Today is December 9th, 2011 and lets talk about what is current. Starting with Sharks win last night, we saw the same upbeat start as we did on Tuesday night, only this time when the Stars pushed back for a good period the Sharks stayed in it and eventually got three very quick goals in the second that ended any hope for Dallas. Both teams seemed to play a conceded third period where both teams had very little drive to change the score.
Upsides for the Sharks: Right now I am looking at Brad Windchester with his net front presence, something the Sharks always lack. Also Marc-Edward Vlasic, a current +13 on the season and leading the team. Pickles is finally really coming into his own game and playing with himself as an outstanding DFD.
Downsides for the Sharks: Dan Boyle, where to start with this. Well, Boyle is -1 on his plus/minus and the only Shark with 20+ starts to be in negative plus/minus numbers. He is second on the team in shots, but only has one goal to show for it and to honest it was pretty much an empty net. Also from also every game I have watched he seems to have really lost a step this here. This isn't a personal attack on Boyle, more I think there is an injury or something slowing him down. I have never seen him lose more one on one races and battles for a puck then he has this year. Is his age a factor? Maybe, but I am leaning toward an injury that of course none of will know about until the year is over.
NHL: Andy Sutton will have his hearing tomorrow and after watching the video and the fact that he already had a 5 game suspension early this year for a hit to the head, I believe we could be looking at a large suspension. 7-10 games is my guess but this will be the first repeat offender of this season and we will see how the Dept of player safety handles it.
Video here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kMlVioV5XyU
Also in the NHL last night, Artem Anisimov decided to get cute with a goal celebration. Although I think this was unintentional, it was of very poor taste and I am completely on Tampa Bays side with their response. If it happened in one of my games, I know me and my teammates would have the same reaction. I think Downie may get a suspension on this, he came from the bench to get into an altercation.
Realignment: Obviously a lot to talk about here. I am really interested to see how the 4 conferences break down every year and to see what kind of playoff series we get. It should really heat things up in the first and second rounds of the playoffs as teams will always be playing the same rivals.
That's it for my first post. Hope to get one out everyday if I can. Thanks for checking it out.
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