Now you've done it: You've seriously, SERIOUSLY screwed yourselves.
Words cannot adequately portray just how big this "Detroit Problem" is right at this very moment. Catastrophe doesn't quite cover it. Crisis doesn't either.
I will grant there has been some very close games this series and moments in which I felt there was a legitimate chance for a Round 3 in your future...but the point is, after 60 minutes, you've been the loser three of the past three games. And the glaring issue is that it would have only taken one push, one flurry, one huge shift...and this series could have been over with you advancing to play Vancouver on Saturday.
You haven't had that push, that flurry, that shift. But Detroit has. They've found their stride. And that is why we're now possibly on the verge of witnessing a second 0-3 comeback in two years.
Fanfuckingtastic.
What the hell is wrong with you, San Jose? How can SO much talent play that poorly together as a team? I just don't get it. And what is the deal with your big stars? Why do they disappear in big games, like this game tonight? Or maybe, the truth of the matter is, you don't have any big stars because big stars get it done, like Detroit did. Big stars push it to seven, make something out of nothing, fight back from failure and succeed. Like Detroit did.
Three game lead? Gone. So gone you've now put yourself into a winner takes all death match situation in which the "machine" known as the "Detroit Red Wings" is likely going to annihilate you. And honestly, at this point, you deserve it. Unless you can come up with a masterful performance and come out swinging in Game 7, you deserve a summer off. And if, while you're at it, you could stop teasing your fans with post-season appearances that result in nothing because the SAME problems arise, that would be great too.
I get that you were without Ryane Clowe this game...but Detroit was out Johan Franzen and they seemed to make it work. That's what phenomenally-talented, playoff-winning teams do. They make it work. And in Game 7, Detroit will likely make it work. No Franzen and a bum-wrist Datsyuk? No. Effing. Problem. Home ice advantage? Worthless. Patrick Marleau? Still gutless. Your 3-0 lead? A prologue to the story of this playoff series.
At this point, I don't even think having you continue on in the series is all that good for anyone. I may hate Detroit but at least they're playing some fantastic hockey as of late. And I may hate Detroit but at least I know they'll show up on Thursday.
It's impossible to say the same for you. I don't think you have that extra level. I really don't. The same things that won you those three early games just aren't going to cut it this time. Let's not kid ourselves here: You barely eeked those wins out anyway.
If the Wings win on Thursday, I will barely bat an eyelash. And if the Wings win on Thursday, I don't think you'll ever shake that "choking" reputation...
...because clearly, that's what Sharks do best...
-Shaela
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