GDT: Game 68 @ Nashville 5pm

[TheBeard]

And oddly enough, 17 minutes on the ice and only 1 goal against. Guess they all can't be a Henry Thrun and being on the ice for 6 goals against lol.

I blame Ruuta

Eklund got a real shot at finishing the season at -60

FYI, if he somehow makes it to -61 he’ll be tied for tenth worst of all time.

 

[Hodge]

Gotta hand it to Ferraro. 1G 1A +2 in a 8-2 loss.

 

[weastern bias]

Gotta hand it to Ferraro. 1G 1A +2 in a 8-2 loss.

The Anti Brett Lebda

 

[TheBeard]

Gotta hand it to Ferraro. 1G 1A +2 in a 8-2 loss.

That’s a Norris performance for this team.

 

[Chinaski89]

Someday the Sharks will go on a revenge tour. I hope I'm alive to see it.

I hope they are still in San Jose

 

[Anomie2029]

Are you legit defending Labanc now?

He’s been bad ever since he signed his contract. And I was a big fan of his who defended him far more than I should have. He’ll be 29 at the end of the year. I’d be surprised if he got anything more than a one year vet min contract at this point.

Hello Kevin labanc, nice to see you finding something useful to do while sitting in the press box. But maybe instead of wasting your time here calling for unfairness, you should actually do what the past 3 coaches has tried to get you to do and play a better all round game.

Labanc's been in 3 consecutive doghouses at this point under 3 coaches and 2 GMs. The ship has sailed on this guy.

Kunin is a garbage player who shouldn't be playing all the time. Suggesting that Labanc is only slightly worse than that is damning with the faintest possible praise.



Eklund is a youngster getting ice time to develop and prove himself. Barabanov isn't playing tonight as you noted and is bad enough that nobody wanted to trade for him. And we already mentioned that Kunin is a trash player who seems to get a pass because he has the coach's trust.



Shot generation is not great when you aren't doing anything with it.

Ok, so he's 5th in shots/60. But he's:
14th in goals/60 (the only forward behind him is Smith. Couture doesn't count because he's been hurt all year)
18th in xGoals/60 (no forwards are worse).
19th in shooting % (only Smith is worse among Fs)
20th in shooting % on unblocked shots (worst among Fs)

He shoots the puck at a rate more than almost everyone on the roster and accomplishes easily the least with it.

He's not getting hosed here. There's a reasonable case for him to be the worst forward on a team with a bunch of bad forwards. He's also not a responsible guy in his own zone, talented on the draw, or considered to be a strong voice/leader. He doesn't have anything about him that screams "he needs to be in the lineup and it's not fair that he isn't" when the case that he should be in over, say, Kunin or Smith is highly subjective. Could he play over those guys? Sure. Wouldn't be the dumbest decision in the world. Should he play over them? That's highly debatable and you can just as easily argue that he shouldn't as you can that he should.

as has been noted above, he's found himself in the doghouse of basically every Sharks coaching staff he's played under. At some point it's not that the org is handcuffing him and it starts being that maybe there's something about him that is costing him more opportunities.

My point has always been - if he's that dogshit you can't put him in the line up, then waive him and send him down to the A. If he is so bad that he is the 3rd emergency player to come in when everyone is healthy, then why persist having him in the squad, going on the road trips, and training. Give that spot to a player showing something in the Cuda with the opportunity to get rewarded with NHL time.

I've never said he is a good player or that he has ever been close to the value of his contract. These are strawman distraction arguments from the simple point that if there is no intention to play him in this team then send him down and give someone like an Ethan Cardwell to get a game or two to reward him for a strong period in the AHL, or even Nathan Todd.

 

[TheBeard]

My point has always been - if he's that dogshit you can't put him in the line up, then waive him and send him down to the A. If he is so bad that he is the 3rd emergency player to come in when everyone is healthy, then why persist having him in the squad, going on the road trips, and training. Give that spot to a player showing something in the Cuda with the opportunity to get rewarded with NHL time.

I've never said he is a good player or that he has ever been close to the value of his contract. These are strawman distraction arguments from the simple point that if there is no intention to play him in this team then send him down and give someone like an Ethan Cardwell to get a game or two to reward him for a strong period in the AHL, or even Nathan Todd.

Of everyone on the big squad and in the A, he is the only one I’m 100% convinced isn’t coming back. Why bother wasting time?

I do agree they should have waived him though.

 

[drunksage]

SNOG announcement​

We actually had a "close, but no cigar" effort. It would've been a back-to-back SNOG win.

Spoiler: First half SNOG results

#	Date / Opponent​	SNOG Winner(s)​	Result​
1	Oct. 12 vs Golden Knights	NewMuzu24, weastern bias	VGK 4-1
2	Oct. 14 vs Avalanche	none	Avs 2-1 SO
3	Oct. 17 vs Hurricanes	TheBeard	Canes 6-3
4	Oct. 19 vs Bruins	none	Bruins 3-1
5	Oct. 21 at Predators	none	Predators 5-1
6	Oct. 24 at Panthers	weastern bias	Panthers 3-1
7	Oct. 26 at Lightning	Red Light Lover	Lightning 6-0
8	Oct. 27 at Hurricanes	PattyLafontaine	Canes 3-0
9	Oct. 29 at Capitals	none	Capitals 3-1
10	Nov. 2 vs Canucks	none	Canucks 10-1
11	Nov. 4 vs Penguins	none	Penguins 10-2
12	Nov. 7 vs Flyers	Red Light Lover	Sharks 2-1
13	Nov. 9 vs Oilers	none	Sharks 3-2
14	Nov. 10 at Golden Knights	none	VGK 5-0
15	Nov. 12 at Ducks	Skeksis25	Ducks 4-1
16	Nov. 14 vs Panthers	none	Panthers 5-3
17	Nov. 16 vs Blues	none	Sharks 5-1
18	Nov. 20 at Canucks	none	Canucks 3-1
19	Nov. 22 at Kraken	none	Kraken 7-1
20	Nov. 24 vs Canadiens	hockeyCEO, timorous me	Canadiens 3-2 SO
21	Nov. 25 vs Canucks	none	Sharks 4-3
22	Nov. 27 vs Capitals	none	Sharks 2-1
23	Nov. 30 at Bruins	none	Bruins 3-0
24	Dec. 1 at Devils	none	Sharks 6-3
25	Dec. 3 at Rangers	none	Rangers 6-5
26	Dec. 5 at Islanders	Great Makohead Shork	Sharks 5-4 OT
27	Dec. 7 at Red Wings	none	Sharks 6-5 OT
28	Dec. 10 at Golden Knights	none	VGK 5-4 SO
29	Dec. 12 vs Jets	none	Sharks 2-1
30	Dec. 15 at Coyotes	none	Coyotes 1-0
31	Dec. 17 at Avalanche	none	Avalanche 6-2
32	Dec. 19 vs Kings	coooldude	Kings 4-1
33	Dec. 21 vs Coyotes	none	Coyotes 5-2
34	Dec. 23 at Canucks	none	Canucks 7-4
35	Dec. 27 at Kings	none	Kings 5-1
36	Dec. 28 vs Oilers	none	Oilers 5-0
37	Dec. 31 at Avalanche	none	Avalanche 3-1
38	Jan. 2 vs Red Wings	none	Red Wings 5-3
39	Jan. 4 vs Jets	none	Jets 2-1
40	Jan. 6 vs Maple Leafs	fasterthanlight	Maple Leafs 4-1
41	Jan. 9 at Maple Leafs	none	Maple Leafs 7-1

Second half SNOG results

#	Date / Opponent	SNOG Winner(s)​	Result
42	Jan. 11 at Canadiens	Chinaski89	Sharks 3-2
43	Jan. 13 at Senators	none	Senators 5-4
44	Jan. 15 at Sabres	none	Sabres 3-0
45	Jan. 16 at Blackhawks	none	Blackhawks 2-1 SO
46	Jan. 20 vs Ducks	none	Sharks 5-3
47	Jan. 22 at Kings	coooldude	Sharks 4-3 SO
48	Jan. 23 vs Rangers	none	Sharks 3-2 OT
49	Jan. 27 vs Sabres	none	Sabres 5-2
50	Jan. 30 vs Kraken	none	Sharks 2-0
51	Jan. 31 at Ducks	gaucholoco3	Ducks 3-2 OT
52	Feb. 14 at Jets	none	Jets 1-0
53	Feb. 15 at Flames	none	Sharks 6-3
54	Feb. 17 vs Blue Jackets	none	Blue Jackets 4-3
55	Feb. 19 vs Golden Knights	none	VGK 4-0
56	Feb. 24 vs Predators	Chinaski89	Predators 4-2
57	Feb. 27 vs Devils	none	Devils 7-2
58	Feb. 29 vs Ducks	none	Ducks 6-4
59	Mar. 2 at Stars	none	Stars 3-2 SO
60	Mar. 3 at Wild	none	Wild 4-3
61	Mar. 5 vs Stars	none	Stars 7-6 OT
62	Mar. 7 vs Islanders	none	Islanders 7-2
63	Mar. 9 vs Senators	none	Sharks 2-1
64	Mar. 12 at Flyers	none	Flyers 3-2
65	Mar. 14 at Penguins	none	Penguins 6-3
66	Mar. 16 at Blue Jackets	Chinaski89	Blue Jackets 4-2
67	Mar. 17 at Blackhawks	Great Makohead Shork	Blackhawks 5-2
68	Mar. 19 at Predators	none	Predators 8-2

Rank	2023-24 SNOG standings​	# of SNOGs
1.	Chinaski89	3
T-2.	coooldude, Great Makohead Shork, Red Light Lover, weastern bias	2
T-6.	fasterthanlight, gaucholoco3, hockeyCEO, NewMuzu24, PattyLafontaine, Skeksis25, TheBeard, timorous me	1

 

[OrrNumber4]

Thrun -6 in this game.

DQ sending him down at the start of the year pretty much permanently killed his confidence.

If that's true, then Thrun has no NHL future.

 

[Shark Finn]

Hawks tied with Kings right now. I believe they can pull it off.

Well.. They didn't.

 

[BaileyMacTavish]

Chrona's gonna become Josef Korenar 2.0.

This franchise sucks sometimes

 

[Cas]

Also, all this talk about Labanc and Kunin, I’m fast realizing that Justin Bailey is undoubtedly the worst player in a sharks uniform.

There's a reason he's a 28-year-old American who had 82 career NHL games going into the season.

 

[hohosaregood]

not that we'd be much better but it's crazy that going into this season, our center depth was supposed to be Hertl, Couture, Granlund, Sturm and we never saw that once this season.

 

[OrrNumber4]

Chrona's gonna become Josef Korenar 2.0.

This franchise sucks sometimes

Korenar looked like an NHL backup. Chrona looks like an AHLer in over his head.

 

[Pavelski2112]

Korenar looked like an NHL backup. Chrona looks like an AHLer in over his head.

Korenrar wasn't very good either

 

[TheBeard]

There's a reason he's a 28-year-old American who had 82 career NHL games going into the season.

No doubt.

He’s still the worst player on the team.

 

[Kat Predator]

Of everyone on the big squad and in the A, he is the only one I’m 100% convinced isn’t coming back. Why bother wasting time?

I do agree they should have waived him though.

No need to reward him like that.

 

[Stewie Griffin]

Nothing to really say here other than damn this team sucks.

 

[stator]

Labanc's been in 3 consecutive doghouses at this point under 3 coaches and 2 GMs. The ship has sailed on this guy.

And his $4.725M/yr contract is going to sail in about 14 games. He'll never see that kind of money again.

It's actually worse if one looks at actual pay which is $5.875M this season for Labanc. The only saving grace is that DW didn't give him an 8-year contract.

 

[TheBigDrunkPanda]

Chrona's gonna become Josef Korenar 2.0.

This franchise sucks sometimes

Nah, Chrona is actually good the team in front of him however is not. The way he’s getting beat is usually by redirects, the puck bouncing off of skates or bodies multiple times, his own defense,3 on 1’s, or plays coming from behind the net. Hes not getting sniped from the slot or the wings.
He needs to get his rebound control better and started killing plays by covering the puck, I don’t know how many times he could’ve covered a puck after he made save that he tried to keep the play alive on, but it’s a lot.

 

[Pinkfloyd]

Of everyone on the big squad and in the A, he is the only one I’m 100% convinced isn’t coming back. Why bother wasting time?

I do agree they should have waived him though.

Waiving him would be a waste of time as well. Nobody was going to take him off our hands and there's nothing to be gained by sending him down anymore.

 

[Nighthock]

Good loss, boys... good loss.

 

[Hodge]

And his $4.725M/yr contract is going to sail in about 14 games. He'll never see that kind of money again.

It's actually worse if one looks at actual pay which is $5.875M this season for Labanc. The only saving grace is that DW didn't give him an 8-year contract.

When he signed Labanc to that contract DW proudly proclaimed that he was forecasting Labanc to be a 60 point player. Labanc is currently sitting at 76 TOTAL points over the life of the contract.

 

[pappaf2]

When he signed Labanc to that contract DW proudly proclaimed that he was forecasting Labanc to be a 60 point player. Labanc is currently sitting at 76 TOTAL points over the life of the contract.

Did DW specify 60pts per year when he said that? Maybe he meant over the life of the contract? In which case he underpaid!

 

[sharski]

Did DW specify 60pts per year when he said that? Maybe he meant over the life of the contract? In which case he underpaid!

Labanc to Pittsburgh E5