Sharks Gameday: I'm with Marleau
by Megalodon on Mar 8, 2011 6:00 AM PST
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Today you can begin voting for the Sharks' new "Fan Favorite" award. Everyone can vote one time, using their phone or the web. You pick your favorite player and if you pick the player that ends up getting the most votes you can win a prize. It's a neat activity for the fans as well as a potentially fascinating large-scale game of the Prisoner's Dilemma. I will be shocked if anyone other than Logan Couture, Patrick Marleau, or Joe Thornton win this award. I think Joe Pavelski's popularity has waned somewhat with the rise of Couture, so it won't be him. Ryane Clowe has an outside shot, but it's doubtful. Douglas Murray deserves a bunch of votes, but he won't win. So if you want to win the grand prize you probably want to vote for Couture, Marleau, or Thornton.
I'm with Marleau.
Only Patrick Marleau possesses the combination of clutch scoring, team history, and in-your-face attitude to be a true fan favorite.
Vote Marleau*!
In other news, the Sharks play ten of their final sixteen games at home, which is cool. The Sharks are a respectable 17-11-3 in San Jose so playing there should work out well for the team - except that their road record is 21-11-3, so who really cares?
Good teams win, regardless of where the game is played. The Sharks are a good team, and so they were able to win eight out of the ten road games they played in February. In fact the team really seemed to begin playing better during their extended road trip, which leads you to wonder about the possible truth behind those cliches people bring up about teams "bonding" while out on the road.
The biggest advantage of playing so many games at home in the final month of the season will be the ability for guys to rest and recover. A lot of players are banged-up in one way or another, and even those that are healthy will benefit from more days in their homes and fewer days traveling. That rest will be important, too, as the Sharks play their final eight regular-season games against Pacific Division opponents.
Good job, NHL schedule-makers. That's pretty awesome.
Finally, I attended my first-ever professional basketball game on Saturday** for a friend's party. I watched the Los Angeles Clippers play against the Denver Nuggets, I think. I'm pretty sure the Clippers won, but I wouldn't place money on it. I had a hard time following what was going on.
If I was going to rank the four major professional sports in terms of which I enjoy watching the most, the list would go:
1. Hockey
2-4. Read a book or go play freeze tag.
But if someone seriously made me decide which of the non-hockey sports is the most tolerable to watch, I guess it would have to be football. I enjoy the military strategy and physical toughness present in football, I just wish they wouldn't ruin it with all the stupid rules and stuff that bogs down the game. Bring back the XFL!
Baseball is the worst sport to watch, because it is so boring it can actually kill.
Basketball is unique among the major sports in that teams are scoring almost constantly. Attending a basketball game is odd because the big crowd cheers mostly seem to come from dunks and blocks, which are exciting but don't actually matter much in terms of the game as a whole. It's hard to get too excited about any individual basket when there are so many of them scored in a game. The entire game is based on momentum, with both teams scoring so many times that each individual point usually means very little.
Basically what I'm trying to say is that basketball sucks and it's just as boring in person as on TV.
Prediction: Hockey Rules! Sharks beat the Clippers 4-2, with one goal from Vlasic and a three-pointer from Patrick Marleau.
* = or at least make your own cool Sharks propaganda poster to support your choice. If it's awesome enough, I may change my vote. That's called democracy.
** = unless the Harlem Globetrotters count as a professional basketball team, which I think they should.
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GO SHARKS!
and GO MARLEAU!
I’m with you on the other sports. They just don’t hold my interest. Too slow, not enough action, passion, excitement. I wish they all could be thrilling as hockey. (okay finding words with as many syllables as “california girls” this early in the morning isn’t easy)
GO SHARKS!
Ever get the feeling we are on a collision course with reality?
"They who would give up an essential liberty for temporary security, deserve neither liberty or security" -- Benjamin Franklin
or go play freeze tag.
Boc freeze tag showdown….lets make it happen…undergarments not allowed!!…bathing required!!..grooming optional!!!
Meg bows down to my fantasy greatness
"Thank you very much fans and let’s go for the next game together!"
Go Ducks!
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by SPADE-IN-VICTORHELL on Mar 8, 2011 6:24 AM PST reply actions
I think it should be held in San Jose since I'm lazy and can't get down to SoCal.
I'm warning you! I have ADHD and I know how to use it!!!
Good job Giants, now win 3 more world series titles and then you just might be worthy of being mentioned in the same league as the A's.
THAT IS NABOKOV IN NET NOT NITTYMAKISHUTUP!!!!!!!!!!
San Jose: Being Kept save from ferocious enemies by the Sharks and Earthquakes since 91 and 96.
by Diamondback15 on Mar 8, 2011 7:59 AM PST up reply actions
How about we meet halfway in San Luis Obispo? They have some mighty fine-looking sorority girls fun hockey fans that we can invite.
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Chen I like your thinking
Meg bows down to my fantasy greatness
"Thank you very much fans and let’s go for the next game together!"
Go Ducks!
www.battleofcali.com
by SPADE-IN-VICTORHELL on Mar 8, 2011 9:34 AM PST up reply actions
Undergarments mandatory for Men.
In Lou We Trust/Twitter
I wish there was something I could do. But What?
by Kevin Sellathamby on Mar 8, 2011 9:26 AM PST up reply actions
we can amend that..for sure
Meg bows down to my fantasy greatness
"Thank you very much fans and let’s go for the next game together!"
Go Ducks!
www.battleofcali.com
by SPADE-IN-VICTORHELL on Mar 8, 2011 9:34 AM PST up reply actions
Seriously. What happened to “they’re fucked without Brad Richards”?
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You left out the rest of the statement...
It’s “they’re fucked without Brad Richards, until they play the Sharks, a team they seem to always own the crap out of regardless of who’s on the team. This victory will wake them up and get them on the right track. Thanks, Sharks…”
God, I really hate the Stars…why can’t we ever beat them???
"If you can accept losing, you can't win." ~Vince Lombardi
The Jody Shelley of FearTheFin's Mod Squad.
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by ZeroIndulgence on Mar 8, 2011 10:55 AM PST up reply actions
I think the biggest improvement I have seen in Marleau's play has been his emotions.
He is actually starting to show emotions. I am so happy for our robot turned human. YAY FOR SCIENCE!!!!
I'm warning you! I have ADHD and I know how to use it!!!
Good job Giants, now win 3 more world series titles and then you just might be worthy of being mentioned in the same league as the A's.
THAT IS NABOKOV IN NET NOT NITTYMAKISHUTUP!!!!!!!!!!
San Jose: Being Kept save from ferocious enemies by the Sharks and Earthquakes since 91 and 96.
Hmmmm...
Favorite Shark or favorite Shark of the season? If it’s favorite Shark it’s between Thornton and Boyle. Favorite Shark of the season- Couture or Marleau. Couture has just been money this year but for the excitment and those HUGE goals, count on Marleau. I’m stuck.
Big two points tonight to make that gap between us and Dallas a little bigger.
I hate basketball too. It’s one of those games that even live it stinks. Baseball is a snooze as well but at least it’s fun to go.
GO SHARKS!!!!!
Waiting for the Cup to come to SJ since 1991...
GO SHARKS!
If only he had his irresistible handlebar stache…
In Lou We Trust/Twitter
I wish there was something I could do. But What?
by Kevin Sellathamby on Mar 8, 2011 9:27 AM PST up reply actions
Very impressive. Great work.
I was almost going down and then I didn’t go down and then it came and it was too late to get down.
Battle of California
OK, Thornton has my vote
Well done…
"If you can accept losing, you can't win." ~Vince Lombardi
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by ZeroIndulgence on Mar 8, 2011 10:56 AM PST up reply actions
There’s a STAR on his helmet! Noooooooooooooooooooooooo!
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Hooray for communists on the Dallas Stars!
CALIFORNIA ANGELS . . . ANAHEIM DUCKS . . . CALIFORNIA GOLDEN BEARS
Can’t vote for anyone who’s missing the top 1/4 of their head.
For every moment of triumph, for every instance of beauty, many souls must be trampled.
by Nut on Mar 8, 2011 11:11 AM PST up reply actions 1 recs
Thornton’s got a sickle and hammer on his helmet. Does this mean he’s been traded to the Flyers?
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I wish there was something I could do. But What?
by Kevin Sellathamby on Mar 8, 2011 11:54 AM PST up reply actions
You guys beating the Predators
would greatly help the Ducks. Thanks. :)
CALIFORNIA ANGELS . . . ANAHEIM DUCKS . . . CALIFORNIA GOLDEN BEARS
theyll go to OT just to piss us off
Meg bows down to my fantasy greatness
"Thank you very much fans and let’s go for the next game together!"
Go Ducks!
www.battleofcali.com
by SPADE-IN-VICTORHELL on Mar 8, 2011 11:24 AM PST up reply actions
Can I ask you guys a question here?
What did you think of the some guy putting a Canucks jersey on the Gretzky statue? I know not everyone here is a Kings fan, but I’m just interested if people think that it’s “deliberately defacing” or not.
"Playin hurt, baby that don't faze me. I don't got time for pain. The only pain I've got time for is the pain I put on fools who don't know what time it is!"
NM's Chief Lady Pleaser. Just ask eightyseven.
ehh…we would do the same thing if we could…some kings fans should have rised up and kicked all there asses….
Meg bows down to my fantasy greatness
"Thank you very much fans and let’s go for the next game together!"
Go Ducks!
www.battleofcali.com
by SPADE-IN-VICTORHELL on Mar 8, 2011 12:20 PM PST up reply actions
I think it would have been much more of a “burn” if Gretzky had ever been affiliated in any way with the Canucks. As it stands, it was just kind of pathetic.
I was almost going down and then I didn’t go down and then it came and it was too late to get down.
Battle of California
Well…he did score a bunch of record setting/breaking points against us…
"Playin hurt, baby that don't faze me. I don't got time for pain. The only pain I've got time for is the pain I put on fools who don't know what time it is!"
NM's Chief Lady Pleaser. Just ask eightyseven.
by Semi_Colon on Mar 8, 2011 12:35 PM PST up reply actions 1 recs
Gretzky never even played at the Staples Center.
That statue has no business being there anyway.
by meetyourmako on Mar 9, 2011 12:42 AM PST up reply actions
It's fucked.
Go check out the previous thread for more reactions.
Taylor Morgan: "My abortion was botched!"
Teemu Selanne: "Wow. That sounds awesome."
by DodgerBlueBalls on Mar 8, 2011 1:02 PM PST up reply actions
Haha
I’ve never watched Trailer Park Boys, so by all means go ahead and make a remake! And Hughson only really does the CBC Leaf broadcasts these days, so you’d only be hurting them (sounds good to me!)
"Playin hurt, baby that don't faze me. I don't got time for pain. The only pain I've got time for is the pain I put on fools who don't know what time it is!"
NM's Chief Lady Pleaser. Just ask eightyseven.
Sport Rankings
1. Frolf
2. Hockey
3. Dog agility competitions
4. Olympics and anything country-based
5. MMA
6. Tennis
7. Football
8. Soccer
9. Basketball
10. Baseball
by RudyKelly on Mar 8, 2011 11:46 AM PST reply actions 1 recs
1. “Hide the salami”
2. Hockey
3. Curling
4. Sasuke (“Ninja Warrior” in the US; think dog agility competition with humans)
by burrowowl on Mar 8, 2011 11:58 AM PST up reply actions 1 recs
Sport Rankings
1. Frolf
2. Hockey
You’re due for a ass-kicking based on general principle
For every moment of triumph, for every instance of beauty, many souls must be trampled.
by Nut on Mar 8, 2011 12:00 PM PST up reply actions 1 recs
Ill settle for next thanksgiving dinner you pee in his gravy nut and take a picture when he tastes it or somthing of that nature
Meg bows down to my fantasy greatness
"Thank you very much fans and let’s go for the next game together!"
Go Ducks!
www.battleofcali.com
by SPADE-IN-VICTORHELL on Mar 8, 2011 1:28 PM PST up reply actions
I can’t believe I actually looked up Frolf … ugh!
Now here is a proper sports ranking:
1 – Hockey
2 – Sex
GO SHARKS!
Ever get the feeling we are on a collision course with reality?
"They who would give up an essential liberty for temporary security, deserve neither liberty or security" -- Benjamin Franklin
by Angy on Mar 8, 2011 12:56 PM PST up reply actions 1 recs
muahahahaha
Meg bows down to my fantasy greatness
"Thank you very much fans and let’s go for the next game together!"
Go Ducks!
www.battleofcali.com
by SPADE-IN-VICTORHELL on Mar 8, 2011 2:22 PM PST up reply actions
That would imply I like younger :)
GO SHARKS!
Ever get the feeling we are on a collision course with reality?
"They who would give up an essential liberty for temporary security, deserve neither liberty or security" -- Benjamin Franklin
I figured it was a safe assumption considering how old you are.
Plus liking older would mean at least 60+, right? =)
Every single one of you guys are jerks … :)
GO SHARKS!
Ever get the feeling we are on a collision course with reality?
"They who would give up an essential liberty for temporary security, deserve neither liberty or security" -- Benjamin Franklin
Don’t worry, Angy, I’m old too. They’re just upset because their skinny jeans are too tight.
For every moment of triumph, for every instance of beauty, many souls must be trampled.
by Nut on Mar 8, 2011 4:34 PM PST up reply actions
Being the oldest in your middle school is nothing to be pround of, Nut. Neither is failing the 8th grade.
More like Snottynose
For every moment of triumph, for every instance of beauty, many souls must be trampled.
by Nut on Mar 8, 2011 5:21 PM PST up reply actions 1 recs
2 – Sex
Why hello there. How you doin?
"Time for the laser show, boys!"- Aubrey Huff
Adopted Giant: William VanLandingham
I'm on the Twitters
ha ha … you knew that would be my answer tho :)
GO SHARKS!
Ever get the feeling we are on a collision course with reality?
"They who would give up an essential liberty for temporary security, deserve neither liberty or security" -- Benjamin Franklin
Sex is a great sport. Good exercise for your back and legs.
"Time for the laser show, boys!"- Aubrey Huff
Adopted Giant: William VanLandingham
I'm on the Twitters
If I vote for Couture and win, can I ask if his teeth are real and if he’s thought about veneers (sp?) during his next dentist appointment? Can he close his mouth with a grill that huge? Would this hurt his feelings or perhaps he gets that a lot… lol
Waiting for the Cup to come to SJ since 1991...
GO SHARKS!
One (1) Grand Prize winner shall receive two (2) tickets to the Sharks "Fan Appreciation Night" on April 9 vs. the Phoenix Coyotes, two (2) Zamboni rides (participants must be at least 12 years old), opportunity for one (1) person to meet a Sharks player and receive their game worn jersey on the ice following the game and a pre-game HP Pavilion tour for two (2) people prior to the game.
You can meet a Sharks player, not necessarily the fan-favorite Shark. I hope everybody’s excited about meeting Niclas Wallin!
I was almost going down and then I didn’t go down and then it came and it was too late to get down.
Battle of California
two (2) Zamboni rides (participants must be at least 12 years old)
Aren’t the only people who would enjoy a Zamboni ride people 12 and under?
Who wants a Zamboni ride?
-Frank Zamboni’s opening line at parties during the late 20’s
For every moment of triumph, for every instance of beauty, many souls must be trampled.
by Nut on Mar 8, 2011 1:42 PM PST up reply actions 2 recs
depends if you get the t-shirt gun to ride around with
Meg bows down to my fantasy greatness
"Thank you very much fans and let’s go for the next game together!"
Go Ducks!
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by SPADE-IN-VICTORHELL on Mar 8, 2011 2:07 PM PST up reply actions
From Working the Corners, Nashville coach Barry Trotz talks about California hockey:
*****Nashville features California-grown talent these days with rookie defenseman Jonathan Blum in the lineup for the seven games. Blum (one goal, one assist) is from Long Beach and was the Predators’ first-round pick (23rd overall) in the 2007 NHL draft.
Predators coach Barry Trotz pointed to Blum and another one of his players, Blake Geoffrion of Nashville, as evidence of why the NHL does want to develop non-traditional markets.
"We’ve got a great game and can grow it in places that have teams," he said. "Now you’re getting players from there and the pool of players become much bigger."
Trotz said he’s had a chance in past trips to San Jose to watch regional youth hockey at Sharks Ice as well as California teams competing in a tournament in Kelowna, B.C., and "was extremely impressed by the caliber of play."
I was almost going down and then I didn’t go down and then it came and it was too late to get down.
Battle of California
Trotz said he’s had a chance in past trips to San Jose to watch regional youth hockey at Sharks Ice
The teams from Northern California are all terrible.
by RudyKelly on Mar 8, 2011 4:35 PM PST up reply actions 1 recs
That’s racist.
I was almost going down and then I didn’t go down and then it came and it was too late to get down.
Battle of California
I really don’t trust Barry Trotz’s ability to watch hockey games — I think it’s an important ability for hockey viewers to be able to turn their heads from side to side as the play moves up the ice.
:)
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He’s like those moles that pop up from the road in Mario Kart
For every moment of triumph, for every instance of beauty, many souls must be trampled.
by Nut on Mar 8, 2011 5:21 PM PST up reply actions
That's one of the nice things about having season tickets behind the net.
All the energy I save by not turning my head can be allocated to viciously screaming at various opposing players/referees/linesmen/people standing up or leaning forward during play that they suck. Because seriously, those guys suck.
by meetyourmako on Mar 9, 2011 12:49 AM PST up reply actions
Bring back the XFL!
Just for the cheerleaders!
"Time for the laser show, boys!"- Aubrey Huff
Adopted Giant: William VanLandingham
I'm on the Twitters
lol people who don’t understand baseball
My vote’s for Clowie.
Nate woulda had that.
by MonochromeGarden on Mar 8, 2011 7:30 PM PST reply actions
you can't help but understand baseball
you’ve got nothing but time to listen to people yammer about it while you wait for something to happen.
by meetyourmako on Mar 9, 2011 12:52 AM PST up reply actions 1 recs
oh tons happen in between pitches
i guess a thinking person’s sport can’t be explained ;)
Nate woulda had that.
by MonochromeGarden on Mar 9, 2011 2:22 AM PST up reply actions
If by “thinking person’s sport” you mean everybody is thinking “this is so unbelievably dull” then yes, baseball is the ultimate thinking person’s sport.
I was almost going down and then I didn’t go down and then it came and it was too late to get down.
Battle of California
by Megalodon on Mar 9, 2011 9:09 AM PST up reply actions 1 recs
CHESS BABY…thats a thinking mans sport…
Meg bows down to my fantasy greatness
"Thank you very much fans and let’s go for the next game together!"
Go Ducks!
www.battleofcali.com
by SPADE-IN-VICTORHELL on Mar 9, 2011 9:36 AM PST up reply actions
Haters gonna hate. I’m not trying to convert anyone, especially not on a hockey blog.
Now excuse me while I enjoy my World Champion San Francisco Giants.
Nate woulda had that.
by MonochromeGarden on Mar 9, 2011 12:36 PM PST up reply actions
See I buy that you can call them the World Series Champions
Because for some inane reason it’s called the world series. But you can’t call them the world champions. Texas is not yet a foreign country.
Anyway, you can call it a thinking person’s sport, but what baseball really amounts to is a sport that gives you so much time between anything actually happening that you can’t help but think about shit (like “why am I watching this?”) because otherwise you’re just staring at the grass and waiting.
In hockey, not only do people think, they have to think quickly. Much more impressive.
by warning on Mar 9, 2011 7:13 PM PST up reply actions 1 recs
Apples and oranges
But if Nabby says Texas is a filthy country, then Texas is a filthy country. I think that’s something we can all agree on.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sirRyxzxGHA&tracker=False
Nate woulda had that.
by MonochromeGarden on Mar 9, 2011 9:02 PM PST up reply actions
I have enjoyed baseball. I genuinely have. I understand that a lot happens while they stand around. But I still have a hard time getting past that. Sometimes I get this anxious feeling, like I’m wasting my life. I am sitting around watching some guy stand around. And I’m seriously thinking of doing it for three hours. It makes me feel kinda panicky. I’m never going to have those hours back.
And this from a guy who wastes plenty of time. On blogs, for instance.
by meetyourmako on Mar 10, 2011 2:07 AM PST up reply actions
same here..ill go watch it..and pay attention occasionally…(mostly to hear vin scully)…but if was banished from existence I wouldnt shed a tear…
now playing it is a different matter…especially if your drunk
Meg bows down to my fantasy greatness
"Thank you very much fans and let’s go for the next game together!"
Go Ducks!
www.battleofcali.com
by SPADE-IN-VICTORHELL on Mar 9, 2011 1:24 PM PST up reply actions
GOAL!
GO SHARKS!
Ever get the feeling we are on a collision course with reality?
"They who would give up an essential liberty for temporary security, deserve neither liberty or security" -- Benjamin Franklin
I have an idea for a song parody:
Clowebody Does it Better
Get to work, Internet magicians.
I was almost going down and then I didn’t go down and then it came and it was too late to get down.
Battle of California
Two things to say:
1) Win dammit
2) Don’t go to fucking OT
CALIFORNIA ANGELS . . . ANAHEIM DUCKS . . . CALIFORNIA GOLDEN BEARS
What did I say about going to OT??
>:(
CALIFORNIA ANGELS . . . ANAHEIM DUCKS . . . CALIFORNIA GOLDEN BEARS
WIN!!!
with MARLEAU!!
GO SHARKS!
Ever get the feeling we are on a collision course with reality?
"They who would give up an essential liberty for temporary security, deserve neither liberty or security" -- Benjamin Franklin
See? Marleau.
I fucking told you.
I was almost going down and then I didn’t go down and then it came and it was too late to get down.
Battle of California
Prescient Meg is Prescient.
Nate woulda had that.
by MonochromeGarden on Mar 8, 2011 10:13 PM PST up reply actions
If the fan favorite is anybody but Patrick Marleau or Joe Pavelski I’m gonna have a fit.
by meetyourmako on Mar 9, 2011 12:55 AM PST up reply actions
notable exception for Douglas Murray: Super Bad-Ass.
by meetyourmako on Mar 9, 2011 12:57 AM PST up reply actions
When I really start nitpicking, I prefer the guys we drafted. You know, as fan favorites. Clowe, Pavelski, Murray, Marleau, Nabokov. It’s cool that they’ve never played for any other team and they earned their reputations in San Jose. There’s nothing not to like about Jumbo.
by meetyourmako on Mar 10, 2011 1:47 AM PST up reply actions
I can’t find the picture or video anywhere, but that check against the Blues’ Dan Hinote and I don’t remember who else alone should qualify Douglas Murray.
He carries the puck along the left boards, makes a good breakout pass, simultaneously flattens two Blues players that are charging at him, and then calmly sits down on the bench beside Rob Blake.
I have never seen anything like it and I simply cannot fathom why it has not made every highlight reel since.
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