Sharks Gameday: (Vaguely) Remembering Nitty

And when I say “GO SHARKS” I mean – WIN GOD DAMMIT!

My parents also told me when I was a kid that a the area on a girl beneath her waist is the “danger zone”.

and I take a lot of Xanax

ok so instead of alcoholic your a pill popper….knew you had some vice…..my first thought was sexual deviant…but your whiteness should have tipped me off to the pills…

And could he possibly be any good?

was he ever good?…I never understood the fluffing of this guy from the beginning

The way that their fans and lead SB Nation blogger pathetically whined after last Sunday’s game was disgraceful and full of shame. You can see for yourself here.

Here’s his take on shootouts from his Puck Daddy interview today (which is great and you should read):

To be honest with you, I see absolutely nothing negative about the shootout.
There are 1-1 or 2-2 games that may be boring but fans will stay on to watch the last minutes, the overtime and the shootout to see who will be the winner. There are a lot of emotions during the shootout, there is a lot of adrenaline with every penalty shot. Some fans get upset, but others get happy after the outcome of each penalty shot. And these emotions are the reasons fans come to games in the first place. Hockey exists for fans, for every sports fan, so that they can come to a game a spill their emotions. And the last five minutes is when emotions are at its highest. Well, maybe someone doesn’t like it.
Look at the world’s most popular sporting evens — World Cup of soccer. And even such an event has a place for penalty shots. No one plays unlimited overtimes to decide a game.
I tell you more, I don’t even like unlimited overtimes in the playoffs because some games finish at 2 a.m. Who would be interested in watching a hockey game from 7 p.m. until 2 a.m.? You see half-empty arenas with only friends and families of players still there, figuratively speaking, with children sleeping. Who needs that?
Hockey is there for a sports fan, and it’s not a survival game, when spectators are there from 7 p.m. until 2 a.m. I am against that. And once again going back to the World Cup of soccer, it is run by people who know what they’re doing since it’s the biggest sporting event in the world, and they have penalty shots. You play extra time, and then you have penalty shots.

 
I love shootouts, but I find myself disagreeing with the second half of what Bure says here. I think he’s right-on with the emotional aspect, with how exciting they can be, but it seems like he thinks that the unlimited OT that goes on in the playoffs is a bad thing – which is crazy. Unlimited 5 on 5 OT is the best way to settle hockey games, but since it isn’t feasible during the regular season shootouts are an okay solution.

Also, making the argument that “soccer does it and soccer is popular therefore hockey should do it” is pure madness.

…Gonna take right into the … Danger Zooooooooooone!

Nice Meg! I picked up one of those mystery pucks last Sat. at the game and it was signed by Nitty, the regulars I sit by were all, ‘whose that guy?’ Stoners, I tell ya!

According to some random Dallas guy signs point to Niemi starting tonight. We’ll see what happens, and how it goes.

Okay, it’s confirmed by Working the Corners – Niemi starts tonight.

Here’s hoping Niemi can bounce back quickly. He’s had one bad game in like two months, so he’s given me no reason to doubt him.

Please humiliate the Stars!

this just bites!

This is a hell of a game. It’s also a good reminder of why everyone should hate the bitch-ass Stars.

Wait, Ott instigated a fight against Doug Murray?

over Stars … everyone dance … :)

We’re happy here too! w00t!

Now if you could just kill the kings next time you play them, that would be AWESOME.

Jamie Langenbrunner is a dirty-hitting bitch.

Watching the highlights. What an amazing game for Joe Pavelski. Great passing.

Stars fans think Heatley and Murray should be suspended for their elbows. Steve Ott is mad.

Yay Pavs!!

Here is a link to the most inflammatory of the three hypothetical elbows from last night’s game, the one from Dany Heatley on Ott.

Am I blinded by homerism or does it look like Heatley barely hits him, and hits him in like the upper chest, not the head? And then Ott throws himself down like he’s been knocked out by Tyson?

This video shows Murray’s two hits – the first one which hurt Erikkson is 100% clean. On the second one Murray did end up hitting the dude in the head, but the Stars player was falling to the ice – he put his head down low, which made it harder to avoid. This second Murray hit was, to me, the only one that could even be discussed as suspendable, and even then it’s a weak case.

I can’t find a clip of Wallin getting hit from behind into the boards, but that should probably be part of this discussion too.

Defending Big D and Stars have decided to become the new Wings – whine whine whine