Canned Heat

I think the Sharks are flying under the radar this year. They are perennial underachievers. As such, this year, nobody was/is talking about them. Count the number of LGW posters (above) who picked the Kings. Will be a tough series, but as a fan, I think the Kings would be a more difficult match-up than the Sharks (for the Wings). You'd never hear a hockey player say so, but if the Wings advance, I'd rather play the Sharks than the Kings. If Quick gets on one of his rolls, it's over . . .

This is what happens when you sit back and play prevent defense. This game should have been over if the pedal was kept to the metal.

This is what happens when you sit back and play prevent defense. This game should have been over if the pedal was kept to the metal.

This is what happens when you sit back and play prevent defense. This game should have been over if the pedal was kept to the metal.

One of the things I like about this board is that other teams' fans come here and post during series and some of them stick around. Sharks fans have been pretty cool, as far as I can tell.
The way I look at it the Sharks kind of modeled themselves after the Wings. You took our assistant coach - play a good puck possession game, kicked our butt in faceoffs (right out of our "old" playbook", etc. What I really notice is that McLellan has everyone buying into the team game instead of me-me-me (#87 anyone?). What I saw last night from the Sharks reminded me of what the Wings usually do.
I catch quite a few of the Sharks games since I live in the mountain time zone. Do us a favor and bounce the Hawks next....