As you were leaving the Tank or turning off the Sharks 3-1 loss to the Colorado Avalanche last night, didn’t you feel like you were stuck in TV-Land Limbo? Because of the Writers Strike in Hollywood, we are without dozens of our favorite TV dramas and comedies. Are the Sharks on strike as well?

The Sharks were at home. The Sharks outshot their opposition. Nabby made some amazing plays. The Sharks looked disorganized at times. The Sharks lost. Sound familiar – check out these eight home losses that could be confused with last nights effort.

January 3rd 3-2 OT loss to Calgary
December 20th 3-2 OT loss to Phoenix
December 18th 2-0 loss to Anaheim
November 28th 3-2 OT loss to LA
November 24th 2-1 loss to LA
November 7th 3-1 loss to Dallas (remember this one we outshot the Stars 39-12)
November 2nd 5-2 loss to LA (we outshot the Kings 47-30 here)
Oct 13th 2-1 loss to Boston

Eight home losses that fit this criteria. Outshooting opponenets but not being able to cash in clutch goal scoring when we need it. Defensive lapses and mental mistakes – last night Colorado hit the post twice, DW should have put a McLaren jersey on the red guy. Last night was troubling because we lost to a Colorado team that is missing their three best forwards in Smyth, Sakic and Stastny. Inexcusable to not beat these guys on your home ice – but the Avs played harder and won the game legit – it wasnt a cheap win, the Sharks were outplayed by a lesser team last night. They got beat by Ben Guite, Jeff Finger, T.J Hensick, Jaroslav Hlinka, and Kurt Sauer. Not exactly the pinnacle of NHL hockey talent – but they were better than the Sharks last night. Other teams in the West are gaining momentum and the Sharks are 4-5-1 in their last ten. I have been warning that trouble may be just around the corner with the Sharks eight game road-trip-of-death still to come. All eight of these games have playoff implications – all eight teams on the trip are still thinking they have a chance at the postseason. They all have winning records at home, by the way, something San Jose can’t say with their 12-12-4 home count. With #8 seed Nashville only four points behind us, I’m concerned. Is anybody else?

I’m growing weary of American Gladiators, the Moment of Truth and Big Brother 37. (I do like Celebrity Rehab with Dr. Drew on VH1 though. Is that wrong?) I’m sick of these reruns and tired reality shows and I’m ready for some new programming. While Mikey says he thinks there may not be major changes in the offing at the deadline – I wouldn’t put anything past Mr. Poker Face, Doug Wilson. He’s likely to pull off the move we haven’t seen him linked to in the rumor mill and, after last nights rerun of similar home game programming that we’ve been subjected to this season, I hope that DW does some recasting because this San Jose Sharks show isn’t consistently thrilling.