GDT: Game 48: Sharks vs. Canucks 7:30pm NBCSCA Will they score a goal?

[bluefunnel]

SNOG:

4-2 Sharks.

Hertl, Balcers, Meier and Bonino.

Miller and Hoglander.

 

[sharski]

Yup. Unless Hasso wants to finance it, the team very well might get moved due to unsustainable financial performance before a proper rebuild is completed. Good or bad, San Jose is a transient market (meaning there are lots of people who live/work here who are not from here and will ultimately not remain here long-term) and the transients don't have the patience for a rebuild.

Many armchair GM's don't seem to understand this.

Fremont Sharks

there's already a Sharks ice in Fremont

make it happen Hasso

 

[Cas]

Yup. Unless Hasso wants to finance it, the team very well might get moved due to unsustainable financial performance before a proper rebuild is completed. Good or bad, San Jose is a transient market (meaning there are lots of people who live/work here who are not from here and will ultimately not remain here long-term) and the transients don't have the patience for a rebuild.

Many armchair GM's don't seem to understand this.

So what would be a better market than the heavily populated and staggeringly wealthy Bay Area? Never mind that moving a major sports franchise is never done on a lark - not anymore, anyway. It takes several years of effort and there are no indications that this is even being floated.

The Sharks moving is not something I would consider a realistic concern.

SNOG

Sharks 3, Canucks 1
Meier, Hertl, Balcers
Boeser

 

[The Nemesis]

So what would be a better market than the heavily populated and staggeringly wealthy Bay Area? Never mind that moving a major sports franchise is never done on a lark - not anymore, anyway. It takes several years of effort and there are no indications that this is even being floated.

The Sharks moving is not something I would consider a realistic concern.

SNOG

Sharks 3, Canucks 1
Meier, Hertl, Balcers
Boeser

the other thing is that people not showing up to watch a bad team isn't something endemic to just bad markets. Most Canadian markets that aren't Toronto (and maybe Montreal) have crap attendance when the team is awful. As long as they don't go full Coyotes and suck for a decade+ I wouldn't even begin to be worried about the lack of butts in the seats right now.


Meanwhile stupid NHL Live regional blackouts mean I have to watch the awful Canucks broadcast with John Garrett. Uuuuuughhh.....

 

[Pavelski2112]

Pre-emptive Burn the Black Jerseys

 

[Tw1ster]

So stoked to listen to John Garrett for three hours. One of the worst homers in the game

 

[The Nemesis]

So stoked to listen to John Garrett for three hours. One of the worst homers in the game

He already said it was Hertl that had the 5-goal game vs LA. We're off to a great start!

 

[Tw1ster]

He already said it was Hertl that had the 5-goal game vs LA. We're off to a great start!

He also pointed out that the Sharks ONLY have two players with 20+ goals on the year. Vancouver has none

 

[Cas]

the other thing is that people not showing up to watch a bad team is something endemic to just bad markets. Most Canadian markets that aren't Toronto have crap attendance when the team is awful. As long as they don't go full Coyotes and suck for a decade+ I wouldn't even begin to be worried about the lack of butts in the seats right now.

Never mind the whole major public health crisis affecting attendance, either. Honestly, the fact that they're getting 10,000+ fans a night with a crappy team during a pandemic astonishes me.

 

[The Nemesis]

no Rudy?

f***, why am I even bothering with this game?

 

[Hodge]

Never mind the whole major public health crisis affecting attendance, either. Honestly, the fact that they're getting 10,000+ fans a night with a crappy team during a pandemic astonishes me.

They're definitely not getting 10,000+ fans a night. I'd be surprised if there are 1000 people in the building right now.

 

[Chinaski89]

Might go to 5-D later in the game lol better be Burns benched

 

[Pavelski2112]

Might go to 5-D later in the game lol better be Burns benched

If Bob benched Burns, I'd take back everything bad I've said about him

 

[The Nemesis]

If Bob benched Burns, I'd take back everything bad I've said about him

He'll bench Merkley

 

[hohosaregood]

He'll bench Merkley

Merkley has a hard 5 minute stop time

 

[fasterthanlight]

I wonder if we swapped pederson for pettersson: would they would notice ?

 

[WSS11]

Might go to 5-D later in the game lol better be Burns benched

Burns could literally punch Boughner in the face after deliberatly throwing the puck into his own net and he’d still get 30 minutes

 

[Tw1ster]

Did Viel even touch the puck before he got hit there?

 

[sharski]

suspension incoming for viel

 

[fasterthanlight]

you know how they retire jersey numbers? they should retire names. no more burrows/burroughs/etc. on vancouver, please, it just doesn't work out

 

[one2gamble]

This team is going to get ran the rest of the night and still not hit anyone

 

[The Nemesis]

So Vancouver TV has a commercial with CHL players asking people to donate blood and test to see if they have blood factors or stem cell attributes or whatever that would be important for blood banks to have. none of this is noteworthy or important.

What is important is the one of these players, who it turns out is a Carolina 5th round draft pick last year, is named Bobby Orr Jr.

I did some research and no he isn't related (at least in any meaningful way) and the name is actually for his grandfather, but on the other hand damn is that kid going to hear about it for the rest of his life given that he's a hockey player.

 

[Alaskanice]

Penalty killed.

 

[Chinaski89]

Burns could literally punch Boughner in the face after deliberatly throwing the puck into his own net and he’d still get 30 minutes

 

[hohosaregood]

ferraro looking for that goal