A Special Announcement from Fear The Fin
by FTF Staff on Jul 28, 2010 3:11 PM PDT
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Readers of Fear the Fin, thank you. Because of you, we’ve become one of the most visited and trusted Sharks blogs on the internet. Many of you have been with us since we first started in late October of 2008, and it’s been a wonderful experience for both Plank and TCY as we’ve grown along with the site.
Together we've written over seven hundred articles during that time span-- 533 from Plank, 114 from TCY, and 66 with both of us contributing. Not to mention the 15,121 comments as well. It's been quite the workload, but one that never has gotten old in the slightest.
That success and hard work has led to a pretty unique opportunity for us. As of the beginning of next season, we’ll be joining The Fourth Period as their team correspondents for the San Jose Sharks.
Many of you are already familiar with TFP; they’ve established themselves as one of the premier brands in hockey coverage, and David Pagnotta's sources in various levels across the League are as good as it gets. What you may not know, however, is that they’re expanding pretty heavily heading into the 2010-2011 NHL season.
In addition to the quarterly print magazine, Dave Pagnotta, Dennis Bernstein, and their team have invested some major effort into expansion. The website is being completely revamped, and they’re adding multiple radio and television properties. Because of this, they’ve brought aboard writers from every NHL team to provide more in depth coverage.
That’s where we come in.
We’ve been recruited to write for the Sharks, and we couldn’t be more excited about the opportunity. We’ll be writing for the website, contributing to the publication and serving as TFP’s contact for all things San Jose. In addition, we’ll be able to take advantage of their established reputation in NHL circles. It’s a great chance for us to continue to grow.
Before you go jumping off a bridge or anything, we’re not leaving you. We’ll still be on Fear the Fin, bringing you the Sharks insight (and knee slappin’ humor) you’ve come to expect of us. Think of Fear the Fin as our version of Working the Corners-- we might have other responsibilities, but there’s no way we’re letting this place fall to the wayside.
To that effect, we’re welcoming a new author to the Fear The Fin team. Ann Frazier (you may know her as mymclife) has been a constant presence here on Fear the Fin since we first opened our doors, and we’re proud to say that we managed to pry her away from Fools and Sages. She’s one of the best Sharks bloggers out there, and along with her phenomenal work in the comments section, we’re extremely excited to be offering her a bigger outlet to spread her knowledge.
In addition, Ivan Makarov (Ivano27) has been contributing since the Olympics; he’s not going anywhere, and will continue to bring a fresh viewpoint to our analysis of the team.
So please, don’t fret. If anything, this just means more coverage for a team that doesn’t get nearly enough… outside the obligatory "choker" label.
And again, thank you. We’ve worked hard to earn your readership, and will always consider Fear The Fin our online home.
Go Sharks.
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Nice! I met Pagnotta at the Entry Draft in MTL. Solid guy.
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Congrats everyone
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Nice work guys. It’s good to see SBNation guys hitting the big time.
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by Kevin Sellathamby on Jul 28, 2010 3:15 PM PDT reply actions
Congrats guys. Your writing certainly is top notch.
Churning and burning, they yearn for the cup.
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Nooooooooooooo yeahhhhh....... wait.
Congrats everybody!
Proud member of the "Bring back Semenov" Club !!
What?!!
Crazyness!
I’m really pleased that Mymclife/Ann is going to be writing for FTF. That is one smart young person right there!
She’s been putting up top-line writing minutes this past season.
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She’s our version of Logan Couture.
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by Matthew_Taylor on Jul 28, 2010 3:38 PM PDT up reply actions
But a bigger bite.
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Suppressing urge to make a “bust” joke.
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Haha, funny, because I think she’s actually the one who coined that term.
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by Matthew_Taylor on Jul 28, 2010 3:48 PM PDT up reply actions
Woah, checking the comments archive, you’re right. I completely forgot about that. I honestly thought Plank or idunno were the originators.
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Thanks to FTF the first two words I think when I hear Logan Couture is “Bust” and “Teeeeeeeeeeth”
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by idunno723 on Jul 28, 2010 3:53 PM PDT via mobile up reply actions
I don’t think you needed FTF for the “Teeeeeeeeth” one, i mean, look at the kids TEETH!
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by ZombieSkittles on Jul 28, 2010 4:04 PM PDT up reply actions
Congrats all!
I just hope we don’t get furlough days like Pollak does on WTC :)
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I just hope we don’t get furlough days likePollak does on WTC :)DW does during the offseason
Engage blueline rant
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Speaking of the blueline...
Are you an expert?
Sorry, watching Sutton highlights earlier…
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Congrats Guys
And congrats to mymclife.
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That
is freaking fantastic!! A big congratulations to you peeps! A well-deserved development to say the least!
I may not have posted anything here in the beginning, or very much even now, but I have been a member and lurker since 10-08 and I’m very proud of you!
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Yes duh
congrats to mymclife as well!!!
BERTUZZI: "Getting tired, Nabby? You've got another five and a half minutes of hell coming."
NABOKOV: "You've got another five and a half minutes left in your season."
Congrats!
I knew when I saw the job openings at TFP you guys would be perfect for the job!!! And congrats to mymclife…she’s a smart cookie.
Congrats y'all!!!
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by SetoThorMarChooSki on Jul 28, 2010 3:35 PM PDT reply actions
Promotions for all!
Congrats on the new gigs for you all.
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Great news guys...
And congrats to mymclife, here’s to the future of FTF!
And you think you live in a non-traditional hockey market...
Does mymclife have to shine Plank's shoes now?
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Congrats to everyone!
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by walkoff baltimore chop on Jul 28, 2010 3:39 PM PDT reply actions
They really do need to overhaul that site though
Depth chart for San Jose was last updated in October 09. Also, they have listed on the third line:
Frazer McLean
Oh dear. Here’s hoping they hire a few more people to take care of that stuff.
That’s part of the overhaul. Used to be 4 people for just the mag and the site. Everything will be completely new for next season.
If you haven’t checked out the magazine, you should. Top notch.
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by Matthew_Taylor on Jul 28, 2010 3:45 PM PDT up reply actions
They’re currently in the process of rolling out new material for the website— statistics, a new front page, up to date rosters, easier to navigate salary information etc. Everything will be completed by the beginning of the 10-11 season.
Like TCY said, the magazine is pretty awesome. There was a Torrey Mitchell feature in the Dion Phaneuf edition, pretty cool.
"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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Congrats guys!
Now we get to read even more of you guys!
"I didn't know it was in until everyone was punching me in the face." - Devin Setoguchi
So...
I think this is the biggest Sharks news that has happened so far all off-season.
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by idunno723 on Jul 28, 2010 4:01 PM PDT via mobile reply actions
Ha.
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by Matthew_Taylor on Jul 28, 2010 4:02 PM PDT up reply actions
Congrats to TCY and Plank
When I first heard the news, my first thought was, “So, why hasn’t this happened sooner?” But enough about my new gig (kidding, kidding).
Really, I’m quite honored to be a part of a team that has some of the best Sharks writing out there, and excited because, well, this is awesome. Thanks to everyone for the congrats, and I hope I live up to the quite lofty expectations that Plank and TCY have set the past two years. I mean, they’re magazine writers now, and for TFP. That’s legit.
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by mymclife on Jul 28, 2010 4:19 PM PDT reply actions 8 recs
Pleasure to have you on mymclife. Should be a great season on FTF next year.
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Well, at least until the horrific ending. :)
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oops … missed it … I’m still in shocked :)
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omg I can’t even type … “still in shockED” … wth is up with that?? UGH!
I either should have said “still shocked” or “still in shock” … shoot me! either way still goes to show I’m still letting this sink in. or ill … or getting senile or something.
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i saw this coming
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by serrapadre716 on Jul 29, 2010 8:56 AM PDT up reply actions
Congrats Ann
Looking forward to reading your articles. I find your posts to always be very well-written and insightful.
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by Will Bulldozer on Jul 29, 2010 8:40 PM PDT up reply actions
I know I twittered (Tweeted? Twitted? Twot?) it already, but...
Congrats to yuo all. Great gang, and I’m glad to see nothing but good things happening here.
Now, if only DW would give us some off-season Blueliner love…
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Congrats & Thanks
I’ve only been reading this site since about mid-way through the season and it’s one of the few things I look forward to during my workday.
Looking forward to having a new site to visit and still coming back here for the great stuff.
Wow
Congrats all.
(still letting this all sink in)
Ever get the feeling we are on a collision course with reality?
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Happy and sad...
Happy for you guys and the opportunity along with extra Sharks coverage but sad that FtF will have a void… Hopefully mymclife can fill the void.
pre-emptive: TWSS
Mike Babcock's wife thinks Joe Pavelski's a STUD!! Enough said.
Again, we’ll still be here!
In addition, TFP doesn’t have a comment feature, and we’ll front page fanshot everything that we do there here… so we’re not leaving you!
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by Matthew_Taylor on Jul 28, 2010 4:49 PM PDT up reply actions
LOL! SpamShot!
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You’re not leaving? Okay maybe I’ll start feeling better about this. mymclife as an addition is awesome! you and Plankdude not being here is definitely not awesome. Even if you are going to bigger and better.
(okay I am being selfish – sue me)
(should stick with congrats)
(still letting this all sink in)
Ever get the feeling we are on a collision course with reality?
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Congrats all three of you!
And it’s about time you guys got her on the front page too.
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Congrats!
I’m honestly surprised it took this long for an opportunity like this to come knocking for you guys.
As long as you guys repost your material here on FTF so we can discuss it and whatnot, then it probably won’t be a very drastic change for the site.
Yay! We're awesome
Even though I haven’t been on here that long.
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Congrats to everyone!
I’ve been a reader for 2 years, first post today because it’s great to see good things happen to god people and FTF has been amazing.
Way to go guys
and way to become the newest writer mymclife! :D
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Congrats.
You guys always do a good job and the post are always worth reading. Keep up the good work.
I rec’d that shit.
Congrats to everyone involved
Now that you’ve made it to the big leagues, don’t choke. ;)
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Good to know, gooood tooo knoow
I’ve never heard of TFP. Ever since I stumbled onto FTF, this and other SBNation sites are the only places I go to for hockey coverage. But if TFP is where I have to go then consider it done.
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That's awesome.
For the extra work you’ll be doing, and especially because of mymclife getting front page duties here – that’s great stuff. I’ve been reading for a little over a year now, but I only started commenting here in the second half of the season, and I can say it’s the only site on the net I love as much as Niners Nation. Not a lot of people here know me but I have an absolute blast here in game threads and the like.
Looking forward to some awesome stuff.
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So Awesome
I skipped to the end. But just in case no one said it:
Can one of you guys replace Ryan Garner?
If that is toooo much to ask, can you at least arrange a meeting and… kick him squarely in the nuts… twice… and then one more time… just for me.
I know that both of you upstanding citizens will make every effort and I thank you in advance.
The best thing you could do
would be to never visit Hockeybuzz again. There is no useful Sharks information there ever.
Not that I am capable of heeding my own advice.
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I can't help it during times like this
When there is nothing going on it is the last place I turn to. Then Garner pisses me off with some comment like “now that it’s clear the window of contention has closed DW should disassemble this team!”
That being said some of the other bloggers there don’t seem to be complete douches and I have found some articles interesting. Like you said though, there is no useful Sharks information there ever.
Since I started reading this blog, I’ve always considered it to be the best sports blog I’ve ever read, not only because of the top notch writing and contributors, but the community has always been stellar as well. This is a well-deserved promotion for you guys, and it seems we’ll be in good hands with mymclife seeing as you’ll be splitting your time.
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by OtherKid on Jul 29, 2010 7:12 AM PDT via mobile reply actions
congrats to all of you
Many of you have been with us since we first started in late October of 2008, and it’s been a wonderful experience for both Plank and TCY as we’ve grown along with the site.
woo! old school FTF!!!
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it doesn’t seem that long ago huh? I don’t recall if Plankdude moved first or BoC, but I remembered grumbling at having to creating my screen name at another site. And then the other moved and I figured well I’m stuck at SBN now. :)
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Yep
Still remember the ol’ We Bleed Teal days.
BTW, whatever happened to Diecast Dude? He gave up the site to Plank and co. and seemingly disappeared.
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Congrats all :)
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I moved here over 20 years ago and have been reading your excellent blog for years now.
All of you do a great job and I always look forward to coming here for a good read.
We are lucky here to have great hockey announcers and FTF, to keep us informed and up to date on the latest hockey news as it affects the Sharks.
Keep up the great work!!
Great Job
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by ilooklikeafat16 on Jul 29, 2010 12:07 PM PDT reply actions
Holy cheese get there quick! Apparently we just signed Manny Malhotra and got Heatley! Off-season news ftw!
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