Sharks battle hard, fall short against Detroit

The Sharks may be losing, but I’m not worried about them yet. The way they played today tells me that they’ll be just fine, even if they might need a few tweaks.

Phew. Glad I’m not the only one haha

The Sharks lost to a fantastic team on a 22 home game winning streak…

Bench Niemi, trade Thornton, Marleau and Boyle, fire the coaching staff and rebuld! This team is done!!

Now, my actual thoughts…they played a very good 1st & 2nd period and started to lose their legs in the 3rd.

They really, really, really need to start finishing their great chances on a more regular basis but MacDonald was very good.

D coverage is still no bueno, but they all showed a lot of heart in the 3rd…hopefully the Columbus Blue Jackets are just what they need to bust out of the little slump.

I’m glad this was the only time this year we have to listen to a zombie calling the game.

“Good teams find a way to win.”
—a lot of people

Sharks need to find this.

Game 57 this season: loss 2-3 at Det (1-day-off-game)
Game 57 last season: loss 2-3 at FL
at 57 games this season: 31-19-7 / 69 pts, 167 GF – 142 GA
at 57 games last season: 30-21-6 / 66 pts, 158 GF – 151 GA
Next 10 games, games 58-67 last season: 9-1-0
Going: OTW, W, W, W, OTW, SOW, SOW, W, L, OTW

Sharks, in 1-day-off-games this season: 13-11-4, 72 GF – 71 GA
(fix this and the Sharks will run away from the Pacific pack in the rest of the season)

Sharks, in Feb so far: 3-5-1, 30 GF – 32 GA

These, and the rest of the February Sharkstistics, have been updated.

Sharks slip to 5th in the West in the Magic No./Tragic No./Potential Points Standings, but hold on to the Pacific. The PPS are updated after all games are done for the day.

Sharks, find a way to win, fix those 1-day-off-games, fix the recurring problems, and get back to your winning ways!

This is not relevant in anyway, but he is on my tv screen right now so.

I feel like I’m the only one that has his jersey. No care ha

So far this team has looked so so on this roadtrip. The Sharks were lucky against Washington, and if not for Pavelski’s lucky tip at center ice that game could have been a toss up. Greiss & Niemi’s play as of late have given no confidence to his team, because they both are not coming up with the big save when the Sharks need it. The standings are very tight, and the Sharks are very close to being the #9 team in the west. I sure hope the Sharks get out of this FUNK soon, because they have many games in a small amount of time. I’m not going to lie, but I am worried about the Sharks not making a strong playoff push.

The Sharks need a save, when they get the pressure on. It just seems like they haven’t got the save to keep the pressure going.

Niemi .893 SP
McDonald .939 SP

And with only 25 games or so left to go, what an inopportune time. But as we get closer to the playoffs things are starting to luck ugly, and is that really a surprise when one first considers this franchise and its choker tag (which, IMO, this franchise has earned)?

Sharks lost a close game against a red hot team.

The effort is there, and if they keep battling in similar fashion as they put forth in today’s game, they should be okay in the long run.
The goaltending needs to be more consistent as well in order for them to hang on to the third seed until season’s end.

I understand that these positive, optimistic viewpoints are valid and may very well eventually hold true. However, it is a bit foolish to be not concerned at all. A few more bad results, regardless of effort (with the potentiality of injuries, goalie-ghosts, underachievers, and simple bad luck notwithstanding) and may very well be playing for their playoff lives well before the playoffs arrive.
Possible losses to the Blue Jackets and Maple Leafs this week could very well see San Jose clinging to an eighth and final playoff spot (or worse?). Not to mention what two more losses to another last place team (Jackets) and struggling eastern conference opponent (Leafs) would do to their confidence, which would have a directly pernicious influence over the ‘effort’ exhibited in the future games.

Anyway, we will see what happens soon enough.

No sleep ’til Columbus!

When the head coach tells the media that his number one goalie needs to pick his game up then there is a problem… OK!!!

Fingers crossed!

in case anyone hasn’t noticed in the last ten years, winning streaks and losing streaks have very little to do with what happens in the playoffs.

Hope they turn it around soon!

The puck fucking hates our defenseman’s faces and heads.

Please stop breaking our d-men, stupid puck. We don’t have that many good ones.

A part of me looks at the standings and cries a little seeing LA, PHX creeping up on us. They’re just a few wins and a few Shark losses out of the lead in the PAC. Scary. On the other hand, the Sharks are losing 1 goal games which could have gone either way. I hope that the team finds their mojo against Columbus. Wins would be nice.

I cringe every time he takes the ice. His turnovers are killing this team. We need to find a way to keep him off the ice. Does anyone know their record when White plays?

Everyone should be worried. What makes anyone think this team will go deep in the playoffs with this offense and goaltending? They had one all star and no one in the top 15 scoring.

Unless DW makes a big deal at the deadline, this team will not go far in the playoffs, if they make them at all.