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Sharks find a new way to win

So how good are the Sharks this season? So good that style points are starting to matter. When they "muck and grind" their way to a 2-0 victory, as coach Todd McLellan described Thursday night's win over Anaheim, you start to wonder if the flu has hit the entire team...
>> bayareasportsbeat.blogspot.com/2008/12...
 

NHL Morning Papers (Tuesday Edition): Separate profiles of the Koivu brothers, more optimism regarding Winnipeg and is the Battle of Ontario still relevant?

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In this morning's papers, the Wild decides to accomodate its baseball fans, Rob Blake speaks highly of Dean Lombardi's plan in Los Angeles, Saku Koivu fits in well in Anaheim, Joe Pavelski out for a couple weeks with a foot injury, the Leafs' goalie mystery continues and...
>> illegalcurve.com/2009/10...
 

Half way through the season, who have been the studs and who the duds?

A little bit over 42 games have gone by for most teams, usually at this point we?re getting ready for the playoff push, and it is on this time that we come to see which players or teams have been either surprises or disappointments. Let?s start with the players: Who?s been great this...
>> rumormethis.com/rumors/...
 

Trade Tanguay, Don't Sign Blake... Next Move: Fire Giguere

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Francois Giguere has been the Colorado Avalanche GM for less than 2 months, and he has already dismantled 8 years of former GM Pierre Lacroix's hard work. Alex Tanguay is gone, even after he expressed interest in returning to the Avs. Rob Blake is gone, even after he expressed...
>> yourenotcanadian.blogspot.com/2006/07...
 

Shark Notes - 6/1

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- Sharks EVP/GM Doug Wilson and President/CEO Greg Jamison appeared on Comcast Sportsnet Bay Area's hour long Chronicle Live sportstalk progam last Tuesday with Mercury News opinion columnist Mark Purdy and host Greg Papa. Doug Wilson talked about the anger and disappointment...
>> www.sharkspage.com/2009_06...
 

Puck Headlines: Pens' bling; big captaincy moves for Sharks, Leafs

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Here are your Puck Headlines: A glorious collection of news and views collected from the greatest blogosphere in sports and the few, the proud, the mainstream hockey media.• The Pittsburgh Penguins have received their Stanley Cup rings, and they look slightly less impressive than...
>> sports.yahoo.com/nhl/blo...
 

Puck Headlines: Pens' bling; captain moves for Sharks, Leafs

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Here are your Puck Headlines: A glorious collection of news and views collected from the greatest blogosphere in sports and the few, the proud, the mainstream hockey media.• The Pittsburgh Penguins have received their Stanley Cup rings, and they look slightly less impressive than...
>> sports.yahoo.com/nhl/blo...
 

Fantasy Hockey Roundup

Who?s Eric Staal, C, Carolina Hurricanes- There?s no getting around the fact that fantasy owners have been greatly disappointed by Staal this season as he has not fulfilled anywhere the promise they thought he had when they drafted him.? However, he may be blooming late as he has been ...
>> sportstalkbuzz.com/2009/02...
 

All About The Captaincy In San Jose

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from Mark Emmons of the Mercury News via the Santa Barbara News-Press, T he letter is just a thin piece of embroidered fabric, a couple of inches long. It doesn’t look like anything special when pulled out of an equipment-room drawer. But when stitched onto the uniform of...
>> www.kuklaskorner.com/index.p...
 

Season ending interviews with San Jose Sharks head coach Todd McLellan and general manager Doug Wilson

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The camera work is shaky, had to stretch over a couple of television cameras, but here is a partial clip of comments made by head coach Todd McLellan and general manager Doug Wilson at the end of season media interview sessions. Head coach Todd McLellan held an end of season interview...
>> www.sharkspage.com/2009_04...
 

NHL Morning Papers (Tuesday Edition): Mike Commodore doesn?t like Mike Babcock, Pogge getting more of a chance and the Predators load up the top line

Here are the morning papers for Tuesday the 27th of Are the Ducks going to trade Chris Pronger or Scott Niedermayer in an effort to rebuild on the Mike Knobler tells us that Tobias Enstrom and Niclas Havelid have been plus players for Milan Lucic wants to return to the ...
>> www.illegalcurve.com/2009/01...
 

Requiem for a Team...

Superstitious as I am, to prepare for tonight's Game 7, I did what I did for their last Game 7: Went to my fourth-grade class, headed to the Sunrise Mall, changed the lyrics to a song on the radio in my mom's Volvo to words about the Rangers winning the Stanley Cup, and sat...
>> www.nyhockeyrivalry.com/2009/04...
 

Ritter's Rant: Looking Into the NHL

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Written By: Mark “The Hard Hitter” RitterReports suggest that Ottawa Senators disgruntled forward Dany “it’s all about me” Heatley still wants out of Ottawa. I got news for you Dany: Senators general manager Bryan Murray would pull the trigger on a deal...
>> bleacherreport.com/article...
 

Preview: San Jose Sharks' Options For Alternate Captain

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There has been a plethora of questions surrounding the Sharks' leadership situation. People are wondering if and when the captain's "C" will be peeled off the jersey of Patrick Marleau and to whom the insignia will be given to instead. In addition to these swirling...
>> bleacherreport.com/article...
 

Games 4-7

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Anyone who has been following the Sharks recently knows three things: 1) The offense is pretty good, 2) the defense is iffy, and 3) us here at the Odyssey (me) haven't been doing a great job at keeping you up to date on all of that. But, just like the Sharks, business here is just...
>> sharkshockeyodyssey.blogspot.com/2008/10...
 

2009-10 NHL WCF, A Rematch of 2003-04 WCF: Calgary Vs San Jose

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With the rest of the NHL community providing ridiculously early playoff picks (there is not much more to write about during mid July), I figured it wouldn't hurt to join the party. But instead of offering which 16 teams I feel will be playing come mid April 2010, I will offer...
>> bleacherreport.com/article...
 

Opening weekend 2008/09

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I've been incredibly busy recently, and the blog has suffered a bit. But have no fear, the resurgence of the blog is here. I got three games to cover, so let's start there.But first, an incredibly sad piece of news out of Russia yesterday. Rangers prospect and current KHLer...
>> sharkshockeyodyssey.blogspot.com/2008/10...
 

The Skow Summer Simmer of San Jose's Offseason

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The scene in downtown San Jose after waiting all off season for Doug Wilson to make a move.Depending on who you ask, this has been a summer of disappointment. No moves, no change, Doug Wilson has abandoned us! If we take a step back from that brink, we discover that there HAVE been...
>> hlog.blogspot.com/2009/08...
 

Where Did My Sports Go?

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Today (Today Today), I consider myself (myself myself), the most bored man (man man), on the face of the Earth (Earth Earth). The Miami Heat stormed back from a 2-0 deficit to win the NBA Championship last night. The Carolina Hurricanes have already had their victory parade for their...
>> yourenotcanadian.blogspot.com/2006/06...
 

Untitled

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Much Aliu About Something: Sudbury Draft EnigmaSo what do you do with Akim Aliu?Pass him by, do you?A scouting report by Dr Seuss,Wouldn't be of much use.Few in his year match him for skating,Yet so many avow Akim-hating.http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qzrLzLMJeGA&mode=related...
>> garejoycesgames.blogspot.com/2007/02...
 

BLAKE NAMED CAPTAIN

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The San Jose Sharks have named Rob Blake as their captain for the coming season. Joining Blake in official leadership roles are alternate captains Joe Thornton and Dan Boyle. Blake, who joined the Sharks last year, and is a past Stanley Cup wi...
>> sharks.nhl.com/club/ne...
 

Sharks name Blake new captain

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After stripping Patrick Marleau of the San Jose Sharks captaincy in mid-August, the team pinned the 'C' to the chest of Rob Blake on Wednesday.
>> www.cbc.ca/sports/...
 

NHL / Blake named Sharks' captain

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The Sharks announced that defenseman Rob Blake will be the team's captain, with Joe Thornton and Dan Boyle as the alternates. San Jose opens its season tonight at Colorado. Big deal for Ward: The Hurricanes signed goaltender Cam Ward, 25, to a $37.8 million...
>> feeds.sfgate.com/click.p...
 

Dealing with Injuries

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The San Jose Sharks success to start 2009-10 shouldn’t come as a surprise. They’ve got the big horses in Joe Thornton, Patrick Marleau, Dany Heatley, Dan Boyle, Rob Blake, Evgeni Nabokov and others carrying their weight. However, t...
>> sharks.nhl.com/club/ne...
 

San Jose Sharks: No Rob Blake? No Problem. Derek Joslin is Stepping Up

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If there is one weakness on the league leading San Jose Sharks roster, most people would say it's their depth on defense...Read the full article on Bleacher Report...
>> bleacherreport.com/article...
 
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