Sharks lose a heart breaker in overtime as Avalanche take 2-1 series lead

Good points, all of them. The fact that you are thinking clearly right now is some kind of miracle. I think that if this becomes a 7-game war of attrition, the Sharks will win. I just wish that war didn’t have to happen in the first round.

I’m still on the camp that believes the puck came of O’Reilly’s stick, or at least it hit Boyle’s stick. But still, a horrible way to go down.

all i can think about is pounding the shit out of the avs tuesday…

They’re going to need it.

# Milan Hejduk was injured after colliding with Colorado centerman Paul Stastny in the first period. Calls for suspension of Stastny’s shoulder pads will be promptly filed with the league office Monday morning.
# Devin Setoguchi will be nominated for an Oscar following his marvelous performance after being run from behind by T.J. Galiardi on an icing call that resulted in a San Jose power play at the end of the third period. He was selling it John.

+2 Avs fans can take a joke.

That I thought Logan Couture played his best game of the playoffs yet. Did a great job in the 3rd period to draw one of the penalties on the Avs; if there were any justice in the world he would have notched the game winner subsequently. Obviously “justice” is a figment of our imaginations as humans.

A demon from the depths of darkness will cackle maniacally and know that this is not the case.

This has firmly planted in my mind the image of the Avs as the Balrog, falling off the crumbling bridge to their certain doom, but still managing to wrap a flaming bullwhip around the Sharks.

Here’s to hoping that game 4 will open like second LOTR movie, where we see what really happened to the “defeated” Gandalf.

Boyle the White!

Any suggestions on how to get to sleep after such a game? My brain is still trying to comprehend and believe what I’ve seen…

I feel it’s a valid use of a sick day.

Just when we think they’ve finally done everything right and flat out earned a win, this happens. Still can’t get over the turn of events tonight. AND I won’t be able to watch the game Tuesday. The pain continues to grow…

Patrick Marleau is not actually invisible. He is quite visible. Visibly terrible. I haven’t seen him fan on this many shots all season. Now he fans on what seems like 3 shots per game. He’s been overskating passes and fanning shots all series. I think his past playoff ineptitude is haunting him. He seems scared and his performance shows it

How in the world did Anderson find time to meet with Hiller and steal his unstoppable-of the charts-not the 5 hole, not top shelf, not anywhere – wanna shoot a bullet at me? Watch it clang off the post cause I have an invisible shield – superhuman playoff powers?

WHEN we grind out and win this series, this will only help us win the cup. If we can overcome superhuman goalies, we can overcome anything!

I reckon Marleau sometimes wishes he had chosen to play goalie. Looking at his expressions in between play, I keep expecting him to skate towards the bench and pull an Olympic Kiprusoff on himself. If its not a physical problem, then the COACH Todd needs to figure out pronto how to help Patty get mentally past this. {Disclaimer: The Randy Hahn Bitch Rule is still in effect until 9:30 am pst.}

He was selling it John.

muhahahaha….

was waking up hungover this morning, not quite remembering the events of the previous night, but with a thinly veiled, deep-seated feeling of something being terribly, terribly wrong. Vaguely remembering what MUST have been a nightmare about the end of the game last night. Shrugging it off and getting ready for work, driving to work, unable to shake that feeling of disquiet.

Then sitting down at my desk, firing up firefox, fearthefin coming up, and suddenly it all coming back in a terrible, agonizing rush. Choking back tears as the dude in the office next to me asks me about my weekend while loudly slurping his big gulp sized mug of coffee. Trying not to punch him in the face him as he stares at where I’ve written “Go Sharks” on my white board and stupidly asks, “What’s go sharks?”

Worst. Monday. Ever.

Yea poor Boyle :(

 I kind of was relieved it was him involved and not a younger player that might not be able to bounce back from something like this. Boyle will be able to and I think we will see a good battle tomorrow night. Such a painful ending to a game though.

This is pretty much the worse thing that happens in a game. It can’t get worse right? …please?

Sharks fans across the nation hop on Youtube to upload videos entitled “Leave Danny Alone!”

I didn’t hop on YouTube, but I did leave a comment over at Puck Daddy, saying " LEAVE DANNY ALONE!"

Of course, based on Karma, the Sharks should have won the game. However, that’s not the case. So let’s move on and not cry about it. Come out on Tuesday and destroy them physically and on the score board.

Anybody know when Heatley could be back? I need him to SCORE. Marleau needs to relax and just play like he did in the regular season. This will serve as Boyle’s wake up call and I have a feeling that he’ll get a goal next game

Take it as a loss and move on. I hope the team takes last nights game and deploys a rally cry in honor of Danny Boyle, and Nabokov, that will haunt the Avs until October comes calling. Of course it was horrific to watch. But seeing the look on Danny Boyles face during the post-game you could tell he kept running that “pass” through his head. It was one of those unbelievable turn of events that not in our darkest hockey nitemares we want to see ever again. Our current roster has the talent to overcome, lets hope they put forth an equal effort tomorrow night with added points from HTML.

I hope members of the first line are taking a deep look at themselves and are planning on putting all their physical and mental energies to extract revenge and justice for Danny Boyle with a game 4 win and an eventual series win. They know they need to. They have to contribute to putting some points up if we are going to break out of this series. Lets get one back for Danny and get a solid win for our guys. I’m hoping we can exploit the Avs depleted forwards and see them break Anderson in game four. Our guys know they are the better team, and have to shove their “will to win” down the Avs’ collective throats with a solid win.

LETS GO SHARKS!!!

Andy could have stopped a bullet..LAST NIGHT

I don’t like the fact that Thornton looked like the monster he can be during the regular season. We do not have the d-corp to handle him if he plays like that. We neutralized him in the first two games, and Andy did it last game, but he looks awakened.

That scares the every loving shit out of me.

To build on what someone posted earlier about Couture, I thought the work along the boards by the entire forward corps was some of the best I’ve ever seen. The Avs had no answer for our stellar low cycle for the majority of the game. Clowe, Couture, and Mitchell in particular played out of their minds. There were so many positives last night, which makes the end result of course even more frustrating. Nevertheless, if they can replicate the effort of last night tomorrow, it’s not a matter of if but when Anderson starts giving up goals.

It’s real. I have a story written out about it and everything

Sleeping really didn’t help. Still very sad. Probably drown my sorrows again tonight…

I know Hejduk got hurt, but didn’t Stoa get hurt also?

Visited WIkipedia today – the articles for Boyle, Nabby and the team itself are all semi-protected (for those non familiar with Wiki lingo, that means anybody who doesn’t have a Wiki account can’t edit them). It’s ridiculous.

What’s with the Sharks drawing the unheralded rookie goaltenders from hell in the first round? This reeks too much of last year. The Sharks mental toughness is being called out now and they will either overcome or start looking for realtor’s for the impending roster explosion in the off season.

There was not much the Sharks did not do last night, even having Heater out of the line up was a blessing in disguise. Putting Ortmeyer on the first line is exactly what we needed, although I would have actually put Nichol there instead. The problem with the HTML is that they do not have the gumption to go to the dirty areas for the puck. The Ave’s are a group of young guys that have no fear, no pressure, and nothing to lose. They will drive to the corner nose first for a loose puck, they will sacrifice the body to block shots and they will take the raping in front of our net. If we get the Heater back for game 4, Heater, Thornton and Nichol on the first line, Ortmeyer, Patty and Seto on the second, etc..etc…

If the Sharks are to ever find any success in these playoffs they are going to have to get used to the idea that they are going to have to score ugly goals. Get thier big bodies to drive the net, and take the punishment for those chances. Get under Anderson’s skin a little bit, he looks way too calm and confident. We’re the Sharks for Christ sake, goalies are supposed to fear us! I’d like to see the stat on how many shots the Sharks put into Anderson’s logo last night. As a goalie for many years, I’d take 50 shots from the point a night if I can just avoid 1 cross-ice one timer or guys throwing it to the crease from any angle.

Bitching time over :].

Out of everyone possible, Danny Boyle, slipped one past Nabby. My friend and I watched it numerous times to see if it hit the stick of the forechecker, and we couldn’t come to the conclusion that it did but …wow, it was a great shot.

Shit happens, sucks that it happened to a great player and a terrible time.

It’s just a game and we aren’t playing it, I just hope they know that we are behind them 100%, even if they are smoking shots past their own goalie.

Woke up this morning. Read a quick comment “Avalanche won a playoff game without scoring a goal. Has that happened before?” and had to hang my head.

As Randy Hahn said, we get 12hrs to moan and then move on. It’s time to move on.

I actually think I have never been more confident in the Sharks.

The bottom lines are doing exactly what they are supposed to and Nabby showed he could blank the Avs especially laying an egg in game 2.

Their effort is great. They are more physical than expected. The offseason pickups are golden. If they execute on dump-ins and catch any breaks, they should roll from here.

I think this will be a rally point for the Sharks. I hope, and I pray, that they will come out tomorrow night with guns blazing. I hope after tomorrow night the Avs, and especially Anderson, won’t know what hit them, and they will live in mortal fear for the rest of the series.

GO SHARKS!!!

will help us prevail. That’s the best I’ve ever seen them play cumulatively. I know I bitched at Marleau right after he skated past the puck and got us the icing call but as I always said to everyone on my FB, We can lose its fine, because we can’t win everything….but if we lose working hard I’m still proud as a clam of my boys. It was just a little frustrating to have a billion SOG and no goals…and I took it out on Patty in a fit of rage.

What happened last night, I reiterate, was just an unfortunate fluke that didn’t fly in our favor; we scored on ourselves that’s all…If we keep playing like this we will win the series for sure! I’m just giving my 2 cents is all I’m not saying anyone should behave one way or another. We can do this! We will do this! Regardless of the outcome we will be back for more each and every time.

GO SHARKS!!! Go on to Game 4 and kick some ASS!!! Oh and Wallin…can you freight train Anderson? Thanks! Love ya Hamburgers!

worst part about this is all the people going on about the sharks choking again. how is this choking! this just sucks

Former gypsy-admin here – ditch the bad vibes by thinking of the positive things you’ve seen from the Sharks so far.* Leave them in a reply to this comment.

*No snark.

I’ll start – I loved how Nabokov rebounded from Game 2 with a good Game 3 performance, making at least 3 jaw-dropping saves.

Go Sharks.

I loved the constant pressure we put on the Avs.

this series is not over yet. nabby was great last night(must be the jedi nabby video)
we had our chances, but in the end we didnt make them count.

we can do this guys!
Goooooo Sharks!

The recap.

I haven’t seen the game or highlights, but ugh, it breaks my heart to read this recap.
Plank, you’ve a way with words I tell you.

As someone who hasn’t seen that game winning goal last night…
I can say that I can move beyond this game (if I don’t watch any highlights and pretend this game never happened) and look towards game 4.

Go Sharks.
And may you destroy, utterly destroy Anderson in game 4, 5, and 6.

I was able to sleep quite well. I think it had to do with the fact that I was able to just laugh this one off. I was trying to get off sports talk radio for the night and even the hiphop and R&B station was laughing at the Sharks over this one.

The avs havn’t scored a game winning goal yet, in all honesty they havn’t won a game yet. they’re riding off of mistakes, minimize the flukes, and we sweep the rest of the series.
Go Sharks

I watched the entire game and of course when I turned away for a minute it just ended. Crap

Who cares about effort? Who cares about shots on net? Who cares about how the other goalie plays? I don’t, and neither does the rest of the sports world. None of it means jack if they don’t WIN the game….

There are no moral victories or “games we should have won”.

All that matters is the scoreboard at the end of the game.

Find a way to get it done.

think the sharks need to start shooting high on Anderson?

The guy stood on his head, but from I’m watching a huge majority of their shots last night were low. The guy has great reflexes with his legs but I don’t think there’s a way he makes that many saves if half those shots are toward the top of the net.

What do you guys think?

I have come to the conclusion that our curse is due to the fact that the hockey gods do not want us having the number 1 and 2 picks from the 1997 draft. Just a thought actually.

patrick marleau might as well wear the black and whites.
he hasnt done anything right in the playoffs.

his lack of effort is killing the sharks

As strange as this may sound, I’m not at all worried about this series anymore. The Sharks are soundly outplaying Colorado and deserve a better fate like 2 – 1. That said, this is not last years team of ineptitude. This team has determination, grit, sticktuativeness, and a resilient attitude. When we win tomorrow night, that will be it for the Avs. They will be demoralized and we will roll them back in SJ. Not saying it won’t go 7 games, but a game 7 in the Tank smells like victory to me. Bring on the Chum!

That this experience is really seasoning our boys. Through conquering one adversity after the other, these guys are seemingly overnight turning from that team of “lazy chokers” to hard working veterans. This is war!

I’ve seen him consistantly skate hard. He hasn’t made dumb weak turnovers that we were harping on towards the end of the series. He’s been a beast along the boards, I can’t think of a single time they’ve muscled him off a puck. He’s made some great passes that guys just can’t bury for some reason.

I know the second line is playing crazy good, but why all this hate I keep seeing on Joe?

Marleau I completely get, but Joe had 2 key assists in game 2 and nobody had anything last night, so it’s not like his teammates out played him.

How do you make an image smaller when you post it?

Sharks cancel today’s practice for benefit of physical and mental rest.

Anyone want to speculate what the Sharks did today? ;D

Anyone send Dan Boyle an email from his website?

how does one do such a thing?

Apparently he’s expecting us to call for Galiardi to have a suspension because he hit Seto on that icing play:

(Speaking of calls, I can’t wait to hear the Sharks tomorrow, and some of their electronic boosters in the media. Let’s see if they start carping about a suspension for TJ Galiardi, for his boarding hit on Devin Setoguchi. Guaranteed, if a Shark did that, it’s just a good, hard hit and a bad call on the boarding. That’s hockey, as they said after Rob Blake’s blatant punch to the face of Galiardi while leaving his feet in Game 2.

I believe we just called that a stupid play that was correctly whistled.

He did whine about the reffing in that game of course.

It was a great interview. His main points were this:

1. Joe’s played great.
2. Patty has been MIA
3. The Sharks have completely worn down the Avs physically at this point, and he expects the domination we saw in the last two periods to continue.
4. The Sharks need more bodies in front of the net.
5. Most important, he said this: Whenever there is a bad loss, the best way to gauge the players reaction is to ask the trainers and equipment managers. They reported to Drew, that nobody was down in the dumps and moping. Everyone seemed calm. Angry and frustrated, but not “woe is me”

Add that to the fact that Boyle was the first to talk to the media, I think the team gets over this loss quickly.

it could be worse. The Sharks could be these guys.

Good game overall by the Sharks, and I agree about Marleau
I understand Seto missing the net as his accuracy is horrendous, but he still manages to score. Marleau is showing his speed but failing to score. WE NEED HEATLEY BACK AND FAST. I’m praying for a win in game 4. GO SHARKS