More Homes Will Hit the Market Soon in San Jose

The San Jose Sharks put forth a great effort tonight, but it was too little and most certainly too late.  If it were not for the effort they failed to exhibit in the first two games of this series, this one would not have been necessary.

Dallas definitely proved that they are a better team than Calgary.  The Sharks dominated a couple games in the first round against the Flames, especially game seven when they really needed to.  They were never really able to dominate the Stars in the same way. 

They had a slight edge, however, in five of the six games in all the categories except the scoreboard.  Tonight, they once again had more scoring chances and out-shot Dallas and had the edge in faceoffs for most of the game.

Thus, they appear to have been the better team.  But they lost. 

Brenden Morrow is a 'titan'.  If it were not blasphemy, I would call him a god.  He tipped in the game-winner a few minutes into in the fourth overtime to deal the fatal blow to this Sharks team.

The Sharks have now failed to win more than six games in the playoffs three years in a row now.  They actually regressed by losing two more in the process this year. 

In 2006, a big hit from Raffi Torres to the face of Milan Michalek in Game Three took them off their game, and they failed to advance. 

In 2007, the Sharks were less than 35 seconds away from taking a 3-1 series, but a late goal by Robert Lang when lead took them off their game and they failed to advance again.

This year, they had plenty of those situations and always bounced back.  In Game Three against Calgary, they had both – a vicious hit to the face of Patrick Marleau by Corey Sarich which changed the momentum of a game in which the Sharks blew a 3-0 lead. 

Tonight, a vicious but completely legal hit at the end of the third period by, you guessed it, Brenden Morrow, knocked Milan Michalek out of the game.  The momentum of this game see-sawed more than all the playgrounds in Dallas, but the Sharks never lost their composure.  They even minimized mistakes, something remarkable considering the combination of fatigue and youth on the blue line. 

They did not show a lack of resilience this post-season, but they showed a lack of focus.  They were terrible on special teams.  They had an excessive number of turnovers.  They even showed a lack of work ethic and desire at times.

What the Sharks have is not working.  Changes have to be made and people have to be forced to find new homes.

For starters, Ron Wilson must be fired.  If he fails to motivate these players year in and year out, maybe they need a different voice to respond to. Wilson also seemingly fails to make effective adjustments. 

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