Postgame - Sharks

Random Observations

I recorded last night's game (the PVR is no longer a source of confidence, as its record of late is the opposite of stellar, and I'm too lazy to look it up and find out what that word is), and after finally finishing watching it tonight I thought I'd share my thoughts from the broadcast...

How can you talk about somebody taking a skate blade to the neck and not reference Clint Malarchuk? (Rob Davidson apparently took a skate to the neck in practice, but obviously it wasn't serious)...

Apparently the Sharks are the heaviest team in the NHL this season (And Roger Millions pointed out that is by weight... as opposed to some other measure...)

The potential $1,000,000 winner for the Safeway Score & Win tonight is Kiki Kaketsis... poor kid never stood a chance in life with a name like that...

Nice of the refs to blow the play dead as Jarome was starting off on a breakaway...

Wow, that was a nice hit by Regehr on Roenick though... JR is a little stunned from that one...

Godard almost had his second goal of the season (and boy would it have been ugly if it counted), yet they reveal the disturbing fact that his ice time is increasing as the year season progresses...

Holding the stick has to be one of the stupidest penalties to get... I'm pretty sure the refs will notice almost every time... bad time to take a penalty Lombardi...

And the Sharks score a minute later, right near the end of the first period... somebody should have had Clowe...

That's not fair! You can't throw your fight opponent into the players box... Semenov, you cheap bastard...

And Calgary gets another penalty before the end of the first... grrrr... Discipline boys!

Bad time for Tanguay to mess up on the powerplay, just too bad that Kipper's rebound bounced right back out to Michalek...

And Keenan lives up to his reputation for pulling the goalie (in the literal sense)...

McElhinney has a pretty cool mask with the skeleton gunslinger, but I think its the first goalie mask that I've seen with a graphic on only one side... It looks uncomplete... Maybe he's waiting to see if he gets to stay up when Krahn is healthy...

It seems that the Flames didn't offer to pay the refs as much as the Sharks did (which is obvious after they miss the call on Nabokov and give him a stern warning instead)...

I think Curtis needs to learn to stay in the net more often...

I'm starting to wonder if all the trade rumours and the diminished ice time are affecting Tanguay in a negative way (mentally)... he seems like he's trying too hard to do something big and not quite getting there...

Roger Millions just called Miilan Michalek a fine looking young man after he scored his second goal of the night... I'm starting to think that Roger's spending too much time at the rink...

What kind of fighter wears a visor? At least his helmet came off easily...

Nice punch to the face by Godard! Its a small victory... And it gives Nystrom some more ice time as gets gets to skate across the playing surface to the penalty box...

Wow, Ron Murray has some bad teeth...

And Nystrom gets some time on the top line... In the two seconds it takes to skate to the bench from the penalty box...

I always find it a little amusing when the Colour guy will make a statement that seems like a question, but the play by play guy has to keep his head in the game so he pretty much just ignores him... Poor Charlie Simmer...

Its always nice to see a shutout get broken in the final minutes of the game... A little "Yeah, you're going to win, but here's a little 'fuck you!' as a parting gift"...

Every time I hear Mark Vlasic's name I have a craving for pickles...

Roger Royer won a Eureka Boss Rug Saver Upright... another poorly named bastard... One letter away from being a joke in the movie 'Airplane'...

And the Sharks are off to a spa in Banff for a couple days... have fun with your group mudbaths boys, but I wouldn't recommend the teal and orange paint for your toenails...