GDT: Game 23. 2:30pm jersey retirement. 5pm vs Buffalo.

[vortexy]

i'd say the lund line shouldn't be a sacred cow. put that 70s together and put smith with granny and zetterlund. zetts is a great f1, better than smith himself or goodrow and granny can drive the line. celebrini gets a skill upgrade with 2 better scorers.

I agree with this, I understand Warso trying to run 3 scoring lines but I think the development of Celebrini and Smith is much more important. Celebrini is operating at a level that is much higher than Smith and Goodrow and his effort and play should be rewarded with linemates that can capitalize on it. Eklund-Celebrini-Toffoli Zetterlund-Granlund-Smith Goodrow/Kunin-Wennberg-Kostin. Also the hopes are Smith can gradually become that #2C and he can be mentored by Granlund, learning from him on that line.

Also I don't know if it's just me but feel Granlund and Celebrini really don't work well together on the PP. You can tell both want to dictate how the PP is operating and want the puck on their stick and make plays/shoot. I think I prefer separating the two on the PP so they can operate different units. PP1 Smith/Walman/Toffoli/Celebrini/Eklund
PP2 Thompson/Liljegren/Granlund/Wennberg/Zetterlund

This is what I personally would want to see with the emphasis that development of the kids should be the #1 priority.

 

[Star Platinum]

On a side note Sam Dickinson had a 5 point night

Did we draft the best defenseman from the last draft? I'm starting to think yes.

 

[TheBigDrunkPanda]

Did we draft the best defenseman from the last draft? I'm starting to think yes.

He’s on a stacked team that’s probably going to win the memorial cup this year

 

[ChompChomp]

I ended up watching the Thornton stuff after the game

"Ron Wilson and PDB"

Damn, some obvious shade thrown at TMac. I'm guessing he has no love for him, since he very intentionally omitted him when talking about the coaches. Thought that was wild, and quite telling.

 

[BaileyMacTavish]

At least the ceremony was fun and cool

 

[karltonian]

I ended up watching the Thornton stuff after the game

"Ron Wilson and PDB"

Damn, some obvious shade thrown at TMac. I'm guessing he has no love for him, since he very intentionally omitted him when talking about the coaches. Thought that was wild, and quite telling.

wasn't tmac the one that tried to turn him into a shutdown center?

 

[ChompChomp]

wasn't tmac the one that tried to turn him into a shutdown center?

Not sure about that, but there was a season when, in February the Sharks were out of a playoff spot, so TMac shuffled lines and ended up with a third line of Clowe-Thornton-Mitchell and that team went on a hot streak to get into the playoffs. Crazy that there was a time while Joe was still a very good player that the Sharks had an embarrassment of riches to be able to move Thornton to 3C.

I know the legacy of our Sharks greats is checked by the fact of No Cup, but it was a ridiculously fun era.

 

[OrrNumber4]

I ended up watching the Thornton stuff after the game

"Ron Wilson and PDB"

Damn, some obvious shade thrown at TMac. I'm guessing he has no love for him, since he very intentionally omitted him when talking about the coaches. Thought that was wild, and quite telling.

The whole organization soured on him because of his conduct during his final season. He knew he was gone, so he was completely checked out and actively looking around the league to see where he could land.

 

[drunksage]

SNOG announcement​

Once I finally got home, I had to catch up on both the pregame and the game.

Anyway, no SNOG.

#	Date / Opponent​	SNOG Winner(s)​	Result​
1	Oct. 10 vs Blues	none	Blues 5-4 OT
2	Oct. 12 vs Ducks	none	Ducks 2-0
3	Oct. 15 at Stars	weastern bias	Stars 3-2 SO
4	Oct. 17 at Blackhawks	weastern bias	Blackhawks 4-2
5	Oct. 18 at Jets	none	Jets 8-3
6	Oct. 20 vs Avalanche	none	Avalanche 4-1
7	Oct. 22 at Ducks	Timo Time	Ducks 3-1
8	Oct. 24 at Kings	Friday	Kings 3-2
9	Oct. 26 at VGK	none	VGK 7-3
10	Oct. 28 at Utah	none	Sharks 5-4 OT
11	Oct. 29 vs Kings	MackAttack71, bluefunnel, sharks_dynasty	Sharks 4-2
12	Oct. 31 vs Blackhawks	none	Sharks 3-2
13	Nov. 2 vs Canucks	none	Canucks 3-2
14	Nov. 5 vs Blue Jackets	none	Sharks 2-1 OT
15	Nov. 7 vs Wild	timorous me	Wild 5-2
16	Nov. 10 at Devils	none	Sharks 1-0
17	Nov. 11 at Flyers	TheBigDrunkPanda	Flyers 4-3 SO
18	Nov. 14 at Rangers	none	Rangers 3-2
19	Nov. 16 at Penguins	PattyLafontaine	Penguins 4-3 SO
20	Nov. 18 vs Red Wings	none	Sharks 5-4 OT
21	Nov. 20 at Stars	weastern bias	Stars 5-2
22	Nov. 21 at Blues	bullslugg, coooldude	Blues 3-2 SO
23	Nov. 23 vs Sabres	none	Sabres 4-2

Rank	2024-25 SNOG standings​	# of SNOGs
1.	weastern bias	3
T-2.	bluefunnel, bullslugg, coooldude, Friday, MackAttack71, PattyLafontaine, sharks_dynasty, TheBigDrunkPanda, Timo Time, timorous me	1

 

[BaileyMacTavish]

That being said. Who's running the PP? Cuz we need to fire that guy into the f***ing sun. PP being useless with who we are sending out is unacceptable really.

 

[Hodge]

I ended up watching the Thornton stuff after the game

"Ron Wilson and PDB"

Damn, some obvious shade thrown at TMac. I'm guessing he has no love for him, since he very intentionally omitted him when talking about the coaches. Thought that was wild, and quite telling.

He also didn’t thank Doug Wilson once or mention him at all beyond acknowledging he was the GM who traded for him.

 

[hotcabbagesoup]

He also didn’t thank Doug Wilson once or mention him at all beyond acknowledging he was the GM who traded for him.

now that is brutal haha