The San Jose Sharks, who became a common laughing stock in the NHL, played two completely unforgivable home games at the end of the week, writes Urheilu’s NHL reporter Tommi Seppälä.
Tommi Seppälä NHL reporter
It’s one thing to be bad. It’s another thing to let go and embarrass yourself. At the end of the week, the San Jose Sharks, who are profiled as the NHL’s official throwing bag and point machine, chose the last of the options. It really let it go in its two home matches.
Vancouver beat San Jose 10-1, Pittsburgh 10-2.
No matter how hard you try to understand one crushing loss, there’s no way you’ll get through two. Two total crushing defeats in front of their own audience is a shocking shame for the entire organization. How toothlessly the shark, even giving up, performed in front of his own audience is unforgivable.
The gaze turns strongly as well by David Quinn to lead the coaching team.
It was known that San Jose would not compete for anything other than the best odds in the reserve lottery in the starting season – in other words, for the jumbo spot in the league. However, the fact that the club has the worst ten-game start in NHL history is too much.
Ten matches, no wins
This San Jose is not a team. It is difficult to get a picture of the collective as a group that cares about its neighbors. The fact that each of the players seems to be in the rink from change to change only saving their own prey is reflected in situations and results in an ugly way.
The crudest and even the most outrageous example of this was seen in the Vancouver sowing.
When Andrei Kuzmenko changed the readings to 0-6, he drove with the same force towards the one who played with San Jose’s goal Kaapo Kähkö.
In the situation, Kähkönen got a really hard hit on the head and left the rink immediately.
What did the players of San Jose do when they bumped into their own goalkeeper and he fell to the ice?
Nothing at all. Instead, the players of the opponent Vancouver ran worriedly to the place.
As a single situation, this could have been an even bigger shame for the whole team than two ten-goal seedings.
No worries about your own goalkeeper, no reminder to Kuzmenko, nothing. Head pressed back to the bench. Embarrassing and unforgivable.
You can lose, but players who make millions must also have professional pride. You shouldn’t give up. Even the best teams play some passing games during the long season, but now we are not talking about a slightly coughing machine. Now we’re talking about a team that didn’t react to a 1-10 loss in any way.
Or react, by submitting more.
And now there’s no need to talk about game things even a word. It doesn’t matter what kind of hockey a team tries to play if it doesn’t have the slightest desire to win, struggle and fight. The NHL has seen a lot, but modern times have not seen such chaos.
A team in fear
This team is afraid – and what’s saddest, many seem to be more afraid for themselves than for the team.
Part of this sad story are also Kaapo Kähkönen and Mikael Granlund. The goalkeepers have not stood on their heads, but Kähkönen can be the first to be exempted from discipline. The team has abandoned its goalkeeper. Granlund is hardly the biggest concern of coaching. Granlund doesn’t shine, but is the last one to strike out.
Unfortunately, too many players in San Jose seem to have the same goal right now: to get out of Northern California as quickly as possible. It is wrong and a disgrace to the whole organization.
The players should quickly realize that such results do not help anyone’s cause. First, we should grow together with this team, even in a rudimentary way. After that, the team has the opportunity to fight for victories and the individuals to come out better. Now many individuals stand out in a way that certainly does not arouse great interest in other club bosses.
In addition to everything, this way the players make the season a record long one for themselves. This team had no playoff dreams at any point, but giving up in October-November is unheard of. Playing like this makes the trip to April incredibly long.
Embarrassing thing.
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