commentary...

i never said that the San Jose Sharks were not a very good team,because they are a very good team,but exchanging goals and grit for goals and a little more grit,does not change the chemistry,or the dynamic of the team,as much as they may want... going to two straight conference finals means that the team has had close to a hundred games a year,including two seven game series' wins,last year... pundits have said that the Sharks now has the chemistry to get to the Stanley Cup Finals,this year... being as objective as i can be,i just do not see that jump in this team,because you simply do not have the massive firepower that teams really need,day to day,to get by the tougher defensive teams,in the NHL,and the best goaltenders on the planet... they are very dangerous,but do they have the offense that score goals,that are dug up in front of the goal,when people are sprawling,in front of the net trying to stop the puck,and then be the team that blows away teams that are on the bottom of the totem pole,and not let teams who have no right to win,but find the way a way to beat your team(example:before last year,having the lowly New York Islanders shut down and shut out the Red Wings,the last two times that they play(6-0,in 2009,and 2-0,in 2008)),but can the Sharks lose three games,in a row scoring only three goals,and mentally bounce back,from a goal drought that will happen sometime this season... the really great teams find a way to stop long losing streaks,and score goals,when everything is hitting a post,or stopped by a goaltender who simply is not going to beat that night,but the great team finds a way to get a win,or a critical point,when the opposing goaltender is hot,and they walk away with a point on a night that normal teams lose... going to two conference finals in a row,is very,very good,but,in my opinion,the Sharks have increased their overall team speed,but is the chemistry right,to go, finally,to the Stanley Cup Finals,against the Eastern Conference champions,in June,or will they run out of gas,because of team fatigue? that is something that nobody is talking about,because fatigue can breed injuries,like the Red Wings,in 2009-2010,when they lost eight major players,to injury,during the first half of season,and they simply ran out of gas making a desperate run to fifth in the Western Conference,before the playoffs,and had to make the ultimate road trip,in the playoffs,and losing to the Sharks,in five hotly contested games... can the Sharks mentally go through a hundred,or more games,and win critical games,at times that they have no right to win(steal a game),or deal with an occasional tough loss that great teams have? can they deal with injuries that sidetrack major cogs,in their team chemistry,like Joe Thornton going out for a few games,with a major injury,for example? on paper,they are one of the better teams,in NHL,but paper does not win the Stanley Cup... finally,can the owner accept the front office's possible inept handling of talent,when they come up short,again,if the Sharks lose in the playoffs... Vancouver,and the rest of the Western Conference awaits,for the Sharks,and they are not going to just roll over for them,and let them just waltz into the Stanley Cup Finals,and no team is just going to give them the Stanley Cup... they will have to earn every win,and are they good enough?