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Game 75: Sharks vs. Predators TT: 00:10:00
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It's time for the Sharks morning skate
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Here are your hosts Dan Ruzanowski and Drew Remenda.
From Sharks I said San Jose,
we've got the Sharks and the Predators on our minds.
The Sharks are tied with the Predators and the Points.
They've got a game in hand, which is good.
Predators have more regulation wins in the Sharks do.
That's one of the tie breakers.
And the only reason why the Sharks are in the second
wildcard spot is because of that game in hand.
So no time like the present.
Let's not forget about the way the Sharks played in Nashville
with those five goals against in the first period.
That is not something it can afford.
They cannot chase the game.
And as head coach Ryan Warzowski said on our show yesterday,
last game, you can't take a shift off.
No, absolutely.
Biggest thing is chasing the game.
It's so hard at this time of year to chase the game.
We've seen it in the Sharks games.
We've seen it in every game that you watch.
The thing about the Nashville game,
it was, it was 10-11 minutes of just terrible hockey
by the Sharks.
Puck manager, it was bad.
Defensive positioning was bad.
Everything was, the goal tending wasn't very good.
But there was a lot of things that just went wrong.
Those first 11 minutes.
Sharks straighten things out after.
But in the human nature of the game,
you're up by four.
And they never were able to, to the Sharks.
We're able to get the game going in their direction.
Because every time they did, Nashville just controlled the game.
So you've got to start on time.
That's a huge key today.
If we're correct, this is going to be the first time
that Yaroslav Askerov has gone against Usasaro's head
to head in the National Hockey League game.
You may also remember that the reason why he's a shark
is because Askerov watched as the Predators re-signed
Saro's to an eight-year contract extension,
which means you're not likely to become
the starting gold tender here anytime soon.
Wanted another opportunity.
And boy, the sharks are really fortunate
that he got to San Jose.
Great management by Mike Greer,
a really smart use of draft picks and trades.
You have to build around the gold tender.
We know that.
And we have to remind ourselves every once in a while.
Yaros is only 23 years old.
He's played 59 games in the National Hockey League.
He's a kid that has got great athleticism.
He talked to Thomas Spear, a gold tender coach.
And I ask him about Yaros and his confidence.
You know, sometimes in the first few years
of an NHL gold tender's career,
the confidence can sag.
He said, I don't ever have to worry about that
because he knows he's a great goalie.
And so do we.
And so that's a great, great thing to have.
That confidence is something you cannot manufacture.
You cannot fake.
So for Yaros Lab, it's going to be a big game.
But again, with Yaros,
just make the saves you're supposed to.
No pucks through you.
That's the key at this time of year.
Why was Artur's earbees so great for the San Jose Sharksy?
Because he made most of the saves when he had to.
When you make them versus how many you make,
but those ones that don't deflate a team.
And looking for a huge performance from it.
Yaros, I thought he played a very good game against the Blues.
It was the Blues, right?
Or the Ducks.
He played against the Ducks.
And the Blues.
Yeah, both games.
Yeah, that's right. Back to back.
I thought he played good.
There's one goal I didn't like.
But I don't know how I thought he played well.
And the sharks need that.
Yeah, they need everybody to be ready tonight.
I was really happy that Ned had a great game and goal last game
because his goal-tending is also going to be critical.
But with Ascarov, for me,
it's the first two or three saves he makes in the game.
If he's sold it on those, if he's square to the shooter,
you're always going to have a good night.
Where is he in his position?
Is what I want to see.
I don't want to see him back in the net.
I want to see him out.
I want to see him aggressive.
I want to see him challenging.
Now he does give you a little bit of
hard palpitations when he's out playing the puck.
But again, it's that I'd rather have to pull a guy back
from his game than push him to it as part of his game
and make some feel into it.
He's been much better when he goes out to play the puck
as far as making smart low risk high reward place.
So with with him, like you said,
early his first few saves.
How does he look and where is he when he's making those saves?
I got a couple of notes that I just
have picked up this morning on the way to the ring.
This was an interesting one that the 32 thoughts guys
put together on their podcast.
Just the other day,
Colorado lost to Vancouver and gave up eight goals.
And the last time that a last place team scored eight goals
in the building of the first place team was 1953
when the Rangers who were in sixth and last place
in the 16 league scored eight against the red wings
of the old Olympia stadium.
But then the conversation continued and they said,
what about the difference in the standings?
The fact that Vancouver is so far behind Colorado,
what was the last time that happened in the NHL?
Guess what?
It was San Jose Sharks against Detroit in 1995.
I think there was 70 points between them in the standings,
something like that, 95, 96 season.
And the sharks, right.
And the sharks won that game in Detroit.
Of course, they didn't have the miracle
that they had the previous two seasons ago.
Yeah.
But I thought it was interesting.
And the other one, you know,
is that struck me was always when we talked about last time,
the sharks never before in NHL history
has a team won three consecutive games
by scoring the winning goal in the last 90 seconds
of the games.
I think it's incredible.
It's amazing.
You know, records are made to be broken,
somewhere good, somewhere bad,
but for the sharks, it's a great thing.
But I don't remember,
I was in Kansas City in 95, 96.
So I don't remember that Detroit game.
Yeah, well, the season was kind of forgettable
the way that it went.
So probably best that you weren't that year, right?
Well, that was the year Jim Wiley took over.
Yeah, we all got fired that year, yeah.
Okay.
The great Jim Wiley.
What a really nice man he was.
Terrific individual.
Good hockey man.
Great guy for the company.
Just a really nice man.
Other NHL note for it today.
Brent Burns is going to play in his 1000th consecutive game
at age 40.
We saw the remarkable end of Patrick Martos career
in which he played 910 consecutive games into his 40s,
which is amazing.
Brent Burns is eclipsing that,
and he's continuing to be a very valuable part
of the Colorado Wabble Ranch team.
In fact, having a bigger role than they thought
they were going to give him.
He's a freak.
He's an absolute freak in nature.
Takes care of himself.
We still don't know what's in that backpack,
but he has got the magic ingredient to fitness longevity.
He's also a guy that now...
I'm not saying he manages his minutes,
but he's really smart on the ice about when he has to push.
When he can, when he can not relax,
but certainly conserve energy.
Might as well be a lot of Duncan Keith in the old days
when Duncan Keith would be out for 30 plus minutes of game.
Duncan Keith wasn't going 30 minutes of game
by just going 100 miles an hour all the time.
So I think that's, you know,
congratulations to Brent Burns on that.
By the way, since you just said that,
Macklin's Celebrity is going 100 miles an hour
for about 23 minutes.
I don't know how the kid does it,
but the energy is going to be a big factor in tonight's game.
He's 19.
We used to go 100 miles an hour earlier in 19.
Not like this kid.
This kid's got a huge engine.
I think last game was a really interesting game
because Mackin will held off the score sheet.
That line held off the score sheet,
but we saw other guys really step up
and play a terrific game and contribute when they had to.
That's obviously the secret of being a successful team.
But we've seen with Macklin,
you don't hold them off the score sheet very often.
He's going to be fired up.
He knows the importance.
You don't have to do anything with Mack.
You don't have to talk to him.
You don't have to, you know,
agamon.
He never, ever waivers as far as his approach to the game
and his drive during the game.
The other thing about that,
even though they didn't score last game,
his 200 foot game was right spot on.
He made some great defensive plays,
taking pucks from opponents.
He's still there.
It's absolutely amazing to watch this young man
at 19 years old play the way he's playing.
And for him,
he's going to have to be the big dog tonight.
As usual, when you say something,
I can go in about 50 different directions
to respond to what you said.
I think what you're talking about
is the key to a successful playoff team,
the fact that they can win without that big gun
having the score to win.
And then the other part is
developing through the other lines.
Look at the way that Misa has come along
in the last couple of games,
playing alongside Tata Tafoli.
And then that fourth line,
my favorite line,
Goodrow, Ostapchuk,
and Godet.
They are rising to the occasion
and providing even more value
and that's going to be big tonight too.
They're the most consistent line
the sharks have had all year.
Whether it's Ryan Reeves or Adam Godet,
Ostapchuk and Goodrow have been
fantastic, terrific on the penalty kill
when Zach and Barkley get out there,
they play straight ahead hockey,
they get their feet moving,
they go to the body,
they create chances,
and have a look on the forecheck.
They take back momentum
and keep it when they have it.
While my last report is looking
out of the ice at power,
play practice,
and I just saw Will Smith
twirling his stick a little bit
just before getting the puck.
He did that during the game
when he passed the puck
to McLean Set-Abrini.
Maybe that's a good sign for tonight.
It's a huge one.
We're on the air at 630.
Jamal Meyers is with me on the call
on the sharks audio network.
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