yankeehater
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Yikes that doesnt sound good at all.
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NHL April 2013 |OT| Darren Dreger: The NHL's Shane Kim
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Yikes that doesnt sound good at all.
Yeah there were nine KHL teams after him, but Philly was the only NHL team. They may have missed the memo. Apparently his father died under 'suspicious circumstances' when Straka was 12 but he was a promising hockey player so no investigation was opened.
yankeehater
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BigJonsson
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bonesmccoy
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I saw Lowe's quote yesterday and couldn't believe it. It takes some real temerity to sit atop a pile of losses and defiantly claim you know all there is about 'winning'.
Also lulzy was MacTavish getting Tambellini's job 4 years to the day that Tambellini fired him as coach.
Hey a new Sharks fan! Welcome dude, always nice to have someone else around to share in the eventual playoff misery ;P
TemplaerDude
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Yes, good acid, prepare for the inevitable.
It's been seven straight years of disappointment, no preparation is required anymore.
I'd rather be disappointed than being on the outside looking in
Sounds like the Joe Thornton-era to me.
Yeah last year was miserable... Hoping for epic playoffs like the two years prior. Sure quick eliminations in Conference Finals and I may be too optimistic to some on the internet, while I find them too pessimistic myself, but the games were a lot of fun to watch and we were in it. Against Vancouver, that was heart crushing, that stanchion goal, but the games were great, we even got the record for least shots against in a [playoff] game, against Vancouver (but ended up losing that one too). Playoffs to me are so awesome to live, you feel them in the air (I live in Montréal so that explains a bit but you still feel them from the all around excitement on TV, on the web and all too) and I can't wait for them to start. Memories of the comeback against the Kings are with me forever.
Thornton Game 6 '09-February '13 isn't the same player though. A dominant force and was our Conn Smythe candidate according to pretty much anyone who watched the games a couple years ago. From his fight against Getzlaf four years ago to early this season, he might not have put up as many points as before but he was a great winner and leader like Toews, Datsyuk and others have been. Now, since early this season he's looked way worse, unmotivated, mostly static on the powerplay and back to some of his old ways. Hoping this doesn't carry into the playoffs.
Amen dude! Playoffs are always super exciting and I'm grateful we've been competitive for so long. Hoping there's still some juice left in the old guy' tanks. What do you think of the team this year?
TemplaerDude
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Montreal based sharks fan, that must be hard.
Sharks fans pop up randomly around Canada.
While I was visiting Montreal this summer I got a lot of weird looks, and some good conversation, while I was wearing Sharks gear.
That's how I'll always remember him.
Buba Big Guns
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PLEAAASSSEEE clinch by then. My heart wont be able to take it if that game decides our fate.
SuperSonic1305
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The playoffs are like an anus. The regular season is you rubbing your cock along the crease teasing it until you get permission to go in. Then with every win you go a little deeper until finally you release at it's deepest point.
So many teams with blue balls.
TemplaerDude
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You've been listening to too many Manics bed time stories.
Because it's the cup
TemplaerDude
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It's gonna be a gong show.
I like the team and where we are. While Thornton, Marleau and Boyle are aging, we have a solid core in Couture, Pavelski, Burns, Vlasic along with some good complements in Wingels, Demers for example. We have many draft picks to restock the cupboard with and have signed a fair bit of free agents out of college. Nieto, Hertl and Hamilton are looking good and having Stalock, Sateri, J.P. Anderson and Grosenick for our farm teams (assuming Heemskerk is not here next season).
The current roster is inconsistent but capable of great things. I really really liked Murray and Clowe, some of my favourite players, great Sharks, but Murray was too slow and not enough for us anymore. Clowe had a lot of glorious chances but was snakebitten and got a good return for someone who probably wasn't going to get re-signed if the rumours of his contract demands are true. We've gotten faster just with these trades and the way we roll three faster lines right now reminds us of our team in '10-'11 when we had the Helicopter line of Mitchell-Pavelski-Wellwood. Plus, with Desjardins, Gomez and Sheppard/Burish on the 4th line there's also some scoring threat on the 4th line, or at least more than what we previously had.
Boyle and Thornton are underperforming right now, not sure the reason, age, injury, fatigue, coaching, I don't know, but if they can get their games back, we have a good chance in my opinion. Boyle-Irwin, Vlasic-Demers, Stuart-Braun, Tennyson-Hannan also doesn't scream cup winning D, which is what we've lacked since forever and the reason we still don't have a cup. I really like what Burns is doing at forward, he's been awesome there, wrecking havoc and being all around unconventional. But with his name back on D, our defense looks much more potent and, at least on paper, finally worthy of a cup contender.
All past playoffs' d-squads didn't cut it. Blake was getting so old he was getting run circles around him by the Blackhawks' Kane-Toews-Sharp-Hossa-Byfuglien-Ladd-etc. and the all-around play by the D was what made us an objectively worse team than the Blackhawks and Canucks. We played with emotion, pedal to the metal, but in the end just weren't a better team. Keith, Seabrook, Hjalmarsson, Campbell, Sopel, the Blackhawks were just insane, and despite our regular season results, we weren't built for the playoffs as much as they were, since our D wasn't good enough and our offense carried the team enough to win games against top teams in the regular season, but when the playoff style games kicked in, the Canucks and Blackhawks depth on D was just too much.
With Burns on D along with Boyle, Stuart, Vlasic, Demers and Braun, it would look much more potent and with the way Niemi's been playing, which is that he's been winning us games instead of losing us games like he was the past two years, we've got a good shot. Thing is, Burns' playing really great on offense and I find it tough to try and break that up to put him back on defense.
equippedwithtowel
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If it comes down to to beating Boston we might as well accept our fate beforehand.
KernelPanic
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7 games left, 3 wins ought to do it. Would've been easier if they didn't decide onto on a 5 game skid. Fuck these injuries.
We're a free pass to the second round for whomever we face anyway.
I still forget there is still actual hockey to play. The Celtics game for tonight was simply canned.
Not yet, we're still looking for another Western team fan that can do it tonight, if anyone's interested.
I have no idea what to expect tomorrow, and won't be surprised if they get blown out or if they have an impressive victory. Winning doesn't matter as much at this point, as long as the team is playing well and not shitting the bed like the past 2 games.
The beautiful Mr. QuickWhich stud is representing my beloved Leafs?
ZeroGravity
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Agreed on all. Burns is such a weird case. He fills that top six hole we had but leaves a huge hole on D. The D has been doing fairly well because of Robinson but they're not getting many points. For the future we're going to need Burns back there, top D is much harder to come across than top forwards. I like Irwin but he isn't really a great partner for Boyle right now. Boyle looked pretty good when he was paired with Stuart, someone he doesn't have to bail out defensively. Braun has really regressed this season, his shots don't get through and he has been prone to tons of defensive gaffs. Agree on Murray and Clowe, some of my favorite all time Sharks but their time here was done. Was so angry at the amount of times Demers was scratched in favor of Murray.
I don't know what to expect from the draft, DW has never been shy about trading our picks so if the right deal is there for some top six offense I could see him trading those 2nds away. Hopefully the 1st is untouchable. Signing Eriah Hayes and Rylan Schwartz were great moves too.
I'd like to think that Thornton and Boyle are fatigued. Boyle probably more mentally fatigued and Thornton more physically. Rolling three scoring lines again appears to be a great move, Pavs excels at center much more than at wing. With Torres and Wingels I think that's a much better line overall than Helicopter was. But yeah consistency is still the issue as it always has been.
I would do one, but I wouldn't want to be trolled at inappropriate moments.
TemplaerDude
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Jachaos, you know you're shit bro, stick around. The most insular community on GAF always welcomes new members.
Where do you live? Please say San Jose so I can shove it in Acid's face
I'm from Seattle actually, but I'm currently in eastern France on the German and Swiss borders. 9 hours time difference sucks when you're a PST sports fan.
What?Where do you live? Please say San Jose so I can shove it in Acid's face
Thanks and yeah I'll be sticking around, I'll subscribe to this thread.
Yep, agreed on all as well. Demers getting scratched all the time was beyond frustrating.
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