Gabe Desjardins of Behind The Net looks at the Sharks defense

Hate to keep piling on the boys right now, but here's a good article that ties in with what TCY and I have been saying all season-- Evgeni Nabokov has played way above his head behind a below average blueline.

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Second Guessing everything...

Right now.. its safe to say, that the mood is of a negative nature. In my house, we are doing anything to get the momentum changed.
Does our Defense miss Vlasic that much? Is it the addition of Wallin? Or is it Boyle consistantly moving up to play offense (which is his style, Risk Vs. Reward).
I Personally feel its leadership, and its something this team has never had. Not Since Owen Nolan, had we had someone Gritty, Stout… and just plain WONT take this crap anymore.
SO… if we fall to third or Fourth in the West, the Demise of the Sharks will be will publisized.
I am no looking forward to that!
I say, Nabokov goes back to the Skeleton Mask, thats the answer. (I wish it was that easy)

by Shadrack on Mar 19, 2010 7:07 AM PDT reply actions

I think losing Vlasic has hit us harder more than a lot of people realize. If and when he comes back on the road trip, we will be much more solid defensively.

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by SharksFanEst.1994 on Mar 19, 2010 7:22 AM PDT up reply actions

Vlasic is absolutely key to this team. To be fair though, the defense hasn’t been a bright spot all season.

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by Mr. Plank on Mar 19, 2010 7:26 AM PDT up reply actions

Eh… never a fan of Nolan or his leadership. The Shark’s 04 run was led by some veteran leadership on the forward lines: Damphousse and Ricci. I wish we still had a Mike Ricci on the roster.

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by Will Bulldozer on Mar 19, 2010 9:48 AM PDT up reply actions

Every Sharks team could use a Mike Ricci. In the early aughts we should have frozen him like Walt Disney.

by Mr. Plank on Mar 19, 2010 9:53 AM PDT up reply actions

It’s always dangerous to look just at the overall stats, especially with streaky goalies like Nabokov.

I hope I’m wrong, but with every game I’m starting to feel like Nabokov’s current season will be characterized as two seasons – pre-Olympics and post-Olympics. He hasn’t been the same since that fateful historic 30 minutes of play against Canada.

And I don’t buy that Olympics fatigue argument that the media and Drew R is trying to sell to us – Nabokov played 2.5 games in two weeks of Winter Olympics, including a game against Latvia. How can that be tiring?

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by Ivano M on Mar 19, 2010 10:03 AM PDT up reply actions

Ahhhh Yes Ricci

We need a Guy like that, Scratch that… a Young Guy like that

by Shadrack on Mar 19, 2010 10:15 AM PDT up reply actions

Shadrak is right, it’s the mask. Post-skeleton mask Nabokov has not looked good. Pre-nippleless angry joe mask, he was a Vezina-caliber god.

by Khaaz on Mar 19, 2010 11:46 AM PDT up reply actions

I was saying this last night.

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by Evilducks on Mar 19, 2010 5:20 PM PDT up reply actions

How do you know that Nabokov is streakier than any other goalie?

by Hawerchuk on Mar 19, 2010 2:20 PM PDT up reply actions

Because we have all watched him play for the last 6 years!

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by Morti on Mar 19, 2010 3:09 PM PDT up reply actions

Interesting...

I’m just going to ignore the rest of the article and only like the part where it says Nabokov has been playing really good.

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by idunno723 on Mar 19, 2010 7:19 AM PDT reply actions