Hockey 2010-2011

[k.sucks.you]

Originally Posted by shadows

Wow! The Sharks seem to be wanting to make some changes! First they traded away Setoguchi, and now Heatley is gone to Minnesota!

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I wonder if he regrets whining about wanting out of Ottawa a few years back?

sharks want the cup. Bottom line.

Doug Wilson is keeping it interesting. We picked up some more room under the cap, despite the trades.

It's sad to see players you like go (seto), but I want a cup too!

-K

[shadows]

Originally Posted by k.sucks.you

sharks want the cup. Bottom line.

Doug Wilson is keeping it interesting. We picked up some more room under the cap, despite the trades.

It's sad to see players you like go (seto), but I want a cup too!

-K

Does getting Burns and Havlat make them much better than they were? The problem with Havlat is that he is injury-prone and I don't see him as the player he used to be. I imagine that Heatley is a cancer in the locker room so that is probably why the Sharks were willing to get rid of him. I think that they will regret getting rid of Setoguchi to be honest, as he was awesome in the playoffs.

[k.sucks.you]

Originally Posted by shadows

Does getting Burns and Havlat make them much better than they were? The problem with Havlat is that he is injury-prone and I don't see him as the player he used to be. I imagine that Heatley is a cancer in the locker room so that is probably why the Sharks were willing to get rid of him. I think that they will regret getting rid of Setoguchi to be honest, as he was awesome in the playoffs.

Seto will be missed. He was young, fast, and a good guy who came up through the organization. Losing him, we needed some speed. We'll see if Havlat has it.

Everyone is injury prone by the time the playoffs roll around and the games matter. Thornton and Clowe had separated shoulders, Heatley a broken hand ... The list is long.

Heatley scored a hat trick on his first game in San Jose. People here liked him, and the players too. There were a gaggle of surprised well wishing tweets from them after the trade was announced. I don't think he "was a cancer in the locker room", because the Sharks are pretty successful. When they weren't, he was as much to blame as anyone, and he knew that. He wants to win, and he knows the game. In a less successful organization he might piss people off telling them how to do their jobs. I really don't know, but here in SJ, he was always a professional.

I'm never sure how things will shake out until they do. I don't think the Sharks are much weaker or stronger than last year. Maybe, at this point, I feel some optimism? They've got, maybe this year and next to win it, before age starts to take more of a toll. Tough to point to any weaknesses that glare. They should contend again. Last year we all said: the d is weak without Blake.

I would like to go on record that the Wild make me think of Christmas every time I see them. I imagine I'll laugh when I see Seto and Heatley in red and green. They'll get applause here in the tank when they return...

-K