San Jose Sharks (NHL 11 BAGM)

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San Jose Sharks Depth Chart - 2010-11
	STARTER	2ND	3RD	4TH
LW	D.Heatley	R.Clowe	J.Mcginn	T.Mitchell
C	J.Thornton	J.Pavelski	L.Couture	S.Nichol
RW	P.Marleau	D.Setoguchi	O.Nolan	J.Ortmeyer
D #1	P.Ranger	D.Murray	K.Huskins
D #2	D.Boyle	N.Wallin	J.Demers
G	J.Theodore	T.Greiss

Sharks Season Preview

Last year, the Sharks had yet another fantastic regular season followed by a disappointing playoff performance, being defeated by the eventual champions Chicago Blackhawks in the conference finals. This year, the Sharks need to forget about years past and start winning in the playoffs. Joe Thornton has been appointed the new captain after Rob Blake’s retirement, with Owen Nolan and Dan Boyle serving as alternate captains.

Offense:
Scoring shouldn’t be a problem for the Sharks this season, as their lineup features talented snipers Setoguchi, Heatley and Marleau along with playmakers Thornton and Pavelski. The Sharks also possess power forwards Owen Nolan and Ryan Clowe. The bottom six will provide grit and checking with players such as McGinn, Nichol, Ortmeyer and Mitchell.

Defense:
Dan Boyle emerges as the definite #1 defenseman for the Sharks with Rob Blake’s retirement. He will have a new defensive partner as well, as M-A Vlasic was shipped to Tampa in exchange for Paul Ranger. The second pairing for the Sharks features Swedish bruisers Doug Murray and Niclas Wallin. Kent Huskins and young Jason Demers will patrol the San Jose blueline on the third pairing.

Goaltending:
Probably the biggest question mark heading in to the season, Jose Theodore and Thomas Greiss will stop pucks for the Sharks this year. Theodore has the talent, but consistency is always an issue. Thomas Greiss is still young and inexperienced. one will have to step up if the Sharks are going to make any significant progress in the playoffs.

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Sharks Conclude Disappointing Pre-Season

The Sharks ended their pre-season 1-3, and while they hope to do better in the regular season, the biggest news was that checking center Scott Nichol has suffered a concussion after recieving an elbow to the head from Ryan Getzlaf in the Sharks 4-3 loss to the Anaheim Ducks. Nichol needed help to get off the ice, and Getzlaf was assessed a minor penalty on the play. Torrey Mitchell will center the fourth line with Jed Ortmeyer and Georges Laraque on his wings.

SJS 9-4 DAL
ANA 4-3 SJS
PHX 4-3 SJS
SJS 3-4 LAK

Injury Report
Pos	Player	Injury Note
C	Scott Nichol	Concussion 4-5 weeks

[SENS_AK27]

Interesting start but the smiley faces are killing this for me.

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Quote: Originally Posted by SENS_AK27

Interesting start but the smiley faces are killing this for me.

Smiley faces?

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Yeah, after every space there's 2 of these faces


Like say your talking about this.

Pavelski got two goals and an assist to help lead the Sharks beat the Ducks

Thornton and Heatley also recorded points.

That's what's happening, and while you're writing has been pretty good that just kills it and isn't easy on the eyes when there's a lot of them on there.

[SENS_AK27]

If you are copy/pasting from a Word Document that's usually what happens.

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Quote: Originally Posted by SENS_AK27

If you are copy/pasting from a Word Document that's usually what happens.

That must be it. Will fix.