Confirmed with Link: Sharks acquire Martin Jones for 2016 1st and Kuraly; signs for 3 yrs / AAV $3m

[hockeyball]

Isn't the nickname for for Martin, Marty? Wouldn't that be the simplest thing to actually say? Joner is bizarre, its not even easy to say...

 

[210]

Hockey nicknames are so bad.

Most of the real ones you can't use in public

 

[Gene Parmesan]

Most of the real ones you can't use in public

Yeah I know haha.

 

[hohosaregood]

I'm either gonna call Martin Jones by Crazy Eyes or Steve cuz he's got a little bit of the Buscemi in those eye.

 

[Pandaman11]

I'm wondering where the people are who said that his stats were just a product of the Kings' style. Oh wait, those are exactly the people that never saw him play in the first place...

 

[Boy Hedican]

Apparently his nickname is Joner...

that makes sense. I always seem to pop joner's when I see him make a save look easy.

 

[Smart Alek]

Nabby never got the goal support needed to win when it counted.

Clearly I'm the only person who remembers Jeff Jillson?

And on the Sharks' board, no less. For shame...

Nabby had some huge games, but he was never literally the sole reason the sharks won a series, Irbe was, twice.

http://www.cnn.com/2013/08/15/living/literally-definition/

Now be a man, and accept precisely your fair share of the blame.

 

[SactoShark]

I thought DW saying Jones was a very "well coached" goalie was an important distinction.

 

[hockeyball]

I'm wondering where the people are who said that his stats were just a product of the Kings' style. Oh wait, those are exactly the people that never saw him play in the first place...

I was a big proponent of Quick before he got the starting position. I kept telling my Kings friends he was going to be a stud, and they didn't believe me. I said the same stuff about Jones, and he was easily my #1 fantasy get this off season, then we got him...

So, long story short, thanks!

 

[Boy Hedican]

I was a big proponent of Quick before he got the starting position. I kept telling my Kings friends he was going to be a stud, and they didn't believe me. I said the same stuff about Jones, and he was easily my #1 fantasy get this off season, then we got him...

So, long story short, thanks!

don't thank them, thanks Sweeney and the B's! This doesn't happen without them.

 

[Mafoofoo]

Wonder how pissed Deano is that Jones ended up in San Jose.

 

[hockeyball]

don't thank them, thanks Sweeney and the B's! This doesn't happen without them.

They were still the ones stupid enough to trade him in the first place, I can say thanks for that!

Also, Deano must HATE Sweeney. Probably literally the last team he wanted Jones to end up on, and I"m pretty confident no matter what Sweeney says that was the plan from the start.

 

[hohosaregood]

Wonder how pissed Deano is that Jones ended up in San Jose.

I bet no other GM cares about being on his good side after he ****ed around with the Richards termination.

 

[hohosaregood]

They were still the ones stupid enough to trade him in the first place, I can say thanks for that!

Also, Deano must HATE Sweeney. Probably literally the last team he wanted Jones to end up on, and I"m pretty confident no matter what Sweeney says that was the plan from the start.

After DW talked about how much they wanted a 25 year old with starter talent, I can't help but feel you're right. There are no other 25 year old goalies out there that fit the bill like Jones did. So I'd bet somewhere near the end, DW heard about Lucic to LA and called up Sweeney and was like, "if you can get Martin Jones from them too, we'll give you a first since you're rebuilding" and backstabbing complete.

 

[Bizz]

Wonder how pissed Deano is that Jones ended up in San Jose.

After all the cheapshots his dirty players made on us in the last 2 playoff series, Deano can suck an egg.

 

[Juxtaposer]

I'm wondering where the people are who said that his stats were just a product of the Kings' style. Oh wait, those are exactly the people that never saw him play in the first place...

This argument has never made sense to me. If that were the case, then wouldn't Quick's save percentage be better?

 

[Irie]

In reality, Irbe was never the sole reason the Sharks won a series either. Someone had to score for him eventually.

Tell that to any Flames' or Wing's fan from the 90's

http://www.cnn.com/2013/08/15/living/literally-definition/

Now be a man, and accept precisely your fair share of the blame.

I feel quite comfortable saying "literally" in the instance of "Irbe vs the Flames or Wings series' "....

I've been watching playoff hockey for a long time, and there are only a handful of times where a goalie was so much more than just "the difference". Irbe in those series' was two of those times.

Funny thing, Irbe and Weekes tandem was another series that comes to mind when Carolina beat the devils in the Cane's first cup appearance.

It is very rare, but when you watch a series and the far better team loses, not because their goaltending was bad, but because the other teams goalie was just incredible- it leaves you shaking your head and wondering what you just witnessed, and how it was even possible.... and in those times, "literally" is the only term that comes to mind that does the description "justice"

 

[Led Zappa]

Roloson in 2006 Stanley Cup Playoffs comes to mind.

 

[Pinkfloyd]

Tell that to any Flames' or Wing's fan from the 90's



I feel quite comfortable saying "literally" in the instance of "Irbe vs the Flames or Wings series' "....

I've been watching playoff hockey for a long time, and there are only a handful of times where a goalie was so much more than just "the difference". Irbe in those series' was two of those times.

Funny thing, Irbe and Weekes tandem was another series that comes to mind when Carolina beat the devils in the Cane's first cup appearance.

It is very rare, but when you watch a series and the far better team loses, not because their goaltending was bad, but because the other teams goalie was just incredible- it leaves you shaking your head and wondering what you just witnessed, and how it was even possible.... and in those times, "literally" is the only term that comes to mind that does the description "justice"

Unless Irbe literally scores the goals for the team too, he still needed help.

 

[Kcoyote3]

3 preseason games, 1 goal, 2 shutouts.
3 regular season games, 1 goal, 2 shutouts.

Wow.

 

[Coily]

3 preseason games, 1 goal, 2 shutouts.
3 regular season games, 1 goal, 2 shutouts.

Wow.

 

[Mr Fahrenheit]

Wonder how pissed Deano is that Jones ended up in San Jose.

Just look at the kings, that trade set them back 10 years

 

[slocal]

I'm either gonna call Martin Jones by Crazy Eyes or Steve cuz he's got a little bit of the Buscemi in those eye.

He reminds me of Joshua Jackson. Mutha****ing Fringe, baby!

 

[La Bamba]

This dude is a shut out machine.

9 Shutouts in just 37 career games. 24% shutout rate haha

 

[Hangemhigh]

Lol. Yeah, I remember Kaspar looking incredibly mediocre from the get-go. Not a good comparison.

I thought his hair looked good. That was about it.