
For those of you who may not remember there was excitement in the United States surrounding the 1984 Summer Olympic Games. A rule change allowed countries to send professionals to compete for Olympic gold in basketball. Obviously the United States has a huge advantage over other countries when it comes to basketball. The [...]
After a rare exhibition of futility, the San Jose Sharks have managed to put together a nice 6-game winning streak - restoring faith and hope that all will be well in Sharkland. As the year winds down I’ve decided to document a few random thoughts I’ve had rattling around my head for a while (I [...]
Because I’m a glass half-empty kind of guy I wanted to guage the significance of the San Jose Sharks recent exercises in futility. The last time the Sharks lost 5 games in a row you have to go all the way back to the 2007-2008 season. From Feb 12-20, 2008 the Sharks lost [...]
There were many reasons why I started this blog, one if which is my personal battle with Ray Ratto. I’ve written about Ratto on more than a few occasions and really, I need to stop writing about him. Like they say, bad publicity is better than no publicity - but then again I [...]
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I got an email this morning from Son of OT that Evgeni Nabokov said Marc-Edouard Vlasic should have blocked the shot that allowed the St. Louis Blues to tie last night’s game with 6 seconds left to go. The Sharks went on to lose that game in a shoot out. Calling out a [...]
One of the things I picked up on this season is the idea that the milestone for determining your hockey team’s capabilities is where they stand on (US) Thanksgiving. That little nugget taught me two things.
First I learned that the hockey pre-season isn’t like other sports’ pre-seasons. Hockey players have said that the pre-season is [...]
It took me a few days, and a show-me follow-up victory, to put me in a frame of mind to write about the San Jose Sharks. Two nights ago the Chicago Blackhawks absolutely dismantled my team. Words cannot express the magnitude of the Sharks’ futility and equally the Blackhawks’ mastery. I have [...]
Sharkie enjoys Dany Heatley’s hat trick
On September 25th I went to a preseason game and watched Douglas Murray score a hat trick. At the Sharks’ home opener I watched, again in person, Dany Heatley introduce himself to the San Jose fans by scoring a hat trick of his own. Last night I was in the [...]
Remember last summer Doug Wilson proclaimed that “big changes” were coming after the San Jose Sharks left the playoff dance early? Remember player after player left the team with very few signings in return? Remember everyone asking ‘where are these big changes?’ Sure Dany Heatley showed up, but that was just after they [...]