Well, these certainly aren’t the San Jose Sharks we were all laughing at after Dan Boyle’s own goal doomed them in overtime in the first round. Since then, they’ve become a much more well-rounded, balanced, confident and dangerous team. After last night’s big comeback win, the Sharks are now just one win away from the Conference finals.
Yep, you read that right. The Sharks are close to heading to the Western Conference finals.
David Pollack of the San Jose Mercury News has some great quotes from the Sharks on their big win yesterday, but this one from coach Todd McLellan really stood out:
“We knew we were a different team and I guess what we have to do is prove that to the hockey world. We believed we were different and we believed in each other.”
Yet the Sharks came alive in the third when in the past they’ve folded, and Joe Thornton (yes, Joe Thornton) made the plays that gave his team a chance to win. This is a different Sharks team.