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Dissapointed in the Sharks, I created a new website

// April 30th, 2009 // 1 Comment » // Blog

The Sharks once again let me down completely. I am even contemplating dropping our season tickets for next year. When you spend that kind of money on the team you get really emotionally involved and the constant let downs at the end of the season would be easier to take if I hadn’t ponied up for season tickets. With all that in mind, I created a new website TradeJoeThornton.com. There are a lot of calls from fans to either trade Joe or trade Patty. I’ve thought a lot about it and I think trading Joe is the answer. Some fans think Patty is the answer, some think we should hold both.

Sharks gave us some hope

// April 22nd, 2009 // 1 Comment » // 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.

Sharks drop Game 1 to the Ducks

// April 17th, 2009 // No Comments » // Blog

Well that was a disappointing game. I was fired up all day long. I decided yesterday afternoon that my goal was to get the whole crowd to eerie-chant “Hiiiiilller” to try to rattle the Ducks rookie netminder. I got my section doing it a bit but the Sharks just couldn’t sustain enough pressure to make it pay off. Sure they outshot them by a 2:1 margin, but something like only 9 out of the 35 were from within 6 feet. From my vantage point (and our seats are on the end the Sharks attack twice) Hiller sure wasn’t standing on his head. He had a clear view of almost every shot he faced. They also never got their PP going in part due to the sheer dominance of Todd Marchant in the faceoff circle. So if the Sharks want to win Game 2 (which is statistically the much more important game than #1) they must do two things: 1) Get more traffic directly in front of the net — use their SIZE! and 2) Win the faceoff battle — They were #2 in the league in FO% after all and Anaheim was in the bottom half of the league in that stat.

Road Trip to Tampa – Sharks v. Lightning

// November 2nd, 2008 // No Comments » // Blog

The day before the Learning 2008 conference I attended in Orlando, I actually flew into Tampa with my coworker John Matuk to see the Sharks play the Tampa Bay Lightning.

It was a great game with the Sharks winning 3-0. It was cool to see the Tampa fans welcome back Dan Boyle. It also was plain to see that the Tank is a much better hockey venue and San Jose has much better and louder fans!