Will Dropping 2 Games At Home Kill The Sharks?
by Sean Zandberg on May 21, 2010 4:30 PM PDT
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I heard the Blackhawks players are all staying at a hotel in Chicago to mimic that road feel and for bonding purposes. They have won 7 straight road games in these playoffs. The only road game they lost was game 1 of round 1 against the Predators. They are not terrible at home this postseason (3-3), but they did lose 2 of their last 3 there against the Canucks.
San Jose is 3-2 on the road in the playoffs, and were 5-1 at home until the Hawks came to town. Frustration set in for the Sharks near the end of Game 2 and the usually composed Sharks lost their cool, much like the Canucks did. It made you feel better inside didn't it? Maybe just a little? These Hawks are cold and calculating. They bury their chances.
San Jose did not take one penalty in game 1, the Hawks took 5 yet the Sharks lost 2-1. There was a combined 84 shots in that game. Game 2 was more conservative with a combined 49 shots. The Sharks were all but done by the half-way point of the 2nd period, trailing 3-0.
The true sign of frustration in Game 2
came from Joe Thornton, who slashed Dave Bolland on the wrist during a face off in the 3rd period. Thornton has 1 assist and is a -4 in this series. Bolland and crew are getting under their collective skins. But it's not just Thornton who is struggling. The other Joe (Pavelski) has not scored a point in 4 straight games after scoring 9 goals and 6 assists in the first 9 playoff games. Dany Heatley only has 1 goal and 2 assists in his last 5 games. He is rumored to be playing on a bummed knee. Ryan Clowe has 1 assist in his last 5. Devin Setoguchi has 1 goal and no assists in his last 6. Not good enough. A bright spot is Patrick Marleau, who has 2 goals and 1 assist in this series and Dan Boyle, who has 3 assists. Everybody else needs to start contributing or they are dead.
The Blackhawks are getting scoring from all over against the Sharks. Dustin Byfuglien has 2 goals, while Andrew Ladd, Troy Brouwer, Jonathan Toews and Patrick Sharp have the other Chicago goals. All is well for Chicago right now, with Auntie Niemi playing like a stud as well.
Can the Sharks come back? Anything is possible. Look at how foolish the Habs made the Flyers look last night. Just get the first goal and shut that crowd up and go from there. That Shark depth has to show up at some point, and it had better show up quick.
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Just started watching. Doesn’t look like I missed much. Was at a garage sale, there were two Oilers flags, which noone took even when they were free
haha who would want Oilers flags?
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If only the Canucks were still in the playoffs around my 20th birthday....
ahaha! Could use them as toilet paper I guess! ha
by Sean Zandberg on May 21, 2010 6:13 PM PDT up reply actions
interesting time to finally open the scoring though.
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Yeah, and the Sharks look uber-patient tonight.
by Sean Zandberg on May 21, 2010 6:14 PM PDT up reply actions
see, the floodgates finally opened. it sure took a while.
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If only the Canucks were still in the playoffs around my 20th birthday....
well, i altered my major a bit, it’s now a combined major in financial mathematics and economics. basically combining pure maths with econ. right now, i’m catching up on a ton of econ and commerce.
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If only the Canucks were still in the playoffs around my 20th birthday....
True, I’ve got a couple of mates doing econ majors. I did an accounting one to go with my stats one. Had to do two calculus and two linear algebra papers, not much fun
only papers i’ve had to do so far have been essays for english and writing courses. i’m still only on 2nd year stuff.
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If only the Canucks were still in the playoffs around my 20th birthday....
that was so close!
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If only the Canucks were still in the playoffs around my 20th birthday....
Wow, Sharks on their heels. That WAS CLOSE!
by Sean Zandberg on May 21, 2010 6:43 PM PDT up reply actions
haha, not gone yet. Hawks are going to win 2-1!
by Sean Zandberg on May 21, 2010 7:06 PM PDT up reply actions
at the rate it’s going, the next goal will definitely win.
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well, you sure called the final score….
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If only the Canucks were still in the playoffs around my 20th birthday....
and there’s the rat.
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'Hawks to win the Cup
I mean, they’re handing San Jose chance after chance and are getting stuffed every time by Niemi.
"It's fourth and fifteen and you're looking at a full-court press." - Lt. Frank Drebin, Police Squad
woah, sharks score!
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Good. Go Sharks! Win the game and prove me wrong.
"It's fourth and fifteen and you're looking at a full-court press." - Lt. Frank Drebin, Police Squad
oh for fuck's sake!
not byfuglien again!
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The other day it was mentioned that Byfuglien has a 3 million cap hit. I keep thinking, is it worth 3 million if the player will be directly responsible for winning the SC?
3 million….or Stanley Cup. I just can’t make up my mind which one I would want more, if I was the owner.
(well, in case of Luongo, 10 million…..or Stanley Cup?)
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Ahaha, watched the 3rd and OT at my friends’ house. Thanks for coming San Jose. Hell, the Canucks put up a better fight than this!
by Sean Zandberg on May 21, 2010 11:31 PM PDT up reply actions
at least
the canucks took it to 6 games
"But yeah…like CC…I harbour no ill will." - VancityDan
by Chuckles Canuckles on May 22, 2010 9:40 PM PDT up reply actions
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