YO NHL Fans,
Do you Think You Can **** With
Something Like
This?
"Let's Do This Sharks"
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Got a little carried away, and a little off track.
Pittsburgh Penguins Present Unique Challenge for the Sharks
Pittsburgh’s speed is one thing. However, what it equates to is a whole new animal for the Sharks and especially their goaltender, who hasn’t necessarily been tested yet in these playoffs. At least, not like this.
Jones hasn’t been all that busy.
Pittsburgh will change that and there’s little San Jose can do about it. It’s simply a strength of theirs that no one has been able to nullify. If you need proof of that, look no further than the Penguins’ plus-75 shot differential and the fact that they’ve out shot their opponents 524-449 through their 19 postseason games.
The Sharks have 413 shots and a plus-12 differential through the same amount of contests.
It’s no fluke that Pittsburgh is in the Stanley Cup Final and leading the series by a game thus far. San Jose is a formidable opponent and will definitely push back but can they actually stop the Penguins?
I don’t believe it’s possible right now.
Things to Watch – Game 2
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The focus is on the Pens speed. It's in the opponents heads, GMs across the league already looking to copying the Pens blue print. Pens in 5.
Please point to even the smallest source of evidence for such a statement.
If the so-called blueprint is get as many skilled fast skating players as you can on your team, that is hardly a McDonald's secret sauce that the Pens discovered.
So technically he is correct. But no one is copying anything, except for some moron GM's over the years, most seem to look for highly skilled players who can skate, and always have.
It's almost like speed is a newfound skill, right?
Okay moving on.. Evidence as to the speed being in the Sharks players heads? Who's up next?
Not sure why the Sharks are even showing up then I guess, this series seems all but over?
Oh yeah, it's 1-0 in the series. Decided by a 1 goal game..
In their heads no. A challenge to deal with, obviously. It pretty much is one of a couple of keys to the series. The other might be the Sharks PP and keeping it in check, mostly by not taking penalties.
In which PIT owned them in scoring chances and shots.
In which PIT owned them in scoring chances and shots.
Not sure why the Sharks are even showing up then I guess, this series seems all but over?
Oh yeah, it's 1-0 in the series. Decided by a 1 goal game..
This I can agree with. The notion presented by many 'fans' or even neutrals that the Sharks are done for is getting old though. This is a series that is 1-0. Decided by 1 goal game... Yet the writing is apparently on the wall already.
Yeah, I never get when people deny reality, or try to gloss it over. The goal is to understand what went wrong and change that reality going forward to the extent you can. Denying or trying to lawyer what happened does no good.
The truth is if the Sharks do not change what went on in game one they lose this series, and not in seven games. They certainly have a skilled team and smart coach, so I expect them to make most of the right moves and adjustments.
The thing to watch for is whether those adjustments will make a difference. The depth and skill of the Pens are why they advanced this far, and no one really had an answer for either. There were some great teams who just never could find the secret sauce, so it will be interesting to see if the Sharks do so. The ball certainly is in their court after game one to show that they can.