speed allow the support to gain early positioning, about generating cycle after cycle after cycle.
The NHL Playoffs, man. Nothing like it in the world.
Prediction: Sharks win 3-2. Goals by Clowe, Pavelski, and Thornton. One comes on the powerplay, one comes off the backboards where it's subsequently roofed.
Go Sharks.
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GO SHARKS!!
We’re not out of the woods yet. Please hockey gods, favor us.
Ever get the feeling we are on a collision course with reality?
by ang6666 on Apr 23, 2009 6:44 AM PDT reply actions
Sharks
The Sharks WILL WIN TONITE, By more than 1 goal Gauranteed !!!!!!
don't jinx it
"It aint over till the fat lady sings." - Not Yogi Berra
by serrapadre716 on Apr 23, 2009 7:44 AM PDT up reply actions
He didn’t, because that’s not how you spell “tonight”.
Fear the Fin: Where we just have to want it more!
by Matthew_Taylor on Apr 23, 2009 7:52 AM PDT up reply actions
he meant
the sharks will win Tonite
are you all excited about that as I am!?
by a10dency2ask on Apr 23, 2009 9:01 AM PDT up reply actions
hahaha nice save
Let the end of the world begin with us!!
by insanewidget on Apr 23, 2009 3:18 PM PDT up reply actions
After watching the Chicago/Calgary shootout last night
I’m excited for this game to start. I have a good feeling about tonight.
Go Sharks!
Bounty?
I think Murray should go on the radio before the game and put a bounty on Teemu’s head. A hundred bucks for the first Shark that lays out Selanne at mid-ice. Get the ambulance ready!
If that's the case,
we should call up the Hanson Brothers
by Chicago Shark on Apr 23, 2009 7:43 AM PDT up reply actions
I'm listening to the FUCKING SONG!!!!!
I love that… actually just watched that movie for the first time on Monday.
by SharksFanTillDeath on Apr 23, 2009 9:12 AM PDT up reply actions
I’d love a goal from Pavs.
Last thread, when I said that about Clowe, he scored… and the Sharks won.
Go Sharks.
Fear the Fin: Where we just have to want it more!
he
does have a lethal shot, although i don’t know the stats, it doesn’t seem like a lot of his shots have gotten on net, that or he hasn’t shot much, likewise I have been disappointed with marleau not shooting either, but he does have more responsibilities now.
I don't like you Detroit.
Sharks can do it!
goooooo sharks
Where hockey injuries in San Diego are thumb blisters from your XBox controller.
It's going to be a loooooooooooooooong day...
at work.
Yes, I'm from the tropics. Yes, I love hockey. What's not to get?
This pre-game piece spoke to my soul...
I woke up this morning with the jitters…have now been at work for almost 2 hours, and have accomplished nothing. I can’t focus on some meaningless tasks when there’s epic battle about to be waged tonight!
Just 9 1/2 more hours…just 9 1/2 more hours…
GO SHARKS!
Sometimes the impossible can become possible if you're AWESOME!
ahh come on i'm managing, just but the sharks on the backburner for another 6 hours
I don't like you Detroit.
Easier said than done...
Luckily (or unluckily, as I could use the distraction) I don’t have much to do today. Mostly just sit here and talk to people online, be it through message boards or instant messaging.
Just 8 more hours…just 8 more hours…
Sometimes the impossible can become possible if you're AWESOME!
by ZeroIndulgence on Apr 23, 2009 10:46 AM PDT up reply actions
same here
Yes, I'm from the tropics. Yes, I love hockey. What's not to get?
by workthecycle on Apr 23, 2009 10:53 AM PDT up reply actions
Well...
our office is relocating so we’re all working from home. With not much to do, it’s better for me to be on here than watching a movie or playing wii, which is tempting but would ruin my productivity and probably get me fired. And i’ve said too much….
Yes, I'm from the tropics. Yes, I love hockey. What's not to get?
by workthecycle on Apr 23, 2009 12:42 PM PDT up reply actions
My boss is chill.
I still get more done than my predecessor. Of course, this is more a function of my predecessor being a complete fucking retard than anything special I’m doing, but it works for me!
Sometimes the impossible can become possible if you're AWESOME!
by ZeroIndulgence on Apr 23, 2009 12:48 PM PDT up reply actions
YES!! I am going to the game on Sat !! woohoo!!!! section 218. Now to find someone to go with me since I went ahead and bought two tickets. (does a happy dance)
Ever get the feeling we are on a collision course with reality?
by ang6666 on Apr 23, 2009 10:04 AM PDT reply actions
well i'm free
you know, in case you were wondering…
Yes, I'm from the tropics. Yes, I love hockey. What's not to get?
by workthecycle on Apr 23, 2009 10:39 AM PDT up reply actions
I’ve already got a call into a friend and he’s going to let me know if he’s available by end of day or not. he usually goes with a buddy of his that has season tickets, but his friend is taking someone else this time.
Ever get the feeling we are on a collision course with reality?
by ang6666 on Apr 23, 2009 10:45 AM PDT up reply actions
Damn!
And I was ready to jump on a plane!
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 Apr 23, 2009 10:47 AM PDT up reply actions
Tell Ang
I said you could have mine
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 Apr 23, 2009 11:14 AM PDT up reply actions
I’m just annoyed all the ticket traders log on and buy seats to scalp. I’m not paying 115 per ticket to sit where I know it costs much much less. 94 bucks a pop on stub hub.
lame
resident cartoonist @couchtarts.blogspot.com
same here … I was ready before 10am at ticketmaster to click the link .. 10am came … counted to 10 … and clicked … and voila!! … didn’t care where it gave me just took what I could get. I hate hate hate scalpers with a passion I can’t even explain. bastards, the whole lot of them.
Ever get the feeling we are on a collision course with reality?
by ang6666 on Apr 23, 2009 11:25 AM PDT up reply actions
you can only buy 2, but that doesn’t mean the scalpers don’t work the system. 145 bucks for seats in 206. yeah right!
resident cartoonist @couchtarts.blogspot.com
I don’t mind a minor mark up, but when you double the cost of a ticket or more, that’s just annoying. I know it’s not 115 per ticket in rows 13 and higher in the upper bowl. That’s absurd. But people will pay it. I’m just not going to be one of those people.
resident cartoonist @couchtarts.blogspot.com
Yea, the ones I got were 60 face.
They guy was a season ticket holder, so he gave me a deal. Luckily, they are in the same section as Plank. Should be fun.
Fear the Fin: Where we just have to want it more!
by Matthew_Taylor on Apr 23, 2009 11:38 AM PDT up reply actions
what section is that btw?
Ever get the feeling we are on a collision course with reality?
by ang6666 on Apr 23, 2009 11:47 AM PDT up reply actions
As a sharks Pack holder
The Sharks sent me a letter saying I had priority and could get seats before the rest of the hoi polloi.
My seats during the regular season were $19. Playoff price? $34! Not bad!
How anyone can charge $100 for those kind of seats is beyond me! But then again, the tickets will only sell for what the market will pay.
I disagree actually … if you have no intention of going, just intend to buy to rip someone off – it makes you a goddamn mother fucking jackass of the worst kind. period.
Ever get the feeling we are on a collision course with reality?
by ang6666 on Apr 23, 2009 11:37 AM PDT up reply actions
Agreed.
Fear the Fin: Where we just have to want it more!
by Matthew_Taylor on Apr 23, 2009 11:38 AM PDT up reply actions
ah yes … and would you call it entrepeneurial when there is a natural disaster and stores jack up the prices of necessities?? granted Sharks tickets aren’t necessities, but still. ripping off people is ripping off people.
Ever get the feeling we are on a collision course with reality?
by ang6666 on Apr 23, 2009 12:11 PM PDT up reply actions
yeah only 2 … but one year I used 2 accts and bought 4 … so I could take both boys and bring a friend … they are going camping this weekend, so just going myself and looking for a friend to buy the other ticket I bought
Ever get the feeling we are on a collision course with reality?
by ang6666 on Apr 23, 2009 11:36 AM PDT up reply actions
I'm still here...
j/k (kind of)
Yes, I'm from the tropics. Yes, I love hockey. What's not to get?
by workthecycle on Apr 23, 2009 12:44 PM PDT up reply actions
I didn't either...
But then I bought some on Craigs… 140 for the pair. I’ll be upper-decking it!
Fear the Fin: Where we just have to want it more!
by Matthew_Taylor on Apr 23, 2009 11:36 AM PDT up reply actions
man
All I can find/found on craiglist was more ripoffs. Sad times.
resident cartoonist @couchtarts.blogspot.com
well if my friend can’t make it … and workthecycle is not serious (since he did mention it first) … I’ll be sure to hit you up to see if you are still looking
Ever get the feeling we are on a collision course with reality?
by ang6666 on Apr 23, 2009 11:43 AM PDT up reply actions
Plank is coming too, and I assume Lurker is as well
We can all meet up, if you are down.
Fear the Fin: Where we just have to want it more!
by Matthew_Taylor on Apr 23, 2009 11:44 AM PDT up reply actions
over at BoC, looks like James might be showing up as well if he can find a ticket
Ever get the feeling we are on a collision course with reality?
by ang6666 on Apr 23, 2009 11:45 AM PDT up reply actions
aye
It takes a big man to cry and it takes a bigger man to laugh at that man. -Jamie Baker
by Lurker Shark on Apr 23, 2009 2:44 PM PDT up reply actions
no, i'm serious
but i understand if you don’t want to go to the game with someone you don’t know
Yes, I'm from the tropics. Yes, I love hockey. What's not to get?
by workthecycle on Apr 23, 2009 12:45 PM PDT up reply actions
no no … no worries … if my friend can’t make it, I’ll let you know … he said he’ll call me by end of day
Ever get the feeling we are on a collision course with reality?
by ang6666 on Apr 23, 2009 12:46 PM PDT up reply actions
wow
didn’t think i’d be going to a playoff game this year… what a treat! (not that i’m hoping your friend can’t make it or anything)
Yes, I'm from the tropics. Yes, I love hockey. What's not to get?
by workthecycle on Apr 23, 2009 12:49 PM PDT up reply actions
Excellent!
I’m ditching out on a wedding reception to go to Saturday’s game up in section 206. Should be pretty glorious, especially since I missed games 1 and 2 being out of town in PA. Although, I’m not sure I missed much. Game 5 will be much better!
Sometimes the impossible can become possible if you're AWESOME!
by ZeroIndulgence on Apr 23, 2009 10:48 AM PDT up reply actions
I overslept :(
Forgot completely this morning. Oh well, not like I could currently afford them.
Maybe I’ll catch a 2nd round game.
Likely won't make it Saturday
due to needing to be on standby if my in-laws need us (dad-in-law came up with bum leg so may need to perform chauffeur duties). We’ll have a quiet time in a nice hotel, maybe find a good place to go watch the game if the folks don’t need us…
8.5 hours to go..
Is the game on CSN tonight? I’d like to hear what Drew and Randy have to say about the last game.
It's at the top of the page, below the logos, dude.
I has good practice. Mike Grier keep shooting puck at me, and my confidence boosted very more. - "Evgeni Nabokov"
I have a dream (sorry, MLK)
I say to you today, my friends, that in spite of the difficulties and frustrations of the moment, I still have a dream. It is a dream deeply rooted in the American dream.
I have a dream that one day this team will rise up and live out the true meaning of its creed: “We hold these truths to be self-evident: that not all teams are created equal.”
I have a dream today.
I have a dream that one day Silicon Valley shall be exalted, every other hill and mountain shall be made low, the rough places like Detroit will be made plain, and the crooked places like Anaheim will be made straight, and the glory of the Lord shall be revealed, and all flesh shall see it together.
This is our hope. This is the faith with which I return to the teal fold. With this faith we will be able to hew out of the mountain of despair a stone of hope. With this faith we will be able to transform the jangling discords of our fanbase into a beautiful symphony of brotherhood. With this faith we will be able to work together, to applaud together, to struggle together, to drink together, to stand up for the Sharks together, knowing that we will have the Stanley Cup one day.
Fear The Fin = Anyone who doesn’t like fighting in the NHL can go watch poker on ESPN. [Jamie Baker]
by Mr. K. on Apr 23, 2009 12:04 PM PDT reply actions 1 recs
knowing that we will have the Stanley Cup one day
Can we hope that the “one day” will be this year???
Ever get the feeling we are on a collision course with reality?
by ang6666 on Apr 23, 2009 12:08 PM PDT up reply actions
Sniff
Amen.
Also, I would like to add to that:
“One day, your playoff beard won’t be itchy, because the glory of winning the cup has taken away all of your pain”
Speaking of which, how is everyone doing with their playoff growth?
Not a beard
but little stubbles..haha im 20 and im asian but im sticking with it. It just looks straight up dirty right now. Contemplated going clean after game 2 to change things up but kept it and hoping it brings us another win.
Do you ladies feel left out by the playoff beard thing?
I know I would if I were a lady.
I’d probably do something awesome instead of a playoff beard like High 5 a stranger at least once a day during the playoffs.
Nope. If I started feeling left out of things that in this world were more male-oriented, I might as well just locked myself indoors. Instead I sit back and think how nice it would feel to have that stubble … uh … I’ll stop there … :)
Ever get the feeling we are on a collision course with reality?
by ang6666 on Apr 23, 2009 3:16 PM PDT up reply actions
it's almost worse when you don't finish the sentence
Yes, I'm from the tropics. Yes, I love hockey. What's not to get?
by workthecycle on Apr 23, 2009 3:19 PM PDT up reply actions
not really
it started in a male sport as a male tradition. I’m fine being left out of growing facial hair.
resident cartoonist @couchtarts.blogspot.com
female here … no beard … :)
Ever get the feeling we are on a collision course with reality?
by ang6666 on Apr 23, 2009 12:32 PM PDT up reply actions
I started working on it in Israel
It’s light, but it looks decent – I would have started earlier, except that the process of growing it out makes me look unkempt at work (a no-no). While on vacation, I got it to a point of presentability.
Fear The Fin = Anyone who doesn’t like fighting in the NHL can go watch poker on ESPN. [Jamie Baker]
I think it must nearly be time for a playoff growth picture thread (That way we dont isolate those people who have hair growth that does not resemble a real beard)
Mine is growing in nice and red! I dont have red hair, but being a perfect example of coming from a country which has centuries of history of being invaded by everyone from the Vikings to the Romans, I’m a bit of a mutt!! So the curtains dont match the drapes, so to speak.
proof! we want proof of that curtains vs drapes thing!!! … :)
Ever get the feeling we are on a collision course with reality?
by ang6666 on Apr 23, 2009 1:02 PM PDT up reply actions
like you didn’t see that coming!!
Ever get the feeling we are on a collision course with reality?
by ang6666 on Apr 23, 2009 1:05 PM PDT up reply actions
Oh Ang....
at least you didn’t ask for jello in the picture
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 Apr 23, 2009 1:47 PM PDT up reply actions
I’ve given up hope that anyone here will send me anything like that
Ever get the feeling we are on a collision course with reality?
by ang6666 on Apr 23, 2009 1:54 PM PDT up reply actions
nope!
Ever get the feeling we are on a collision course with reality?
by ang6666 on Apr 23, 2009 2:08 PM PDT up reply actions
I think I missed something
What are you referencing, Dave? Another one of ang6666’s lustful fantasies? :-D
Fear The Fin = Anyone who doesn’t like fighting in the NHL can go watch poker on ESPN. [Jamie Baker]
I have so many of them.
Ever get the feeling we are on a collision course with reality?
by ang6666 on Apr 23, 2009 2:21 PM PDT up reply actions
See what happens when you go on vacation?
It takes a big man to cry and it takes a bigger man to laugh at that man. -Jamie Baker
by Lurker Shark on Apr 23, 2009 2:45 PM PDT up reply actions
Fear The Fin = Anyone who doesn’t like fighting in the NHL can go watch poker on ESPN. [Jamie Baker]
Good show
But you know you’re sorry you missed out on the whole Spade/Ang/Jello thing.
It takes a big man to cry and it takes a bigger man to laugh at that man. -Jamie Baker
by Lurker Shark on Apr 23, 2009 3:37 PM PDT up reply actions
Yes, terribly sorry...
Repentant, remorseful….
But Jerusalem is a fair trade :-D
Fear The Fin = Anyone who doesn’t like fighting in the NHL can go watch poker on ESPN. [Jamie Baker]
that is so awesome that you saw a Flyers fan all the way over there.
resident cartoonist @couchtarts.blogspot.com
I pointed him out to my friends
One of them wasn’t a hockey fan, so he struggled to identify who my other amigo and I were pointing to.
Fear The Fin = Anyone who doesn’t like fighting in the NHL can go watch poker on ESPN. [Jamie Baker]
If I were a Jewish Flyers fan...
Who happened to be in Jerusalem, I think I might give the wailing wall a shot too!
Ya know....
I think you had to be there, K. I can’t even remember the entire context of the conversation, can you Ang?
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 Apr 23, 2009 2:55 PM PDT up reply actions
Spade started it … that’s all I remember … and me being me, couldn’t stop from making a flirty comment … :)
Ever get the feeling we are on a collision course with reality?
by ang6666 on Apr 23, 2009 3:01 PM PDT up reply actions
I look like a hobo...
No joke. I dont ever grow a beard except during the hockey playoffs.
Sometimes the impossible can become possible if you're AWESOME!
by ZeroIndulgence on Apr 23, 2009 12:51 PM PDT up reply actions
I shaved the morning of Game 3
and we came out with the “W”. Didn’t shave today hoping that my 2 days of growth are lucky this time around. I’m like a little prickly-pear
by Chicago Shark on Apr 23, 2009 12:56 PM PDT up reply actions
My "beard"
is more of a “growth” of sorts, but I’ve stuck with it! I haven’t had to clean it up since this month i’m working from my home office… woo no dress code woo! It looks… blond in the front and dark underneath/on the sides. Basically it is a neckbeard. Or maybe a neckgrowth. My chin + cheeks = epic fail.
Yes, I'm from the tropics. Yes, I love hockey. What's not to get?
by workthecycle on Apr 23, 2009 1:06 PM PDT up reply actions
I think mine sucks
But lo and behold, two people today said it looks good. What the hell, it’s staying the duration.
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 Apr 23, 2009 1:23 PM PDT up reply actions
It's coming along quite nicely.
Over a week’s worth of growth. Gotta say I don’t miss shaving, but I could do without the itching.
It takes a big man to cry and it takes a bigger man to laugh at that man. -Jamie Baker
by Lurker Shark on Apr 23, 2009 2:52 PM PDT up reply actions
that itching thing is driving me crazzzzzy…admitedly a very short trip
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 Apr 23, 2009 2:54 PM PDT up reply actions
I actually had a daydream
That J.R. will treat tonight like Game 7 of the WCQF last year, and blast in 2 goals and gather an additional 2 assists.
His Stanley Cup hopes depend on tonight’s game – just like Game 7 of last year.
Fear The Fin = Anyone who doesn’t like fighting in the NHL can go watch poker on ESPN. [Jamie Baker]
Yes, I second that thought.
JR would probably mow Dean’s yard for the rest of his life if he winds up raising Lord Stanley in June.
Game in HD on prime ticket
for those in the socal area, except for San Diego, the game is in prime ticket HD for once.
Wow!
Lines from the morning skate…
Mitchell-Thornton-Setoguchi
Michalek-Pavelski-Clowe
Moen-Marleau-Cheechoo
Roenick-Goc-Grier
Fear the Fin....where being an old guy isn't all bad, and the 2nd round can be bad on the heart
Didn’t see that Dave… sorry I posted below.
Fear the Fin: Where we just have to want it more!
by Matthew_Taylor on Apr 23, 2009 2:31 PM PDT up reply actions
That's okay, Matt
I don’t ‘own’ the info…just passing it on
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 Apr 23, 2009 2:51 PM PDT up reply actions
I think I'd still like to see Cheechoo on the top line...
Mitchell is fast, but he’s still gotta get his legs under him and his hands up to speed. Put Mitchell on Marleau’s line, and you have some speed there! But, whatever happens, this team should be talented enough to score goals no matter what the line combinations are. They just need to play their game. It’ll be all good!
Sometimes the impossible can become possible if you're AWESOME!
by ZeroIndulgence on Apr 23, 2009 2:56 PM PDT up reply actions
Finger lickin’ good.
Fear the Fin: Where we just have to want it more!
by Matthew_Taylor on Apr 23, 2009 3:15 PM PDT up reply actions
Off To Anahell
If you want to meet up before the game and I haven’t talked to you about it yet, we’re meeting at a place called Danny K’s. Email TCY and he’ll give you my number.
Go Sharks.
Fear The Fin: Where The Past Is Overrated
I am the gatekeeper.
Fear the Fin: Where we just have to want it more!
by Matthew_Taylor on Apr 23, 2009 1:31 PM PDT up reply actions
Go get’em Plank….bring the good mojo!
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 Apr 23, 2009 1:32 PM PDT up reply actions
Do you make the horses whinny and blow raspberries?
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 Apr 23, 2009 1:48 PM PDT up reply actions
I am both. Bewar the coming of Gozer...
Gozer the Traveler. He will come in one of the pre-chosen forms. During the rectification of the Vuldrini, the traveler came as a large and moving Torg! Then, during the third reconciliation of the last of the McKetrick supplicants, they chose a new form for him: that of a giant Slor! Many Shuvs and Zuuls knew what it was to be roasted in the depths of the Slor that day, I can tell you!
Fear the Fin: Where we just have to want it more!
by Matthew_Taylor on Apr 23, 2009 2:43 PM PDT up reply actions
Are you a god?
So, what in the knick-knack-paddywack-give-a-dog-a-bone is going on around here? — Dan Rusanowsky
Nothing is over until we decide it is! Was it over when the Germans bombed Pearl Harbor?! Hell no! And it ain't over now! -- John 'Bluto' Blutarsky
What did you do Ray?
It takes a big man to cry and it takes a bigger man to laugh at that man. -Jamie Baker
by Lurker Shark on Apr 23, 2009 2:46 PM PDT up reply actions
NERDS!!!!
Fear The Fin = Anyone who doesn’t like fighting in the NHL can go watch poker on ESPN. [Jamie Baker]
Hush you
It takes a big man to cry and it takes a bigger man to laugh at that man. -Jamie Baker
by Lurker Shark on Apr 23, 2009 3:31 PM PDT up reply actions
Back off man...
I’m a scientist.
Fear the Fin: Where we just have to want it more!
by Matthew_Taylor on Apr 23, 2009 3:44 PM PDT up reply actions
RICK MORANIS!!!!!!
Is he dead? What happened to that guy?
Fear The Fin = Anyone who doesn’t like fighting in the NHL can go watch poker on ESPN. [Jamie Baker]
from what I hear
he made his millions off “Honey I Shrunk the Kids” and decided to not work any more
resident cartoonist @couchtarts.blogspot.com
A lot of voice work, apparently.
…but…
1. Ghostbusters III (2012) (announced) (rumored)
It's nothing but crumpled porno and Ayn Rand.
They’ve been saying that for years… who knows if itt’l ever happen.
I do know, though, that none of the original cast is signed up.
Fear the Fin: Where we just have to want it more!
by Matthew_Taylor on Apr 23, 2009 3:46 PM PDT up reply actions
I would still watch it
Ever get the feeling we are on a collision course with reality?
by ang6666 on Apr 23, 2009 3:47 PM PDT up reply actions
But we do get the game this year.
Supposedly at least. And who isn’t going to make crossing the streams the first thing they do when playing it?
It takes a big man to cry and it takes a bigger man to laugh at that man. -Jamie Baker
by Lurker Shark on Apr 23, 2009 3:48 PM PDT up reply actions
SWEET
Bill Murray, Dan Akroyd, Moranis, et al. – it’ll probably suck, but I’ll still go.
I think the first movie I saw in the theater was Ghostbusters II – shows my youth…. unless you’re idunno723, in which case it shows my age.
Fear The Fin = Anyone who doesn’t like fighting in the NHL can go watch poker on ESPN. [Jamie Baker]
I remember having a Ghostbusters 2 shirt. It was so big it’d probably fit me pretty well now…
resident cartoonist @couchtarts.blogspot.com
The Ghostbusters soundtrack
Was a huge hit in our household – we have silly video of my younger brother and I dancing our baby-dance to “I ain’t afraid of no ghosts” (whatever the song’s called…). Good times!
Fear The Fin = Anyone who doesn’t like fighting in the NHL can go watch poker on ESPN. [Jamie Baker]
Unless they butcher it like Indiana Jones
I am a pessimist.
It's nothing but crumpled porno and Ayn Rand.
Lucas has lost his damn mind
and needs to be kept away from screenplays forever. With lethal force if necessary.
It takes a big man to cry and it takes a bigger man to laugh at that man. -Jamie Baker
by Lurker Shark on Apr 23, 2009 3:53 PM PDT up reply actions
I think he was already rich when he went crazy.
Just like Howard Hughes. So the moral of the story is, don’t go crazy until you’re rich. Or something like that.
It takes a big man to cry and it takes a bigger man to laugh at that man. -Jamie Baker
by Lurker Shark on Apr 23, 2009 3:56 PM PDT up reply actions
Damn...
I got it wardsback.
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by Matthew_Taylor on Apr 23, 2009 3:58 PM PDT up reply actions
Seriously
He was so good in the 70s/80s, what with American Graffiti, Star Wars (original trilogy, of course), and Indiana Jones screenplay/character-wise. And on the technical aspect as well, with THX, initiating the drive for great special effects, and funding a branch in Lucasfilm/ILM that has eventually transformed into a little movie studio called Pixar.
But now… The prequel trilogy sucked, and “nuked the fridge” has become an alternate version of jumping the shark. Special effects are doing well, though, so I guess he’s not totally crazy.
Once I heard the horrid Russian accent, I knew what we were in for. But the fridge thing was…well, it just was. After that I couldn’t understand why anyone had a hard time with the aliens. Of the two, the crystal skull ETs were more believable.
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So basically he's sunk to the level of Michael Bay?
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by Lurker Shark on Apr 23, 2009 4:06 PM PDT up reply actions
Or with "the" force
Yes, I'm from the tropics. Yes, I love hockey. What's not to get?
by workthecycle on Apr 23, 2009 4:05 PM PDT up reply actions
Take off, you hoser!
So, what in the knick-knack-paddywack-give-a-dog-a-bone is going on around here? — Dan Rusanowsky
Nothing is over until we decide it is! Was it over when the Germans bombed Pearl Harbor?! Hell no! And it ain't over now! -- John 'Bluto' Blutarsky
I'm actually a friend of his...
he told me to meet him here.
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by Matthew_Taylor on Apr 23, 2009 3:44 PM PDT up reply actions
Lines from WTC
Mitchell-Thornton-Setoguchi
Michalek-Pavelski-Clowe
Moen-Marleau-Cheechoo
Roenick-Goc-Grier
these aren’t set in stone… but I’m excited to see Seto with Big Joe again.
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I’d like to see Mitchell and Cheech switched. Give Jumbo plenty of targets and match up Marleau-Mitchell-Moen against the Getzlaf line.
mitchell is just a much better fit on that line,
like mcclellan has said cheech got demoted because he doesn’t have enough speed, I concur
I don't like you Detroit.
Might as well try em..
Basically whoever can create some space and get open for Jumbo to receive those amazing passes. Seto is a great choice though, he “pulls trigger” every chance he gets.
I'm at work and don't have time to read all of these posts...
so i may be behind the times. However WTC update shows Mitchell with Seto and Thornton.
And anyone read Ruso’s blog, paralleling Worcester sharks playoff to ours. Creepy coincidences! And to think, they won game four 6-0!
Go Sharks!!!
by SharksFanTillDeath on Apr 23, 2009 2:16 PM PDT reply actions
Hey!
Who said you guys could have fun without me. I’m gonna stay away from this place so I could do my homework, instead of doing it tomorrow morning 15 minutes before it’s due…
BTW did anyone see WTC? Mitchell is on the first line with Setoguchi and Jumbo Joe
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kids these days...
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by Lurker Shark on Apr 23, 2009 3:38 PM PDT up reply actions
hehehe
We know you’ve got nothing better to do. Just like the rest of us.
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by Lurker Shark on Apr 23, 2009 3:42 PM PDT up reply actions
Are we there yet?!
Can’t wait to get home, put on the jersey and crack open a cold Sierra Nevada and wait for the game.
PIT-PHI about to start
think the penguins will put this series away?
Yes, I'm from the tropics. Yes, I love hockey. What's not to get?
I do.
Being at home with a 3 games to 1 lead is a good thing…or so I hear.
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by ZeroIndulgence on Apr 23, 2009 4:11 PM PDT up reply actions
I'll be heading to a friend's house to watch the game.
Try to stay out of trouble and survive the game without me. I’ll be back on after I get home. T-minus 3 hours 21 minutes and counting.
GO SHARKS!
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Check
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by Dave Valentine on Apr 23, 2009 4:12 PM PDT up reply actions
I will be hosting a shindig at my place…
So I’ll be off the boards too, but I’ll stop in to say hi.
I’ll also be doing the recap, be sure to look for Plank! (He has a white Murray Jersey)
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by Matthew_Taylor on Apr 23, 2009 4:23 PM PDT up reply actions
duck a larange
duh…
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by ZeroIndulgence on Apr 23, 2009 4:26 PM PDT up reply actions
I'm making burritos
but may i suggest roast duck and corn?
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by workthecycle on Apr 23, 2009 4:26 PM PDT up reply actions
Hey Sharks...
Let’s show this prehistoric bitch (Pronger) how we do things down town.
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/me charges her proton pack
“See you on the other side”
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Go Sharks!
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by workthecycle on Apr 23, 2009 5:21 PM PDT up reply actions
Danny Boy's correct
What kind of team are you going to be, Sharks? Your choices now are “overrated underachievers” or “resilient trench warriors.”
Prove the haters wrong, tonight boys. If you lose, I don’t know if I can honestly defend alls y’all against them.
I don’t care how you do it, just win.
you should never have to defend being a fan!
by a10dency2ask on Apr 23, 2009 6:01 PM PDT up reply actions
yeah, should make for an exciting finish
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by workthecycle on Apr 23, 2009 6:00 PM PDT up reply actions
Tough break for the BJs
Too many men penalty, tied elimination game with 1:34 left.
Let’s see if they can kill it.
I kept my eye on that game
I feel bad for CBJ. I thought they would be able to win at least one game.
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ditto
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by ang6666 on Apr 23, 2009 7:11 PM PDT up reply actions
Wow
86 shots in Canes vs. Devils
Devils win 1-0
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That game was insane...
A lotta fun to watch as a fan of hockey in general.
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by ZeroIndulgence on Apr 23, 2009 7:20 PM PDT up reply actions
OH, its true.
Those kinds of games when the Sharks are involved induce heart attacks…
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by ZeroIndulgence on Apr 23, 2009 7:23 PM PDT up reply actions
GO, SHARKS!!
So, what in the knick-knack-paddywack-give-a-dog-a-bone is going on around here? — Dan Rusanowsky
Nothing is over until we decide it is! Was it over when the Germans bombed Pearl Harbor?! Hell no! And it ain't over now! -- John 'Bluto' Blutarsky
watching pregame live,
and i hope murray doesn’t drop the gloves tonight with parros
I don't like you Detroit.
i'm sure idunno will disagree,
but no offense that definitely hurts the sharks more than it helps
I don't like you Detroit.
I just dug up some stats (pregame helped me) and Murray played 18 minutes last game and 12 minutes on game 2 so it wasn’t too bad.
And I somewhat disagree with hoping for no fights. I don’t want a dumb fight started by a Shark (you know, by a skill player like Ryane Clowe, or a “instigator fight”) but I didn’t mind Murray’s fight because he was defending himself. If Pronger elbows little Pavelski I wouldn’t mind anybody beating him up.
Seeing the Sharks don’t have a player whose sole role is an enforcer I wouldn’t want to see a “staged-fight” (it killed me saying that).
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Its true...
Pronger is a little bitch…
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by ZeroIndulgence on Apr 23, 2009 7:30 PM PDT up reply actions
Yeah, but he’s still a player that the Sharks have whose sole role is an enforcer. He’s not in the lineup, but he’s still on the roster.
GO SHARKS!
I admit I’m nervous.
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by ang6666 on Apr 23, 2009 7:31 PM PDT reply actions
Oh man, I've been nervous all day...
Let’s get this game rollin! Hot start!
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by ZeroIndulgence on Apr 23, 2009 7:31 PM PDT up reply actions
Can you even hear the Ducks fans?
I can’t. They are awful.
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boo!!
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by ang6666 on Apr 23, 2009 7:37 PM PDT reply actions
I think you can actually hear boos coming from the crowd as they announce the Ducks
You would never hear boos for the home team at HP Pavilion…………. where are the Ducks fans?
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by Diamondback15 on Apr 23, 2009 7:38 PM PDT up reply actions
I thought I heard some boos during Pronger's intro
Most excellent. Sharks fans are everywhere!
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by ZeroIndulgence on Apr 23, 2009 7:39 PM PDT up reply actions
that’s when I typed it
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by ang6666 on Apr 23, 2009 7:40 PM PDT up reply actions
Haha
Who played music during the national anthem?
BTW Saxophone guy is better….
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anyone else hear that muscial interlude at the start of the anthem?
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yep
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by ang6666 on Apr 23, 2009 7:40 PM PDT up reply actions
GOOOOOOOOOOOOO SHARKS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Let's GO SHARKS!
play at the other end!
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by ang6666 on Apr 23, 2009 7:42 PM PDT reply actions
Lines
Mitchell-Thornton-Setoguchi
Michalek-Pavelski-Clowe
Moen-Marleau-Cheechoo
Roenick-Goc-Grier
I would switch big Joe with Marleau and Roenick with Moen because that would be cool. I’m sure The Todd has his reasons so I don’t care
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I'm so psyched
And nervous by the same token.
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until we are leading, I’ll remain more nervous
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by ang6666 on Apr 23, 2009 7:43 PM PDT up reply actions
Until the final horn
I’ll be nervous
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by Dave Valentine on Apr 23, 2009 7:44 PM PDT up reply actions
Not quite
He isn’t using capital letters!
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Tough break the other night
You guys should have finished off the Canes tonight – garbage non-interference (non)call.
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You can borrow some of my aspirin
I have a room full of it
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by Diamondback15 on Apr 23, 2009 7:43 PM PDT up reply actions
LOL
Gimmegimmegimme!
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Ok, do you want "mild", "strong", or "Lemieux playoff strentgh"?
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by Diamondback15 on Apr 23, 2009 7:46 PM PDT up reply actions
Or “I can’t feel my head”
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by Dave Valentine on Apr 23, 2009 7:47 PM PDT up reply actions
Lemieux 95, or Lemieux 09?
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95 of course
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by Diamondback15 on Apr 23, 2009 7:49 PM PDT up reply actions
GIMMEGIMME!!!
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Here you go
side affects are, tendency to pester, goad, and annoy opponents, and score big goals
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by Diamondback15 on Apr 23, 2009 7:51 PM PDT up reply actions
Then it will just enhance my natural abilities! :-P
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Is there a feed tonight?
My boyfriend’s roommate is having a study group in the living room and I feel like a jerk about asking to watch the game.
tell them to study in another room
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by ang6666 on Apr 23, 2009 7:44 PM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
http://www.ustream.tv/channel/team-teal-channel
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by Diamondback15 on Apr 23, 2009 7:44 PM PDT up reply actions
no problem, anything for a fellow Sharks fan
and fellow regular of the heart condition and anxiety ward
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by Diamondback15 on Apr 23, 2009 7:50 PM PDT up reply actions
You got that backwards
He should feel like a jerk for keeping you from the game
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by Dave Valentine on Apr 23, 2009 7:45 PM PDT up reply actions
Anyone do anything on account of superstition?
I normally go out to eat before Sharks games (good track record when I eat out, BAD record when I eat at home) – so I went to Little Caesars… and pigged out (oink oink!).
When we win, you all can thank me :-D
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I’ve never been superstitious … so nope
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by ang6666 on Apr 23, 2009 7:47 PM PDT up reply actions
With your birthdate
That’s probably a good thing :-D
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it’s because of my bday that I’m not … :)
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by ang6666 on Apr 23, 2009 7:48 PM PDT up reply actions
we can 'cus your heart sure won't!
I just hit the gym, that was about it.
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I’m sitting in the den listening to the KFOX feed instead of watching in the other room
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by Dave Valentine on Apr 23, 2009 7:48 PM PDT up reply actions
I have to say that the sacrifice is worth it. I’d much rather hear Dan and Bakes than the Versucks morons
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by Dave Valentine on Apr 23, 2009 7:50 PM PDT up reply actions
The problem is that I have NHL center ice and VS on my Direct TV package…so since VS is doing the game, CSN is blacked out
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by Dave Valentine on Apr 23, 2009 7:51 PM PDT up reply actions
indeed
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by Dave Valentine on Apr 23, 2009 7:52 PM PDT up reply actions
I’m not wearing Sharks gear. I will if necessary though. “Who’s side” has been failing me. See my signature too
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Who's side
Is BAD juju – says the teacher.
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I thought
you said that if it was good luck it didn’t matter!
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Hmmmm....
I’m having an existential crisis.
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anyone watching versus?
“hmm! pretty good numbers for marleau” (looking at his playoff numbers all time)
isn’t he like one of hte top playoff performers in the last decade?
I don’t think any member of the Sharks and the words “playoff performers” have ever been used in the same sentence.
by Stanley Cup of Chowder on Apr 23, 2009 7:50 PM PDT up reply actions
Oh hush
You had your sweep, leave us sweating in peace. ;-)
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I’m pulling for the Sharks. I’d like to see Jumbo Joe do something in the post season
by Stanley Cup of Chowder on Apr 23, 2009 7:52 PM PDT up reply actions
Us too
Seriously though – thank you for sending the Habs into oblivion.
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I was on the ice so I don’t think I can take credit for it
by Stanley Cup of Chowder on Apr 23, 2009 7:55 PM PDT up reply actions
Haha
How humble of you.
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Ah
Thought that was what you meant.
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Dan Boyle, Rob Blake, Claude Lemiuex, Travis Moen, Brad Lukowich,
or did these win the cup in an alternate universe?
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by Diamondback15 on Apr 23, 2009 7:55 PM PDT up reply actions
Thank you
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by Dave Valentine on Apr 23, 2009 7:56 PM PDT up reply actions
If I wasn't a Sharks fan, I'd root for them just so if they won the cup, I couls see all the stunned faces from the people who called the Sharks playoff chokers
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by Diamondback15 on Apr 23, 2009 7:58 PM PDT up reply actions
I also root for a team that has historically choked in the playoffs
by Stanley Cup of Chowder on Apr 23, 2009 8:00 PM PDT up reply actions
The last time the B’s won the Cup was 11 years before I was born and 20 years before the Sharks were established.
by Stanley Cup of Chowder on Apr 23, 2009 8:03 PM PDT up reply actions
How do you feel
About (most likely) playing the Rangers next round?
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I would rather have the B’s face NYR than any of the other teams left in the east. hopefully Lundvist doesn’t steal a few games.
by Stanley Cup of Chowder on Apr 23, 2009 8:05 PM PDT up reply actions
Why is it
That all these jerk offs feel the need to come over here and talk crap? I don’t get it.
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by Dave Valentine on Apr 23, 2009 8:01 PM PDT up reply actions
Easy Dave
He’s talking about the Bruins.
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Okay
My apologies
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by Dave Valentine on Apr 23, 2009 8:03 PM PDT up reply actions
I wanted Boston to destroy Montreal because....
I hate how a lot of people in Montreal think they are the only team that matters, and because Boston hasn’t done too well against them in the past, and you had to hear it all the time from Canadiens fans.
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by Diamondback15 on Apr 23, 2009 8:02 PM PDT up reply actions
Agreed
My normal policy is to despise Boston-area teams (I am a Yankees fan, after all), but the Bruins are outside of my normal policy – and Habs fans have this sense of entitlement that irks me… which is nothing at all like the sense of entitlement that fans of a certain baseball team might have………………………… hmmm.
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So you’re saying you should be a Habs fan then?
by Stanley Cup of Chowder on Apr 23, 2009 8:07 PM PDT up reply actions
Well...
I DID make the trek to Montreal two months ago….
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I hate the Yankees
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by Diamondback15 on Apr 23, 2009 8:22 PM PDT up reply actions
other end dammit!!
Ever get the feeling we are on a collision course with reality?
by ang6666 on Apr 23, 2009 7:52 PM PDT reply actions
ugh PK!!!
Ever get the feeling we are on a collision course with reality?
by ang6666 on Apr 23, 2009 7:52 PM PDT reply actions
I'm imagining Mike Grier bookending the night...
A shorty, and then 53 minutes later an empty net goal….
(groan!)
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But remember
He turned into Joe Thornton one time and had a crazy (for Grier) assist to Marleau
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later an empty net goal….
Did you bring back good drugs from Israel?
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by Dave Valentine on Apr 23, 2009 7:56 PM PDT up reply actions
I assure you
They’re all kosher!
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hahahaha
too much manischewitz…
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by workthecycle on Apr 23, 2009 7:57 PM PDT up reply actions
okay … other end now boys!
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by ang6666 on Apr 23, 2009 7:58 PM PDT reply actions
can we not break our stick on the PK anymore please?
my heart just can’t take it!
Yes, I'm from the tropics. Yes, I love hockey. What's not to get?
is it your original heart?
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by Diamondback15 on Apr 23, 2009 8:03 PM PDT up reply actions
hahaha
they are asking ryan whitney what he thinks of todd mclellan’s assesment of there being a 10 minute game followed by a 50 minute game
Wow, another reason to hate Perry..........diver
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remeber what happened in a certain game against Boston this year?
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by Diamondback15 on Apr 23, 2009 8:06 PM PDT up reply actions
Error-hof....
Though it’s a suspect call.
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I like how they have been doing the bonus coverage this year though.
by Stanley Cup of Chowder on Apr 23, 2009 8:07 PM PDT up reply actions
I guess I am numb to their stupidity after watching NESN and Jack Edwards all season
by Stanley Cup of Chowder on Apr 23, 2009 8:09 PM PDT up reply actions
but imagine the reaction of people on the East Coast.......
Wait…… there are teams in California?!?!?! And one of them won the cup 2 years ago?!?!?!?!?!?!
ONE OF THEM WON THE PRESIDENTS TROPHY THIS SEASON?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!
…………… wait…………. where’s California?
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by Diamondback15 on Apr 23, 2009 8:09 PM PDT up reply actions
When I was in Vancouver in January
A guy accosted me for being a southern Californian. When I corrected him, his (Canadian) excuse was, “Well, it’s all far south.”
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people always think san jose is in soCal
because it sounds like san diego, i guess
by a10dency2ask on Apr 23, 2009 8:11 PM PDT up reply actions
also because
san jose is the most under the radar big city in america
by a10dency2ask on Apr 23, 2009 8:13 PM PDT up reply actions
but its the safest, so I don't care
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by Diamondback15 on Apr 23, 2009 8:14 PM PDT up reply actions
really?! who passed us?
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by Diamondback15 on Apr 23, 2009 8:15 PM PDT up reply actions
it's sort of weird though
because new york city is number 1 i think, and I really don’t have the impression that it is very safe
http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qn4176/is_20081208/ai_n31114973/
by a10dency2ask on Apr 23, 2009 8:18 PM PDT up reply actions
I can change that.............
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by Diamondback15 on Apr 23, 2009 8:21 PM PDT up reply actions
and apparently
it’s the city government’s priority to regain the title
by a10dency2ask on Apr 23, 2009 8:22 PM PDT up reply actions
with help from....my................associates.........of course
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by Diamondback15 on Apr 23, 2009 8:23 PM PDT up reply actions
Possibly...
Did you know that Indianapolis is bigger than San Francisco? Whodda thunk…
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Population I mean
SF is either 13th or 14th in the nation – and Indianapolis is either 12th or 13th.
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yeah I meant population too
san francisco is only like 700 something thousand
by a10dency2ask on Apr 23, 2009 8:18 PM PDT up reply actions
It is a big TV market because it gets thrown in with Oakland and San Jose
by Stanley Cup of Chowder on Apr 23, 2009 8:16 PM PDT up reply actions
the Bay Area has about 10 million people, a third of California's population
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by Diamondback15 on Apr 23, 2009 8:24 PM PDT up reply actions
someday, fresno will be bigger than SF
but bigger is not necessarily better.
(Honlulu’s pretty small, after all.)
According to Wikipedia San Francisco is bigger but not by much.
And I believe anything Wikipedia says so….
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The almighty Wiki!
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I guess Canada is the only hockey country that matters
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by Diamondback15 on Apr 23, 2009 8:13 PM PDT up reply actions
Tell that
To the KLM line of old.
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who?
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by Diamondback15 on Apr 23, 2009 8:16 PM PDT up reply actions
Ahhhhh, that line, that line was a beast
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by Diamondback15 on Apr 23, 2009 8:18 PM PDT up reply actions
The famed Soviet line, featuring 2 future Sharks!
Vladimir Krutov, Igor Larionov, and Sergei Makarov. They basically inspired today’s Red Wings – not surprising, considering ol’ Igor joined them.
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or the Ov line, Soviet Teams of 60's, 70s, 80s
And I’ll never let any Canadien forget 1996
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by Diamondback15 on Apr 23, 2009 8:19 PM PDT up reply actions
1996?
Are you referring to Patrick Roy’s defection?
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No, World Cup of Hockey.....unless your joking around and I failed
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by Diamondback15 on Apr 23, 2009 8:25 PM PDT up reply actions
No, I'm totally serious
You spelled it “CanadiEn,” so I thought you meant when Roy stormed off the ice in Montreal, and out of the Habs’ organization. He joined the Avs, who of course were once the Quebec Nordiques, Roy’s favorite childhood team, and led them to their first Stanley Cup.
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I can't spell today....ugh
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by Diamondback15 on Apr 23, 2009 8:29 PM PDT up reply actions
wait, I spelled it right.............correction.......I can't think today
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by Diamondback15 on Apr 23, 2009 8:30 PM PDT up reply actions
And people call Americans stupid
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by Diamondback15 on Apr 23, 2009 8:23 PM PDT up reply actions
Now, of course I'm just being a stereotyping dick............... but still..............
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by Diamondback15 on Apr 23, 2009 8:12 PM PDT up reply actions
He gets my vote after that Ivy League throwdown the other night
by Stanley Cup of Chowder on Apr 23, 2009 8:10 PM PDT up reply actions
PP!!!
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by ang6666 on Apr 23, 2009 8:08 PM PDT reply actions
GO Power Play!
I’m eating so you guys can be alright with me right?\
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Let'S GO SHARKS!
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by ang6666 on Apr 23, 2009 8:10 PM PDT reply actions
Wascawee wabbit.
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I considered it … but it was too easy a target
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by ang6666 on Apr 23, 2009 8:18 PM PDT up reply actions
I have to admit….there was a random thought rattling around in my nearly empty skull
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by Dave Valentine on Apr 23, 2009 8:19 PM PDT up reply actions
Guilty as well
We’re such a filthy lot.
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Yeah, right
cough, bullshit, cough
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by Dave Valentine on Apr 23, 2009 8:23 PM PDT up reply actions
I’m not normally. Ang brings it out in me.
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by Dave Valentine on Apr 23, 2009 8:22 PM PDT up reply actions
remember that avril lavigne song
“all this time you were pretending so much for my happy ending”
by a10dency2ask on Apr 23, 2009 8:23 PM PDT up reply actions
In my defense
The CL killer made me think of it.
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Touch it?
I won’t even go near it.
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by workthecycle on Apr 23, 2009 8:22 PM PDT up reply actions
I don't get it, and I probably don't even want to know
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by Diamondback15 on Apr 23, 2009 8:26 PM PDT up reply actions
keep your eye on the birdy
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by Diamondback15 on Apr 23, 2009 8:36 PM PDT up reply actions
Mitchell is amazing
Already in this game there was one scoring chance that he generated all by himself – hit one Duck in one corner and knocked the puck loose, skated over to the other corner and checked the Duck that got the puck, then gained control of the puck and fed a sweet pass to Goc in the slot. Of course, since its Goc, they didn’t score, but it was still a nice hard-working play.
GO SHARKS!
score first
score often
and win!
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by ang6666 on Apr 23, 2009 8:36 PM PDT reply actions
This.
Sometimes the impossible can become possible if you're AWESOME!
by ZeroIndulgence on Apr 23, 2009 8:37 PM PDT up reply actions
when?
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by ang6666 on Apr 23, 2009 8:38 PM PDT up reply actions
They just said there was an earthquake during intermission
by Stanley Cup of Chowder on Apr 23, 2009 8:39 PM PDT up reply actions
I had a brain fart and thought the game was in SJ for a minute
by Stanley Cup of Chowder on Apr 23, 2009 8:41 PM PDT up reply actions
in SoCal? don’t know
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by ang6666 on Apr 23, 2009 8:40 PM PDT up reply actions
4.0
a bunch of folks in the building probably didn’t notice
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followed by a 3.9
unless it’s big, they’re not going to do much aside from mention it in passing.
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for us natives?
6 and up, generally, though a 5 and up can be pretty noticeable to do some damage.
Depends how close you to the epicenter are too.
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and soil types too
Loose sediment will be liquefied by the seismic waves and cause more severe damage. This is why the Marina was so devestated by the 89 quake. Solid bedrock is the safest.
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by Diamondback15 on Apr 23, 2009 8:46 PM PDT up reply actions
also, don’t build your stadium or college ON a fault. That’s kind of bad news (Hayward/East Bay and UCB, I’m looking at you!)
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I think
they were trying to take advantage of a California series and talking about the rare “Earthquake”
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hey, hey now, be nice to my favorite soccer team
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by Diamondback15 on Apr 23, 2009 8:47 PM PDT up reply actions
yeah, that’s nothing to write home bout
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by ang6666 on Apr 23, 2009 8:41 PM PDT up reply actions
We have shit weather 9 months out of the year but he don’t have to worry about earthquakes
by Stanley Cup of Chowder on Apr 23, 2009 8:42 PM PDT up reply actions
we don’t worry bout them here :)
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by ang6666 on Apr 23, 2009 8:43 PM PDT up reply actions
whew!!!!
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by ang6666 on Apr 23, 2009 8:45 PM PDT reply actions
come on Sharks … score!!!!
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by ang6666 on Apr 23, 2009 8:45 PM PDT reply actions
damn!!!
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by ang6666 on Apr 23, 2009 8:46 PM PDT reply actions
We look awful this period...
STEP IT THE FUCK UP BOYS!
Sometimes the impossible can become possible if you're AWESOME!
What's with Nabby
and that freakin’ 5 hole?
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About as wide as a French hooker
Or so I’m told.
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Did anyone else have a premonition after the no-goal?
I hate those – esp. when they’re prophetic. UGH.
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yay
my red wing fan friend isn’t here
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by serrapadre716 on Apr 23, 2009 8:53 PM PDT up reply actions
stupid plank?
dude, that’s not cool
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by serrapadre716 on Apr 23, 2009 8:55 PM PDT up reply actions
i hate hate hate
when the sharks play lax the whole game and then get scored against and suddenly start playing with some energy when it’s too late
luckily its not too late
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by Diamondback15 on Apr 23, 2009 8:54 PM PDT up reply actions
well i mean
too late in the sense that they needed to start the game that way
by a10dency2ask on Apr 23, 2009 8:54 PM PDT up reply actions
That makes sense
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by Diamondback15 on Apr 23, 2009 8:58 PM PDT up reply actions
Stupid commercials...
I hate these global warming commercials. I like my “carbon footprint” the way it is.
ok
time to even this thing up! Let’s do this!
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Ahhh
(darth vader song) 6-5 detroit,
which means we sweep columbus and on our way to the second round
by allhailtheredwings on Apr 23, 2009 8:54 PM PDT reply actions
damn
i spoke too soon. your here.
and on a seperate note, how did you do during your swim meet?
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by serrapadre716 on Apr 23, 2009 8:56 PM PDT up reply actions
They had 2 jv swimmers
that should some it up
by allhailtheredwings on Apr 23, 2009 8:57 PM PDT up reply actions
you lost?!?!
they only had 2 swimmers!!!
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by serrapadre716 on Apr 23, 2009 8:58 PM PDT up reply actions
And people think
Sharks fans are cocky.
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haha
you said cock…kinda
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by serrapadre716 on Apr 23, 2009 8:57 PM PDT up reply actions
Well
Considering the RW’s beat the Beejays, I guess it’s apropos.
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+10
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by Dave Valentine on Apr 23, 2009 9:00 PM PDT up reply actions
you must be talking about
jake peavy
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by serrapadre716 on Apr 23, 2009 8:56 PM PDT up reply actions
what are you talking about?
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by serrapadre716 on Apr 23, 2009 8:58 PM PDT up reply actions
i'm not taling to myself
it would be impossible to log into 2 accounts on the same computer
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by serrapadre716 on Apr 23, 2009 9:01 PM PDT up reply actions
looks like my front room last night, minus the benches, broom and glass crews and hockey players
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damned cats
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by Dave Valentine on Apr 23, 2009 9:02 PM PDT up reply actions
Yeah, oops! Run!
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by Dave Valentine on Apr 23, 2009 9:04 PM PDT up reply actions
Yeah, typical pet behavior. My dogs woulda run like hell too. Only the bird would have stood fast and laughed about it around my house
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by Dave Valentine on Apr 23, 2009 9:05 PM PDT up reply actions
African Gray
Asshole is a better description
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by Dave Valentine on Apr 23, 2009 9:06 PM PDT up reply actions
Oh god, That would be.............AWESOME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
A million youtube hits in under an hour
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by Diamondback15 on Apr 23, 2009 9:01 PM PDT up reply actions
MILAN!!!!
Taking out Bobby Ryan, breaking glass, using Ryan to hit his fellow Ducks on the bench!
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this is hilarious watching them figure out what to do
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by ang6666 on Apr 23, 2009 9:01 PM PDT up reply actions
Q
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by serrapadre716 on Apr 23, 2009 9:03 PM PDT up reply actions
that's
being nice
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by serrapadre716 on Apr 23, 2009 9:02 PM PDT up reply actions
God, its like wtching these two
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QflrU7V5HLg
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wow
the miracle mets? they’re running out of material already?
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That looks questionable
but that strap should secure it!
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maybe if we are lucky, this bad glass breaking will be bad luck for the ducks
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by ang6666 on Apr 23, 2009 9:04 PM PDT reply actions
boxing
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by serrapadre716 on Apr 23, 2009 9:07 PM PDT up reply actions
least the guys from here and BoC at the game tonight are having an interesting show
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by ang6666 on Apr 23, 2009 9:07 PM PDT reply actions
Yeah
Yawn…I can see Plank enjoying this
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by Dave Valentine on Apr 23, 2009 9:07 PM PDT up reply actions
well you never know what they do in their personal time
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by ang6666 on Apr 23, 2009 9:08 PM PDT up reply actions
eww
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by serrapadre716 on Apr 23, 2009 9:08 PM PDT up reply actions
This was alla master plan by Milan...
He knew that by breaking the glass, it would take 3 hours to fix, and it would kill the Ducks’ momentum. It’s so on now!
Sometimes the impossible can become possible if you're AWESOME!
...or not.
We look like the 2008-2009 Avs right now…
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by ZeroIndulgence on Apr 23, 2009 9:10 PM PDT up reply actions
you mean that crappy AHL team?
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by serrapadre716 on Apr 23, 2009 9:31 PM PDT up reply actions
FUCK!!!
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by ang6666 on Apr 23, 2009 9:08 PM PDT reply actions
Oh come ON
I has good practice. Mike Grier keep shooting puck at me, and my confidence boosted very more. - "Evgeni Nabokov"
Oh shit
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ahhh
aneheim just bought the rights to we believe from the warriors
by allhailtheredwings on Apr 23, 2009 9:09 PM PDT reply actions
Engraving
please send lord stanely cups to Joe Louis Arena, Detroit, MI will never mind we’ll just keep it clean from last year
by allhailtheredwings on Apr 23, 2009 9:11 PM PDT reply actions
yeah right
we’ll pry it out of brodeurs french-candaian hands
by allhailtheredwings on Apr 23, 2009 9:12 PM PDT reply actions
cause many of them are at this game
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by ang6666 on Apr 23, 2009 9:18 PM PDT up reply actions
nope … it does have stuff for all three Cali teams .. but more of the Sharks fans hang out here
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by ang6666 on Apr 23, 2009 9:20 PM PDT up reply actions
Hey
He DOES alternate between flour and corn tortillas…. so said the radio ad.
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So do I!
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by workthecycle on Apr 23, 2009 9:20 PM PDT up reply actions
i'm not liking how easily all the players are getting pushed off the puck
they need to get some energy going
Just realized I haven’t inter-yelled that.
LET’S GO SHARKS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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everyone (who likes the sharks) here should do shout it at least once if they haven’t already
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LET'S GO SHARKS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
(clap, clap, clap clap clap)
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by workthecycle on Apr 23, 2009 9:27 PM PDT up reply actions
Yeah, can’t even say they’re giving a damn tonight unlike the first two games.
I has good practice. Mike Grier keep shooting puck at me, and my confidence boosted very more. - "Evgeni Nabokov"
Seriously
There’s no doubt that they really don’t give a damn…I mean, why should they? It’s only the Cup playoffs…something most of them dream about playing in for the vast majority of their live.
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by Dave Valentine on Apr 23, 2009 9:32 PM PDT up reply actions
seriously, you guys are sadder than the Sharks
let’s give them some support!
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how are we worse?
we showed up…
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by Jay Fin Anderson on Apr 23, 2009 9:30 PM PDT up reply actions
Ohhhhhhhhhhh, burned
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by Diamondback15 on Apr 23, 2009 9:36 PM PDT up reply actions
Seriously
Go to BoC. I even gave you a link
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just let it go … don’t know why fans from other teams bother you so much … it’s no biggie if people come in and talk shit … (shrugs)
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by ang6666 on Apr 23, 2009 9:26 PM PDT up reply actions
The mood here’s not exactly happy right now and having a Ducks fan isn’t really helping. Not that often this place is down.
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so what … just let it go … there is no one chatting in BoC … so sending anyone there is silly … just ignore whatever you dont’ want to hear
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by ang6666 on Apr 23, 2009 9:30 PM PDT up reply actions
Alright
I’ll try. It’s just I don’t understand why someone wants to spend time on a message board where they’re just basically talking to themselves and is clearly not being valued or anything
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by ang6666 on Apr 23, 2009 9:33 PM PDT up reply actions
I thought of him earlier tonight!
Fear The Fin = Anyone who doesn’t like fighting in the NHL can go watch poker on ESPN. [Jamie Baker]
(ahem)
GO SHARKS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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We just got lucky
they had some dangerous chances there.
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well,
it was fun while it lasted.
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by Jay Fin Anderson on Apr 23, 2009 9:27 PM PDT reply actions
i have this huge
thing that wants to punch ever shark in the face. this looks like a replay of a few snoozers we waded through in january, february, march, oh wait, every month for the past 4… ah well. maybe they can turn it around. a lot of me doesnt believe. but i will rejoice if they do.
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by Jay Fin Anderson on Apr 23, 2009 9:29 PM PDT reply actions
You guys are way too grumpy. Yes, it’s a bad game, but how is making everyone feel like crap about it going to help?
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it doens't
it’s just hard not to feel sorry for yourself, and hard to keep believing we aren’t seeing the same problems of past years
by a10dency2ask on Apr 23, 2009 9:32 PM PDT up reply actions
1) I’m tired of whiners
2) I’m tired of people telling others they can’t hang out here if they don’t support the Sharks … it’s fucking bullshit.
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by ang6666 on Apr 23, 2009 9:32 PM PDT up reply actions
agreed
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by workthecycle on Apr 23, 2009 9:33 PM PDT up reply actions
i agree, and thank you.
if i want roses and sunshine blown up my ass i listen to randy and drew.
personally, i come to the online forum for a variety of opinions, dark and light.
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by Jay Fin Anderson on Apr 23, 2009 9:34 PM PDT up reply actions
I’m fine with dark opinions, but jesus people, whining about a bad game that we can’t control ain’t an opinion. It’s just annoying.
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by CTGray on Apr 23, 2009 9:35 PM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
seriously rec'd
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by Dave Valentine on Apr 23, 2009 9:36 PM PDT up reply actions
when I get too down about a game … or think they won’t get as far as I think they should … I remind myself that they are still making big bucks and really, it doesn’t matter … they are still making big bucks … and I’m not … (shrugs)
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by ang6666 on Apr 23, 2009 9:36 PM PDT up reply actions
and remind my self
it could be worse, we could be 70 year old cubs fans
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by serrapadre716 on Apr 23, 2009 9:37 PM PDT up reply actions
i remind myself
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by serrapadre716 on Apr 23, 2009 9:38 PM PDT up reply actions
haha
i’m a cubs fan (but nowhere near 70)
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by workthecycle on Apr 23, 2009 9:51 PM PDT up reply actions
69?
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by serrapadre716 on Apr 23, 2009 9:51 PM PDT up reply actions
try..
a third of that, almost
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by workthecycle on Apr 23, 2009 9:52 PM PDT up reply actions
by that logic all fandom is pointless.
i cant control the great game we saw tuseday. but i stilled yelled for joy when they won.
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by Jay Fin Anderson on Apr 23, 2009 9:36 PM PDT up reply actions
so did I
But I’m not going to crap all over them and add to some stupid fire that someone started years ago. The old excused are that, OLD. They’re just sucking, I don’t need conjecture on why or what they do and don’t care about. WE DON’T KNOW HOW THEY FEEL. Period. We don’t know what they’re thinking, Period.
I hate the no heart, same old ron wilson blah blah blah. We’ve heard it enough.
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i'm not accusing them of having no heart
but it certainly is weird how they are so inconsistent with their play, although it doens’t really have anything to do with the past
by a10dency2ask on Apr 23, 2009 9:40 PM PDT up reply actions
sometimes
knowing your feelings of heartbreak and frustration are shared helps to deal with it.
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by Jay Fin Anderson on Apr 23, 2009 9:34 PM PDT up reply actions
20 minutes is more than enough time to tie AND win
so suit up or shut up!
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actually
gotta do more than just suit up!
by a10dency2ask on Apr 23, 2009 9:34 PM PDT up reply actions
Thornton has been brutal
Sloppy passes, can’t handle the puck, gets knocked off the puck all the time, lazy skating (WORK, DAMNIT!!), couldn’t backcheck to save his life… I’m starting to cringe whenever he’s out on the ice.
That said, Michalek’s hit was a beauty. And Randy and Drew’s conversation was… interesting. And kind of informative, in a “let’s list random things about 1969!” way.
ahh
the year 69
"It aint over till the fat lady sings." - Not Yogi Berra
by serrapadre716 on Apr 23, 2009 9:39 PM PDT up reply actions
LET'S GO SHARKS!
The third period will be OUR PERIOD! LET’S DO THIS!
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I wonder
what’s going on in the Sharks locker-room. (First time I thought about a male locker-room, ew)
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you know you like it
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by workthecycle on Apr 23, 2009 9:54 PM PDT up reply actions
Can Claude "trip" and step on Hiller's leg or something?
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Hard for him to do from the press box, though.
I has good practice. Mike Grier keep shooting puck at me, and my confidence boosted very more. - "Evgeni Nabokov"
*sigh* I'm so out of it today
fine then, Murray or somebody else
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by Diamondback15 on Apr 23, 2009 9:43 PM PDT up reply actions
Two goals in a period
This team is capable of that. They showed it in the regular season.
Now they need to go out there and do it.
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wooo
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by serrapadre716 on Apr 23, 2009 9:41 PM PDT up reply actions
GO SHARKS!
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by ang6666 on Apr 23, 2009 9:41 PM PDT reply actions
Come on Sharks! Make them stop talking about Bobby Ryan and how he was drafted after Crosby!
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yea
talk about marleau after thornton
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by serrapadre716 on Apr 23, 2009 9:42 PM PDT up reply actions
a toast:
here’s to what made this team dominant in the last (few) games:
1) out skating anaheim.
2) initiating contact, but not losing focus on winning the puck
3) really strong forecheck/backcheck. causing havoc in the other end so anaheim cant even break out.
4) controlling the puck and movement east to west in the O zone. no more of this force into the slot from behind the net with all 10 skaters in the crease leading to a turnover.
go guppies. i dont believe, but i want it.
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by Jay Fin Anderson on Apr 23, 2009 9:42 PM PDT reply actions
I’d love it if the Sharks emulated Worcester’s game four. 5 goals in the third period. Ah-freaking-mazing.
i'd love it
if i knew what emulated means.
but i think i get the point
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by serrapadre716 on Apr 23, 2009 9:46 PM PDT up reply actions
i don't feel like
i’m watching a playoff game.
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by serrapadre716 on Apr 23, 2009 9:50 PM PDT up reply actions
me too
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by workthecycle on Apr 23, 2009 9:58 PM PDT up reply actions
is it that or are they not where they should be? I can’t tell to be honest
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not sure
i feel like they are sometimes just throwing it into areas, not at someone specific
by a10dency2ask on Apr 23, 2009 9:51 PM PDT up reply actions
hiller the save and no rebound
4 games of that is enough. how about more lines from game 3?
"It aint over till the fat lady sings." - Not Yogi Berra
Hey all. This game is frustrating to watch. What is wrong with the Sharks? I don’t see the desperation needed.
I don't know
They just don’t want it enough or something
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that's not a good sign
when the “Performance of the Night” is a clip from last year’s playoffs
I has good practice. Mike Grier keep shooting puck at me, and my confidence boosted very more. - "Evgeni Nabokov"
Goddamnit
I has good practice. Mike Grier keep shooting puck at me, and my confidence boosted very more. - "Evgeni Nabokov"
There goes our season
The death knell…
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I’m about ready to throw myself on….
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cries
Ever get the feeling we are on a collision course with reality?
by ang6666 on Apr 23, 2009 10:06 PM PDT up reply actions
I can't take this shit anymore...
I’m out. Hopefully the sharks can at least be merciful to us and win their last home game before being added to the list of President’s Trophy winners to lose to an 8 seed…Ugh.
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by ZeroIndulgence on Apr 23, 2009 10:08 PM PDT reply actions
win their last home game
Like we did last year before the quadruple overtime loss….
At least this year the Sharks will have more time at the golf course to reflect on their (mis)fortunes, and I’ll have saved money by not attending a single playoff game….
(hangs head and weeps)
Fear The Fin = Anyone who doesn’t like fighting in the NHL can go watch poker on ESPN. [Jamie Baker]
This game is terrible. The sharks are flat and are playing like a bunch of softies. This game was so pathetic we should be called the Guppies
by xsjsharksx on Apr 23, 2009 10:08 PM PDT reply actions 1 recs
watching this game
has been like one of those dreams where you can’t move and you feel like you’re underwater
Well, I'm going to go kill myself and take out a city with me
I'm warning you! I have ADHD and I know how to use it!!!
i'm thinking
detroit
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by serrapadre716 on Apr 23, 2009 10:26 PM PDT up reply actions
I give up on this game
But I’m not gonna give up on the series. I’m not gonna say “In 19somehting this team came back.” That’s just annoying.
It’s possible the Sharks can win and I’m not giving up on them yet.
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who?
not this team.
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by Jay Fin Anderson on Apr 23, 2009 10:13 PM PDT up reply actions
We already cashed in
That get of jail free card.
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That is the big question. He is a playoff failure over and over again.
by Sean Zandberg on Apr 23, 2009 10:13 PM PDT up reply actions
joe's not the only one who hasn't been producing
by a10dency2ask on Apr 23, 2009 10:15 PM PDT up reply actions
But he is the #1 guy. I hear you on Marleau as well, but Joe is getting paid huge bucks
by Sean Zandberg on Apr 23, 2009 10:16 PM PDT up reply actions
fuck fuck fuck fuck fuck!
Ever get the feeling we are on a collision course with reality?
by ang6666 on Apr 23, 2009 10:15 PM PDT reply actions
Two shutouts
Jonas Hiller leads all goalies in the playoffs with 2. The 3rd shutout TODAY.
Fear The Fin = Anyone who doesn’t like fighting in the NHL can go watch poker on ESPN. [Jamie Baker]
2nd shutout
2-0
3-2
4-3
4-0
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by serrapadre716 on Apr 23, 2009 10:19 PM PDT up reply actions
praying
to make a sequal to the miracle on ice
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by serrapadre716 on Apr 23, 2009 10:17 PM PDT up reply actions
Agreed
Stupid move, aimed (presumably) at breaking the shutout.
Fear The Fin = Anyone who doesn’t like fighting in the NHL can go watch poker on ESPN. [Jamie Baker]
Go Out Fighting
If the Sharks are gonna lose, I wanna see at least three fights
The worst of all this
I am forced to pull for the Ducks in the next series…. because they play Detroit.
We’ve reached new levels of self-loathing, Sharks fans.
Fear The Fin = Anyone who doesn’t like fighting in the NHL can go watch poker on ESPN. [Jamie Baker]
they are who we thought they were?
for the last 4 months.
“oh they will turn it around…”
ha.
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by Jay Fin Anderson on Apr 23, 2009 10:18 PM PDT reply actions
Ha indeed
You can’t think that you’ll succeed in the marathon when you slack off during practice – we deserve this, we truly do. Injuries are only part of the equation – the only forgiveable part.
Fear The Fin = Anyone who doesn’t like fighting in the NHL can go watch poker on ESPN. [Jamie Baker]
honestly, I can't even tell if nabokov has been bad
I mean, he can’t be out there scoring the goals.
it is disappointing
how easily the ducks seem to score. the losses are not nabby’s fault. the blame should lay squarely on the leadership of this sorry ass team. fuck them.
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by Jay Fin Anderson on Apr 23, 2009 10:20 PM PDT up reply actions
i'm not going to be doom and gloom
but I’m disappointed the sharks mailed this one in a bit. To me it was a repeat of game 1. Using DW’s reasoning from last season, I think the sharks have only shown up for 2 out of 4 games this series, and unfortunately, they lost one of the ones they showedup for
i read this sharks joke in espn magizine
q: what’s the same about the sharks and the titanic?
a: they both sink when they hit the ice.
i admited it was a good joke, but i didn’t think they would sink tonight. i thought they were going to play well like in the 1st 3 games. granted they only won 1, but you wouldn’t be able to tell by looking at shots, hits etc
"It aint over till the fat lady sings." - Not Yogi Berra
agreed
although I woudl argue for game 1
by a10dency2ask on Apr 23, 2009 10:24 PM PDT up reply actions
i know really
all they had to do was keep doing the things they were already doing. granted, thats easier said than done, but they couldn’t even do that.
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by serrapadre716 on Apr 23, 2009 10:26 PM PDT up reply actions
I'm glad they got the empty net
to show how fucking angry i am at the sharks.
-Why do they give up long before I do?
-Why is Joe so hard to watch right now?
-Did patty even play tonight?
-I’m so angry.
I cant even express this feeling right now.
I’m still not Chicken Littling, I still think we take this series. Just so many things wrong with the world.
I was gonna get a #12 tattoo when we win the cup, now im not so sure.
I hate:
errant, thoughtless passes. 2 consecutive thornton giveaways. thornton and roenick taking shit in front of the net with no revenge. how the sharks embarass me. how the sharks seem to care less than i do. how i feel right now. how ill feel tomorrow. how ill feel all day saturday before the game. how we are the better team and no one in the country will ever believe that ever again. just ughhh.
that was beyond disappointing.
that is an embarrassment.
an absolutely shameful (lack of) performance by a team that some of the best hockey minds say have the talent and depth to win the stanley cup.
i am stunned how this team played the way they did 2 days ago and decided they could skate half assed and pull this one off. tonight i am ashamed to be a fan of this franchise. way top kick the passionate game in the balls and say they dont care.
this team had a chance to inspire a whole new fanbase in the bay area of fans looking for a CHAMPIONSHIP CALIBER TEAM. they not only squandered that chance, i believe they injured the ability to do that in the future. this team is a choke team. always have been. still are.
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by Jay Fin Anderson on Apr 23, 2009 10:25 PM PDT reply actions
i picked a bad time to become a hockey/sharks fan
by gametime_gsw on Apr 23, 2009 10:28 PM PDT up reply actions
Marleau is either hurt or desiring to be invisible.
by Very Serious Person on Apr 23, 2009 10:27 PM PDT reply actions
i'm thinking both
he’s injured, so he tries to be invisible s no one will hit him.
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by serrapadre716 on Apr 23, 2009 10:30 PM PDT up reply actions
I think
I’m gonna take a break from FTF for a while. All the negativity here, it’s just not cool. I thought we’re fans to have fun, to watch some hockey. I understand the Sharks played bad but whining about it isn’t fun it’s depressing. I’m watching the Sharks to be entertained not to get mad and frustrated. If the Sharks just make you mad why are you watching?
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because sometimes they dont make me mad.
i express, discuss, bounce opinions off of other people i respect, and move on.
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by Jay Fin Anderson on Apr 23, 2009 10:31 PM PDT up reply actions
I sympathize with wanting to take a break
Because collective negativity probably (no – definitely) isn’t healthy, but I’m also not going to sit back and pretend everything’s all right.
Next season, when the President’s Trophy and Division Champion banners are raised, it would send a fitting message if we booed throughtout the ceremony. I say that knowing full well how much I wanted both honors – because we thought we could coast through on talent alone. Joe Thornton’s cocksure comments had me uneasy at the time, but in hindsight they’re especially repugnant.
“We’re big, we’re talented…” Growing up, my parents always said that my brother was the more naturally talented of the two of us, but I worked harder. My brother didn’t apply himself as well. I still love my brother, just like I still love this team, but dammit – they’ve got to frickin’ TRY or others will make their natural talent seem invisible.
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yea. we should boo
or just stay completly quiet, not a single noise. either that, or have everyone turn their backs to the banners.
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by serrapadre716 on Apr 23, 2009 10:47 PM PDT up reply actions
Winning that banner has now become a curse
Because every time we look up at the rafters and see it, we’ll be reminded of the season that could have been.
Fear The Fin = Anyone who doesn’t like fighting in the NHL can go watch poker on ESPN. [Jamie Baker]
again, interesting how
thornton’s comments about being the best team in the league have turned seemingly half the fanbase against him
by a10dency2ask on Apr 23, 2009 11:02 PM PDT up reply actions
maybe we are picking on the wrong guys.
whos next in the fanatical headhunting done by ravenously angry disappointed fans?
the coach.
really todd? where is the game plan? you got outcoached tonight. your gameplan sucked dude.
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by Jay Fin Anderson on Apr 23, 2009 10:30 PM PDT reply actions
But I do think we’ll see some players leave :(
by Very Serious Person on Apr 23, 2009 10:32 PM PDT up reply actions
no.
i think he wasnt expected to do nearly what he has done this year.
rookie coaches are rarely sucessful. i think the management would give him a few tries to prove it isnt him causing the choking. and then marleau and joe get lost. and then the coach goes.
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by Jay Fin Anderson on Apr 23, 2009 10:33 PM PDT up reply actions
no
but i’m expecting results…soon
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by serrapadre716 on Apr 23, 2009 10:33 PM PDT up reply actions
Honestly
i think there is gonna be some or atleast there should be significant changes. Joe tonight..well actually the whole team tonight didnt display any will or hunger. the game was really really bland. Its really sad to see. I really love the team and the players we have but i think something will be done if we get knocked out first round.
I'm pissed
And because of that, I’m probably gonna pull a Thornton around here and not show up much. My pessimism has pretty much beat down all optimism I had after that one win (hell, I’m now feeling indifferent to Mitchell coming back), and I really don’t want to be another one of those doom and gloom people pulling everyone down.
you mean the sharks that didnt show up?
dont put the doom and gloom on us as fans. we are reactive. the paid professionals are the ones responsible for the product on the ice that we react to. this is merely a forum to discuss the reactions we have to that product.
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by Jay Fin Anderson on Apr 23, 2009 10:34 PM PDT up reply actions
I meant that I really don’t like to bitch and moan and whine online when it just gets me even more pissed off, and probably doesn’t help others much either. I’m just going to try and forget about this, move on, and hope that the players I like don’t get traded (pessimism rearing its ugly head).
And the Thornton remark was partially because of his reputation, and partially because I have seen him do next to nothing this whole damn series. Yeah, the Sharks as a whole haven’t showed up, but the guy that I’m mostly pissed at is Thornton. His lazy backchecking was one of the main reasons for the first two goals. His awful passes haven’t been connecting at all. His shooting is nonexistent. Its so fucking frustrating watching him get paid $7.1 million/year and do nothing.
i totally agree
thornton is disappointing because of how dominant we have seen him play. sometimes the guy look 10 feet tall. sometimes his passes defy logic. but as long as i have been a thornton fan he has been unable to be any of those things when it matters most. and it sucks to think that my favorite team could be better served to depend on a guy who doesnt let off the gas when you need him going 200 miles / hour.
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by Jay Fin Anderson on Apr 23, 2009 10:47 PM PDT up reply actions
He’s been so apathetic this series, its crazy. Actually, no. This year. Usually I remember some highlight reel pass that he does. The only thing that I could really think of was some random dump that happened to land at Marleau’s feet for the St. Louis goal. Other than that, he’s pretty much been a liability on the ice.
liability
i think is a word often in my mind when joe is in the defensive end especially. he will either stickhandle until he loses the puck or make a terrible pass into the middle of the ice where an opposing forward picks it up. and this is supposedly the best player on the team?
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by Jay Fin Anderson on Apr 23, 2009 10:53 PM PDT up reply actions
i have a question
who would you sign/bring up to replace him?
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by serrapadre716 on Apr 23, 2009 10:55 PM PDT up reply actions
i dont know, whos available?
Stave nash in columbus? in a heartbeat.
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by Jay Fin Anderson on Apr 23, 2009 10:57 PM PDT up reply actions
i have no clue
i just know that half our team will be free agents and marian hossa, but i’m willing to bet the red wings sign him before anyone else
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by serrapadre716 on Apr 23, 2009 10:58 PM PDT up reply actions
not half our team
but we next year a LOT of people will be free agents
this year i think Clowe, Goc, Moen, Huskins, Blake, and Mitchell(RFA) are the ones who are up for grabs
im not sure who else is an RFA except for Mitchell, would someone else like to clarify this?
and speaking of next year…Nabokov, Marleau, Setoguchi, Pavs…yikes
but if Marleau plays like he does this series i say let him and his huge paycheck leave
i love him but we need a captain that will play like one during the playoffs
by Brian5517209 on Apr 24, 2009 10:34 AM PDT up reply actions
2 third of our top 2 lines!!!
thank god we signed them all to extensions when they weren’t that good to get a discount…oh wait, we didn’t
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by serrapadre716 on Apr 24, 2009 7:46 PM PDT up reply actions
i think
a lot of clubs would trade half their rosters to bring a guy like joe in.
"I want this team to be tough, smart and prepared to play well under pressure...Everybody here in this organization is going to be held accountable to do their job — their piece of the puzzle to make this team a competitor for a championship every season." J-Mac
by Jay Fin Anderson on Apr 23, 2009 10:59 PM PDT up reply actions
though detroit is not one of those clubs.
i dont think they pick up a joe thornton. his work ethic is too easily questioned.
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by Jay Fin Anderson on Apr 23, 2009 11:00 PM PDT up reply actions
if it means they get our playoff "success"
then trade him to the ducks
"It aint over till the fat lady sings." - Not Yogi Berra
by serrapadre716 on Apr 23, 2009 11:01 PM PDT up reply actions
after the game 2 loss,
i oposted about my “adjusted expectations”
and was ridiculed for basically being a doom and gloom dick.
but honestly, if i just tell myself:
they are not that great, there is a culture of disappearing in adversity.
a new coach came in this year, and has started to turn that culture around.
it may take a few years of learning the new way to get out of this mode.
or they go the way of the senators and never turn into a great team.
"I want this team to be tough, smart and prepared to play well under pressure...Everybody here in this organization is going to be held accountable to do their job — their piece of the puzzle to make this team a competitor for a championship every season." J-Mac
by Jay Fin Anderson on Apr 23, 2009 10:38 PM PDT reply actions
still holding on to hope
not giving up until the moment comes that there is no longer any mathmatical or physical way for the sharks to win.
"It aint over till the fat lady sings." - Not Yogi Berra
Talent on Paper...
Same old Sharks performance.Don’t show up when they have to.When your leading scorer is a defensemen you are probably in trouble.As players will tell you it’s up to them to perform.The coaches can’t play for them.The coaches don’t make bad passes,constantly fall down,show little to no effort in the biggest game of the year.The Pistons had similar issues with having a turn it on when we need to attitude and while it got them alot of Eastern conference finals appearances it cost them 2 and probably 3 coaches to realize that hey maybe it is the players fault they didn’t win those games.I’m sure the pre game speech didn’t contain the phrases “mail it in”,we are the #1 seed so we must be better"…You have to earn it on the ice and right now they aren’t earning it.Nabokov has been crap.Period.Look at the goals he’s letting in.Look at the number of shots.He is a problem.The Rangers are stealing games while being out shot and out played because of their goalie.We aren’t getting that type of performance.No blaming the ref’s,the crossbars,the lucky bounces.This is and was sadly a perfect example of Sharks playoff hockey.As for being a different team,I don’t see it.They are still a bad passing team and that hasn’t changed.They play soft on defense.They don’t play well when other teams pressure them.The new coaches have done nothing to change that.After the hot start look at their record.Other temas started figuring out how to slow them down.NO more 6or 7 goal games.We are all pissed because once again we got our hopes up that this year would be different and that’s why this hurts as much as it does.
i believe that's called
Don’t show up when they have to
alex rodriguez disease
"It aint over till the fat lady sings." - Not Yogi Berra
by serrapadre716 on Apr 23, 2009 10:49 PM PDT up reply actions
no NO
the sharlks just dont deserve journey. not after tonight. maybe some meatloaf though.
"I want this team to be tough, smart and prepared to play well under pressure...Everybody here in this organization is going to be held accountable to do their job — their piece of the puzzle to make this team a competitor for a championship every season." J-Mac
by Jay Fin Anderson on Apr 23, 2009 10:50 PM PDT up reply actions
it's not for the sharks
it’s for the fans out there that are about to kill a baby (me)
"It aint over till the fat lady sings." - Not Yogi Berra
by serrapadre716 on Apr 23, 2009 10:51 PM PDT up reply actions
who do you feel the worst for?
me? gotta be Jeremy Roenick. played his ass off tonight, and every night. he wanted it.
"I want this team to be tough, smart and prepared to play well under pressure...Everybody here in this organization is going to be held accountable to do their job — their piece of the puzzle to make this team a competitor for a championship every season." J-Mac
by Jay Fin Anderson on Apr 23, 2009 10:55 PM PDT reply actions
he's the only one
that plays his ass off every night. you can feel his effort. granted everyone else putting in 100%, but it sure as hell isn’t showing.
"It aint over till the fat lady sings." - Not Yogi Berra
by serrapadre716 on Apr 23, 2009 11:00 PM PDT up reply actions
Changes
I agree I think players will go.If you thought Wilson was mad after last year…At some point you have to look at the Leadership in the room and realize you apparently don’t have any.Phil Jackson didn’t call timeouts when the Bulls got in trouble as he figured it was the players on the floor causing the problem and it was their job to correct it.The leadership came from their best player/s.Who on the Sharks has filled that role.No one since Owen Nolan.You shouldn’t be given a leadership role you should have to earn it every game and every shift and not on longest tenure or best player.Our Gm and coaches can’t put on skates and not make good bpasses or no back check or seem oddly indifferent for most of the game as if 1 win would change everything.I feel for JR as he played his ass off.Hell so did Claude when he was in there.get him and JR out there and get Pavs and Milan off as they are’t doing anything that count and breaking a pane of glass at this point really doesn’t matter
bullshit
Pavs and Milan off as they are’t doing anything
that 2nd line has been the most consistent line all year. marleau and thornton are supposed to be the leaders out there but they aren’t doing shit.
"It aint over till the fat lady sings." - Not Yogi Berra
by serrapadre716 on Apr 23, 2009 11:04 PM PDT up reply actions
I love those 2
but I agree, they haven’t been in the playoffs what they were most of the season. That said, I don’t put the blameon their shoulders, to me they have been trying but not making it happen
by a10dency2ask on Apr 23, 2009 11:09 PM PDT up reply actions
well, no one has been doing anything, not just those 2
but i will say this, action or lack there of, reflects leadership.
"It aint over till the fat lady sings." - Not Yogi Berra
by serrapadre716 on Apr 23, 2009 11:20 PM PDT up reply actions
honestly
i agree with you about the second line but Michalek except for that hit when he knocked that Duck into four other Ducks on the bench in game 4 has been invisible
and Pavs touches the puck all the time but nothing ever happens, he isn’t getting quality shots
by Brian5517209 on Apr 24, 2009 10:38 AM PDT up reply actions
one thing is for sure:
this team needs a new captain. it was noble and all of todd to give marleau the benefit of the doubt and keep him on, but now it is time to give it to someone who appears to give a damn.
"I want this team to be tough, smart and prepared to play well under pressure...Everybody here in this organization is going to be held accountable to do their job — their piece of the puzzle to make this team a competitor for a championship every season." J-Mac
by Jay Fin Anderson on Apr 23, 2009 11:03 PM PDT reply actions
Can't agree more
You know you have a problem when the supposed leader of the club is downright invisible in the playoffs.
maybe its not so bad...
the sharks *possibly not winning this series. detroit looks freaking unreal. no way sj beats them. you think the ducks get lucky bounces and make every other shot they take? watch detroit destroy anyone in there path on the way to a back to back championship. i am calling it right now. detroit over the b’s in 4
*most likely, highly probable, 98% chance they wont
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by Jay Fin Anderson on Apr 23, 2009 11:05 PM PDT reply actions
i don't think
the b’s will even make it to the finals. don’t ask why, just something about them that screams upset to me.
"It aint over till the fat lady sings." - Not Yogi Berra
by serrapadre716 on Apr 23, 2009 11:07 PM PDT up reply actions
I'm looking at who's going to be left in the East...
And I can see the Bruins beating every other team, handily. Let’s look at the regular season stats = against the Rangers (their next opponent, barring an epic “wouldn’t it be nice if SJ could do this” comeback by the Caps) the Bruins were 2-1-1. Against the Devils, Flyers and Penguins, they were 2-1-1 as well, but against the Hurricanes, they were 4-0-0. Assuming the Caps make the epic comeback: the Bruins had a 2-2-0 record against them this year.
Playoffs are a different beast, of course, but I predict the B’s will get past the Rangers to go to the Conference Finals. The Cup Finals are well within their reach, too – if not the Cup itself (curse Detroit).
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watch out for the Canucks
Luongo looks Lunatic
by Brian5517209 on Apr 24, 2009 10:38 AM PDT up reply actions
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