Comments on: McLellan on PK woes: “We’re not going to reinvent the wheel.”

By: sharksman

sharksman — Wed, 18 Apr 2012 00:41:42 +0000

Niemi si the only one playing good .. Cant blame Nemo if it wasnt for him it would be a llllooootttt worse. Coaching is a issue as much as i like Frodo something has to change and at this point why not go with winchester dont agree with ferrio but it shows how much we need mcginn and thats a mark against wilson. 3 trades no impact.

By: leeo00

leeo00 — Tue, 17 Apr 2012 22:13:04 +0000

Im sorry but im pretty sure the blues are one of the best team on 5 on 5 play . Their pp has struggled most of the year so there 5 on 5 play is what got them to where they are now.

By: sjshark714

sjshark714 — Tue, 17 Apr 2012 20:57:53 +0000

Not even close to the problem… by all accounts the goaltending has been a dead heat. the 5 on 5 play in total has been essentially a dead heat, with the slight edge going to the Sharks in this series. The Blues’ 5 on 5 offense isn’t great at all, and the Sharks can handle it fine, so can Nemo. But the PK is brutal… though EVEN THAT wouldn’t lose them games if they could convert on a PP or 2 per game. But YOU CANNOT be absolutely TERRIBLE on the PK and PP and expect to do anything but lose 4-1… and it was 4-1… if you’re not gonna show up until the last 2 minutes don’t show up at all. Can’t put any of it on Nemo though. Shake it up and bring some toughness back.

By: bleedingteal4life

bleedingteal4life — Tue, 17 Apr 2012 15:16:02 +0000

This might be a nice wake up call for mclellan as well. Maybe they’ll spend some money and replace him

By: bleedingteal4life

bleedingteal4life — Tue, 17 Apr 2012 15:14:37 +0000

Sharks are getting out-goalied. Also, get Demers off the team. There’s a good start

By: fruitsareedible

fruitsareedible — Tue, 17 Apr 2012 14:37:04 +0000

The Sharks PK system against the Blues has been so insanely immobile I’m not sure what they’ve been told. “Get out there, form your diamond, and hold your ground. They’re not a great offensive team, just stand there, they’ll screw up eventually.” I haven’t seen the Sharks PK this static since Calgary would routinely score 10 seconds into their PP a few years back. What sucks is the Sharks can put together a strong PK while being very mobile and putting pressure on the puck. It’s so frustrating seeing the team just stand around with their sticks up their asses on the PK.

The Sharks are a lot better than this, but right now it looks like they don’t want to be, and like finfan88shark said, that falls on coaching.

By: finfan88shark

finfan88shark — Tue, 17 Apr 2012 07:40:14 +0000

Typical response from a coach who has no clue. The sharks entire coaching staff is a joke. Instead of putting Brad Winchester in the lineup he keeps putting Dominic Moore, TJ Galliardi and Torrey Mitchell on the ice. Combined those 3 could barely make a decent 4th line in the AHL. Winchester, Ferrerio and Handzus are all better players. And Jim Vandermeer is better then White. Yet the only adjustment our coach makes is too juggle the line combos. His 1990′s PK brings back memory of Doug Wilson’s days as an average player. And his passive style seems to fit in well with Wilson and the rest of the Sharks ownership group.