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lol light beer
I dunno how I feel about this.
Yeah, me neither. I think I should try using center alignment for the graphic and tables...
I dunno how I feel about this.
So how long until we have to be concerned, cuz this was garbage.
Vlasic's is probably just a couple years too long in term. I think Burns might be also.Vlasic deserved a big extension, maybe not at that high of a price but he deserved a lot. Jones, I got nothing.
The Sharks are officially alone in last place in the division. Panic time.
Still no clue how Spott kept his job all off-season though.
We need to make a trade for Marleau
The Sharks play a really boring style of hockey. What happened to Year 1 Deboer.
well that was ugly. team is very ungelled. timing has been a problem with all the new integration so hopefully that rights itself over the course of the season.
i feel like the biggest gains will be had simply by this team playing together more.
Part of it may be they played very few games this preseason as a complete squad. Lots of games with prospects and resting players like Jumbo. Team looks off, with more time they should look like a more cohesive unit. That being said I think we need a trade. We have too much redundancy, lots of middle six players doing the same things and not scoring. We need to look for the right player who can add goals and wake up the offense but also help the team going forward during the inevitable and currently obvious decline of Thornton. Also, I'm tired of Dillon and DeMelo. DeMelo at the very least needs to sit for Heed after two bad games with little offense and abundant defensive errors. Having the luxury of an NHL ready Ryan should make Dillon trade bait as well.well that was ugly. team is very ungelled. timing has been a problem with all the new integration so hopefully that rights itself over the course of the season.
i feel like the biggest gains will be had simply by this team playing together more.
How is this team any different than last year’s team, minus Patty? If Jumbo and Pavs need to “play together more” to get their **** together, we’re boned. Nobody is playing with anyone they didn’t spend significant time with last year.
I agree. Hertl is one of my favorite players, I even own one of his signed game used sticks, he isn't completely to blame. I just want to see him elevate his play to his potential. Linemates is a big part, which is why we need to bring in another impact player. I don't think this team has enough center piece players who make everyone around them better but also dictate the play. As I see it, we have a fading Jumbo, Couture, Burns, and Vlasic who fit that bill. We need another for now if we want to compete and an additional player of that ilk for the future, which will be hard to come by without tanking as has been much discussed around here lately. As for Pavs, he's in a rut as Thornton's go to. He was able to generate offense with Mitchel and Wellwood way back in the day but now he relies too much on Jumbo and shots from the point, too much waiting for tips and not enough shooting and playmaking. In fact, I see the entire team and relying too much on Burns, shots from the point that are too often blocked or his passes cutoff. Teams have learned how to shut us down because we have become predictable.Let’s not forget that over the span that Hertl-Thornton-Pavelski was together in 2015-2016, Hertl outscored Pavelski. He was not a passenger on that line.
If you put Pavelski with Meier and Ward/Hansen, you can absolutely bet that he would struggle to score. And yet he’ll easily hit 30 goals with Thornton. Don’t discount the impact of linemates.
Sorenson has done more than enough to replace Ward this year on the 4th line.I actually thought the Meier-Hertl-Donskoi line actually produced the best scoring opportunities.
How Ward is getting PP and PK time whilst being an old and out of form 4th liner I will never understand.
Sorenson has done more than enough to replace Ward this year on the 4th line.