In my life, I have been to a few World Series games, a World Series blowout, an AFC Championship Game, and a couple Stanley Cup playoff games (all elimination games, one an overtime game). I've even spent a year working for a professional baseball team and spent many of those games either on the field or in the dugout. Of all of these experiences, the Sharks game I attended on Saturday night is somewhere in the top five.
I would agree that, regularly, a regular season game somewhere in the middle of the season should not belong on this list. Yet, somewhere between the excellent seats, my brief conversation with Tom Holy, the Molson's, and the Sharks kicking some ass laid the groundwork for a top-flight sporting experience. Much props to Randy Goettsch for selling me excellent seats at a very reasonable price and for possibly letting me buy them from him more regularly.
On to quick hits:
- Jed Ortmeyer stood and delivered like a champ the day after he was the subject of some discussion here on Meows. His first goal was an instinct play that surprised him when it went in as it did. A nice instinct play from a hockey lifer. Extra points for the strong visual post-goal, celebrating on his knees.
- Greg is not much of a fan of Nabby's but I think even GBF can acknowledge that Nabby has played exceedingly well this season, especially in the past month or so when Nabby has been playing frequently. TM has said, and I agree, that certain goalies play better when they play more. RW thought this was true and in 2007 played Nabby to a record 77 starts. Now, will Nabby tire heading into the playoffs?
- Patrick Marleau kicks ass and must be retained. He deserves to be a career-Shark. The only problem? With Nabby also being a free agent and a much less likely to return player, the Sharks would risk some locker room discord if they locked up PM to a contract anytime during the season and hadnt even made an offer to Nabby.
Okay, I'm tired and I'm out. I'll post more youtubes of interest later in the week.
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