So, the Sharks are out. I’ll probably have more to say later, once this really sinks in and I can fully digest it, but here is my first post-series reaction that I posted over at Fear the Fin: This season was a great season by all accounts. We finished first in the Western Conference in [...]

I felt that this was monumental enough to break my hiatus. First time since 2004 that the Sharks made the Western Conference Finals. Second time in franchise history. Best of all? It was over Detroit. In FIVE games. Big post dropping tomorrow morning. Let’s do this.

It’s over. After 82 games and 6 and a half months, it’s over. There are no more games to fine-tune things, no more worrying about jockeying for positions in the standings. For fourteen teams, meaninful hockey is over until October. But for sixteen teams, it is the most exciting, nerve-wracking, ulcer-inducing, amazing time of the [...]

With the 2-1 defeat of the Calgary Flames, the San Jose Sharks have officially clinched the Pacific Division, a 1 or 2 seed in the playoffs, and have eliminated the Calgary Flames from contention! WOOOO! Mighty fine work for one night. But the two games left aren’t meaningless – we want another Western Conference Regular [...]

Wait, last night was a joke, right? Right? Oh, and I swear, the Sharks are the only team that gets bandwagoners only when they’re doing bad. Things going normal, they’re winning games, and it’s just the regulars. Sharks lose 8-2, and BOOM! Dozens of people come out the cracks just to piss and moan, using [...]

On March 5, 2010, around 1:50 into the third period, Scott Nichol received a pass from Torrey Mitchell, rang it off the post, and then continued on his way, trying to set up for another chance. In no way was he endangering any Canadiens player, attempting anything cheap, or really doing anything except for trying [...]