I Smell Hockey
October 1st, 2009, 10:00 am
Team captain named. Opening night roster determined, kinda…Game #1 is upon us.
I smell hockey.
Things I’m looking for tonight at the Sharks take the ice.
- How will the top pairing of Boyle and Murray look as a dynamic duo? Is Murray the player we saw in the preseason, ready to take the next step to a legit top four D-man, or was that a flash in the Swedish pan?
- How will Kent Huskins and Jason Demers fare against NHL competition? The effectiveness of that bottom pairing could be the key between a win on the road or a profanity filled tirade in my living room tonight.
- Malhotra/McGinn/Ortmeyer. Can they back up the hype that this line is going to provide the support on both ends of the ice to the top six that Grier/Goc/Cheechoo couldn’t last season?
- Can the Sharks take the heat of an emotional opening night in Colorado where that team will be loose and looking to play their hearts out for the best player in their franchise history?
- I’m summoning the Nabby of 2007-08 with a 2.14 GAA to show up, not the Nabby of 2008-09 with a 2.44 GAA. I also would like to see his save percentage go back up to the .916% area from the .910% of last year.
I think the Sharks are going to run into a “glass case of emotion” in the first period, but the better team will prevail in the end. It will be much harder than it should be, but late penalties will kill the Avs after they take an early lead and the Sharks PP will carry them over the finish line.
Sharks 4 Avs 2
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Go Sharks!
Have a kick ass year guys.
McGinn/Malhotra/Ortmeyer is going to have to wait because tonight it will be McGinn/Malhotra/Ferriero
Heatley – Thornton – Setoguchi
Marleau – Pavelski – Clowe
Shelley – Nichol – Ortmeyer
McGinn – Malhotra – Ferriero
Vlasic – Blake
Murray – Boyle
Huskins – Demers
Nabokov – Greiss
Huskins/Demers terrifies me.
ED, I don’t expect them to see a ton of time and I think Demers is more then just an offensive d-man – he actually has a bit more size compared to someone like Boyle.
They’re going to have to be on the ice at least 10+ minutes, it’s not like forwards where they can skate 5 minutes and let the other 3 lines cover you.
I just forced my wife to listen to repeat sessions of “Party Hard” and “She is Beautiful” by Andrew W.K. on the way over here to Stanley’s to kick off the season.
She’s a brave woman.
I’m a little jittery.
Well, I smell something, I’m not sure I’d call it hockey.
If only your walls could talk Doug, if only your walls could talk…
Wow that Marleau guy is no type of leader is he…
It’s good to see Nabby hasn’t missed a beat since last postseason. And that “sub-par” opposing goalies still play us with such swagger.
Not drinking the kool-aid, just super disappointed.