Makes us grabbing home ice so much more important. No Jumbo on the road, that's a big lossHe’s doubtful for the first two games of the series, as of right now
Makes us grabbing home ice so much more important. No Jumbo on the road, that's a big lossHe’s doubtful for the first two games of the series, as of right now
coming in peace.. worst possible matchup for Anaheim. LA would have been a piece of cake compared to Sharks. there's a lot, i mean a lot, of scorers on that team. And that is without Jumbo in the lineup. two of my favs teams from the west and sad to see they are against one another
It's becoming a bit of a tradition that that fans of our first round opponent just assume beating us will be a cakewalk. Reading the sharks board . . . okay. I'm not too confident because we haven't played well, but this roster playing as it should would walk over San Jose's.It's true that the Sharks are a better team than LA. I think Vegas will give the Kings a run for their money, that should go 7 too
Sleeping on the kings a bit... they have a a great goalie, top 3 dmen in the world.. and kopitar played like a top 3 center in the league. Sharks have scoring but they also play risky and jones hasn't been very solid this year overall.coming in peace.. worst possible matchup for Anaheim. LA would have been a piece of cake compared to Sharks. there's a lot, i mean a lot, of scorers on that team. And that is without Jumbo in the lineup. two of my favs teams from the west and sad to see they are against one another
I think it was you who mentioned like 2 weeks ago that Sharks might fall off.... I thought that was a crazy prediction. Good call by youSleeping on the kings a bit... they have a a great goalie, top 3 dmen in the world.. and kopitar played like a top 3 center in the league. Sharks have scoring but they also play risky and jones hasn't been very solid this year overall.
Should be a good series.... but I don't mind the sharks draw at all..... its what I wanted, and we got home ice which is ncie.
Lol they had a pretty easy schedule during their hot streak, and its a long season teams get hot and cold(see Calgary).... still will be a good/fun matchup, but def a matchup I wanted and feel we can control.I think it was you who mentioned like 2 weeks ago that Sharks might fall off.... I thought that was a crazy prediction. Good call by you
To me, this is a big part of us dealing with the Sharks. They get the benefit of the doubt as a disciplined team and us the polar opposite. It seems like we can outplay them for stretches 5v5, and then they draw a PP and stick it to us. This season they are top-10 in PP opps home/away/total, while we are sitting 28th/31st/30th respectively.Their PP is much better than ours, but other than that I'm not sure I see them being better than us (maybe they have a slightly better blue line top to bottom with Fowler out). They are also not nearly as physical as they used to be, so that should hopefully bode well for potential injuries.
GAME | DATE | TIME | AWAY | HOME |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Thursday April 12 | 10:30 PM | Sharks | Ducks |
2 | Saturday April 14 | 10:30 PM | Sharks | Ducks |
3 | Monday April 16 | 10:30 PM | Ducks | Sharks |
4 | Wednesday April 18 | 10:30 PM | Ducks | Sharks |
*5 | Friday April 20 | TBD | Sharks | Ducks |
*6 | Sunday April 22 | TBD | Ducks | Sharks |
*7 | Tuesday April 24 | TBD | Sharks | Ducks |
Hate the 7:40 start. It's just way too late for a hockey game, even for people on the West Coast.
It's becoming impossible to go to a playoff game if you don't live directly in OC, and have work in the morning
This is ridiculous. Fowler plays half the game. Thornton is a footnote.
It's becoming a bit of a tradition that that fans of our first round opponent just assume beating us will be a cakewalk. Reading the sharks board . . . okay. I'm not too confident because we haven't played well, but this roster playing as it should would walk over San Jose's.
Even playing inconsistent and injured as we are, they better pray they can shut our top line down, because that plus some awesome special teams work is what they're going to need.
Hate the 7:40 start. It's just way too late for a hockey game, even for people on the West Coast.