When Ducks Attack
Isn’t Ryan Getzlaf like 23-years-old? Look at that attic! Break out the Propecia, dude.
Of all the teams in all the gin joints in all the world, the last club the San Jose Sharks probably wanted to see in the first round is the Anaheim Ducks. The top team in the NHL (the Sharks, based on points) takes on a No. 8 seed who just happens to be in the same division and in the same state. Plus, the Ducks have a Stanley Cup banner to draw experience from. All the Sharks have for experience is disappointment and a lifetime of unmet post season expectations. Call it the Kelly Hrudey curse.
Seriously. What have the New York Islanders, Los Angeles Kings and San Jose Sharks won since he tended net for each of those teams? Zippo. Now the CBC is expecting massive layoffs. This guy must be stopped!
Anyway, I don’t like the Ducks to go very far. They are not the same team they were when they won the cup a few years ago. The depth isn’t there anymore, they take too many penalties, the goaltending is questionable, and Ryan Getzlaf’s bald spot is worse than Randy Carlyle’s vague responses to reporters. The Sharks confuse me, though. Regular season heroes are not to be trusted. Joe Thornton needs to reach at least the final to put something tangible on his resume. He won’t do that, but he will get to the second round. Sharks in seven brutal* games.
And for those looking for a late night drinking game the next two weeks, why not print this off and watch the drunkenness unfold?
*Brutal as in ‘vicious’ and ‘savage,’ not brutal as in the ‘Los Angeles Kings.’
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