Sharks lose 6th straight. At least in the playoffs my misery ends at 4 in a row.

Yah talk about falling apart and fast, meanwhile Chi is still steamrolling and the Bs are staying fairly solid, still ticked only get 1/2 season.

Bad run. Mix of bad bad play and bad luck, really just bad play. The game against cbj where vlassic is playing anisimov on the breakaway with Foligno to the wall loses his stick. Instead of continuing to play anisimov and just bodying him he stops to go get his stick. Now its a 2 on 1 and a easy goal. How in your own zone you would think thats the best choice I dont know. It was literally like he just said &uckit. This from an (allegedly) top level defenseman.

I claim no significant experience playing hockey; aside from playing street & floor hockey in elementary school, and 1 season of roller hockey in college and I think I learned better than that by day 2.

This is just a frustrating year so far........ Now EJ is out as well.....and word is that the good money is that O'Reilly has played his last game in an Avs jersey.......

Matt Cooke is at it again, and now Ottawa has lost the highest scoring D-man in the NHL for an extended period.

http://espn.go.com/nhl/story/_/id/89...ring-cut-skate

I was watching the game....looked like an obvious stomp to the back of the leg to me. The Pens announcers kept playing it off as an inadventant accident. Watch the replay at 0:46 and decide for yourself.

Hope this guy gets tossed for good. :-)

Sure did look like that guy had some intent there?
Cooke is a POS and should have been dealt with long ago.

I agree with you, looks like it will be another ho-hum season at best :-)

I watched the video on YouTube. I hope he finally goes away, but doubt it will happen. Hes going to say it wasnt on purpose. Given he tried to kick osgood in the neck he has shown he will use his skates. I know you dont like Grapes Tom, but his video on Cooke is perfect and shows a lot of his intent to injure knee hits and headshots. He was quiet for a season, but you knew he would do something.

I agree that his true colors were gonna come out again at some point, Mike...leopard and his spots, ya know. To me, it is clear cut he did that to Karlsson intentionally.

And who said I don't like Grapes? :-) He is obnoxious, but he is also funny and sure knows his hockey.

I can guarantee that he will say it was not intentional. I do think he meant to do it. I've watched a lot of hockey in my life, and I can remember ever seeing someone bringing up the skate like that while finishing a check. Cooke's reputation definitely proceeds him here. I think he should definitely face some disciplinary action.

Shanahan has already said no discipline for Cooke, Steve. And we know Cooke will say it was unintentional. But like you, I know of no play along the boards where lifting the skate a foot of the ice is a "hockey play".

Matt Cooke is the biggest cheat shot artist in the NHL and has been for years. Had to deal with him in Vancouver for years playing against the Wild. I remember one cheap shot in particular where he took a head shot against Mikko Koivu and when our enforcer Matt Johnson (who could take anybody down) stepped in to fight him, Cooke slashed him in the ankle and spent the rest of the game running from him and hiding behind his teammates. Hate that guy.

Avs win(SO)....I'm not watching.... Hope it wasn't some type of karma thing.....:-)

:-)

GO AVS!

I'd say it was mostly because the Wild have no clue how to win shootouts....It was a good game though. The Wild actually scored more than one goal, and the Aves looked pretty good even with all the injuries.

Hawks are now tied for 3rd longest undefeated in regulation streak to start a season, and only 2 from the record. The Anaheim Ducks started 12-0-4 in 2006-07. The Edmonton Oilers went 12-0-3 in 1984-85.

Sharks are just on a downward spiral.
Ugly to watch

Niemi has been the bright spot, with the exception of last night...he just ran into a freight train, Mike.

Avs are going to give up 60 SOG tonight...WTF???

Go Avs!!!

Oilers look desperate, be afraid, E.J.....be very afraid. :-)