Comments on: Hmm, We Might Have a Team Here http://dudesonhockey.com/2008/10/31/hmm-we-might-have-a-team-here/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=hmm-we-might-have-a-team-here Two dudes blogging and podcasting about the San Jose Sharks, straight from sunny California. Tue, 22 May 2012 22:18:51 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Evilducks http://dudesonhockey.com/2008/10/31/hmm-we-might-have-a-team-here/#comment-3491 Evilducks Fri, 31 Oct 2008 20:15:19 +0000 http://sharks.hockeyanalysis.com/?p=229#comment-3491 I think Mitchell, Grier and Clowe will make a solid 3rd line that can score, but I wouldn't put them at the same level as the top lines from most teams. Name a team with a worse first line? Even the Sedin triplets in Vancouver have more fire power than that. Okay, maybe better than the Islanders top line. I'm not saying its a bad 3rd line, it's a great 3rd line, it's just not a top line. I think Mitchell, Grier and Clowe will make a solid 3rd line that can score, but I wouldn’t put them at the same level as the top lines from most teams. Name a team with a worse first line? Even the Sedin triplets in Vancouver have more fire power than that. Okay, maybe better than the Islanders top line.

I’m not saying its a bad 3rd line, it’s a great 3rd line, it’s just not a top line.

]]> By: Brian Boitano http://dudesonhockey.com/2008/10/31/hmm-we-might-have-a-team-here/#comment-3490 Brian Boitano Fri, 31 Oct 2008 18:08:48 +0000 http://sharks.hockeyanalysis.com/?p=229#comment-3490 Loving Clowe and Pavs right now, and Gooch is quickly becoming a monster in both ends. And has Patty ever been quicker? I have to say, the season thus far is exactly what us die hards needed to get us back on the bandwagon after last postseason. It'll be interesting to see what happens when Mitchell comes back. Does he screw up the chemistry or create a third line that matches the first from most every other team? Loving Clowe and Pavs right now, and Gooch is quickly becoming a monster in both ends. And has Patty ever been quicker? I have to say, the season thus far is exactly what us die hards needed to get us back on the bandwagon after last postseason. It’ll be interesting to see what happens when Mitchell comes back. Does he screw up the chemistry or create a third line that matches the first from most every other team?

]]> By: Mike http://dudesonhockey.com/2008/10/31/hmm-we-might-have-a-team-here/#comment-3489 Mike Fri, 31 Oct 2008 18:08:24 +0000 http://sharks.hockeyanalysis.com/?p=229#comment-3489 Predicted? No. Hoped for? Yes. As much as we'd like to think good teams should beat bad teams, it doesn't always happen that way. And with half a new defense and a new coach, there's no way in hell I would have predicted this start. Predicted? No. Hoped for? Yes. As much as we’d like to think good teams should beat bad teams, it doesn’t always happen that way. And with half a new defense and a new coach, there’s no way in hell I would have predicted this start.

]]> By: Jeremy http://dudesonhockey.com/2008/10/31/hmm-we-might-have-a-team-here/#comment-3488 Jeremy Fri, 31 Oct 2008 17:48:34 +0000 http://sharks.hockeyanalysis.com/?p=229#comment-3488 It could be the bag of circus peanuts that I just inhaled talking, but isn't this record what you'd have predicted? Like grier has said, you've got to beat the teams you're supposed to beat. Early part of the schedule includes a fair share of those teams. I think it'd have been realistic to expect a split with Anahiem, and a split with Philly. Throw in a shootout loss (maybe to the Pens), and 8-2-1 seems fair. Getting to the quarter pole at the same pace has some obstacles. Does a 13-5-2 record after 20 games seem fair? Games against Minny, the 'Yotes, Flames, and Hawks are the biggest challenges. If the pace does keep up, and the record is 16-3-1, I'll believe they could go deeper than the second round. It could be the bag of circus peanuts that I just inhaled talking, but isn’t this record what you’d have predicted?
Like grier has said, you’ve got to beat the teams you’re supposed to beat. Early part of the schedule includes a fair share of those teams. I think it’d have been realistic to expect a split with Anahiem, and a split with Philly. Throw in a shootout loss (maybe to the Pens), and 8-2-1 seems fair.
Getting to the quarter pole at the same pace has some obstacles. Does a 13-5-2 record after 20 games seem fair? Games against Minny, the ‘Yotes, Flames, and Hawks are the biggest challenges.
If the pace does keep up, and the record is 16-3-1, I’ll believe they could go deeper than the second round.

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