commentary...

the San Jose Sharks are tenth in the Western Conference,but fifth in the Pacific Division,so they are in a hole,dug by a recent eight game home losing streak... amazingly,they are still in the playoff hunt,only three points behind the defending Stanley Cup Champions Los Angeles Kings,but if it was so easy to beat the Kings for the Stanley Cup playoffs,so be it... however,folks,simple question:why are they tenth,in the Western Conference,behind Winnipeg,Vancouver,Calgary,Minnesota,and Los Angeles??? why,as of right now,they have scored only four more goals,than they have allowed,in this entire season??? true,they have won four of last five games(they are only 5-5,in the last ten games,however),but they play a banged up Chicago Blackhawks team this afternoon,but Chicago is a team who can beat any team in the NHL... with fourteen games to play,they need to beat the Kings to the finish,and hope that the teams ahead of them start losing games,in regulation,because "the curse of the three point game" may come back to bite them,in the long run... note:you get a point for a overtime/shootout loss,and that is what i mean by saying that "the curse of the three point game" may come back to bite them... they need a major winning streak,to balance out what happened earlier this season... they need twenty of a possible twenty eight points,i estimate,over the next fourteen games to possibly get into the Stanley Cup playoffs,but folks,the Kings are a team who is not going to lie down,and give the Sharks the playoff spot... by the way,the Kings have won two of the last three Stanley Cups,so they are a tough team to beat... the teams ahead of them have most of the tiebreakers to beat the Sharks,if season ended today,but one team does not,and that is the Kings,but right now,the Kings have a three point lead on the Sharks,but again the Sharks,are in fifth place,in the Pacific Division,and no fifth place team(in a division)will make the Stanley Cup playoffs,at least,not this season... so,the Sharks are in a hole... that does suck,doesn't it???