So....San Jose is a different team....

[wmubronco420 25]

its a good thing they have great secondary scoring with guys like pavelski and seto. Thorton and marleau have once gain done they're disappearing act.

[clutchngrab 12]

On the bright side maybe Mike can hire Todd back.

[SouthernWingsFan 854]

The verdict is still out on whether San Jose is a different team. A tied series just 2 games into a best-of-7 series in the first round of the playoffs is a bit too early to determine this.

[Guest Hatethedrake!]

McLellan is a good coach. He just can't get Thornton, Marleau or Heatley to compete hard enough. But no one has been able to that in the playoffs. Boston knew all about JT before anyone else did and dealt him to the Sharks. Marleau was stripped of his captaincy for a reason. He folds like a cheap suit in big games. Heatley had a decent playoff run in 2007 but was nowhere to be found versus Anaheim in the Cup Final. I'd get rid of these 3 plus Nabokov and re-build the team. Clear all kinds of cap space and have better overall depth plus some good draft picks. Rob Blake needs to retire.

[RockyMountainWingGal 108]

^^^ This. Good post.

I watch alot of the Sharks since I'm close to the West coast. I really thought they'd lucked out drawing the Avs this year and would easily take care of business. They are lucky as s*** to be tied 1-1. That penalty in OT on Foote was lame - they got that one handed to them.

As the above poster stated, JT, Marleau and Heatley area all playoff frauds. I wouldn't want any of them on my team. I used to really like Marleau too but his lack of clutch in the post season kind of soured me. Nabokov - kind of like the guy - but just not a good PO goalie.

Yes it would be good to get Todd back in Detroit. Obviously though the losing has nothing to do with Wilson or Todd - it's the cast of characters. I suspect they will pull out round 1 only by virtue of playing such an inferior opponent - but I don't see them making it out of the West....

If this series goes 6 - which it is looking like - I might have to go to game 6 here in Denver and taunt the Sharks - lol.

[Rockitman 11]

As long as #20 Nabokov is tending the net for the Sharks they will never make it past two rounds... He is a farce

[DmitrifromRussia 0]

Nabby must to step it up, but the second round is the ceiling for Sharks anyway.

Still I want Wings/Avs finals for old time’s sake more than Sharks making the second.