A Veritable Sharks Gameday: Forecasting Your Future
by Mr. Plank on Apr 27, 2010 12:42 AM PDT
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Well here it is. A game seven, filled with a peculiar form of detached drama and intrigue that comes hand in hand with non-Shark playoff games. Tonight has the potential to determine San Jose's season, it has the potential to be a footnote in a march to the Western Conference Finals.
It's funny how things seem to work in San Jose. Following game one the boo birds were out in full force at The Tank, your mother up in arms over the Sharks' loss, the Bay Area media having a field day preying on familiar emotions. People were pissed. Now there's a subset of the population that wants to take Detroit head on, shove a grenade right into that Winged Wheel and send it rolling back on Interstate-80. They're old, they're aging, they're tired, they're looking past the Sharks.
Love the confidence. A little concerned about the conclusion.
San Jose played some of their best hockey of the season against Colorado. It's a noble notion to have, the one that states this team is ready for any competitor. And they most certainly are-- you don't achieve first place in the Western Conference by floating through important games. The Sharks locker room will tell you there isn't a difference between either of the two teams playing tonight, state that they will both be huge forces to be reckoned with. And that locker room is unequivocally correct in that mindset-- as I mentioned yesterday, a seven game series with either team is an extremely likely possibility. No easy roads through the Western Conference.
But there some that are easier than others.
At any rate, I think it's safe to say everyone is aware of where I stand on this philosophical question. The first chapter of that novel gets written in stone around 9:00 PM tonight, and I won't be the one chiseling away. Let em' fall as they may.
Looking ahead, how huge is game one going to be? With The Eagles concert at HP Pavilion this weekend it's likely the Sharks get a Thursday-Sunday matchup with two days of rest in between. A bit of a blow considering their opponent will be coming into the series with less rest, and therefore more time for recuperation, which makes jumping right into the swing of things from the drop of the puck all the more important. Go for the jugular.
Couldn't tell you what a game one loss feels like in the locker room, but I can tell you this-- if four games felt like four months against Colorado, those two days would feel like two years. Biggest game of the series.
Until game two of course.
Whatever the future holds, it's important as a fanbase we don't let that first round victory over Colorado get to our heads. With all due respect to the Avalanche, the eight teams comprising the Western Conference playoff pool this season were really a case of 1A (San Jose through Nashville) and 1B (Colorado). Colorado played above their heads all throughout 2009-2010, but it was clear throughout the series that it will be another year or two until they become legitimate contenders. The injuries didn't help. You can make the same case for Nashville, but that's a much more mature team compared to Colorado. The Avs were green, and for the most part, San Jose handled them as such. Handled them as they should.
Thursday is a whole different type of animal.
The Sharks haven't proved all too much at this point, despite overcoming some really unfortunate bounces and the adversity that comes along with that. The true test begins later in the week in front of 17,562 lunatics who, through the power of sport, all become best friends for a couple hours. Beautiful stuff really.
And lest I forget-- so nice to meet you again, Monsieur Deuxieme Ronde. It's been far too long.
Prediction: Wings win 4-3 in overtime. Goals by Datsyuk (x2), Bertuzzi, and Rafalski. The Evil Empire doesn't fall quite yet.
Go Sharks.
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JaredFromLondon: ...Odin, he's cool.
Hey man, pulling for the Yotes. I just don’t think it’s going to happen. Would love to be proved wrong.
"San Jose is where I want to be at the end of the day, and there's an opportunity now to make it there. It is where my heart is." - Jamie McGinn, 2/22/10
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Added to list of those to be proved wrong:
J. Plank.
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by Travis Hair on Apr 27, 2010 12:53 AM PDT up reply actions
My First round predictions included Yotes in 7!
Unfortunately they also included Kings in 6 and Nashville in 7…
"Douglas Murray is a humongous human being." – Drew Remenda
Full confession – in our FTF pool, I said Detroit in 7. However, on my FB status, I predicted Phoenix in 7.
Here’s hoping I go down in flames in the FTF pool.
Fear The Fin = Man goes into cage... Cage goes into salsa... Shark's in the salsa... Our shark.
Here's hoping!
"God save us all." - FTF Staff
by mssjsclowie29 on Apr 27, 2010 9:23 AM PDT up reply actions
That has to be a long list at this point, lol.
I’m in the camp that is both pulling for the Yotes, and think they will win (Game 7 at home, epic). But anything can happen. I mostly just hope yall end up playing like 12 OT periods.
This is where we hold them! This is where we fight! This is where they die! Remember this day, men, for it will be yours for all time.
by ZeroIndulgence on Apr 27, 2010 9:43 AM PDT up reply actions
YEAH FUCK THAT PLANK KID
Eheeh. I sincerely hope the Yotes can do it. Fun fact of the day: Detroit hasn’t won a game 7 road game since 1964.
I like my goals like I like my booze..... Top shelf.
by GhostOfLinkGaetz on Apr 27, 2010 1:21 PM PDT up reply actions
Great Knowledge!!
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by SetoThorMarChooSki on Apr 27, 2010 3:18 PM PDT up reply actions
When was the last time they played game 7 on the road?
"Douglas Murray is a humongous human being." – Drew Remenda
It’s also their first game seven on the road since 1991.
"San Jose is where I want to be at the end of the day, and there's an opportunity now to make it there. It is where my heart is." - Jamie McGinn, 2/22/10
Fear The Fin: Where Selling Your Soul Is The Likely Solution
Yeah, that's what I figured
They’ve been top 2 in their conference for practically 20 years now.
"Douglas Murray is a humongous human being." – Drew Remenda
ZOMG THEY’RE NOT THE TOP TEAM IN THE CONFERENCE THIS YEAR! CONSPIRACY! LET ME GO GET MY TIN FOIL HAT!
/Wings fan.
"I think I realized after the second or third punch, I should have taken his helmet off sooner." - Ryane Clowe
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Fools and Sages
:P
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by Travis Hair on Apr 27, 2010 12:54 AM PDT up reply actions
I'd be happy to take on the Wings over the Yotes
Can’t say why exactly, it just feels right.
by Very Serious Person on Apr 27, 2010 12:58 AM PDT reply actions
It would be a completely epic series for certain. Really nothing like a Wings-Sharks game.
That being said, issues with our defensive unit would be exposed much more than they would be with a date against Phoenix. That’s the kicker for me. I’ll take the issues with Tippet’s trap game over Datsyuk and Zetterberg every day of the week.
Either way, bring on a long and grueling series.
"San Jose is where I want to be at the end of the day, and there's an opportunity now to make it there. It is where my heart is." - Jamie McGinn, 2/22/10
Fear The Fin: Where Selling Your Soul Is The Likely Solution
Agreed.
I also have this feeling that the Sharks, coming off of just playing against, strategising for, and beating a trap team, would be better prepared to face the Tippet Trap than they would for Detroit’s puck possession, Holmstrom’s ass in your face offense. By the end of the Colorado series, San Jose was shredding the trap. Obviously Phoenix has better personnel to implement their trap, but its still a trap. The Sharks can beat that.
Also, Detroit scares the shit outta me. And we would get the benefit of zero whistles against Detroit, whereas against Phoenix it might actually be more even.
This is where we hold them! This is where we fight! This is where they die! Remember this day, men, for it will be yours for all time.
by ZeroIndulgence on Apr 27, 2010 10:11 AM PDT up reply actions
Dunno why, but I agree...
For some reason, my gut tells me we’d be better off facing Detroit than Phoenix. Phoenix will trap the hell out of us, just like the Avs did, but they’ll do it much better, and with a quicker counter-attack and an even bigger wall in net. I think Detroit has looked quite beatable in this series.
I’m not entirely sure why so many people seem so convinced that Detroit = instant death. Reputation from many years past? Assuming they make it through to round 2, to me they would seem like the weakest team left.
If fifty million people say a foolish thing, it is still a foolish thing. - Anatole France
The trap isn’t even what scares me the most. It’s facing another giant butterfly goalie with quick reflexes. Bryzgalov is bigger than even Craig Anderson and Jonas Hiller, vomit.
Hmm, putting little asterisks around a word like * this * (without spaces) just makes it show up in bold. Good to know.
If you go to the bottom of the page
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Like bold italics striked
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It’s weird…the more I’ve thought about it the past 24 hours, the more I agree with you. I feel that if there was ever a year in which we could persevere in a best-of-7 series against the Wings, it’s this year. They’re old, they’re past their prime, and if they even manage to eek out a win, they’ll be coming out of a 7-game series with next to no rest (assuming game 1 ends up being on Thursday). Plus, Howard’s nowhere near as good as Anderson, though the team around Howard is slightly better than that around Anderson.
I guess it’s a case of pick your poison.
..:Fear The Fin:..
If there was ever a team that could just turn it on
It’d probably be the Red Wings. See earlier in the regular season when Detroit was out of the playoff picture (yes, they had injuries) when there was legitimate concern whether they’d even make the playoffs to their hot streak after the olympic break, making it all the way up to the 5th seed.
Even with the vulnerability that Howard has shown, Detroit has a history of winning it all on mediocre goaltending (just check how many times Chris Osgood’s name has been on the Cup). Holmstrom, Zetterberg, and Datsyuk are names that inspire plenty of begrudging respect IMO, and I think it’s hard ever to really count them out.
Really though, it’s gonna be a hard series no matter who wins tonight. Sounds like Game 1 will be Thursday, so the rested Sharks should be able to bring it against the tired PHX/DET team. As long as the Sharks ALL play to their capabilities (and in some instances, above), they can beat any team in a best of 7.
"Who were you rooting for in the Olympics?" - Drew Remenda
"I wanted Team India to go all the way." - Manny Malhotra
Good points all of them, but Phoenix turned it on long before the Wings did this season, and have shown no signs of fatigue. Add in the fact that they have an elite goaltender, and the Coyotes may not be the preferred match-up necessarily.
I wholeheartedly agree that both series would be epic in scope, and daunting from every perspective.
..:Fear The Fin:..
If we were just to take on the Wings
I’d be fine with that and be very optimistic. It’s just that we have to face Joe Louis, that guy is a BEAST
Blah, i don’t think it’s fair to downplay how well the Sharks have played just because it wasn’t against Detroit or something.
Everyone besides HTML looked far better in the Colorado series than they did throughout the entire regular season whether we were playing the Oilers, the Maple Leafs, or any other teams that make the Avalanche look real cup contenders.
It doesn’t make the series win any less special, or less of an achievement. That’s not what I’m trying to say.
Colorado was a team who was not in the same class as San Jose, and the way the ice was tilted, I think that should be pretty clear. The Sharks played a great series and exploited that mismatch. They did what they needed to do to advance, and did it well.
But this is the round where the true test comes. There’s no way the shot differential even approaches first round levels, even if the Sharks play exactly the same way. The blueline will be put through the fire and face a much more capable opponent— partly due to the greater skill of the Wings/Coyotes forwards, partly due to the fact that the Wings/Coyotes defensemen will be able to move the puck up the ice. These are two rosters that are much stronger top to bottom compared to Colorado.
Believing in this team and acknowledging that the next round will be the true test are not mutually exclusive ideas, at least to me.
"San Jose is where I want to be at the end of the day, and there's an opportunity now to make it there. It is where my heart is." - Jamie McGinn, 2/22/10
Fear The Fin: Where Selling Your Soul Is The Likely Solution
lol I just wanted to be told, ‘The Sharks are playing the best hockey they have all season long, and even though the biggest challenges are still ahead of them, the future looks bright for the San Jose Sharks!! smiley face’
Instead of, ‘The Sharks haven’t done shit, they beat some crappy team they were supposed to beat anyways but now they’re gonna have to play a real hockey team so start sayin your prayers cuz they’re gonna need them.’
Maybe I exaggerated that a bit (lols), but man things really are looking pretty bright. Lets poop some rainbows, SHIT. Now i’m already kinda depressed over a game 1 loss that hasn’t even happened yet (AND NEVER WILL).
“Evil Empire” Detroit. Lots of laughing! I personally have nothing against the Red Wings but would prefer a different team advance.
Oddly enough, if the Coyotes advance over the Wings, a true West Side battle will happen. For the Coyotes used to be the Winnipeg Jets. Get it. Jets vs Sharks!
West Side Story in the Western Conference.
Good luck, Sharks. I do feel kinship with your fans, with all the past playoff struggles. (And most of my family lives in the Bay Area, as well.)
Rocking the Red since 1975
By the way, the Evil Empire in hockey is the Pittsburgh Penguins, as far as I’m concerned.
Rocking the Red since 1975
That’s just your Cindy hatred shining through – it’s still Detroit until further notice.
Fear The Fin = Man goes into cage... Cage goes into salsa... Shark's in the salsa... Our shark.
Detroit’s been the evil empire much longer than Pittsburgh has. I have been calling the Pens “the Wings of the East,” though. So they are getting there.
This is where we hold them! This is where we fight! This is where they die! Remember this day, men, for it will be yours for all time.
by ZeroIndulgence on Apr 27, 2010 10:13 AM PDT up reply actions
Caps have been on the wrong end of the Pens for nearly their entire organizational history. I understand where you’re coming from in that respect.
"San Jose is where I want to be at the end of the day, and there's an opportunity now to make it there. It is where my heart is." - Jamie McGinn, 2/22/10
Fear The Fin: Where Selling Your Soul Is The Likely Solution
Yeah. When you consistently beat a team, they tend to not be as evil in your eyes. And when you only play said team maybe once or twice a year, max, then you kind of don’t really care about them.
When a team consistently beats you, then they’re evil incarnate. If their fans are douchebags as well, then you start to actually wish for a meteor to hit them instead of the joking way that most people think.
"I think I realized after the second or third punch, I should have taken his helmet off sooner." - Ryane Clowe
Proud member of the "Re-Sign Marleau" Club
Fools and Sages
Along with the fact that the Penguins seem to have the system gamed. Play so-so during the regular season and make the playoffs but not finish first. Then, turn it on for the playoffs while all the main competitors in the conference fall by the wayside in the early rounds
Both in 2008 and 2009, that’s what the Pens did. And there’s a very good chance that the Pens will make it to the SC Finals this year since the teams left in the East are nowhere are good. Does anybody realistically expect either the Habs or the Bruins or the injury decimated Flyers to be able to stop the Pens?
Rocking the Red since 1975
I sense
an upcoming StarWars gameday theme
by Brittjames11 on Apr 27, 2010 10:15 AM PDT up reply actions
I sure hope not
the stats on that are not that good ;)
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by mssjsclowie29 on Apr 27, 2010 10:47 AM PDT up reply actions
I legitimately think the Coyotes win tonight.
I can see it now. They jump out to an early 2-0 lead that Detroit never really comes back from.
The last few minutes off the Red Wings season will tick down as they lose 4-2 in painfully anticlimactic fashion.
Or whatever. I also had a dream that the Caps dealt Ovechkin to two seperate teams over the summer, in what the hockey media was calling “Russian Roulette: The Great Charade”.
I need more sleep or something. Go Coyotes!
I shouldn't have said anything.
Take either road, both is filled with adventure and, yes, potholes.
I wore a black sweater today for no reason, and I arrive in my office in the usual silence, flip on my media player and The Cars’ “Drive” is playing. I immediately think, without NHL on my mind whatsoever, at that moment, Detroit is going to lose. Funny how the brain works sometimes. Anyways, that sums up my morning so far.
With The Eagles concert at HP Pavilion this weekend it’s likely the Sharks get a Thursday-Sunday matchup with two days of rest in between.
Scott Reiss reported on Twitter that yes, the series will start on Thursday.
I’m cheering for Detroit tonight. If we thought Hiller and Anderson were hard, Bryzgalov can make the series against the Sharks shorter and more painful than we want.
I also think the series against Detroit will be much more entertaining.
Fear the Fin - all Evgeni, all the time.
He’s Russian, and even though Detroit is mostly Swedish these days, Ivan’s long in the tooth :-D
(eta pravda, Ivan?)
Fear The Fin = Man goes into cage... Cage goes into salsa... Shark's in the salsa... Our shark.
It’s the color, man.. I was brainwashed to love it.
Plus, it doesn’t help that the first hockey legends I met in person growing up was the RW’s Russian Five – the summer they lost to the Devils in SCF. I even have a photo with Fetisov and young Fedorov somewhere.
Also happened to meet Kurnikova that day when she first started dating Fedorov. She was barely 16.
Fear the Fin - all Evgeni, all the time.
In a really sick way that makes me feel completely uncomfortable, I feel the same way. Bryz is going to be a beast to get past, and something tells me going up against Detroit is a chapter we can’t skip if we are writing the story of a Sharks Stanley Cup run.
I’m looking up some old data on Bryzgalov for a possible article tomorrow, and it’s not looking good.
I didn’t realize he was the only Russian goaltender to take his team to the conference finals, when Jiggy went down with injury in 2006, and he did it in just his 8th playoff game.
The only other goaltender to do that in a recent history was Brodeur the year the Devils lost in Game 7 to the Rangers (1994, I think).
He’s always played his best hockey in playoffs.
Fear the Fin - all Evgeni, all the time.
quick correction “the only Russian goaltender to take his team to the conf finals in his debut year”
Fear the Fin - all Evgeni, all the time.
If it's Thursday...
since it’s the only possible game that could be played that day—do you think they might go with an early start time. Say 5PM or 6PM? Both VS and TSN have NHL games blocked out on their schedule Thursday, they would probably want it to start before 10/10:30 Eastern.
I doubt it.
6pm maybe, but not this early in the competition. It’ll have to be SCF.
Fear the Fin - all Evgeni, all the time.
Probably just 7 instead of 7:30. Guess we’ll find out soon enough, though.
This is where we hold them! This is where we fight! This is where they die! Remember this day, men, for it will be yours for all time.
by ZeroIndulgence on Apr 27, 2010 11:21 AM PDT up reply actions
selfish hoping for Sunday
but Thursday it is. Don’t boo or I’ll hock a green loogie on ya!
resident cartoonist @CouchTarts Lightning is seven times as hot as the surface of the sun.
That’s still not as hot as Douglas Murray. -mymclife
"No, That's Not General Malaise, It's NHL Playoff Fever." Real Fake Sports
I don’t boo! Well, I do, but I don’t boo the Sharks!
This is where we hold them! This is where we fight! This is where they die! Remember this day, men, for it will be yours for all time.
by ZeroIndulgence on Apr 27, 2010 11:23 AM PDT up reply actions
Tank warfare versus Fighter jets.
In all the fuss in the media about Little Joe’s emergence, what they are missing is the style of the last series. Tank warfare. Clog up the middle. Slow each other down. Blast at each other. The NHL certainly reduced it’s influence after the lockout, but it remains a core of the Avs game. The problem with the style of course is that it’s tough to score goals. That’s what really killed the Avs. And it’s how the ‘yotes play too.
May I present our best tank drivers, Mr’s Clowe, Setoguchi, and Pavelski. They need no introduction at this point.
Detroit is something very different. Fighter jets. Move fast. A wide open game. East, west, not just north,south. An emphasis on speed, precision and fire power. Our best fighter pilots? Mr’s Thornton, Heatley, and Marleau. Do we have the jets? %40 of our offence came from these 3 fliers this year. Give them clear skies, and they will take the enemy down.
We find out tonight what kind of battle it will be.
I do too.
"San Jose is where I want to be at the end of the day, and there's an opportunity now to make it there. It is where my heart is." - Jamie McGinn, 2/22/10
Fear The Fin: Where Selling Your Soul Is The Likely Solution
It was better than my other thought which was something along the lines of ‘have the wings lost their supply of cryptonite’ :-)
by psantangeli on Apr 27, 2010 10:02 AM PDT up reply actions
You know
Normally I’d be all for facing the Yotes over the Wings. No question, really. But right now, feeling the energy we all got — hell, that the players seemed to get — from defeating the Avalanche … how much more of that same energy would Phoenix roll in with, if they staged the upset and took down the freakin’ Red Wings?
I think that with that under their belts, they’d start to develop a degree of immortality complex — and it may be justified.
'The good news is, there's a little more room in the penalty box; there's only five Sharks in there now.' -- Randy Hahn, VAN @ SJS 8 April 2010
First Pitch
Did anyone catch Dany Heatley’s ceremonial first pitch at the Giants game last night? One hopper to the plate baby! Clowe was in the booth expressing his love for Bengie Molina (Toronto days) and gave Randy and Drew a friendly jab. Jay Leach was in attendance as well.
I'll drink that! oh...I'll drink TO that, oh crap I quit drinking.
yep you're right
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by mssjsclowie29 on Apr 27, 2010 9:16 AM PDT up reply actions
yeppers it was Leach. I thought it was Demers for a second but then Clowe identified the seldom used defenseman. ;-)
I'll drink that! oh...I'll drink TO that, oh crap I quit drinking.
by theneverman on Apr 27, 2010 11:29 AM PDT up reply actions
What did I say about “yeppers?” =J
"Who were you rooting for in the Olympics?" - Drew Remenda
"I wanted Team India to go all the way." - Manny Malhotra
good God, did I miss a rule? yeppers, I think so.
I'll drink that! oh...I'll drink TO that, oh crap I quit drinking.
wait
What’s wrong with yeppers?
"Sleep is for the off season."~ Randy Hahn. Never question why the man is up at midnight.
by ZombieSkittles on Apr 27, 2010 1:28 PM PDT up reply actions
I’m guessing it’s a cadence thing. Of course it’s not as offensive as someone responding to a statement by dropping a valley girl tone and saying “I know, riiight?” but I have no rules, just a mocking mechanism.
I'll drink that! oh...I'll drink TO that, oh crap I quit drinking.
yeppers
"God save us all." - FTF Staff
by mssjsclowie29 on Apr 27, 2010 2:44 PM PDT up reply actions
I know
riiiiiight?
'The good news is, there's a little more room in the penalty box; there's only five Sharks in there now.' -- Randy Hahn, VAN @ SJS 8 April 2010
awesome, I love it when everyone plays along.
I'll drink that! oh...I'll drink TO that, oh crap I quit drinking.
Whateverrrrrrr
"God save us all." - FTF Staff
by mssjsclowie29 on Apr 27, 2010 2:53 PM PDT up reply actions
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oLdFFD8II8U
"Who were you rooting for in the Olympics?" - Drew Remenda
"I wanted Team India to go all the way." - Manny Malhotra
This is why i love you guys.
"Sleep is for the off season."~ Randy Hahn. Never question why the man is up at midnight.
by ZombieSkittles on Apr 27, 2010 3:59 PM PDT up reply actions
Dany Heatley is a lousy pitcher
But he’s a great hockey player…
by Section223 on Apr 27, 2010 10:01 AM PDT up reply actions 5 recs
Hilarious...
So much for the “sniper” moniker….
by 408SharksFinatic on Apr 27, 2010 10:03 AM PDT up reply actions
He's canadian...
They don’t play baseball in Canada. Sheesh. Give the poor guy a break! :-P
This is where we hold them! This is where we fight! This is where they die! Remember this day, men, for it will be yours for all time.
by ZeroIndulgence on Apr 27, 2010 11:20 AM PDT up reply actions
The Toronto Blue Jays would like a word with you.
resident cartoonist @CouchTarts Lightning is seven times as hot as the surface of the sun.
That’s still not as hot as Douglas Murray. -mymclife
"No, That's Not General Malaise, It's NHL Playoff Fever." Real Fake Sports
Their American players would like a word with me? Would the Montreal Expos like one too? Oh, wait… ;)
This is where we hold them! This is where we fight! This is where they die! Remember this day, men, for it will be yours for all time.
by ZeroIndulgence on Apr 27, 2010 11:23 AM PDT up reply actions
please
I’m sure a few of them are Dominican.
resident cartoonist @CouchTarts Lightning is seven times as hot as the surface of the sun.
That’s still not as hot as Douglas Murray. -mymclife
"No, That's Not General Malaise, It's NHL Playoff Fever." Real Fake Sports
True true.
This is where we hold them! This is where we fight! This is where they die! Remember this day, men, for it will be yours for all time.
by ZeroIndulgence on Apr 27, 2010 11:26 AM PDT up reply actions
Here's a couple of Canadians who would like a word with you...
http://www.bleedcubbieblue.com/2009/12/20/1209557/ryan-dempster-and-stan-mikita-open
I’m sure Mr. Dempster could get it over the plate, and would disagree with your assessment about Canadians playing baseball.
Psh. Dempster. I’m sure Rich Harden would like a word with me too, if he can stay off the DL long enough to find me.
This is where we hold them! This is where we fight! This is where they die! Remember this day, men, for it will be yours for all time.
by ZeroIndulgence on Apr 27, 2010 1:05 PM PDT up reply actions
seriously!
"God save us all." - FTF Staff
by mssjsclowie29 on Apr 27, 2010 11:21 AM PDT up reply actions
What’s the status of Shane Doan?
Because a team missing their captain (and spark plug and pain in the ass and…) might sway my decision.
I know the regular season doesn’t mean shit but we played better games against the Yotes than we did the Wings.
Still, either way it won’t be easy and for that reason I don’t care who we play. It’s playoffs, round two and I can’t remember the last time the sharks made the conference finals (Edmonton?). So who gives a shit who we play? We need to pound them into submission either way.
We just traded who for who?!
Doan Status
Game time decision…if things go well he might be showing the ’Wings his “DoanFace”.
by 408SharksFinatic on Apr 27, 2010 10:05 AM PDT up reply actions
Man I hope
we get to have a chance at you guys. I think a Wings/sharks match-up would be epic this year. GO Wings!
The yellow brick road has always been filled with danger. Our Wicked Witch of the West has always been the Wings. Dorothy faced her fears and defeated the Witch, we can face ours and defeat the Wings.
Ever get the feeling we are on a collision course with reality?
"They who would give up an essential liberty for temporary security, deserve neither liberty or security" -- Benjamin Franklin
I'm really nervous
I know it will be a long hard path we take regardless of who we play but when I hear Red Wings…I hear “You’re walking into a suicide mission”…who knows nowadays though..if PHX can keep them at bay for this long we have a good shot. I BELIEVE!!! Go Sharks
"God save us all." - FTF Staff
Since mymclife hasn't been around lately
I’ll be the first to say, “meteor falls on both team’s benches, spares the Jobing.com crowd and the Sharks get an automatic pass to the conference finals.”
Hey, a man can dream, can’t he?
"Playing Detroit in the playoffs is like paying your taxes. You either pay now or pay later." - Suisun Dan
Style's Finals Pick...
J.R. was interviewed last night and asked who he thought would end up in the Finals. He’s pickin Washington & San Jose!
by 408SharksFinatic on Apr 27, 2010 10:15 AM PDT reply actions
First seed against first seed
Seems like a cop out to me.
It's nothing but crumpled porno and Ayn Rand.
by strongrobot on Apr 27, 2010 10:18 AM PDT up reply actions
Attack of the Halak
If the Caps even make it out alive after the mess they’ve put themselves in…
by 408SharksFinatic on Apr 27, 2010 10:27 AM PDT up reply actions
Great round one win, very exciting
Also proved very little. Colorado should have been done in four, and we let them hang around and even get in our heads a little.
Hats off to Team Teal for getting their act together and get to this point, but any notion that “this is the year” is pure hubris coming off of an emotional high. We haven’t proven we can beat Detroit until you look them in the eye, shake their hand and send them packing back to MoTown. Any notion that we’ve put the “choker” label behind us is premature until… well… we don’t say what it would take, but we all know. At the very least, we have to go down fighting rather than whimpering like we have in post-seasons past.
There are times for a fanbase to be cocky. Arrogance works sometimes. Cocky!Nabby is a beast. But what we need right now. Well, I think we know:
They're not getting this kind of coverage at "Hockey Night In Canada" folks! - Randy Hahn
by ElvisVF101 on Apr 27, 2010 10:34 AM PDT reply actions 1 recs
Colorado should have been done in four
I don’t agree that Avs should have been done in four. Most were even predicting it in five. We aren’t giving them credit to assume they could be swept so easily.
I also don’t agree that we have whimpered off in previous post-seasons. That series against Dallas proves that.
Ever get the feeling we are on a collision course with reality?
"They who would give up an essential liberty for temporary security, deserve neither liberty or security" -- Benjamin Franklin
Colorado deserves a ton of credit
I hope I don’t come off as slighting them, although that’s hard not to do when you say to them they should have been swept. But with all the injuries they were dealing with, how we let them stay in this series will still give me heartburn going into the next round.
Dallas is a bit of the exception in our recent post-season history. I really thought the team had turned a corner at that point. The start to the following season really seemed like the team remembered the bitterness of that OT loss. And then, well… yeah, not going to remember that.
But, in my memory, Edmonton, Detroit and, well, I’m sure there’s one more, were unmitigated meltdowns. After 2 wins for the other team, I can’t say I ever really felt the Sharks would come back.
That’s one positive to take from this series. After surrendering two losses, really heartbreaking ones at that, the team DID find a groove. No matter who you are playing, 3 wins in a row is always tough.
They're not getting this kind of coverage at "Hockey Night In Canada" folks! - Randy Hahn
If we didn’t score on ourselves, it would have been done in 4. I don’t think you are too far off in your assessment.
This is where we hold them! This is where we fight! This is where they die! Remember this day, men, for it will be yours for all time.
by ZeroIndulgence on Apr 27, 2010 11:07 AM PDT up reply actions
You can’t say the Sharks aren’t clutch – we did manage to score 6 game winning goals when you only need 4 to advance, haha.
"I think I realized after the second or third punch, I should have taken his helmet off sooner." - Ryane Clowe
Proud member of the "Re-Sign Marleau" Club
Fools and Sages
Just gotta tell our defense to lay off the GWG scoring. Let the second line take care of business, lol.
This is where we hold them! This is where we fight! This is where they die! Remember this day, men, for it will be yours for all time.
by ZeroIndulgence on Apr 27, 2010 11:18 AM PDT up reply actions
We haven’t proven we can beat Detroit until you look them in the eye, shake their hand and send them packing back to MoTown.
Bakes can. But that was a very long time ago…
"Who were you rooting for in the Olympics?" - Drew Remenda
"I wanted Team India to go all the way." - Manny Malhotra
Bakes is made of pure awesome though
Joe Pavelski still has a spot between his toes that are made of only 99% awesome. So he’s still got some work to do.
They're not getting this kind of coverage at "Hockey Night In Canada" folks! - Randy Hahn
Clowie chirpin'!!
Love that lil’ clip of Clowie chirpin’ at the other bench. What game is that from?
by 408SharksFinatic on Apr 27, 2010 10:58 AM PDT up reply actions
Playoff Game 5
i believe
"God save us all." - FTF Staff
by mssjsclowie29 on Apr 27, 2010 11:04 AM PDT up reply actions
this gif
makes me laugh every freaking time…they all look like they’re on fast forward.
"God save us all." - FTF Staff
by mssjsclowie29 on Apr 27, 2010 11:10 AM PDT up reply actions
Gangs of San Jose
looks like a scene from a Martin Scorsese movie
by 408SharksFinatic on Apr 27, 2010 11:28 AM PDT up reply actions
noice!
Teal Cronies :) hahaha
"God save us all." - FTF Staff
by mssjsclowie29 on Apr 27, 2010 11:28 AM PDT up reply actions
Well, regardless of who we're playing...
I just managed to snag 2 $66 tickets to game 1 via our greedy friends at Ticketmaster. Section 221, row 19.
Anyone else going?
..:Fear The Fin:..
me!
223 row 17 i think. this will be a true test of my playoff mojo.. we’re 5-0 when i go but i’ve never been to a game 1! one game 2, three game 5s and game 7 vs cgy.
i really think we can do this though.. whoever we get. i feel like the team has really gelled as a team and not just joe/patty/heater + everyone else. now we just need those three to show up like we know they can and we’ll be able to rock whoever we’re playing.
Yeah, my mojo really turned itself around. For the first half of the season, it was horrendous. I was present for the blowout by Chicago, as well as the Red Wings loss and Bruins SO loss. And present for the Stars and Kings SO losses.
But then the mojo pulled a 180 at the end of the season – I was present for the near comeback against NJ, the pounding of Vancouver, and our win against Colorado at the end of the regular season. And present for game 5 last week. Booyah!
..:Fear The Fin:..
I’m going to try and sit this one out. Just put a deposit on my vacation and really should save for that. So as long as logic wins out … no … :)
Ever get the feeling we are on a collision course with reality?
"They who would give up an essential liberty for temporary security, deserve neither liberty or security" -- Benjamin Franklin
Indeed.
My SharksPak dictates I will be at Game 1 of this series. 225, row 17. Should be epic (and hopefully it’s time for the Sharks to get off their Game 1 schneid!)
This is where we hold them! This is where we fight! This is where they die! Remember this day, men, for it will be yours for all time.
by ZeroIndulgence on Apr 27, 2010 11:08 AM PDT up reply actions
i have two shark paks!
and i ended up with one set of seats in 225 row 18 and one set in 223 row 17.
but my normal sharkpak is in 224. guess i’m stuck on that side of the arena :)
such a relief to have tickets ahead of time, though!!
Indeed it is. And at a much better price than our friends at ticketmaster can give us after the fact. My regular season sharkspak seats were in 221 or something like that. It’s not a bad place to be.
This is where we hold them! This is where we fight! This is where they die! Remember this day, men, for it will be yours for all time.
by ZeroIndulgence on Apr 27, 2010 11:29 AM PDT up reply actions
We need some Big Pavelski Mojo in this thread!
by 420Sharksfan on Apr 27, 2010 11:13 AM PDT reply actions 19 recs
Glad you guys enjoy it.
Its from a poster named DLD who posted it over on LetsGoSharks.com
by 420Sharksfan on Apr 27, 2010 11:36 AM PDT up reply actions
Wow!
That is pretty much amazing.
This is where we hold them! This is where we fight! This is where they die! Remember this day, men, for it will be yours for all time.
by ZeroIndulgence on Apr 27, 2010 11:18 AM PDT up reply actions
Holy Shit...
seto looks perfect in that purple jumpsuit!!! Rec’d for sure!
"God save us all." - FTF Staff
by mssjsclowie29 on Apr 27, 2010 11:18 AM PDT up reply actions
The Big Pavs
I was waiting for someone to put one of these out…nice job!
by 408SharksFinatic on Apr 27, 2010 11:32 AM PDT up reply actions
A
Mazing.
Fear The Fin = Man goes into cage... Cage goes into salsa... Shark's in the salsa... Our shark.
LOL
Does anyone else think Pavelski looks like Carrot Top?
Fear The Fin = Man goes into cage... Cage goes into salsa... Shark's in the salsa... Our shark.
We are all aware that the Big Lebowski
was the prick in the wheelchair right?
I love the name and all, but Bridges was the dude, the other Lebowski, the Big Lebowski, is the one with the wife that owes money all over town, man.
"Douglas Murray is a humongous human being." – Drew Remenda
by Evilducks on Apr 27, 2010 2:13 PM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
I’m aware… but I don’t care. :-D
Fear The Fin = Man goes into cage... Cage goes into salsa... Shark's in the salsa... Our shark.
I don’t know if the Big Lebowski is a book or a movie.
Either way, I don’t care enough to look it up.
Love the photoshop.
Go Sharks :)
by AppleSweetRose on Apr 27, 2010 3:09 PM PDT up reply actions
I had two dreams last night
One involved phoenix having won and the other involved detroit up 3-0 with 11:35 left to play. So not only does phoenix win tonight, they win in a dramatic fashion.
Mercury News Tim Kawakami Article
Anybody read the article about the Sharks being Joe Pavelski’s team now? What are your thoughts on the impending financial components?
by 408SharksFinatic on Apr 27, 2010 12:38 PM PDT reply actions
My thoughts are....
the media sucks. Just let the players finish this season, without trying to force locker room drama.
by Very Serious Person on Apr 27, 2010 12:58 PM PDT up reply actions
Sharks have about $20.5M in cap space for next season
UFAs:
Marleau
Nabokov
Malhotra
Nichol
Blake
Ortmeyer
Wallin
Helminen
Leach
Other prospects who won’t play the full 82 for the big club but may be called up
RFAs
Pavelski
Setoguchi
Karlsson
Zalewski
Joslin
Staubitz
Other prospects
Thornton and Heatley both make $7M, and Boyle is not far off at $6.7M.
It’s probably going to take about $4M to keep Seto and Pavs. They both deserve it at this point. I personally would like to see Malhotra get $1.5M, and if Blake stayed at $1M, I think that’s fair. That leaves $10M for Patty, Nabby and the rest. I think we have to use about $2M-$2.5M for the sum total of Nichol, either Ortmeyer or Helminen, Wallin and Leach (or their replacements), plus enough scratch for the kids who’ll get called up. Which leaves us about $7.5-$8M for Patty and Nabby.
I’d say, offer each of them about $3.5M. In Nabby’s case, I’d consider offering him term to get him to stay. For Patty, I’d probably say the same, but I would offer him less than Nabby.
They're not getting this kind of coverage at "Hockey Night In Canada" folks! - Randy Hahn
Blake...
I didn’t think Blake had another year left in him, but his performance in this post season has changed my mind…
by 408SharksFinatic on Apr 27, 2010 1:07 PM PDT up reply actions
I wouldn't be surprised if Blake stays
but not for $1M. More like 2 or even 2.5, I bet.
To put it in perspective, Huskins is making $1.5 and is getting $1.9 next year.
My head hurts! We’re still playing after one round this season! We don’t have to think about these things yet!
This is where we hold them! This is where we fight! This is where they die! Remember this day, men, for it will be yours for all time.
by ZeroIndulgence on Apr 27, 2010 1:08 PM PDT up reply actions
I can see Pavelski being worth 4M easily, but no way is Seto worth 4M until he figures out his consistency issues. No matter how good a series he just had, this is still a guy bumped to the third (or fourth) line for a fair bit of the season.
Malhotra turned down (I believe) a 2M / year offer to come to the Sharks, so look for him to want a hefty pay increase.
Blake might be done. He’s looking at bottom pair minutes, otherwise, I’d think.
We’d be lucky to have Marleau for 3.5M. I know he hasn’t shown up in this series, but his history in the playoffs and in the regular season is much more consistent.
With all the young goaltending talent, I’m not sure what they’re doing with Nabby. Nabby will probably want his last long contract, and it seems the future of Sharks goaltending is maybe a year or two away at the most.
It's nothing but crumpled porno and Ayn Rand.
I figure
The average between Pavs and Seto is $4M. Maybe like $4.1or Pavs and $3.6ish for Seto, something comparable to Clowe’s contract.
Malhotra turned down $2M for 4 years from Atlanta if memory serves. He might merit that sort of contract, but I don’t think we can offer him more than the $1.5.
Blake has gone on record as saying he’d like to play a few more years. If he doesn’t like our offer, I’m sure he’ll shop his services elsewhere.
Marleau probably merits more than $3.5, but that money is now tied up in Heatley. When Jumbo comes off the books next season, we could think about giving him more money, but it just isn’t there right now. Maybe he takes $3.5M this year then goes into the offseason with Joe to see how to spread about $10M between the two of them.
Greiss never got a fair shake this season. Stalock and Sexsmith have no NHL experience. This team is not in a position to GROOM a goaltender. If Greiss stays with the club, we need someone who can put in about 40-50 games in tandem with him. Nabby’s still my best bet for that.
They're not getting this kind of coverage at "Hockey Night In Canada" folks! - Randy Hahn
So basically it sounds like you want to resign everyone! Hmm, that seems less fun. Where does Kovalchuk fit into all this? :-P
This is where we hold them! This is where we fight! This is where they die! Remember this day, men, for it will be yours for all time.
by ZeroIndulgence on Apr 27, 2010 1:28 PM PDT up reply actions
You see
If we just wait until the trade deadline when his contract is prorated, we can trade him for Brad Staubitz and Jody Shelley!
The rest of the league loves making fun of us, but the one area they may have a case is our salary structure. We had something like 20% of our cap in 5 players this season with HTML, Boyle and Nabby. Patty’s already gotten one break for a bad post-season (Detroit). I doubt very much Doug Wilson will give him another break if he continues his current pace of play. And shedding a $6.3M cap hit in a falling cap world is nothing to sneeze at.
Plus, next season, not only is Jumbo due for another contract, but McGinn, Demers and Couture are all up to (I think Couture is anyway). The Salary Structure of the team has to change very soon.
They're not getting this kind of coverage at "Hockey Night In Canada" folks! - Randy Hahn
Where doesKovalchukVolchenkov fit into all this?
There, fixed it for you.
Fear The Fin = Man goes into cage... Cage goes into salsa... Shark's in the salsa... Our shark.
Bingo.
"San Jose is where I want to be at the end of the day, and there's an opportunity now to make it there. It is where my heart is." - Jamie McGinn, 2/22/10
Fear The Fin: Where Selling Your Soul Is The Likely Solution
Ottawa is about as willing to let him walk
As we are of letting Pavs go.
"Douglas Murray is a humongous human being." – Drew Remenda
He’s a UFA though. That’s a lot more obtainable than another team trying to sign Joe Pavelski as an RFA.
I’m not giving up on a Volchenkov/Hamhuis-Vlasic shutdown pairing until all is said and done.
"San Jose is where I want to be at the end of the day, and there's an opportunity now to make it there. It is where my heart is." - Jamie McGinn, 2/22/10
Fear The Fin: Where Selling Your Soul Is The Likely Solution
I’m not sure Ottawa can afford Volchenkov. I’d be pretty ok with adding him to our blueline!
This is where we hold them! This is where we fight! This is where they die! Remember this day, men, for it will be yours for all time.
by ZeroIndulgence on Apr 27, 2010 3:34 PM PDT up reply actions
Premature for sure, but something that excites me nonetheless.
"San Jose is where I want to be at the end of the day, and there's an opportunity now to make it there. It is where my heart is." - Jamie McGinn, 2/22/10
Fear The Fin: Where Selling Your Soul Is The Likely Solution
Big worries for us
Excitement causing things to be premature
They're not getting this kind of coverage at "Hockey Night In Canada" folks! - Randy Hahn
Isn't the rumblings saying he's asking for $5M?
"Who were you rooting for in the Olympics?" - Drew Remenda
"I wanted Team India to go all the way." - Manny Malhotra
Yeah, which is a little too pricey for me. Who knows where it eventually shakes out though, depends on the market. Kovalchuk is asking for ten million supposedly, but as Elvis mentioned last week, there’s few teams who can afford it.
Hamhuis for less would be fine for me as well.
Whatever though. I can’t let myself get sucked into this otherwise I’ll just go all night. In two minute intervals of course.
"San Jose is where I want to be at the end of the day, and there's an opportunity now to make it there. It is where my heart is." - Jamie McGinn, 2/22/10
Fear The Fin: Where Selling Your Soul Is The Likely Solution
That’s right! We’re still in the playoffs! It’s still THIS SEASON! We can worry about this in June :)
This is where we hold them! This is where we fight! This is where they die! Remember this day, men, for it will be yours for all time.
by ZeroIndulgence on Apr 27, 2010 3:47 PM PDT up reply actions
But we don't play until Thursday!
How else am I supposed to waste my work day?
They're not getting this kind of coverage at "Hockey Night In Canada" folks! - Randy Hahn
Agreed. I’m done with it.
"San Jose is where I want to be at the end of the day, and there's an opportunity now to make it there. It is where my heart is." - Jamie McGinn, 2/22/10
Fear The Fin: Where Selling Your Soul Is The Likely Solution
Sounds like a clean trade for Blake.
Fear The Fin = Man goes into cage... Cage goes into salsa... Shark's in the salsa... Our shark.
You’re forgetting about the raises due to Pavelski and Setoguchi. That eats up Blake’s money.
Salary structure was thrown way out of wack when Heatley came over.
"San Jose is where I want to be at the end of the day, and there's an opportunity now to make it there. It is where my heart is." - Jamie McGinn, 2/22/10
Fear The Fin: Where Selling Your Soul Is The Likely Solution
I believe
this is why we all argued against trading for Heater in the first place.
"Douglas Murray is a humongous human being." – Drew Remenda
Yessir.
"San Jose is where I want to be at the end of the day, and there's an opportunity now to make it there. It is where my heart is." - Jamie McGinn, 2/22/10
Fear The Fin: Where Selling Your Soul Is The Likely Solution
Looking at the cap situation this summer
is going to make me cry… and abuse capgeek.
"Douglas Murray is a humongous human being." – Drew Remenda
D’oh! I’m not used to thinking about pay raises in this economy.
Fear The Fin = Man goes into cage... Cage goes into salsa... Shark's in the salsa... Our shark.
Malhotra turned down (I believe) a 2M / year offer to come to the Sharks, so look for him to want a hefty pay increase.
He deserves it IMHO.
"And Luongo gives up a corpulent rebound" - Razor
"It's a kook fest" - Drew Remenda
"What an idiot" - Craig Rivet
"Al Stalock, his reflexes are so good he can smell a fart before someone even lays one"
by sharkiesgirl on Apr 27, 2010 2:36 PM PDT up reply actions
My thoughts are...
When’s the last time anyone put any stock in what Kawakami writes? Anyone other than Kawakami himself, that is.
..:Fear The Fin:..
by OtherKid on Apr 27, 2010 1:04 PM PDT via mobile up reply actions
Do you think
the team is watching the game tonight?
I know
riiiight?
"Who were you rooting for in the Olympics?" - Drew Remenda
"I wanted Team India to go all the way." - Manny Malhotra
I think I would prefer Detroit to win, seeing as Howard scares me a lot less than Bryzgalov. Either team will give us a lot of trouble though.
I just hope that the extra rest and the fact that the Avs were so banged up without 2 of their best scorers for the entire series doesn’t screw us up in Round 2.
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GO SHARRRRKS!
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It's nothing but crumpled porno and Ayn Rand.
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by xarexerax on Apr 27, 2010 2:09 PM PDT up reply actions 4 recs
Where the hell did you steal this from? I like it.
Fear The Fin = Man goes into cage... Cage goes into salsa... Shark's in the salsa... Our shark.
Heh
It’s my own creation. When I was in high school, I set out to trying to write at least partially-logical poems / sentences using full alliteration (with occasional bending of the rules to allow “a/an”, “the”, etc) …
.. yeah, I was a lonely sort. Hah.
'The good news is, there's a little more room in the penalty box; there's only five Sharks in there now.' -- Randy Hahn, VAN @ SJS 8 April 2010
Well, in that case, I’m going to rec this. Well done.
Fear The Fin = Man goes into cage... Cage goes into salsa... Shark's in the salsa... Our shark.
He has/had a huge collection of just that.
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by ZombieSkittles on Apr 27, 2010 4:01 PM PDT up reply actions
Go Coyotes
Can’t stand the Red Wings and I don’t want the Sharks to face them in the 2nd round.
"Even the Swedes are getting mad."-Randy Hahn
"It's very cozy in the sin bin."-Randy Hahn
With Chicago winning last night
I don’t really care who we get…I think Detroit and Phoenix are equally difficult for the Sharks.
Beating Detroit may be good for team’s psyche.
I’m definitely rooting for the Yotes tonight.
Not because they would be an easier opponent for the Sharks.
But because I love a Cinderella story, and because I’d like to see the Wings burn and crash, thanks.
Their fans are the epitome of evil! Haha.
So for tonight only: go Yotes.
And if they advance, may the Sharks have no mercy on your soul :)
According to Derek Zona, Canucks fans are the worst.
http://www.fromtherink.com/2010/4/27/1447219/the-worst-hockey-fans-in-canada
"Even the Swedes are getting mad."-Randy Hahn
"It's very cozy in the sin bin."-Randy Hahn
But that’s just in Canada. I’m sure Detroit fans lead the pack among US hockey fans. Them and Blackhawks fans.
"I think I realized after the second or third punch, I should have taken his helmet off sooner." - Ryane Clowe
Proud member of the "Re-Sign Marleau" Club
Fools and Sages
Haha I was about to say. That’s just in Canada.
I don’t know. Haven’t met too many Hawks fans.
But Detroit fans are really, really getting on my nerve.
Philly fans suck as well. I have to deal with them the most around here!
by AppleSweetRose on Apr 27, 2010 3:15 PM PDT up reply actions
Blackhawks fans used to be cool, when there were so few of them. I remember talking with one guy who flew out from Chicago not long after the lockout – quality human being, wearing a Roenick-era jersey.
Zero and Lurker can tell you how we were treated in Chicago merely for cheering at goals. Stay classy, bandwagon.
Fear The Fin = Man goes into cage... Cage goes into salsa... Shark's in the salsa... Our shark.
Yeah, like the ones who had to go through Dollar Bill Wirtz, or at least those who recognize that past and realize how lucky they are to have such a good team – those are good fans. Like the ones that sat around my brother, my dad, and I at the Hawks game we went to last season.
The bandwagonners who have no idea who JR is, or about the television blackouts during the Dollar Bill era? I spit on them. And one of them happens to be my current roommate (I mentioned to her boyfriend – a Stars fan – that Chicago eliminated the Preds, and she started celebrating and dancing and talking smack about how they were going to win the Cup – nevermind that she didn’t know they won until after I told her).
"I think I realized after the second or third punch, I should have taken his helmet off sooner." - Ryane Clowe
Proud member of the "Re-Sign Marleau" Club
Fools and Sages
They're not so bad
One of them bought me a beer because it was my birthday. After the purchase, he asked everyone around to welcome me.
Accordingly, I was booed by the entire concourse for 3 minutes as I walked back to my seat. At least my Rickard’s Red was delicious.
A Red Wings fan called me “cocksucker” at the Tank, unprovoked. Calling such fans scum of the earth is an insult to, well, the earth’s scum.
Fear The Fin = Man goes into cage... Cage goes into salsa... Shark's in the salsa... Our shark.
Red Wings fans are definitely right there with Dodger fans as the scum of the Earth.
"Even the Swedes are getting mad."-Randy Hahn
"It's very cozy in the sin bin."-Randy Hahn
As a Dodger fan, I resent that! I shouldn’t be associated in any way with Wings fans…
This is where we hold them! This is where we fight! This is where they die! Remember this day, men, for it will be yours for all time.
by ZeroIndulgence on Apr 27, 2010 3:36 PM PDT up reply actions
Wow...I now see you in a different light
If you say you are a Lakers fan….I think I am going to have to ignore your posts…
I don’t watch basketball.
This is where we hold them! This is where we fight! This is where they die! Remember this day, men, for it will be yours for all time.
by ZeroIndulgence on Apr 27, 2010 3:47 PM PDT up reply actions
I am a Lakers fan.
You all are allowed to point and laugh, as well as throw stones at me.
Proud member of the "Don't Trade Marleau" club.
Fear the Fin: Where Sharks Fans Aren't Like Other Sharks Fans.
by SharksFanEst.1994 on Apr 27, 2010 6:47 PM PDT up reply actions
THE HELL?
Our friendship ends – NOW.
:-P
Fear The Fin = Man goes into cage... Cage goes into salsa... Shark's in the salsa... Our shark.
Is this like...
Being married for 20 years and then finding out your significant other is a mass murderer?
Worse
It’s like dating for 3 weeks before realizing your girlfriend has a penis.
Fear The Fin = Man goes into cage... Cage goes into salsa... Shark's in the salsa... Our shark.
by Mr. K. on Apr 27, 2010 3:47 PM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
Reminds me of the infamous “Kenny vs. Spenny” episode about who can have sex with more women. I’m not homophobic, but I was ready to puke at the end.
Fear The Fin = Man goes into cage... Cage goes into salsa... Shark's in the salsa... Our shark.
That sir
Is where the “Thailand Tap” comes into play!!
"Be polite, be professional... But have a plan to kill everyone you meet." -- General James N. Mattis, Commander 1st Marine Divison, Operation Iraqi Freedom 2003
by SetoThorMarChooSki on Apr 27, 2010 3:49 PM PDT up reply actions
A simple look through the blogs I am a member of will see me as a member of the Dodgers SBN blog. It’s not a big secret, lol.
Although, to be fair, I’m an A’s fan first. The Dodgers are my NL Team…
Wait, why am I defending myself to you. YOU’RE A YANKEES FAN! Ick…
;)
This is where we hold them! This is where we fight! This is where they die! Remember this day, men, for it will be yours for all time.
by ZeroIndulgence on Apr 27, 2010 3:49 PM PDT up reply actions
Yankees hatred is always second to Dodgers hatred. ALWAYS. Can I get an amen?
Fear The Fin = Man goes into cage... Cage goes into salsa... Shark's in the salsa... Our shark.
Both teams can go fuck themselves
And I don’t even care about baseball.
"Douglas Murray is a humongous human being." – Drew Remenda
Ah, see, I’m a Texas fan in college. I could care less about the Bay Area college teams.
This is where we hold them! This is where we fight! This is where they die! Remember this day, men, for it will be yours for all time.
by ZeroIndulgence on Apr 27, 2010 3:57 PM PDT up reply actions
Ahh, I like Stanford. Second favorite college team, actually. UCLA and Cal, on the other hand… ;P
"I think I realized after the second or third punch, I should have taken his helmet off sooner." - Ryane Clowe
Proud member of the "Re-Sign Marleau" Club
Fools and Sages
It's okay...
The power of the dark side is strong…
Just come to he light…it hurts a little bit at first but you will be happy at the end.
Parents went to Stanford, I go to USC. Ever since I was little I’ve been calling Cal fans “weenies,” and I don’t expect that to change.
"I think I realized after the second or third punch, I should have taken his helmet off sooner." - Ryane Clowe
Proud member of the "Re-Sign Marleau" Club
Fools and Sages
I rec’d that comment before. I think I’m going to go un-rec it now.
"I think I realized after the second or third punch, I should have taken his helmet off sooner." - Ryane Clowe
Proud member of the "Re-Sign Marleau" Club
Fools and Sages
^^^
I’m with this dude
"Be polite, be professional... But have a plan to kill everyone you meet." -- General James N. Mattis, Commander 1st Marine Divison, Operation Iraqi Freedom 2003
by SetoThorMarChooSki on Apr 27, 2010 3:52 PM PDT up reply actions
FER SERIOUS!?!?!??!
MR K IS A WANKEE FAN? //passes out
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by mssjsclowie29 on Apr 27, 2010 3:53 PM PDT up reply actions
And a Giants fan, if that alleviates you.
Giants before Yankees, I might add… well, ok, in theory.
Fear The Fin = Man goes into cage... Cage goes into salsa... Shark's in the salsa... Our shark.
o.O
huh…whowouldathunkit
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by mssjsclowie29 on Apr 27, 2010 3:56 PM PDT up reply actions
ugh
It took me 2 years into marriage to find out my husband was into red heads…..is that about the same as finding out he’s a mass murderer?
"Sleep is for the off season."~ Randy Hahn. Never question why the man is up at midnight.
by ZombieSkittles on Apr 27, 2010 3:52 PM PDT up reply actions
i’m a red head now! I’ve had dark tinted hair for a very long time though.
"Sleep is for the off season."~ Randy Hahn. Never question why the man is up at midnight.
by ZombieSkittles on Apr 27, 2010 4:02 PM PDT up reply actions
naw
he didn’t say he was into campbell
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by mssjsclowie29 on Apr 27, 2010 3:53 PM PDT up reply actions
Blasphemy!!!
"Be polite, be professional... But have a plan to kill everyone you meet." -- General James N. Mattis, Commander 1st Marine Divison, Operation Iraqi Freedom 2003
by SetoThorMarChooSki on Apr 27, 2010 3:42 PM PDT up reply actions
It’s not my fault I was raised correctly!
This is where we hold them! This is where we fight! This is where they die! Remember this day, men, for it will be yours for all time.
by ZeroIndulgence on Apr 27, 2010 3:48 PM PDT up reply actions
...
I’m not buying it…
"Be polite, be professional... But have a plan to kill everyone you meet." -- General James N. Mattis, Commander 1st Marine Divison, Operation Iraqi Freedom 2003
by SetoThorMarChooSki on Apr 27, 2010 3:49 PM PDT up reply actions
The Giant’s stadium is a gorgeous park. It’s at its best when I am in attendance at a Giants-Dodgers game (the only games I ever attend there…except the All Star Game), and the Dodgers win the game. And those of us who are True Blue can celebrate on your turf. It’s a beautiful place to celebrate.
This is where we hold them! This is where we fight! This is where they die! Remember this day, men, for it will be yours for all time.
by ZeroIndulgence on Apr 27, 2010 3:51 PM PDT up reply actions
Child abuse is
such an awful crime…the victims don’t even realize how badly they are affected until much later.
by calbearjd on Apr 27, 2010 3:49 PM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
LOL
Rec’d for truthiness.
Fear The Fin = Man goes into cage... Cage goes into salsa... Shark's in the salsa... Our shark.
Calling such fans scum of the earth is an insult to, well, the earth’s scum.
Hahaha I second this.
by AppleSweetRose on Apr 27, 2010 3:16 PM PDT up reply actions
How's everyone's playoff beards doing?
Mine is in the really annoying, itchy phase that I hate (and usually shave well before getting to). I’m hoping after the next series I’ll be to that longer, and somewhat softer phase. It is annoying as hell though. But, I’m willing to sacrifice for my team, lol.
This is where we hold them! This is where we fight! This is where they die! Remember this day, men, for it will be yours for all time.
I’ve taken an opposite approach. After the Dan Boyle goal in his own net game, I’ve shaved on every Sharks gameday. Sharks haven’t lost since.
"Even the Swedes are getting mad."-Randy Hahn
"It's very cozy in the sin bin."-Randy Hahn
I've taken this approach too
Also, beards are just too itchy for me. And I can’t pull off the manly scruffy look. I just look like a creeper.
Granted, I look that way even without the beard, but there’s more itching, which makes it worse.
They're not getting this kind of coverage at "Hockey Night In Canada" folks! - Randy Hahn
LAME!
Of course, now you have to keep shaving. I considered shaving after Game 3, but the playoffs are a committment! And they won the series, so I must keep going.
This is where we hold them! This is where we fight! This is where they die! Remember this day, men, for it will be yours for all time.
by ZeroIndulgence on Apr 27, 2010 3:37 PM PDT up reply actions
In my defense
I was committed to the beard, but had to shave it for a business trip. The Sharks won that game, so I stuck with it.
It’s a bailout, but I’ll take it.
They're not getting this kind of coverage at "Hockey Night In Canada" folks! - Randy Hahn
I've taken a similar approach
I just trim my beard before every game after game 3 and it’s worked out so far. Besides, I’m sure my work and gf (one in the same?) likes it better.
Shampooing the beard helps with the itchiness, fyi
by sharks in oc on Apr 27, 2010 3:16 PM PDT up reply actions
Mine’s not quite to the point where shampooing it will help, in a few days or so it will be, I’m hoping.
This is where we hold them! This is where we fight! This is where they die! Remember this day, men, for it will be yours for all time.
by ZeroIndulgence on Apr 27, 2010 3:37 PM PDT up reply actions
Mine’s great, aside from the fact that I have apparently developed anti-chops. Nice, full beard coming in except where chops would otherwise be, which is a barren space of spotty, half-trying facial hair failure.
'The good news is, there's a little more room in the penalty box; there's only five Sharks in there now.' -- Randy Hahn, VAN @ SJS 8 April 2010
You all realize
all this playoff beard talk is turning on a good chunk of the ladies here right?
"God save us all." - FTF Staff
by mssjsclowie29 on Apr 27, 2010 3:21 PM PDT up reply actions
That's it!
I’m growing my beard back.
"Even the Swedes are getting mad."-Randy Hahn
"It's very cozy in the sin bin."-Randy Hahn
As well it should!
This is where we hold them! This is where we fight! This is where they die! Remember this day, men, for it will be yours for all time.
by ZeroIndulgence on Apr 27, 2010 3:38 PM PDT up reply actions
yep facial hair.....= mucho seks
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by mssjsclowie29 on Apr 27, 2010 3:50 PM PDT up reply actions
People should start posting their beards on here or fanpic some beards.
"Sleep is for the off season."~ Randy Hahn. Never question why the man is up at midnight.
by ZombieSkittles on Apr 27, 2010 3:57 PM PDT up reply actions
See below— I’m planning on doing one sometime next week.
"San Jose is where I want to be at the end of the day, and there's an opportunity now to make it there. It is where my heart is." - Jamie McGinn, 2/22/10
Fear The Fin: Where Selling Your Soul Is The Likely Solution
Very nice! I can’t wait.
"Sleep is for the off season."~ Randy Hahn. Never question why the man is up at midnight.
by ZombieSkittles on Apr 27, 2010 4:02 PM PDT up reply actions
I'M STOKED!
So, this is what its like when guys wait for the Maxim or Playboy magazines….
"God save us all." - FTF Staff
by mssjsclowie29 on Apr 27, 2010 4:04 PM PDT up reply actions
I think it is, although i do have a very nice sample of a playoff beard at home thanks to my husband. It finally went from sandpaper to man fuzz.
"Sleep is for the off season."~ Randy Hahn. Never question why the man is up at midnight.
by ZombieSkittles on Apr 27, 2010 4:11 PM PDT up reply actions
i'm jealous
the only way I’m going to get me some playoff beard is if I grow it myself…good luck to me!!!
"God save us all." - FTF Staff
by mssjsclowie29 on Apr 27, 2010 4:12 PM PDT up reply actions
Don’t shave your legs.
"San Jose is where I want to be at the end of the day, and there's an opportunity now to make it there. It is where my heart is." - Jamie McGinn, 2/22/10
Fear The Fin: Where Selling Your Soul Is The Likely Solution
WTF?!
"Be polite, be professional... But have a plan to kill everyone you meet." -- General James N. Mattis, Commander 1st Marine Divison, Operation Iraqi Freedom 2003
by SetoThorMarChooSki on Apr 27, 2010 4:13 PM PDT up reply actions
It’s the female playoff beard. Either that or something else, but I’m not about to go there.
"San Jose is where I want to be at the end of the day, and there's an opportunity now to make it there. It is where my heart is." - Jamie McGinn, 2/22/10
Fear The Fin: Where Selling Your Soul Is The Likely Solution
hahahahahaha
"Be polite, be professional... But have a plan to kill everyone you meet." -- General James N. Mattis, Commander 1st Marine Divison, Operation Iraqi Freedom 2003
by SetoThorMarChooSki on Apr 27, 2010 4:14 PM PDT up reply actions
Oh dear lord.
The images that popped into my head! /faints.
Oh no way.
I rather dye my hair teal thanks.
by AppleSweetRose on Apr 27, 2010 4:15 PM PDT up reply actions
DEFINITELY don't bend that way...
I’m not Manson.
"God save us all." - FTF Staff
by mssjsclowie29 on Apr 27, 2010 4:16 PM PDT up reply actions
Marilyn Manson
some scary rocker dude apparently rumor had it he took out some ribs or he can bend down to…I can’t even finish the sentence…sorry…its just bad. And now I will go drink some Purell…
"God save us all." - FTF Staff
by mssjsclowie29 on Apr 27, 2010 4:18 PM PDT up reply actions
Oh.
Ohhhh, holy crap :/
Um, no. I’m pretty sure that’s a rumour. Please lord, let it be a rumour >_<
by AppleSweetRose on Apr 27, 2010 4:19 PM PDT up reply actions
It is
Manson is about as freaky as your average teddy bear. It’s all an act — which he freely admits — to play up on the fact that people will embrace damn near anything.
'The good news is, there's a little more room in the penalty box; there's only five Sharks in there now.' -- Randy Hahn, VAN @ SJS 8 April 2010
thank you jesus!
scarred me all throughout h.s. just imagining that.
"God save us all." - FTF Staff
by mssjsclowie29 on Apr 27, 2010 4:21 PM PDT up reply actions
Well has anybody seen the Tool CD Aenemia? That’s about as close as you can get I think…
"Be polite, be professional... But have a plan to kill everyone you meet." -- General James N. Mattis, Commander 1st Marine Divison, Operation Iraqi Freedom 2003
by SetoThorMarChooSki on Apr 27, 2010 4:22 PM PDT up reply actions
Check out their discography on yahoo music… I believe there will be a picture of the CD itself.
"Be polite, be professional... But have a plan to kill everyone you meet." -- General James N. Mattis, Commander 1st Marine Divison, Operation Iraqi Freedom 2003
by SetoThorMarChooSki on Apr 27, 2010 4:27 PM PDT up reply actions
Haha well, he has proven that point many times over, me thinks.
by AppleSweetRose on Apr 27, 2010 4:24 PM PDT up reply actions
I get the reference, but I’m not quite sure that is what Plank had in mind… lol
"Be polite, be professional... But have a plan to kill everyone you meet." -- General James N. Mattis, Commander 1st Marine Divison, Operation Iraqi Freedom 2003
by SetoThorMarChooSki on Apr 27, 2010 4:19 PM PDT up reply actions
yea I'm positive
he meant armpit hair…got it sorry…detour!!!! Back to the task at hand now….yea yea.
"God save us all." - FTF Staff
by mssjsclowie29 on Apr 27, 2010 4:21 PM PDT up reply actions
Exactly!!
"Be polite, be professional... But have a plan to kill everyone you meet." -- General James N. Mattis, Commander 1st Marine Divison, Operation Iraqi Freedom 2003
by SetoThorMarChooSki on Apr 27, 2010 4:22 PM PDT up reply actions
we so need the puck to drop like now....
"God save us all." - FTF Staff
by mssjsclowie29 on Apr 27, 2010 4:22 PM PDT up reply actions
unfortunately....
I don’t quite bend that way so I can rub up against that stubble. Plus its way better on a man.
"God save us all." - FTF Staff
by mssjsclowie29 on Apr 27, 2010 4:14 PM PDT up reply actions
Don’t do it woman! Get a chia pet or something, but don’t grow one yourself!
"Sleep is for the off season."~ Randy Hahn. Never question why the man is up at midnight.
by ZombieSkittles on Apr 27, 2010 4:13 PM PDT up reply actions
I CAN'T ANYWAY
whyyyyyyy hahahahha
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by mssjsclowie29 on Apr 27, 2010 4:14 PM PDT up reply actions
Chi chi chi chia!
Oh my god I hate those Chia commercials so much >_<
by AppleSweetRose on Apr 27, 2010 4:16 PM PDT up reply actions
I’m sure A-Rod or Mark McGwire could help you with some “stuff” lol
"Be polite, be professional... But have a plan to kill everyone you meet." -- General James N. Mattis, Commander 1st Marine Divison, Operation Iraqi Freedom 2003
by SetoThorMarChooSki on Apr 27, 2010 4:13 PM PDT up reply actions
OK...
i’m a female hockey fan….I’m pretty sure a little bit of that is already floating around in the blood stream.
"God save us all." - FTF Staff
by mssjsclowie29 on Apr 27, 2010 4:15 PM PDT up reply actions
Yeah, you’re probably right on that one…
"Be polite, be professional... But have a plan to kill everyone you meet." -- General James N. Mattis, Commander 1st Marine Divison, Operation Iraqi Freedom 2003
by SetoThorMarChooSki on Apr 27, 2010 4:16 PM PDT up reply actions
yep Mr. Plank said so...
I can’t wait….!!! So gorgeous!
"God save us all." - FTF Staff
by mssjsclowie29 on Apr 27, 2010 3:57 PM PDT up reply actions
Hahaha I’m not a fan of beards!
But it’ll be awesome entertainment, haha.
by AppleSweetRose on Apr 27, 2010 3:59 PM PDT up reply actions
Yea lots of my girlfriends
are not into facial hair of any sort..I’m an odd ball…to me….men aren’t men without a wee bit of scruff so I can nuzzle up against that so fun
"God save us all." - FTF Staff
by mssjsclowie29 on Apr 27, 2010 4:03 PM PDT up reply actions
It’s like putting your hands or face (or lips for that matter) to dull needles.
It tickles and yet appalling at the same time!
Tsk :p
by AppleSweetRose on Apr 27, 2010 4:06 PM PDT up reply actions
more like the gritty side of a sponge
its kinda like funny bone? it hurts but its funny and you don’t know which one you want but you get both. Some like it rough and a little naughty <——yea I SAID IT. I’ll stop now before I get flagged or banned.
"God save us all." - FTF Staff
by mssjsclowie29 on Apr 27, 2010 4:09 PM PDT up reply actions
Hahaha I’m sure it’s not the worst that’s been said on here.
Sounds like you’re a bit of a masochist :p
by AppleSweetRose on Apr 27, 2010 4:12 PM PDT up reply actions
I'm a Sharks and A's fan aren't I?
:P
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by mssjsclowie29 on Apr 27, 2010 4:13 PM PDT up reply actions
hate basketball
sorry…with hockey and baseball I can’t seem to fit another sport in there.
"God save us all." - FTF Staff
by mssjsclowie29 on Apr 27, 2010 4:30 PM PDT up reply actions
I just recently started on baseball and basketball only because it’s the playoffs and my family is glued to every game.
But I doubt I’ll be as obsessive about another sport other than hockey. Too much passion! It burns me out!
by AppleSweetRose on Apr 27, 2010 4:36 PM PDT up reply actions
:)
I’ll take your word for it hehe
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by mssjsclowie29 on Apr 27, 2010 4:41 PM PDT up reply actions
I’m still confused as to why there are such things as Warriors fans. And why there are so many of them.
"I think I realized after the second or third punch, I should have taken his helmet off sooner." - Ryane Clowe
Proud member of the "Re-Sign Marleau" Club
Fools and Sages
It’s like trying to figure out why there are Clipper fans.
"Douglas Murray is a humongous human being." – Drew Remenda
Clearly everyone should be Laker fans (which I was raised as, and if I actually watched the NBA, would probably still be).
This is where we hold them! This is where we fight! This is where they die! Remember this day, men, for it will be yours for all time.
by ZeroIndulgence on Apr 27, 2010 4:49 PM PDT up reply actions
Lakers fans made me be stuck on an off-ramp in LA for an hour. Stupid Lakers.
Also: go OKC! I want to see this city drown in tears! (Okay, I think I might be a little antagonistic today, haha)
"I think I realized after the second or third punch, I should have taken his helmet off sooner." - Ryane Clowe
Proud member of the "Re-Sign Marleau" Club
Fools and Sages
I’m pretty sure being stuck on an offramp in LA for an hour is a right of passage down there…
This is where we hold them! This is where we fight! This is where they die! Remember this day, men, for it will be yours for all time.
by ZeroIndulgence on Apr 27, 2010 4:57 PM PDT up reply actions
Probably. My problem was that I had to go to orientation the day of the Lakers’ victory parade, and the stupid Lakers planned their parade route right next to USC to the Coliseum, so most off-ramps were closed. And the ones that you could get off on were completely filled with traffic from people merging/not following rules/not waiting/being douchebags.
"I think I realized after the second or third punch, I should have taken his helmet off sooner." - Ryane Clowe
Proud member of the "Re-Sign Marleau" Club
Fools and Sages
They had their gathering
at the coliseum, of course they were going right by USC.
"Douglas Murray is a humongous human being." – Drew Remenda
Heh, let’s do a playoff beard post sometime in the second round. Get your cameras ready!
"San Jose is where I want to be at the end of the day, and there's an opportunity now to make it there. It is where my heart is." - Jamie McGinn, 2/22/10
Fear The Fin: Where Selling Your Soul Is The Likely Solution
I win!!
"Be polite, be professional... But have a plan to kill everyone you meet." -- General James N. Mattis, Commander 1st Marine Divison, Operation Iraqi Freedom 2003
by SetoThorMarChooSki on Apr 27, 2010 3:41 PM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
You do win. That beard has been standard bad assery for awhile now.
"San Jose is where I want to be at the end of the day, and there's an opportunity now to make it there. It is where my heart is." - Jamie McGinn, 2/22/10
Fear The Fin: Where Selling Your Soul Is The Likely Solution
Yours is the standard by which all others should be measured.
Fear The Fin = Man goes into cage... Cage goes into salsa... Shark's in the salsa... Our shark.
Hey K
Do you have that pic you took of me from FTF night at the tank?
"Be polite, be professional... But have a plan to kill everyone you meet." -- General James N. Mattis, Commander 1st Marine Divison, Operation Iraqi Freedom 2003
by SetoThorMarChooSki on Apr 27, 2010 3:43 PM PDT up reply actions
I’ll have to dig through the archives – when I find it, I’ll email it to you. As soon as I get home I’ll start searching.
Fear The Fin = Man goes into cage... Cage goes into salsa... Shark's in the salsa... Our shark.
10-4
"Be polite, be professional... But have a plan to kill everyone you meet." -- General James N. Mattis, Commander 1st Marine Divison, Operation Iraqi Freedom 2003
by SetoThorMarChooSki on Apr 27, 2010 3:47 PM PDT up reply actions
The ladies love Pavelski's beard
He cleverly avoids telling them his beard wishes it was SetoThorMarChooSki’s.
They're not getting this kind of coverage at "Hockey Night In Canada" folks! - Randy Hahn
hes a wee bit ginger too
very weird…but I like it.
"God save us all." - FTF Staff
by mssjsclowie29 on Apr 27, 2010 3:51 PM PDT up reply actions
yea its not even ginger
it is very orange just like a soul patch in the middle of his blonde beard…thats a great description of it!
"God save us all." - FTF Staff
by mssjsclowie29 on Apr 27, 2010 4:24 PM PDT up reply actions
If he dyed it blue, it’d be a rainbow beard.
by AppleSweetRose on Apr 27, 2010 4:24 PM PDT up reply actions
RAINBOW BRIGHT!
now thats not sexy…but it is funny.
"God save us all." - FTF Staff
by mssjsclowie29 on Apr 27, 2010 4:25 PM PDT up reply actions
WOW!
that is as epic as Hahn’s beard!!! Holy crapper! Wow…ummm not to sound creepy but I wanna touch it.
"God save us all." - FTF Staff
by mssjsclowie29 on Apr 27, 2010 3:51 PM PDT up reply actions
hahaha… knock yourself out… just let me beat the sparrows out beforehand : )
"Be polite, be professional... But have a plan to kill everyone you meet." -- General James N. Mattis, Commander 1st Marine Divison, Operation Iraqi Freedom 2003
by SetoThorMarChooSki on Apr 27, 2010 3:52 PM PDT up reply actions
its so manly....
its so //sniffles beautiful! I’m normally a scruff 5 o’clock shadow girl but wow…its beautiful.
"God save us all." - FTF Staff
by mssjsclowie29 on Apr 27, 2010 3:55 PM PDT up reply actions
Seto and Clowie, sitting in a tree…
Fear The Fin = Man goes into cage... Cage goes into salsa... Shark's in the salsa... Our shark.
Oh for christ’s sake… lol
"Be polite, be professional... But have a plan to kill everyone you meet." -- General James N. Mattis, Commander 1st Marine Divison, Operation Iraqi Freedom 2003
by SetoThorMarChooSki on Apr 27, 2010 3:57 PM PDT up reply actions
LOL!!!!
sorry….Seto is a wee bit fair for my taste (plus a man with who can grow facial hair like that is fer certain taken)…I like my men looking like Boyle…dark, dark and 5 o’clock shadow….oh //swoons
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by mssjsclowie29 on Apr 27, 2010 4:00 PM PDT up reply actions
K, you don’t want to go there.
"Playing Detroit in the playoffs is like paying your taxes. You either pay now or pay later." - Suisun Dan
What in the hell was all of that nonsense???
"Be polite, be professional... But have a plan to kill everyone you meet." -- General James N. Mattis, Commander 1st Marine Divison, Operation Iraqi Freedom 2003
by SetoThorMarChooSki on Apr 27, 2010 5:29 PM PDT up reply actions
It’s Rule 34 in action.
"Playing Detroit in the playoffs is like paying your taxes. You either pay now or pay later." - Suisun Dan
that’s just odd.
"Sleep is for the off season."~ Randy Hahn. Never question why the man is up at midnight.
by ZombieSkittles on Apr 27, 2010 5:35 PM PDT up reply actions
Agreed
"Be polite, be professional... But have a plan to kill everyone you meet." -- General James N. Mattis, Commander 1st Marine Divison, Operation Iraqi Freedom 2003
by SetoThorMarChooSki on Apr 27, 2010 5:35 PM PDT up reply actions
Thank you, thank you very much.
"I think I realized after the second or third punch, I should have taken his helmet off sooner." - Ryane Clowe
Proud member of the "Re-Sign Marleau" Club
Fools and Sages
I usually have scruff/5 o'clock shadow
This playoff beard crap is driving me nuts… It needs to grow faster.
"Douglas Murray is a humongous human being." – Drew Remenda
Agreed. It’s in the really annoying phase right now.
This is where we hold them! This is where we fight! This is where they die! Remember this day, men, for it will be yours for all time.
by ZeroIndulgence on Apr 27, 2010 3:58 PM PDT up reply actions
yes but so worth it.
"God save us all." - FTF Staff
by mssjsclowie29 on Apr 27, 2010 4:00 PM PDT up reply actions
Doesn't help that it's patchy as shit in some areas...
And it’s the only place on my body where my irish blood decides to crop up… I get red hair in my mustache and on my chin, the rest is brown… and even very occasionally blonde. It’s just stupid.
"Douglas Murray is a humongous human being." – Drew Remenda
Wonderful!
Mine goes between mostly brown, and then patches on blonde (which look like patchy holes). and then there are the patchy holes. But it’s getting there…
This is where we hold them! This is where we fight! This is where they die! Remember this day, men, for it will be yours for all time.
by ZeroIndulgence on Apr 27, 2010 4:32 PM PDT up reply actions
BB that to me! hahahha
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by mssjsclowie29 on Apr 27, 2010 4:32 PM PDT up reply actions
Rofl...
You can see the sad beginnings of my playoff beard on my facebook. I just posted an album from my Yosemite trip this past weekend, which is recent enough.
This is where we hold them! This is where we fight! This is where they die! Remember this day, men, for it will be yours for all time.
by ZeroIndulgence on Apr 27, 2010 4:47 PM PDT up reply actions
I saw....
I commented on one of ye’s great photos!! I’ll check the beard again..I was skimming initially.
"God save us all." - FTF Staff
by mssjsclowie29 on Apr 27, 2010 5:09 PM PDT up reply actions
Mine's all dark
Though some lighter hairs sneak in the mustache region, and the lovely ZombieSkittles recently took it upon herself to painstakingly locate and identify every potential grey.
'The good news is, there's a little more room in the penalty box; there's only five Sharks in there now.' -- Randy Hahn, VAN @ SJS 8 April 2010
yes i did
and it was fun to do so.
"Sleep is for the off season."~ Randy Hahn. Never question why the man is up at midnight.
by ZombieSkittles on Apr 27, 2010 4:45 PM PDT up reply actions
I made the mistake of shaving it last year to start off the playoffs… and well… look where that got us… It’s a 365 beard this year!!
"Be polite, be professional... But have a plan to kill everyone you meet." -- General James N. Mattis, Commander 1st Marine Divison, Operation Iraqi Freedom 2003
by SetoThorMarChooSki on Apr 27, 2010 3:58 PM PDT up reply actions
My face can’t do that. It’s definately trying, though.
This is where we hold them! This is where we fight! This is where they die! Remember this day, men, for it will be yours for all time.
by ZeroIndulgence on Apr 27, 2010 3:56 PM PDT up reply actions
doesn't every man wish
he could be Joe or Murray….every time those guys sneeze they grow an epic playoff beard….
"God save us all." - FTF Staff
by mssjsclowie29 on Apr 27, 2010 4:01 PM PDT up reply actions
It takes a certain genetic trait I believe… I’m 1/2 Scottish and the rest of mix Portuguese and other European descendants.
"Be polite, be professional... But have a plan to kill everyone you meet." -- General James N. Mattis, Commander 1st Marine Divison, Operation Iraqi Freedom 2003
by SetoThorMarChooSki on Apr 27, 2010 4:03 PM PDT up reply actions
I’ve got Irish, English, German, and Scottish in me. It apparently doesn’t lend well to a full beard.
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by ZeroIndulgence on Apr 27, 2010 4:33 PM PDT up reply actions
I think Seto might be part Viking
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by mssjsclowie29 on Apr 27, 2010 4:34 PM PDT up reply actions
Drinking the blood of virgins in Valhalla!!!!!
"Be polite, be professional... But have a plan to kill everyone you meet." -- General James N. Mattis, Commander 1st Marine Divison, Operation Iraqi Freedom 2003
by SetoThorMarChooSki on Apr 27, 2010 5:36 PM PDT up reply actions
n/a
it’s unpossible for me!
"Who were you rooting for in the Olympics?" - Drew Remenda
"I wanted Team India to go all the way." - Manny Malhotra
I shaved mine the other day after my 3 year old nephew said, ‘HEHE MOMMY! UNCLE JASON LOOKS LIKE A HOMELESS PERSON!’
It wasn’t even a beard yet either, i was just a little scruffy. Now i’m just rocking a playoff goatee lol. More for the sexiness than for the playoffs though lolz.
Since this place turns into a Facebook esque chat room more often than not...
I present to you homeless Jason Plank, brother of Khaaz.
"San Jose is where I want to be at the end of the day, and there's an opportunity now to make it there. It is where my heart is." - Jamie McGinn, 2/22/10
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Hahaha
Was that set up or were you just coincidentally standing next to a shopping cart while wearing a beanie and an old untucked plaid shirt?
Haha, it was just a long night where my buddies and I decided to get up to watch the sunrise in a field near my house. Random shopping cart in the vicinity.
"San Jose is where I want to be at the end of the day, and there's an opportunity now to make it there. It is where my heart is." - Jamie McGinn, 2/22/10
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Khaaz is your brother?
Whoa. Khaaz’s street cred just shot through the roof! :-D
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Homeless brother, no blood relation.
"San Jose is where I want to be at the end of the day, and there's an opportunity now to make it there. It is where my heart is." - Jamie McGinn, 2/22/10
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All Jasons around the world have a special brotherly bond. Not the ones that spell it Jayson with a Y though, fuck those guys.
Haha, understood
I actually had a roommate for a few weeks in college whose name was spelled “Jaeson.” He eventually left – he wasn’t cool with that fact that we weren’t cool with him having sex on the living room couch. Go figure.
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Can I just root for...
a 5 OT games in which both players from the Coyotes and Satan’s team get hurt? Or is that bad karma?
I thought the Bruins already advanced in the East...?
You know Mirosl… Oh you mean that Satan’s Team? How bout 6 OT for you then?
"Who were you rooting for in the Olympics?" - Drew Remenda
"I wanted Team India to go all the way." - Manny Malhotra
I thought about Mirosl when I wrote the comment
But we all know which hockey team Satan roots for…the team even has Satan’s colors.
New Puck Daddy Article
On Joe Pavelski Vs Thornton.
http://sports.yahoo.com/nhl/blog/puck_daddy/post/Joe-Pavelski-on-outplaying-Thornton-the-obstacl?urn=nhl,237100
"Hes like a Sweedish Bear" -Randy Hahn 4/8/10
Dont boo your team!
Good find – the link is not working though. I’m here to help!
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Love reading articles
Written by people who don’t watch the games.
You get lots of fluff that basically says nothing of value whatsoever.
They're not getting this kind of coverage at "Hockey Night In Canada" folks! - Randy Hahn
Written by somebody on the east coast
Who woke up in the morning and looked at the stat sheet.
"Douglas Murray is a humongous human being." – Drew Remenda
I think all the quotes are just from newspaper articles and stuff. I saw the headline and was excited that maybe he had an interview with Pavs, instead it was a lazy article
by pooponastick on Apr 27, 2010 3:43 PM PDT up reply actions
I saw the headline and was excited that maybe he had an interview with Pavs, instead it was alazyPuck Daddy article
There you go.
This is where we hold them! This is where we fight! This is where they die! Remember this day, men, for it will be yours for all time.
by ZeroIndulgence on Apr 27, 2010 3:45 PM PDT up reply actions
While we're reading shitty articles by people that don't know anything about the Sharks...
Garner posted his summary of the first round.
"Douglas Murray is a humongous human being." – Drew Remenda
He is so dumb. I can’t stand him. He takes every good little thing that the Sharks do and turns it into something terrible
by pooponastick on Apr 27, 2010 3:47 PM PDT up reply actions
This post includes
Saying that Sacco out coached McLellan and praising Duchene for ending up with 3 points -3 thanks to crap wingers and demanding we trade Joe for ending up -4 with 3 points despite apparently not having wingers.
This man is genius…
"Douglas Murray is a humongous human being." – Drew Remenda
It sure takes a lotta talent to bag on the Sharks.
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by ZeroIndulgence on Apr 27, 2010 3:53 PM PDT up reply actions
The Sharks are terrible. Keep the hating going, national media. Our eventual triumph will be that much sweeter. I can’t wait for the collective middle finger San Jose will get to flip the rest of the NHL should the Sharks finally prevail.
This is where we hold them! This is where we fight! This is where they die! Remember this day, men, for it will be yours for all time.
by ZeroIndulgence on Apr 27, 2010 4:01 PM PDT up reply actions
ZOMGNOHEART
TRADEDOUGWILSONFIREJOETHORNTON!
They're not getting this kind of coverage at "Hockey Night In Canada" folks! - Randy Hahn
SELLCLOWE
BLOWUPTHETEAM OMG NOHEARTNOGRITNOLOVE CHOKECHOKECHOKE
"God save us all." - FTF Staff
by mssjsclowie29 on Apr 27, 2010 4:04 PM PDT up reply actions
Haha, I see what you did there! Well played.
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by ZeroIndulgence on Apr 27, 2010 4:34 PM PDT up reply actions
I read this same article just now (I’m willing to read anything at this point to hold me off until Thursday) and had the same reaction. His articles infuriate me. He is the most self-loathing Sharks fan ever- and his blog makes up look the same. Its best to just ignore him…though it is hard at times. I hope he doesn’t go to the games, he is taking up a good seat for someone that wants to be there.
He referenced a Kawakami article.
He fails.
Proud member of the "Don't Trade Marleau" club.
Fear the Fin: Where Sharks Fans Aren't Like Other Sharks Fans.
by SharksFanEst.1994 on Apr 27, 2010 6:52 PM PDT up reply actions
Changed my mind
I’m rooting for the Yotes tonight. What the hell was I thinking even entertaining the idea I was going to root for the Wings!? Go Yotes! Even though I despise the idea of facing Bryz.
Anybody
Have the stats for Bryz and Nabby post Olympics?
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by SetoThorMarChooSki on Apr 27, 2010 3:38 PM PDT reply actions
Bryzgalov
Postseason: .912
Post-Olympics: .923 (.920 pre)
Nabokov
Postseason: .926
Post-Olympics: .902 (.928 pre)
"San Jose is where I want to be at the end of the day, and there's an opportunity now to make it there. It is where my heart is." - Jamie McGinn, 2/22/10
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Wonder what Nabby's sv% would be without period 2 of game 2
"Douglas Murray is a humongous human being." – Drew Remenda
Well it looks like they almost even out…. Perhaps the post Olympic “I’m better than you and should have been played” mojo Bryz has towards Nabby might come back up if we end up playing them in the 2nd round?
"Be polite, be professional... But have a plan to kill everyone you meet." -- General James N. Mattis, Commander 1st Marine Divison, Operation Iraqi Freedom 2003
by SetoThorMarChooSki on Apr 27, 2010 3:46 PM PDT up reply actions
Bryzgalov is a great goaltender, but I feel like people are underestimating Jimmy Howard as well. Dude had a .924 SV% this season, and a much better group of elite players in front of him.
Bryzgalov is better. Howard isn’t all that far off though, especially when you take into account the personnel playing in front of him.
"San Jose is where I want to be at the end of the day, and there's an opportunity now to make it there. It is where my heart is." - Jamie McGinn, 2/22/10
Fear The Fin: Where Selling Your Soul Is The Likely Solution
Kinda my feelings about the whole thing too. Bryz may be better. And I think Howard is actually overrated. But Howard has a star studded team around him. Also, the Sharks just don’t match up well with Detroit. It’s been proven on the ice all year.
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by ZeroIndulgence on Apr 27, 2010 3:55 PM PDT up reply actions
Agreed
I’ve given up trying to beat the drum, and it doesn’t really matter anymore really. Sharks play whoever advances today and that’s that.
"San Jose is where I want to be at the end of the day, and there's an opportunity now to make it there. It is where my heart is." - Jamie McGinn, 2/22/10
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Howard may have the better defensive corp
But with all the injuries, there’s been a lot of variation in front of him. Phoenix has had more consistency in terms of who dresses.
Howard may not be Bryzgalov, but his save percentage is no joke.
They're not getting this kind of coverage at "Hockey Night In Canada" folks! - Randy Hahn
He singlehandedly kept them afloat during the middle of the year when they were beat up and hanging on to the nine spot in the West. Once everyone returned he finally got some help.
"San Jose is where I want to be at the end of the day, and there's an opportunity now to make it there. It is where my heart is." - Jamie McGinn, 2/22/10
Fear The Fin: Where Selling Your Soul Is The Likely Solution
Truth. No matter who prevails in Game 7, the Sharks will have to beat them. I’d prefer its Phoenix, but if its Detroit, well, they’ll just have to handle their business.
This is where we hold them! This is where we fight! This is where they die! Remember this day, men, for it will be yours for all time.
by ZeroIndulgence on Apr 27, 2010 3:59 PM PDT up reply actions
But...
what else are we going to think about until puck drops in 2 whole hours???
"God save us all." - FTF Staff
by mssjsclowie29 on Apr 27, 2010 4:01 PM PDT up reply actions
7,200 seconds of sheer agony!
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Heh, feel free to talk about it of course. I guess what I’m trying to say is that I’m done trying to make the point that Detroit is a worse matchup for San Jose.
"San Jose is where I want to be at the end of the day, and there's an opportunity now to make it there. It is where my heart is." - Jamie McGinn, 2/22/10
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I’m still of the opinion that I’d rather play Phoenix over Detroit… if just for travel alone.
"Douglas Murray is a humongous human being." – Drew Remenda
I was going to mention that as no one else has as well as the time difference
by pooponastick on Apr 27, 2010 4:08 PM PDT up reply actions
Phoenix doesn't have day light savings
I think the gap is 2 hours.
"Douglas Murray is a humongous human being." – Drew Remenda
We’re even with Arizona right now. AZ is usually in Mountain time, but doesn’t do daylight savings. So when we do, and jump up an hour, we catch up with AZ.
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by ZeroIndulgence on Apr 27, 2010 4:36 PM PDT up reply actions
Time difference might not be as big of a factor this round— it’s always great to not travel back and forth, but Chicago and Vancouver are dealing with the same thing.
"San Jose is where I want to be at the end of the day, and there's an opportunity now to make it there. It is where my heart is." - Jamie McGinn, 2/22/10
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I’m sorta rooting for Vancouver in the other round… So, if we get through Phoenix and Vancouver to get to the finals we won’t have traveled nearly as much as we could have since we’ll be playing an eastern team that probably had bus rides from their last series.
"Douglas Murray is a humongous human being." – Drew Remenda
I’m pulling for Vancouver as well— we match up a whole lot better with them compared to Chicago. Plus I’m sick of the Blackhawks already.
The Eastern Conference doesn’t even have to order a chartered bus. Pretty sure they travel in taxis.
"San Jose is where I want to be at the end of the day, and there's an opportunity now to make it there. It is where my heart is." - Jamie McGinn, 2/22/10
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Makes you miss the days when Toronto was in our division – if only for the travel parity.
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Correction
Conference, not division.
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Hahaha yes! I actually did travel from NY to PA once, and it was like $200.
No taxis for me, thanks! I’m not rich, hmpf.
I’m rooting for the Nucks, because the Hawks are annoying.
by AppleSweetRose on Apr 27, 2010 4:14 PM PDT up reply actions
Agreed again. I’d love to face Vancouver should we make it to the next round. We’ve matched up really well with them.
This is where we hold them! This is where we fight! This is where they die! Remember this day, men, for it will be yours for all time.
by ZeroIndulgence on Apr 27, 2010 4:37 PM PDT up reply actions
Sharks in three.
"San Jose is where I want to be at the end of the day, and there's an opportunity now to make it there. It is where my heart is." - Jamie McGinn, 2/22/10
Fear The Fin: Where Selling Your Soul Is The Likely Solution
Indeed. Something like that.
This is where we hold them! This is where we fight! This is where they die! Remember this day, men, for it will be yours for all time.
by ZeroIndulgence on Apr 27, 2010 4:39 PM PDT up reply actions
If I had it my way, the Sharks go to the finals and THEN I’ll be able to travel to a road game :p
But. I’m not letting myself get ahead of things.
The jinx and stuff.
by AppleSweetRose on Apr 27, 2010 4:09 PM PDT up reply actions
//gasps
we agree on something! Holy crap the world is going to end! Hahahha yea beating a dead horse with stats but hey like Mr K said 7200 seconds of SHEER AGONY…and now we wait with bated breath.
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by mssjsclowie29 on Apr 27, 2010 4:07 PM PDT up reply actions
ARGUING ON TEH INTERWEBZ
SRS BZNS!!!
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Sharkspage has a real Joe Pa interview
Available here.
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Very awesome!
the rest of us are just as eager…and probably at this point bored of waiting around.
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by mssjsclowie29 on Apr 27, 2010 4:25 PM PDT up reply actions
Nope 1.5 hours...//sigh
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by mssjsclowie29 on Apr 27, 2010 4:26 PM PDT up reply actions
Blah, it’s at moments like these I wish I hadn’t finished my 16-page paper yet. Tsk.
by AppleSweetRose on Apr 27, 2010 4:27 PM PDT up reply actions
that’ll teach you not to procrastinate!
erm. something like that.
i don’t really know what “not procrastinating” means so i’m secretly impressed :D
I’m not-so secretly impressed by the word impressed xD
by AppleSweetRose on Apr 27, 2010 4:34 PM PDT up reply actions
i am the master of getting papers for 9 am classes done at 8 am. that’s just how i roll. if it’s 4 am that means i have 4.5 more hours to work on it, right?
Oh jeez.
I do that sometimes.
I’m a good girl that finish papers two weeks before it’s due :(
Not that it’s ever finished, I tinker with it now and then until the due date, but usually if it’s done, it’s forgotten lol
by AppleSweetRose on Apr 27, 2010 4:45 PM PDT up reply actions
ian laperriere out for the rest of the playoffs due to brain contusion and concussion !!
i like visors. do you like visors?
Oh my gosh!
Oh….yea I like visors…you hear that CLOWIEBELL??? Put on a GD visor!
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by mssjsclowie29 on Apr 27, 2010 4:33 PM PDT up reply actions
Brutal. That’s three huge players for Philly that won’t be playing in the second round (Gagne, Carter).
Mr. Boucher, your time has most definitely come.
"San Jose is where I want to be at the end of the day, and there's an opportunity now to make it there. It is where my heart is." - Jamie McGinn, 2/22/10
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The Bruins probably can not believe what an easy matchup they’ll have for Round 2.
Rocking the Red since 1975
I feel like this is appropriate for tonight
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New Thread going up around five forty five
This one is going to be lagging like John Goodman at a track meet.
"San Jose is where I want to be at the end of the day, and there's an opportunity now to make it there. It is where my heart is." - Jamie McGinn, 2/22/10
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People have been rather talkative today…
This is where we hold them! This is where we fight! This is where they die! Remember this day, men, for it will be yours for all time.
by ZeroIndulgence on Apr 27, 2010 5:01 PM PDT up reply actions
Well showing off your epic beard tends to do that xD
by AppleSweetRose on Apr 27, 2010 5:03 PM PDT up reply actions
I have jury duty the rest of the week
Thank god games 1 and 2 are in San Jose.
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