Training camp 2017
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I am very in the fence about Labanc right now. He seems to have regressed pretty hard. Did not look great in practice yesterday.
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Led Zappa
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Looked great during the Prospects game back in July until he got clocked. Hopefully that didn't do something that is still effecting him, but it's hard to tell based one posters opinion of one practice.
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Lebanc will be fine. You expecting him to play the best hockey of his career a few practices into training camp? Cmon.
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So ya, it was the first day of camp. So take everything with a grain of salt. But on a line of him, Carpenter and Helewka, he didn't stand out positively. He shot didn't seem "dangerous" and would whiff more than once. Not including the time his stick broke on an attempted slapped. When they did the net front/behind the crease drill, Timo and Hertl's both stood out. Labanc seemed a bit out of place. The other two made the goals, which given the one-timer nature of the drill, should be expected. Labanc shot it wide. It's just stuff like that.
If I were looking at it in isolation, so just considering the skills in practice - there was a clear gap between Labanc and a guy like Carpenter or even Mashinter. His game just wasn't as crisp, his shots didn't pop, and he always seemed to be trailing the play.
But again, I would say it's 1 day, early, early in the preseason. Don't take it as absolute fact. If this we're investing, I would consider this my downgrade from a STRONG BUY to maybe a MODERATE. Timo was looking 100% on the opening night roster. Labanc... 50/50 with a no unless he shows improvement.
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I want a safe third pairing. The biggest Q for me is if DeMelo can stabilize Dillion in the same way Schlemko did. Schlemko seemed to be more creative and recover from mistakes better. A big plus to partner with a guy like Dillion.
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Ironically the lack of the teams ability to score is what has been hurting us.
Honestly I am going to go into this season with very low expectations. Would not be shocked if we miss the playoffs. Making the playoffs with a first round exit is the likeliest scenario in my mind.
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He was real good with Timo, if I'm recalling correctly.
Man I hate coachspeak. DeBoer loves DeMelo so much that he played Roman Polak over him in the Stanley Cup Finals! It's not like DeMelo has improved since then so what the hell?
Bad news for Heed, good news for this Barracuda fan.
I predict a 7th seed.
This is gonna be a completely nonsensical season for the advanced stats people when they look back on the team and how they did. We gonna get that Cup with mediocre quality of play relying completely on luck and the beards of Thornton, Martin and Burns. Just because the hockey gods seem to have a sick sense of humor so us finally winning it after Marleau leaves would fit the bill. Though so would the Leafs winning. Which would not be cool.
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If the hockey gods exist (which they don't), all of their prior behavior has shown us that none of Marleau, Thornton, Pavelski, and Burns will ever win a Cup, Shark or not.
Tierney needs to show that he can play at a relatively high level for longer stretches. He is a non factor way more often than not.
What Deboer said is really confusing, especially after reading that article on the Athletic about Joe Thornton's point production going down. Which basically said that the Sharks are using defenseman to shoot more and generate offense instead of forwards cycling etc. (there's more in there, but that's a big part of it) If Deboer is using that on purpose, then you would think he'd want more dmen with solid offensive capabilities. If that philosophy is not being used on purpose then Deboer isn't paying close enough attention to what the team is doing. Either way, it concerns me.
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It's hard to root for a team whose motto is the always motivational, "Don't **** Up!"
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Sharks had 2min on Periscope
https://www.pscp.tv/w/bI1zkjFEWUtYW...KbYgycXD-h_ME2KoOEjjzgWiLduqPfagBS3izW_U6b2Fn
https://www.pscp.tv/w/bI1zkjFEWUtYW...KbYgycXD-h_ME2KoOEjjzgWiLduqPfagBS3izW_U6b2Fn
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Listening to Deboer's interview, I feel like those quotes were taken a little out of context. Second blob was mainly in regards to where they are at this point in their careers as guys looking to make the jump out of the AHL. First blob was mainly in regards to Demelo being the type of guy who has made that jump.
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Don't think you could start camp with better news than this
http://www.mercurynews.com/2017/09/...past-meier-shines-in-sharks-annual-scrimmage/
With mononucleosis in past, Meier shines in Sharks annual scrimmage
Timo Meier’s highly-anticipated rookie season with the Sharks hit a snag last September when he failed to take the ice for the team’s annual intrasquad scrimmage at Solar4America Ice.
The Swiss forward made up for last year’s absence Sunday afternoon, scoring a pair of goals in the Sharks 2017 intrasquad scrimmage that propelled his team, led by captain Joe Pavelski, to a 2-1 win.
http://www.mercurynews.com/2017/09/...past-meier-shines-in-sharks-annual-scrimmage/
With mononucleosis in past, Meier shines in Sharks annual scrimmage
Timo Meier’s highly-anticipated rookie season with the Sharks hit a snag last September when he failed to take the ice for the team’s annual intrasquad scrimmage at Solar4America Ice.
The Swiss forward made up for last year’s absence Sunday afternoon, scoring a pair of goals in the Sharks 2017 intrasquad scrimmage that propelled his team, led by captain Joe Pavelski, to a 2-1 win.
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That is really good news. I'm not using anything from last year to judge what he could be capable of.
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This is good news but "made up for last year's absence by scoring two preseason scrimmage goals" is i bizarre line.
