Quid Pro Clowe
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Learn from the experience and move on. No need to dwell. Sharks can beat these guys 2 in a row. Just start with game 6 at home then anything can happen Monday night.
Series Talk: Edmonton Oilers (P2) vs. San Jose Sharks (P3) - WC First Round
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Quid Pro Clowe
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I thought they brought a good game in game 3. Just lacked on execution and missed too many shots.
Game 2 I dunno what that was. Worst effort of the series by far.
Bowie22
blow it up
The crowd goes nuts over any sort of contact. I almost want to mute the game...
SjMilhouse
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I don't want to get too doom and gloom but where does this franchise go in the next 2-3 years?
Thornton/Marleau/Pavelski are all a year older and a year slower
The league has a lot of young, fast, transition teams coming up and the Pacific is only going to get more difficult as Edmonton matures.
Vlasic and Braun have taken a step back this year and can rebound but part of me thinks that a guy like Braun just has too much wear and tear on his body from all the hit's he's taken over the years and is just regressing.
Burns, while a rockstar the last 2 regular seasons, has been invisible this series and doesn't seem like the kind of guy who is going to take over a series or two playing both ends of the ice shutting down top scorers while also scoring himself.
We have the youth but I don't know that the ceiling is there for guys like Donskoi/Meier/LaBanc to really put us over the top.
We saw how big a difference Thornton made in this series after he returned; how do we replace that? Hertl is great but he needs to magically become a true #1C for us to have any shot at the cup and that seems like a longshot despite his underlying numbers and showing he's had this year. Couture is great but has likely peaked and will only start to regress over the next couple years.
I just can't see how this team realistically wins a cup and I worry that we are going to end up being a team who is always in the middle of the pack. Qualifies for the playoffs or just misses it but has no real shot at the cup but then manages to never get a top 5 pick. Can the team even survive the poor play it would take to get the type of pick that could change the franchise? The reverse sweep and high prices seems to have killed a lot of the loyal fanbase off.
I'll continue to wait to be pleasantly surprised but I think a lot of us knew that last season was realistically our last chance to win it all with this group. The team is better on paper this year but that long playoff + short off season and condensed schedule really did a number on the team.
Thornton/Marleau/Pavelski are all a year older and a year slower
The league has a lot of young, fast, transition teams coming up and the Pacific is only going to get more difficult as Edmonton matures.
Vlasic and Braun have taken a step back this year and can rebound but part of me thinks that a guy like Braun just has too much wear and tear on his body from all the hit's he's taken over the years and is just regressing.
Burns, while a rockstar the last 2 regular seasons, has been invisible this series and doesn't seem like the kind of guy who is going to take over a series or two playing both ends of the ice shutting down top scorers while also scoring himself.
We have the youth but I don't know that the ceiling is there for guys like Donskoi/Meier/LaBanc to really put us over the top.
We saw how big a difference Thornton made in this series after he returned; how do we replace that? Hertl is great but he needs to magically become a true #1C for us to have any shot at the cup and that seems like a longshot despite his underlying numbers and showing he's had this year. Couture is great but has likely peaked and will only start to regress over the next couple years.
I just can't see how this team realistically wins a cup and I worry that we are going to end up being a team who is always in the middle of the pack. Qualifies for the playoffs or just misses it but has no real shot at the cup but then manages to never get a top 5 pick. Can the team even survive the poor play it would take to get the type of pick that could change the franchise? The reverse sweep and high prices seems to have killed a lot of the loyal fanbase off.
I'll continue to wait to be pleasantly surprised but I think a lot of us knew that last season was realistically our last chance to win it all with this group. The team is better on paper this year but that long playoff + short off season and condensed schedule really did a number on the team.
I generally approach it as we cross that bridge when we come to it. I'll really worry about next year once this season is over. At that point, we have to see who is lost to the expansion draft, if Thornton and Marleau want to re-sign, and what happens at the entry draft. We have a lot of portable assets and things we may want to look to moving out if they're not taken in the expansion draft between guys like Ward, Boedker, and maybe someone or two on our blue line.
As for replacing Thornton when that time comes, the answer is simple. You don't really. Players like that happen out of luck. Whether it's a lucky trade or lucky roll of the ball to get the pick you need. It's next to impossible to legitimately plan for a replacement of that nature. That's why teams generally fall to the bottom after losing a player of that stature and basically sit there and wait until they're able to pick someone similar.
I wouldn't worry about an extended period of mediocrity yet making the playoffs w/o Jumbo. I don't think people would want to stick around to play here in that situation. Once Thornton and Marleau are gone, this team probably drops until they get another gamebreaker.
Led Zappa
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YES IT'S WRONG!!!
I'm going to the game Saturday. They can go golfing after Monday.
Timo Time
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It's only his second year but man, Jones seems like that guy who elevates his game in the playoffs.
DarrylshutzSydor
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What is up with people throwing in the towel already? and ready for of all things...baseball? I'd rather watch paint dry than watch baseball.
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do0glas
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This fan base is too used to disappointment.
We can certainly beat the oilers twice in a row, though.
Quid Pro Clowe
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Timo Time
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No reason to throw in the towel. Sharks have put themselves in a position to win in 4/5 games. I think the real stinker was game 2, which I don't see the Sharks playing a full 60 like they did that night. Win tomorrow and lay it all out there in Game 7. Jones has been outstanding this series. For all the flack I personally gave him during the season; he's really elevated himself.
sjsharky
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MetropolisPt31
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Once, against Calgary in 1995.
They've blown more 3-2 leads:
1994 - Toronto
2002 - Colorado
2013 - Los Angeles
Nope. We were up 3-2 in that series and got shut out in Calgary before coming back to SJ for game 7.
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roccerfeller
jets bromantic
Be careful we don't want any HF Sharks Board posters to succumb to alcohol poisoning.
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