The Rock, New Jersey
Hey y’all Sharks in free fall, lost 4 straight look who’s waitin, the low hanging fruit of a non playoff team, the New Jersey Devils. The Sharks played Saturday morning in Philly, losing to the Flyers on a rare miscue by the presumptive Norris trophy winner Brent Burns.
Aaron Dell played his lil backup backside off to give San Jose a chance to win, but couldn’t survive the Wayne Train’s breakaway early in OT. Goaltending wasn’t the problem on Saturday, this was:
Ref signals no goal after Patrick Marleau scores in the first period.
San Jose has been snakebit on several goals goals scored, only to be overturned after a coach’s challenge. This latest was a weak call, prompting me to cry foul and swear at my TV set. The worst ones are the offside challenges resulting in removing a goal from the scoreboard but that’s another column.
Pete DeBoer isn’t worried about the play of his team and was quoted after the game:
“We’ve lost three (of the past four) games in overtime or shootouts. Those are coin flips. I don’t feel we’re in a rut, no.“ — Sharks coach Peter DeBoer
Perhaps he’s putting a positive spin on extracting a point from a loss, but they left a point on the table up in Beefalo, up 4-1 in the third and gagging at the end losing in OT. Two days later in B town they flat out stunk in a loss to the Bruins.
Today they play a Devils team currently sitting 16 points out of a play off spot in seventh place in they Metropolitan Division. Will Los Tiburones play down to the caliber of their opponent? Will Martin Jones regain the solid form he has displayed in his All Star season? How about will they score some goals and give the fans a laugher or another squeaker?
It remains to be seen which team shows up, the first place one or their evil doppelganger, the Guppies. Harsh? Perhaps but its a big boy league and they’ll need their big boy pants today to come home with one win in four on the roadtrip.
Check out this goalie:
Bianca distracts the shooter.
I hear she’s easy to score on.