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Jamie's Thought of the Day

by Jamie Baker / San Jose Sharks
  • Say what you want about the Toronto Maple Leafs but they play an entertaining brand of hockey. Lots of scoring chances, some good hits and lots of emotion that led to some good ol’ nastiness on the ice. Of course, I’m not cheering for the Leafs so whether they win or lose is irrelevant to me unlike their passionate fan base that are screaming (literally) for a playoff contending team. The Leafs, by the way, have missed the playoffs 8 of the past 9 years.

  • If Marleau and Nieto use their speed to crash the net like they did vs the Leafs it is going to open up all kinds of ice for Thornton who will inevitably get the puck to them.

  • Tyler Kennedy has looked really good in the two games back since missing 15 games with an upper body injury.

  • Justin Braun continues his steady play with tremendous defense and he chipped in with 2 assists vs the Leafs and was named the 1st star of the game.

  • What happened to the Pacific Division? Two years ago it was considered the best division in hockey. The Sharks currently sit 2nd in the Pacific with 53 points but that point total would only be good enough for 4th place in the Metropolitan Division and 5th place in the Central and Atlantic. Then again we all know we can’t take stock in the LA Kings regular season point totals – fool us once, shame on you, fool us twice, shame on us! Come playoff time the Pacific Division turns into possibly the toughest division to get out of!

  • The past week all the Sharks pro and amateur scouts convened in San Jose for some mid-season meetings. I mentioned on a broadcast that they attend 150 to 200 games and an old friend and scout sent me a direct message on Twitter saying “If they are not going to 300 games and spending 200 nights in a hotel they are working part-time.” Love it! Point is, scouts are the backbone to an organization, have a great eye for talent and they are good old school guys in a very tight-knit scouting community. Good people them scouts are … safe travels guys and keep up the awesome work!
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