Comments on: Slumping Sharks shake up the lines

By: jrod691

jrod691 — Fri, 09 Dec 2011 01:25:25 +0000

For some reason the Sharks absolutely refuse to use the entire zone. All three forwards are ALWAYS crammed fairly close together on the same side of the ice and more often than not at least one (a lot of the time it’s two) of them are behind the freaking goal line. I understand doing that every once in a while but doing it every time you have the puck is idiotic.

I’ve seen enough of the Sharks passing the puck about 8 feet back and forth while the opposing goalie just hugs the near post and is able to take away the angle of both players without ever moving.

By: danphipps01

danphipps01 — Thu, 08 Dec 2011 21:32:25 +0000

In fairness, most of the goalies they’ve faced recently have been pretty high in the standings. Price and whoever Chicago ran that night weren’t, obviously, but they won those matches.

That said, holy Christ, why can they not move the puck into open or screened shooting lanes. I thought Joe Thornton was GOOD at setup. I thought that was pretty much his thing. What the hell? This is NOT a team that should be firing every puck into the goalie’s logo.

By: jrod691

jrod691 — Thu, 08 Dec 2011 17:43:01 +0000

How about altering the offensive zone strategy so the opposing goalie actually has to move a little bit to make a save? Especially on the power-play. If I hear Jamie Baker talk about how the Sharks ran into a hot goalie again my head might explode.