They're good but need to be better. At this time I think it would be easier and more desirable for them to become a great team than to become a bad enough team to have a good shot at Dahlin. Even if we completely tanked there isn't any guarantee of that anyway. DW needs to pull the trigger on a move sooner rather than later.
I completely agree. That's why we need to separate wheat from chaff. Trade away some of our redundant under preforming bottom 6 players, either to get some assets to trade or as part of a bundle and get somebody who can positively influence scoring. Jux, I'm happy to see you come around on the team, mostly because you're one of the more astute posters on this board when it comes to analytics. It confirms what I've been seeing.This team is too good to tank, I think. 10% of the season in and we have like the best possession metrics in the league. Yeah, we’ll struggle to score, particularly if Pavelski/Boedker/Hansen/Meier don’t get their heads out of their asses and Jones doesn’t pull it together, but this team is too good to tank. Adding Ryan and Heed for Martin and DeMelo seriously changed things IMO.
I completely agree. That's why we need to separate wheat from chaff. Trade away some of our redundant under preforming bottom 6 players, either to get some assets to trade or as part of a bundle and get somebody who can positively influence scoring. Jux, I'm happy to see you come around on the team, mostly because you're one of the more astute posters on this board when it comes to analytics. It confirms what I've been seeing.
Yeah, I didn't think this team was good at all either at the start of the year. But our performance through these last 7 games has been fantastic. I know we're only 4-3 over that span but we are dominating every game.
Nobody knew that Ryan and Heed would do what they have. It's like adding two 25 year old mobile top-4 defensemen with competent puck skills through free agency. If we had done that, I think this fan base would have been much more optimistic about our performance.
Dare I say, if Burns returns to his 16-17 levels of production, that this is the best defense the Sharks have ever assembled. It's very unlikely that Boedker and Hansen will return to anywhere near the form they were in with their other teams. It's very unlikely that Pavelski and Thornton return to anywhere near their 15-16 form. It's very unlikely that Meier scores 20 goals this season.
If 2 or 3 of those guys can step it up we are a legit cup contender. If Hansen can return to his elite 5v5 goal scoring per 60 he showed in Vancouver. If Boedker can score 50 points, which he's actually done, multiple times. If Pavelski can score 30-35 goals or Thornton can score 70+ points. If Meier can actually score 20-25 goals. I think this team is a contender. Obviously not all of those things are going to happen. And honestly, I don't think enough of them will happen for us to be a true contender. But we're closer to a contender than a tank team.
There aren't many real elite teams out there this year. We're 5th in CF%. In the lost season we were 14th. This won't be a tank season.
Hey, my name is Jux, not 'Nobody'.
Man I swear to god though if either of them sit when Martin gets healthy I'm gonna throw my computer.
I still don't know what to think of our team
Looks like my prediction is unfortunately coming true. We aren’t bad enough to tank well and clearly not good enough to complete with the best teams in the league. With that said, will Hasso fire Wilson or continue to be satisfied with this mediocre enterprise?
Looks like my prediction is unfortunately coming true. We aren’t bad enough to tank well and clearly not good enough to complete with the best teams in the league. With that said, will Hasso fire Wilson or continue to be satisfied with this mediocre enterprise?
I had a late night call with India, so couldn’t post. It was a nice comeback for sure but it doesn’t change the fact that my assessment was correct before this season. This is a marginal playoff team at best with no real shot at the Cup. We barely beat a team that is out of playoff picture at home. We will not win a 7 game series against top teams in the league. If you think that you are setting yourself up for a dissapointmentIt’s funny how you bumped this thread when the game was 4-1 and then disappeared...
I had a late night call with India, so couldn’t post. It was a nice comeback for sure but it doesn’t change the fact that my assessment was correct before this season. This is a marginal playoff team at best with no real shot at the Cup. We barely beat a team that is out of playoff picture at home. We will not win a 7 game series against top teams in the league. If you think that you are setting yourself up for a dissapointment
*In the regular season.I'm enjoying this season. This is the type of team that keeps fighting. Reminds me of the Ricci era. That was a great comeback last night, I don't care who the other teams was. You don't win that game without a team playing for each other and the fans.
First comeback EVER when down by 3 in the first period. EVER!*
Nothing is for sure with this team. Thornton is looking better, finally. Pav's is looking a little better. Donskoi is out. We have two outstanding new Dmen. Tierney is really starting to show something and it's to the Sharks credit they didn't ship him out like Nieto, who he was looking like, and gave him more time to develop. And Meier is getting better with every game.
Enjoy
EDIT: Well, close to EVER.
I'm enjoying this season. This is the type of team that keeps fighting. Reminds me of the Ricci era. That was a great comeback last night, I don't care who the other teams was. You don't win that game without a team playing for each other and the fans.
First comeback EVER when down by 3 in the first period. EVER!
Nothing is for sure with this team. Thornton is looking better, finally. Pav's is looking a little better. Donskoi is out. We have two outstanding new Dmen. Tierney is really starting to show something and it's to the Sharks credit they didn't ship him out like Nieto, who he was looking like, and gave him more time to develop. And Meier is getting better with every game.
Enjoy
EDIT: Well, close to EVER.