Game Over

Totally — Ducks fans really shouldn’t be in the business of fanbase comparisons. It’s usually not flattering.

OH WAIT YOU LIVE IN SOCAL AND ARE A DUCKS FAN; RIGHT, YOU ARE THE SLIME OF HUMANITY.

Any true Sharks fan has spat in the face of the media for awhile. They WALKED into the presidents trophy. However, I, only a post ago respected fans at the honda center, and now, ievans, you make all the great ducks fans seem to be the absolute fucking dregs of humanity much like your (absolutely marvelous btw and the key to this series, damn them _) defensemen.

DO NOT BLAME BAY AREA HOCKEY FANS FOR THE TEAM FAILING. The result on the ice is the product of the two teams ALONE. I don’t not blame you in any way shape or form for criticizing hockey “expert” idiots like ross mckeon and jim fox, BUT DO NOT BLAME THE FANS. We love our team, and we’re sorry we can’t cross check and elbow our way to a cup like you did. Also do realize this series aint over and I hope if we don’t win we at least end pronger’s, ryan’s, or one of those Frankenstein twins’ careers’ with a dirty play of two. It sure as hell will be karma for all the shit you’ve pulled over the years.

Karma my ass, the refs are trying every single call to give that cup back to Ottawa. (ievans, I am drunk and am joking, we are beat, and I admit defeat, please allow me to cope, I am simply angry you have blamed our FANS and not our PLAYERS, considering as how are PLAYERS are the ones that play this game called HOCKEY)

this Sharks squad is making me wonder what ducks fan will write for our puck daddy eulogy.

Well, I am the right person to talk to about the content of that piece. Not sure what I’m writing just yet, though.

Yeah, I’d put Iginla up there. Dude’s an absolute beast. He is the only non-goalie out there who really scares me in a playoff series.

I see your point, but it doesn’t always have to be a guy on the same talent level as Yzerman either. When Yzerman won that 2002 Cup on one leg, he wasn’t the same guy that used to have 100pt seasons and stuff earlier in his career. He was an older guy who set an example for everyone else in the dressing room. By all means, he had no business playing out there, hurt as he was, but he did it anyways. No matter how much it hurt, he kept getting back up. When you’re playing a team sport, that kind of determination is infectious, especially when its someone well-liked within the locker room. If Steve Yzerman has a shredded knee, and he’s still out there giving it all, then you better sit down, shut up, and skate as hard as you can, even with your pulled groin. If he’s giving all that, you don’t want to be the one to let him down.

It doesn’t necessarily have to reflect the talent level of the guy in question. JR would be a pretty good comparable here. He’s trying to get a Stanley Cup, which has always eluded him. He doesn’t have many tries left. He’s a star, and a lot of these guys probably looked up to him as they were learning the game. These guys ought to be giving it all for JR. Marleau obviously isn’t one of the all-time greats, but he’s still a good player, and he’s the captain of the team. He is (or should be) the example for everyone else, or he should take off that C. If he’s hurt, it doesn’t matter. His job is to go out there and do it, and to push everyone else through actions, if not words, to do the same. The fact that the Sharks seem so lifeless, even with a cause in Blake and Roenick, with the motivation of restoring the reputations of Marleau and Thornton, I think that says a lot. Somewhere in that locker room is a lack of unity or respect.

Sure, it was a bad matchup anyways, drawing the Ducks instead of the Blues or BJ’s, but that shouldn’t matter. There is absolutely no excuse for coming out and playing that lifeless in what was essentially an elimination game.