Off the Post – October 21st

• [UPDATE, 2:18pm] = WTC update (thanks to Nael M.) – Boyle gets the lady love, call ups, the Greiss question, McLellan dissing DP… yeah, check it out.
• New to Fear the Fin, and not sure what “Corn” or being “Staubitized” is in reference to? Here’s mymclife’s handy-dandy cheat sheet.
• TCY analyzes San Jose’s and Detroit’s approach to prospects.
• Plank feels your “Sharks keep giving up the first goal” pain. [Note – the Sharks have given up the first goal in 7 out of 9 games, or 8 if you count a shootout loss, and have given up the first 2 goals in 33% of their games]
• CTGray and the Couch Tarts get new digs!
• [UPDATE, 4:50pm] = Marc Savard is out long-term with a broken foot, and Sergei Gonchar broke his wrist, keeping him out for the next 6 weeks.
• The Fins are invading Atlanta!
• Wonder where Mathieu Dandenault went after the Sharks dropped him from training camp? Here’s your answer.
• Ask your old captain some burning questions… he’s probably chattier now without that pesky “C” (meh…).
• I wish I had said “Hi” to Dynamo Minsk coach and former NHL goaltender Glen Hanlon in Belarus this summer, since he just got the ax (and how).
• It’s everyone’s favorite new game, Strip Hockey! When Gary Bettman plays, he adds “…of its soul” to the name.
• A fanpost on the readiness of potential NHL expansion cities.
• The Edmonton Journal placates their readership by keeping a running tally comparing Dany Heatley to the Oilers he would have been traded for.
• [UPDATE, 11:47am] – See the teal-mug shots of the new Sharks (thanks to Teas for the link).

[UPDATE, 11:47am] – It’s a new Sharks commercial!  H/T to SharksFanTillDeath and Evilducks.

[more updates after the jump, and even more to come as the day goes by]
The difference a year can make in Colorado…

Something is rotten in Raleigh…

Here’s what happened the last time San Jose went to Tampa Bay (whom they play tomorrow):