Gameday! Sharks v Wild and Congrats to the Giants!

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El Dia de los Muertos style shark vs the Wild

Tonight @ 5pm PDT
Versus and 98.5 KFOX
No Randy and Drew, But Dan and Jamie will be with you

Don't forget to VOTE today!!!
Don't care who you vote for or what, just vote.

First off, and I am sorry I don't have art for this, but I want to congratulate the SF Giants on their World Series win! Very well deserved boys. Mina, as you might guess, is beside herself with glee. For those of us who cannot make tomorrow's parade in the City, CSN will be streaming it online. My twitter feed also says ABC might be doing the same.Time to slow down you connections at work, folks.

Again, congratulations Giants!

Onto the business of hockey.

The Sharks will be looking to extend their win streak to 3, while the Wild will be trying to counce back from a loss to the Hawks last week. The top line is clicking, the goals are scoring, and the goalie is tending like it should be. Things ae starting to click for the team in teal.

Here's hoping Nitty is back in net again tonight. He's looked solid these past few games and you gotta ride the hot hand. He's making a bid to become number one, not just 1a (or 1b), let's see if he can do it. Keep that man in the net.

Let's do it.

Go Sharks.

Gameday! Sharks v Ducks

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Sharks v Ducks

Tonight @ 7:30pm

Jamie, Dan, Randy, Drew, and Brodie Brazil too

CSNCS & KFOX

 

A familiar chant should echo through the streets of downtown San Jose tonight, as the Ducks make their way to town. Perhaps our most hated rival, at least in the current era of Sharks hockey, games against the Ducks have a tendency to be rowdier and more playoff like than most. Located close enough to each other than fans of the opposing side often car trip up or down to games, the Tank becomes a field where very clear battle lines have been drawn.

You shall hear duck calls, see rubber duckies being chewed by various forms of stuffed, puppet like sharks, and here they cries of "DUCKS SUCK!" *clapclap* echo through the halls of the Tank.

Tonight we fight not just for honor, but for a chance hit double digits and shorten the space between ourselves and the Kings.We also fight for bragging rights and the ability to TP the other guy's rink. It's nearly Halloween, man, all bet are off.

Watch out Duckies, here we come.

Go Sharks!

We Join Slappy's Press Conference, Aleady in Progress

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...Thank you all for coming here today.

 

Many of you know me from my commercial work with Joe Thornton of the San Jose Sharks. You know me as a puppet. A pawn. A dummy. Buts I am here to tell you that I am more than that. I am a man with thoughts and ideas; ideas which I think could very well change the world. But I am but one man, and I realize I have to stat small and work my way up. I need to start somewhere where I can immediately make a difference, somewhere that will let me prove my worth to you and the rest of the world. So, it is with great pride and great determination that I announce my candidacy for the office of Governor of California.

My platform is simple; bean burritos for all. I like bean burritos and you should to. A bean burrito in every household is my goal and I will not stop until that goal is accomplished or I die trying. Taco Bell burritos will not suffice. No, I am going for quality burritos. The type you can find at those tiny hole in the wall taquerias that taste so good you're sure they're giving you heat disease as you eat it. Bean burritos shall be our path to financial and social salvation.

They will save our schools, our budget, our environment and our infrastructure. They will create jobs, they will prevent business from closing, they will bring us jet packs and flying cars. They will lead us to the future, and I shall lead the way if you let me.

Thank you and bean burritos bless the great State of California.

 

Slappy for Governor

 

Gameday! Sharks v Devils

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San Jose Sharks v New Jersey Devils


Tonight @ 7:30pm
Jamie and Drew and Randy and Dan too.
Also on NHLN-CA and NHLN-US
(you had to know the Snooki demon was coming back)


Not sure what to make of this one. Neither team has won on home ice yet, which gives the Sharks a rather dubious disadvantage by being at home. Then again, the Devils have had what can only be described as a horrible start to the season. Do they have a "full" team yet? I'm not sure. I believe Drew said minimum you have to carry is 18 guys, and I don't know if they found a way to get there or if they're still lingering around the 15 mark.

The Sharks need to take advantage of New Jeresy' beleaguered start and start scoring 5 on 5 tonight. Get all four lines rolling and the game will be golden.

Go Sharks.

Gameday: Sharks v Flames on the Back to Back

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San Jose Sharks v Calgary Flames


Tonight at 5pm.
EARLY START!
Randy and Draw and Jamie and Dan too!


The Sharks are coming into this game after a GREAT 6-1 win over the Oilers last night. While the Oil may have gotten the first goal of the night off a bad coverage decision by the Sharks, they paid fo rit in spades seeing 6 different Sharks score. McCarthy ("The McCarthy Era") got his first ever NHL goal, while Couture, Clowe, Heater, JoePa and Danny B all scored to help pile on the points during this rather impressive win.

If Pavelski didn't have an assist on every goal last night, he deserved on. The Dude Abides.

Look for 5 on 5 scoring to get going for the top line tonight. The 2nd, 3rd, and 4th lines have been doing their part since the start of this early season. Now that Heater has scored, it's open season on opposing goalies.

Last night the Oilers were like BOOM and Niitty was like WAPOW! If he's not in net tonight, I'll be surprised.

Let's do this thing and get a win.

Go Sharks!


And congratulations to the Giants for clinching a spot in the World Series! Games start Wednesday, same night as Sharks v Devils.
Take Texas DOWN!

Gameday! Sharks v Oilers

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San Jose Sharks vs the Edmonton Oilers

Tonight @ 7pm
Randy and Drew and Jamie and Dan too.
Hey this game is on CBC. Hi Canada!


Ah, the Oilers. I still loathe them for their success against the Sharks in the second round in 2006, for Pronger, for sitting on Vesa, and sometimes for being hard to anthropomorphize successfully without totally invoking Hexxus or the black tar dude from ST:TNG. I just don't like them. And really since 2006, I haven't had much reason to hate them, they've kinda sucked. Ok, they really sucked, but old habits die hard and once the season starts I pretty much loathe the entirety of the non Teal wearing Western Conference.

Tonight won't bring us a triple OT game, but it will bring us a chance for Taylor Hall to score his first ever NHL goal. Since he's facing the Sharks, odds are quite good that he will do just that. The Sharks are annoyingly reliable about letting players get their first NHL goal. It's good to be polite and all, but we don't have to be THAT polite!

Once again the Universe has the Sharks and Giants playing on the same night. Is there enough mojo for both teams to win? I think so. So let's do it.

Go Sharks!

Sharks v Avs. The Return of the Fin?

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Sharks vs Avs

Tonight at 6pm PDT
Randy and Drew and Bakes and Dan too!



I'm going to miss the start of this, as I will be listening in my car, but perhaps that's alright. While I am not yet panicked about the slow start, (it is after all, still very early in the season), I am disappointed. We all know this team has some major defensive issues, but the offense hasn't been stellar either. I know a lot of people want to blame Neimi, but I'm not sure Nabby would do much better behind this defense. When the whole team is falling all over itself, the goalie can only do so much, and they can't save you from yourself.

Now, that said, the points ARE important, even early on, and it'd be geat to see the Sharks start to turn things around tonight, against the team they knocked out in the quarterfinals last season. It wasnt all that long ago, and while theteam has changed some, the core is still there. They CAN do this. They CAN turn it around, and they will.

Just wait.

Tune in tonight; see what happens.