GDT: LA @ San Jose 7:00pm NBC-SN Kfox

[Gene Parmesan]

It literally happens to every team.

 

[DonskoiDonscored]

I'm not worried about the last few losses. The team is coasting and resting up for the playoffs after going through the whole year with a shortened bench.

 

[Juxtaposer]

I missed Anaheim, who are also better IMO

Every team slumps, I don't expect Chicago to play like this in the postseason

Dallas is like the opposite of LA, their D is lackluster but their scoring masks it; They'll probably get exposed in the playoffs, but no one is really close to them in scoring right now

I don't think it's fair to hold WSH'S conference against them, I think they'd have a firm PO spot in the west at worst

I'm too tired to get into a serious argument, but Chicago has been really bad for three months. Three months is not a slump.

 

[Gene Parmesan]

Chicago has been limping pretty badly.

 

[Mafoofoo]

I follow hockey and only hockey. I don't have time for other sports, and frankly they mostly just bore me to tears. So the Sharks are my one and only team in all of sports. Probably why I get so damn worked up about them. lol

I'm a Sharks and Bills fan. Heartbreak is all I know. lol

 

[tiburon12]

i could be wrong, but on the Pavelski breakaway, Randy said "Save by Jones" by accident. If that was the play he confused the two, in the NHL.com highlights they edited the audio to be "save by Quick"

 

[DystopianTierney]

No, LA and Anaheim are the two best teams in the league.

In a playoff format, totally agree.

Not much that separates us from them, imo. Just a matter of our best players being better than theirs. I actually prefer our D-core and depth (on paper).

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Pavelski had 10 points against the Kings over the 5 games

Didn't think he looked that great tonight.

 

[Coily]

i could be wrong, but on the Pavelski breakaway, Randy said "Save by Jones" by accident. If that was the play he confused the two, in the NHL.com highlights they edited the audio to be "save by Quick"

He did say Jones. Randy has dementia.

 

[snipes]

Big win tonight.

Who do you guys want to see in the first round of the playoffs? I'm rolling with you guys in the playoffs (I promise I'll keep any Polak chirps in the Oilers forum).

I always try and cheer for a Canadian team or a team in the division. With no Canadian teams in I'm cheering for the Sharks, I'd love to see Joe and Marleau win one. Oh and course Burnsy. He's the type guy you know would be fun to have a beer with.

 

[OrrNumber4]

The Sharks have always been one of the higher skilled teams in the league. What they have always lacked was consistency and heart. They have always slacked off when playing sub-par opponents, or after gaining a lead. The are doing much much better on the later, but the former is still a problem. With losses to Edmonton, Arizona, New Jersey and Vancouver this month, they still obviously have a problem there.

During the regular season, every team takes the foot off the gas pedal now and again. I will agree that some teams do it a little more than required (see Edmonton), and that some teams have less of the luxury of being able to do so, especially down the stretch. But this is nothing new, and it doesn't really apply to the Sharks.

The notion that the Sharks fail in the playoffs because they lack consistency and heart is a distracting one. It makes it seem like a question of their work ethic, and not of their execution.

 

[weastern bias]

BTW the Jones trade is good now

 

[Bleedred]

That Quick breakaway save was at the beginning of the game, where Randy said ''Save by Jones''

I thought he corrected himself a second later though.

I instantly felt like I was back in 2014 again and Jones was playing for the Kings haha.

 

[Gene Parmesan]

In a playoff format, totally agree.

Not much that separates us from them, imo. Just a matter of our best players being better than theirs. I actually prefer our D-core and depth (on paper).

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Pavelski had 10 points against the Kings over the 5 games

Didn't think he looked that great tonight.

Pavelski played well. Especially when it mattered.

 

[Bleedred]

Next period Andy Andreoff scores and then rips off his jersey, which prompts Randy (in full-on JR mode):

"Mah gawd1 Mah gawd! It's Sergei Samsonov! Samsonov! Samsonov! Sergei Samsonov is back and just scored against the Sharks! Bah Gawd almighty, Andy Andreoff was really Sergei Samsonov all along! That just came out of nowhere! What on earth is happening?!?!"

Holy ****, this was amazing! Just now noticed this!

My friend who is a Kings fan, absolutely hates Andreoff. And from what I've seen of him, the dude really is a rooty poo jabroni scrub.

If Andreoff scored a goal tonight, I would have never heard the end of it from him. All offseason he kept reminding me how Andreoff had a goal in last year's Kings/Sharks season finale, and his first career assist and two point game in the NHL.

 

[T0uGh C0oki3]

I'm a Sharks and Bills fan. Heartbreak is all I know. lol

Logan, is that you ?

 

[CrazedZooChimp]

I haven't been to a lot of games this year, but man that was one of the best games I've seen in awhile. The Sharks keep giving me hope, which is annoying. I sure hope vlasic miraculously comes back...

 

[tiburon12]

That Quick breakaway save was at the beginning of the game, where Randy said ''Save by Jones''

I thought he corrected himself a second later though.

I instantly felt like I was back in 2014 again and Jones was playing for the Kings haha.

He did, yea, but in the highlights on NHL.com they digitally edited it

 

[DonskoiDonscored]

One thing I will say is that the attendance was embarrassing. Only ~16,000 people showed up for a potential-playoff-clinching game against LA at the end of March? With the Chia Burns giveaway too...

 

[Mafoofoo]

Logan, is that you ?

No but we've shared somber stares and sighs of sadness coupled with the "nah son..nah" headshakes from across the room at a signing when he noticed my Bills hat. I like to think we spoke in long nonverbal conversations woven in sadness in the way only men who've experienced the abyss that is Bills Football could understand. Though I could be wrong and he just saw my hat and gave me a thumbs up.

 

[weastern bias]

One thing I will say is that the attendance was embarrassing. Only ~16,000 people showed up for a potential-playoff-clinching game against LA at the end of March? With the Chia Burns giveaway too...

Tickets are too gdmfn expensive

I only went to a game this year because a friend's girlfriend works for a company that got a bulk deal

I was lucky it was the Montreal curbstomping

 

[tiburon12]

Tickets are too gdmfn expensive

I only went to a game this year because a friend's girlfriend works for a company that got a bulk deal

I was lucky it was the Montreal curbstomping

how much do upper deck season tickets cost now?

 

[Pavelski2112]

Can't wait to get scored on twice in the first 5 minutes, then rally and pummel the Kings in the 3rd.

Not exactly how it transpired, but this post isn't getting enough love.

 

[clunk]

What's the plan for playoff or bandwagon avatars this season? I wouldn't mind putting one on.

 

[OffSydes]

how much do upper deck season tickets cost now?

 

[LadyStanley]

cause it needs to be everywhere