San Jose Jumps the Shark

The San Jose Sharks have been perennial cup contenders, and killing my playoff pool with early exits, for years. They have has some success the last two seasons making it to the conference finals, but for all their talent and all their ability this group just can't seem to get it right, and may miss the playoffs this year as a result. Yes there is still a chance they may make the playoffs but that isn't good enough for a team with this ability and this much talent. It's not that they don;t give an honest effort something just seems to be lacking and I for one am at a loss. They should easily win the Pacific division if you look at their roster, and yes I know games aren't played on paper, but to say they wouldn't even crack the top eight? I know the west is a tough conference but still. Call on the lack of leadership or injuries to the likes of Ryan Clowe and Martin Havlat (shocking I know) but other teams have had these issues as well. With the season winding down they had a chance to control their own destiny having games at hand but after losing those they now have to pretty much win out in order to make it to the post season party. This will be no easy task with all games against division opponents including LA who they are chasing for eighth. We'll see if they swim or are left dead in the water...