Goodbye & Good luck, Good German
by SwisherThresher on Jun 29, 2009 8:57 PM PDT
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[Editor's Note]: SwisherThresher has an excellent send-off for Marcel Goc, who will not be playing on the San Jose Sharks next season. The front page formatting is a bit dicey, so be sure to make the jump and check out the piece in it's full glory.
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Even though the Sharks are free to offer Marcel Goc a contract after July 1 if they want him back at maybe a lower price, that just isn’t going to happen. So it's not just a matter of economics. ~ David Pollak "I think it's probably time for him to move on for another opportunity. He’s very professional and he’s a good man, but I think his game has leveled off with us. We want to go in a different direction and have a different mix on this team." ~ General Manager Doug Wilson on Marcel Goc |
Marcel Goc #57 of the San Jose Sharks celebrates his goal against the Colorado Avalanche with teammate Mark Smith #16 in the second period of Game six of the Western Conference Semifinals during the 2004 NHL Stanley Cup playoffs. May 4, 2004 at the Pepsi Center in Denver, Colorado.(Photo by Brian Bahr/Getty Images) |
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"Nooo, it's Goc. It's Goc! Marcel Goc!" ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ |
Goc was drafted in the first round, 20th overall by the Sharks in the 2001 NHL Entry Draft, though he remained in Germany until 2003. He spent all of the 2003–04 season with the Cleveland Barons, the Sharks' then minor league affiliate, but joined the Sharks during the 2004 playoffs. He holds the franchise record in Cleveland for longest assist streak (7 games). He has played for Team Germany in numerous tournaments, including the 2000 (at 16yrs old) and 2001 World Junior Championships, the 2001 U18 Championships, the 2002 World Junior tournament, the 2003 Swiss Cup, the 2005 World Championships and the 2006 Winter Olympics.
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Geared-up Goc gets call, calms nerves, makes play Ross McKeon Friday, April 16, 2004 |
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Will the Iceman get lonely without his Westdeutschland comrade? I suppose Ehrhoff and Nabokov can still pal around and play ping pong. All the best to Goc. My how time goes by. Seems like only yesterday the Sharks finally got the best of the Colorado Avalanche to reach the WCF for the first time in franchise history - thanks in part to the Good German. Prost! |
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Excellent stuff here Swisher. His chess playing and blogging will be missed.
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Goc blog shall never be topped but it will forever be missed.
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No doubt
Goc Blog!
"I’ve played Dimitri and his is pretty good. Christian can play too. We could beat Rivs blindfolded (and he is still here). "
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by SwisherThresher on Jun 29, 2009 9:33 PM PDT up reply actions
Great stuff.
And like everyone has said before me, Goc’s blog will be missed. Which makes me wonder what happened to Mitchell’s blog, which suddenly disappeared off the face of the earth.
"I think I realized after the second or third punch, I should have taken his helmet off sooner." - Ryane Clowe
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Might just be me, but wasn’t that around the time Mitchell disappeared off the face of the earth?
All kidding aside, his milkshakes did bring all the readers to the yard.
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and damn right
they were better than yours*
*may or may not be factually true
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I swear, I am just qouting song lyrics
that may or may not be true.
:P
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Godspeed Marcel
I for one shall miss his prowess in the faceoff circle.
It takes a big man to cry and it takes a bigger man to laugh at that man. -Jamie Baker
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oer sometoethin lie kthat!!!! -Mr. K
HAHA
Sorry, the format was bugging me so I tried to fix it – instead I made it worse. Go fig.
I’ll reinsert a jump
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by SwisherThresher on Jun 29, 2009 11:25 PM PDT reply actions
Okay, I killed it
One of the FTF crew with greater editing skills will have to re-create the break in the story – because the ‘star divide’ literally isn’t cutting it
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by SwisherThresher on Jun 29, 2009 11:34 PM PDT up reply actions
Wah wah wahhhhhhh
I’ll try and fix it. If not, we’ll have to deal.
There are more important issues to attend to, such as mourning the loss of Ehrhoff’s video game buddy.
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BakerByte
Aw yes – Jamie Baker introduces the new PS3 to Goc and Ehrhoff, but they’re too focused on the game to keep a convo going
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by SwisherThresher on Jun 29, 2009 11:53 PM PDT up reply actions
Gorblimey!
I say, good show Sir. Plank
Indeed
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by SwisherThresher on Jun 30, 2009 12:02 AM PDT up reply actions
Somebody made Puck Daddy.
WOOOOOOOO!
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oer sometoethin lie kthat!!!! -Mr. K
Like This Matters
I hope there are a lot more moves coming up..This team needs to be kicked in the ass..
This matters because Goc has been part of the team since 2004.
"I think I realized after the second or third punch, I should have taken his helmet off sooner." - Ryane Clowe
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Come on now
legacy is the past. There are a few players that have been with us that long. Is he really still a fan favorite because of that Colorado series?
Originally a NorthStars fan, but Modano is all that remains.
I don’t think giving a nod to a player who had a role on the team for the last five years is a bad decision.
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Especially since Goc was drafted and developed by the Sharks since 2001. I mean, he may not have been the best player ever, but he’s been a constant presence on the team and so deserves somewhat of a good-bye.
"I think I realized after the second or third punch, I should have taken his helmet off sooner." - Ryane Clowe
Fools and Sages
Sure, I wish him well, too. Him, his beautiful wife/girlfriend and his red car (saw him driving near my house once), but he think he’s worth more money than DW does and is willing to pack his shit to prove it. I hope he’s right.
Does this, however, mean that we should be having entire threads devoted to Tikhonov since he is somehow connected to Los Gatos? I’ve only been here since April, but I haven’t seen one of those.
Originally a NorthStars fan, but Modano is all that remains.
I don’t see what’s so weird about having a goodbye thread for a player that came up through the organization from draft to début, and is now leaving.
It’s just a nice, small, fan recognition of what he did while here.
Plus, TCY has to allow this. He does what he can to support (the pointy faced) minorities. I suspect he convinced Plank and the ever elusive K to do the same.
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Oh, you know I’m all about it.
And yeah, this is totally acceptable. This was a fan published article thanking a player who has been part of the organization since 2001. I see no problem with this.
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if we can still hold the Detroit series, Edmonton series, etc. against this group of players
then I think we’re allowed to congratulate the players for good playoff moments as well
by a10dency2ask on Jun 30, 2009 6:55 PM PDT up reply actions
Does that also mean the Red Wings need to be kicked in the ass because they disappointed this year? If we had played a strong 82 games and then the trouble started in game one of the playoffs, I might say the same. However, the Sharks struggled to finish the regular season, especially given that they had some weak teams to beat in the last couple of weeks. Big trouble came about in the beginning of March, but I don’t know if there was a pivotal moment.
Originally a NorthStars fan, but Modano is all that remains.
Just to reiterate
“This item was created by a member of this blog’s community and is not necessarily endorsed by Fear The Fin.”
I don’t see why anyone would have an issue with my decision to create a “Goodbye Goc” blog for an ’01 SJ draftee when current Fanposts currently feature such topics as the 4th of July, the FIFA (soccer) Confederation Cup and Mascota Del Junior Tiburon “Willie”
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by SwisherThresher on Jun 30, 2009 6:57 PM PDT reply actions
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