A Week Off?

External Since: Apr 28, 2007 Posts: 245

What kind of scheduling is that? They on some goodwill tour or
something? Or, are they off curling, again?

External Since: Oct 11, 2007 Posts: 105

On Mon, 19 Nov 2007 09:21:59 -0800 (PST), tack <thetacker.DeleteThis@gmail.com>
wrote:

>What kind of scheduling is that? They on some goodwill tour or
>something? Or, are they off curling, again?

I dunno, but given the Sharks uneven play of late, and not exactly
inspiring offense, I'll bet some players are getting ready to pack
their bags before the holidays. They can't be thinking they are safe,
and this is the time of year most good teams start thinking about a
trade. I'm sure they would rather be on the ice, than worrying about
their next PO box number.

I admit I have seen exactly one game in November, but it was the last
one, so I have a couple of observations. Carle and Ehrhoff both seem
to have lost some confidence. Did you see Ehrhoff swoop in, heading
straight to the goal with no one in his path, and pass? He should go
end to end at least once a game, and use that skating ability! The
Sharks are predictable, playing dump and chase most of the time. When
a defenseman brings it in, the other team is suddenly short a guy on
the rush (see: S. Niedermeyer).

As for Carle, he has to realize that he needs to take chances to be
effective. His defense is still spotty, so he has to make up for that
on the other end as Ozo does.

Murray looks great out there, and McLaren, a bit shaky. Vlasic hasn't
soph slumped, but I thought his offense would be emerging by now.
Semenov is OK, at best.

Of the forwards, Seto looks awesome, and I like the line with Cheechoo
and Joe, although I saw Wilson swap out for Marleau later. Roenick is
as good as any of us can expect, and it is nice to have that right
handed faceoff guy out there, even if he is less than 50% wins. On
the Sharks goal, Roenick beat Pahlson on the face-off.

Marleau looks OK, but he needs to shoot more. He's got the 2nd best
shooting % on the team (Joe is above 32%, and needs to shoot more
too), and if he takes more shots he will certainly bury more.

As for who to trade and for what? I don't know. The Sharks seemingly
have the parts, but just can't get them moving in the same direction.
Outside of minor trades to monetize marginal players, I can't see the
big one coming. I wish they had picked up Rafalski, although I know
he wanted to go home. Jovo has a no trade clause. Redden? Maybe.
But Ottawa are playing really well right now, and Redden is part of
that. Anyway, it should be interesting...