On May 11, 5:08 pm, "Mr. T" <ted.peder....DeleteThis@gmail.com> wrote:
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5BC3H-ASqqI
>
> It's so noticeable that the Sharks need to get nastier. There were
> moments like this in the Calgary and Dallas series, where our guy
> should have tried to kill the other guy. Instead, when the other
> team's guy has his head down searching for a puck, our guy would just
> put his head down and jab around at the puck as well.
>
> In the playoffs you need to be looking to knock people out of the
> series, forget about poking a puck away for once, that's just the way
> it is in the NHL playoffs. The Sharks *never, ever do that*.
I think playing tough means being totally committed to winning all
battles, but not necessarily looking to put somebody out of the
playoffs, per se. You hit guys all the time to take them out of their
game and have them hearing "little footsteps," not because you have a
chance to send somebody to the injury list.
I was watching some highlights of previous Sharks' games just last
night and was thinking how inexcusable it was to lose those first
three games of the Dallas series, two at home, no less. There was
just no excuse for that. Dallas isn't a better team, far from it, as
can be quickly see n in the Detroit series. The Sharks just donated
another playoff series by their entirely typical sleepwalking for 2-3
games before waking up, when it was too late, even with the last
game's heroic effort.
With this team, almost all of the disappointment can be traced to
menatl lapses and unpreparedness. Win just one of those first three
games, any one, and the Sharks would now be playing Detroit, no doubt.
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