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Sharks gave us some hope

// April 22nd, 2009 // Blog

Well they aren’t dead in the water after all. The Sharks came out with that killer instinct last night and showed they weren’t happy with just playing well — they were only happy with a win. Looks like the Cup winning veterans that Doug Wilson brought in are finally having that positive impact. After game 2, while a lot of the core of the team were talking about how they were playing well and keeping positive, Dan Boyle was pissed off and talked about how the only stat that matters is the W. Finally.

While some people are saying the Sharks “held on” last night, I didn’t feel that way at all. They never were behind. They put 4 pucks past Hiller, thus proving (to themselves as much as anyone) that they can score on him. I was pretty confident that as the game turned more and more into a run-and-gun up-tempo slug-fest the Sharks would win a game like that. That is the kind of game they need to play every time. They can’t let things go tight. Sure Nabby gave up a soft one (or two?) but he’s good for one of those most nights. The pedal was on the gas the whole time and the Sharks never slowed down. This is what it will take to beat the Ducks. This is why there is still hope.