No more days off in manhattan. Clearly, their mental focus disappeared after they scored.
I don't think I agree with this at all.
Blaming losses on much needed days off is kind of harsh in my humble opinion. Jumbo was really the only Shark who was mentally off all game.
Give me a break! You think there day off in NYC is at all responsible?! Unless they were out all night drinking in the meat packing district and leg wrestling homeless vets in Central Park, I don't think a little sight-seeing did them in tonight.
Wait a minute, I didn't think the homeless vets in Central Park had legs...
It's just one loss but what makes this loss hurt the most is that almost every single fucking Western Conference game last night was a 3-point game... Yay for free points to losers!
It's just one loss but what makes this loss hurt the most is that almost every single fucking Western Conference game last night was a 3-point game... Yay for free points to losers!
The part that is most annoying for me is that overall I thought the Sharks actually played a good game and it was ruined by just a few guys.
Yes the goal Niemi gave up was weak. He gets a pass. He's been unfuckingbelieveable for a month now and only gave up 2 goals yesterday. Mitchell shouldn't be in the lineup and everyone knows it, except Wilson. I can't wait to see his breakaway goal against Anaheim again (since that's his only career highlight and for some reason the FO thinks he's a good player because of that). And then you have the captain's performance. Putrid, from the guy that's supposed to be the leader. Now we all know that Thornton is not capable of leading himself let alone an entire team, but for him to fuck everything up like he did last night is just completely inexcusable. He should be ashamed of the way he played last night.
Thornton last 10 games: 3 assists (I am not including the 2 empty net goals). That is it from the big guy. He is 31 now. Maybe he is starting his downward slide or has some undisclosed injury but those numbers are putrid for a player at his level and definitely are a major reason why this team has difficulty scoring goals.