Barrie

You may want to stick around and see the make up calls.

Watching the Sharks dive all over the ice explains why they're a bunch of chokers and can't win in the playoffs! And we're the team with the Europeans. The Sharks are more suited to play soccer.

I would think the refs will see their mistakes in the intermission and even it out in the 3rd. I'm expecting the Sharks to get warned about diving and a few Wings PP in the last 20 minutes. Kill off the 5 on 3, and we'll be alright.

Thornton just plain sucks!

So Franzen gets high sticked, and he's the one with the penalty?

What's that, 3 PP in a row for the Sharks now?

Shake it off Cleary!

lol, I can read lips. In that scrum behind the net Abby said to someone on the Sharks, "I'll f--in kill you man!"

Kronwall has been owning Thornton all game!

What was Heatley complaining about there? You could see that penalty coming.

Nice PP. Come on tie it up here! The Shark Tank is very quiet right now!

Agreed, vintage Mule!

Nice, Franzen! We got this! We got this!

Agreed, the Sharks have really only had a good two minutes. Why do I have this feeling they won't get another one past Howard tonight?

Nah, it's SJ. They'll figure out how to lose.

Agreed.

There we go! 3-1. Get the next goal and the Sharks will start to panic.

Again, whatever, it's only San Jose.

Ah whatever, the biggest chokers in all of sports scored. That doesn't mean anything.

I was expecting SJ to come out flying considering they're the fresher of the two teams, but this is SJ we're playing... I laughed at Thornton trying to hit Ericsson, and he was the one that fell down.

Why do I have this feeling Datsyuk is going to lay out Thornton a few times in the series? Edit:

Thinking about it, the Sharks have an excellent opportunity here! I remember in the 2002 Wings Championship DVD Shanny said, "If you want to win the Cup, you need to knock off the defending champs. You can't expect someone else to do your dirt work." We're not the defending champs, but we're the back-to-back defending Western Conference champs, and the last Western team to be the champs, so it's the same thing. If Thornton, Marleau, and Nabokov have any playoff guts at all, the time is now! If they want to be a championship team this is the series they have to win! However, after seeing the Wings play in Game 7 and the Sharks playoff disappointments, how can anyone realistically pick the Sharks to win? They can beat the Wings, sure, but how can anyone think they will win? It bugs me Thornton wears #19 :puke:, I have so much respect for that number that I'll never wear it, unless it's on a Red Wings jersey with the name YZERMAN above it. Edit: Wings in 6!

Yea, then they'll have to name more trophies for more types of players and styles. The NHL would have about 100 Trophies to hand out every year and the award show would take about a week

I would assume Crosby will take it, that's just how it goes in the NHL, but I'm cheering for Sedin. It would be nice to see someone other than Cindy and OV win it.

Maybe BeeRYCE was thinking of an award for the best power forward? Lindsay was a power forward, minus his size.