🚨🚨EMERGENCY POD🚨🚨
Mike Grier fires David Quinn!
🦈 I learned on Monday that a change could be coming
🦈 Was
#SJSharks
record more on Grier?
🦈
@halfwall_hockey
& I speculate on other reasons
🦈 Type of coach Sharks should hire?
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Dubnyk, on Binnington: "I don't know why he's skating around, pretending to punch guys. I told him to get off the ice, he's 165 pounds, swinging at guys, fake punching guys."
Couture: "You gotta give credit to Jumbo. As soon as we got to the bench [after Pavelski injury], he said, 'You guys go out & get f****** 3 goals right now.' When a man who's played 20 years orders you around like that, you gotta go do it. We got 4."
Anthony Duclair finds the NHL's ban of Pride jerseys & tape -- and all other on-ice specialty night expressions -- "puzzling": "That's why the NBA, NFL, leagues like that, they're always growing year after year, always getting new fans, new viewership."
David Quinn on being ranked the 29th most-handsome coach in the NHL: "It means I'm not last! It's what coaching does to you, look at me."
On No. 3 Derek Lalonde: "I know Derek Lalonde. He ain't No. 3. There's a 3 in there, but there's another number after it. Please quote me."
Karlsson: "You trade a guy like Timo, I don't think that shows that this is going to be a quick turnaround. It's unfortunate...understand what needs to be done from an organizational perspective, and it just sucks that it happened to be where I'm at in this stage of my career."
Evander Kane's full comments on Ryan Reaves fight, some highlights:
"He thinks it's the WWE. Probably going to end up there pretty soon."
"Nobody thinks of Ryan Reaves as a hockey player."
"To chirp Jumbo's vision. The guy has over 1,000 assists. That doesn't seem too bright."
Reimer told this great story: He said doing goal review, 4 fans were banging the glass hard. He tried to ignore them. But finally, because they were Sharks fans, he looked up. They were telling him one of his straps had come off. "Part of the win tonight goes to those 4 fans."
Quinn says Hertl was around the room today to say goodbye.
Quinn called the mood somber. He says it was an optional skate today and when he asked any of the players if they wanted to skate, no one raised their hand.
Tough day for
#SJSharks
organization
Kane, on his fight with Reaves: "For the so-called toughest guy in the league, I don't know if he landed a punch. At times, I thought I was fighting the Muffin Man. I didn't expect that, I expected more of a battle."
#SJSharks
#VegasBorn
Karlsson loves Mark Stone: "I always knew he was going to be great.
"Mark from when he came in, in Ottawa, being a rookie. I could tell he's a winner.
"I had dinner with him in March and the guy could barely walk. I was like how are you gonna play? He's like, I'll be fine."
I'm hearing that Granlund is going to
#SJSharks
in a Karlsson trade, and I THINK Petry is being re-routed to Montreal. Not sure about other pieces. It does sound like it's happening today
Hey guys, I won’t be covering
#SJSharks
tonight & the pod is off this week because my father-in-law has passed away.
He was a good guy who taught me a lot about putting family first. I also wouldn’t have the best wife in the world w/o him.
I'll see you at the Tank on Monday.
Reporter: Is Dustin Byfuglien the strongest player in the league?
Reaves: I'm the strongest player in the league. (laughs)
Reporter: Is he the second-strongest?
Reaves: He might be, yeah.
#VegasBorn
#WPGWhiteOut
Couture was very complimentary of Jay Woodcroft,
#LetsGoOilers
for calling up
#SJSharks
fan favorite Jason Demers to play his 700th NHL game at SAP Center.
Not so complimentary of
#Yotes
treatment of Demers:
Karlsson shared that while he never personally spoke with Eugene Melnyk after the trade, that the Sens owner still sent him flowers when his kids were born: "People read things and they hear things, but there's a lot more to the story."
Sturm appreciates the fans: "They pay my bills, they buy tickets, they buy merchandise. They love the team, they love us as players. There's going to be a day where not a soul in the world is going to ask for my autograph...I try to take the time...put a smile on their face."
Grier, on Karlsson: "At this time, I'm anticipating he's here for the rest of the season."
But says if someone wants him, where there's a will, there's a way
Gabriel didn't mince words when asked about Wednesday's insurrection at the Capitol: "I think it's a joke. I think white supremacy is an epidemic. Democracy was attacked."
DeBoer: "The 2 hardest, heaviest teams are in the Final. Everybody talks about skill & speed, there's room for all these small players. There is a room for that. But I don't think it's an accident.
"There was no space. They're heavy, hard & organized. There wasn't any room."
Thornton, on Tomas Hertl's contract situation: "I hope he stays with the Sharks for a long time because I know the fanbase loves him and the guys love him in the room."
Can confirm Barabanov is being scratched tonight for trade-related reasons. Not sure on Duclair yet.
But told there is “significant interest” in both heading into tomorrow
Pavelski admits it wasn't a major penalty: "I played against those guys for a lot of years. Friends with [Stastny]. I got no issues with that play. Was it a 5-minute major? No. I don't think it was. Am I glad they called it they way? Heck yeah."
Martin Jones, via agent Kevin Epp, sent me this message to pass along to
#SJSharks
fans: "I really wish I could have helped turn things back around with this group."
Karlsson, on
#SJSharks
being in "reset" mode: "Obviously, I did not sign here to go through a rebuild. Go through what I did for 10 years in Ottawa.
"We need to find a way to build with the core that we have.
"I do think we have a good group of guys here."
Kaut says he asked for a trade 5 times in 5 years from Colorado. Trains with Hertl in summer, says it was actually Hertl who called him to inform him of trade ahead of even Sakic
This is Tom Wilson exact quote after his late hit on Jonathan Marchessault in last year's Final: "I think he’d probably say he shouldn’t have admired his pass and I’m just finishing my check."
Kane had a personal message for me, when I asked him why it didn't work out in San Jose: "We've continued to beat this dead horse over and over and over again...You probably write more articles about me than you write about anybody else on the team."
Thornton's message to Sharks fans: "They loved me; I loved them right back...The Shark Tank was one of the best buildings to play in. We had a lot of great memories there. I love them all. They treated me with great respect. I hope I did them proud when I played."
Per Sharks: "The San Jose Sharks have informed Evander Kane that he has been placed on unconditional waivers with intent to terminate his contract for breach of his NHL Standard Player Contract and for violation of the AHL COVID-19 protocols."
I'm told Shakir Mukhamadullin is headed to San Jose this week. No word yet if he starts with
#SJSharks
or Barracuda first, or if he'll even play at all (he just finished a long KHL season)
Karlsson could've skipped this weekend, but he didn't. Why?
"It's in San Jose. It's for this organization, this city, this fanbase. I'm a part of that. I want to do my part. It's important for me to be here this weekend to give them back something. I'm looking forward to it."
I asked Meier, if something changed, would he be open to re-signing with
#SJSharks
? "Yeah...that hasn't made any progress."
To be honest, it seems like he's resigned to leaving San Jose
"It's very weird" is what one source just told about how long it's taking for Meier trade details to come out.
Just echoing what we're all thinking -- not saying either way that there's something afoot
Hertl says he was thinking of dumping it in & changing, noted Theodore's stick might have deflected puck: "If you don't try, you never know."
"If you don't try, you never know. ~Tomas Hertl" ~Michael Scott
Boughner has no more fucks to give about the goaltending, on why
#SJSharks
lost: "3 bad goals. Didn't get a save. You guys watched the game, it's pretty obvious."
Hoffman, on getting traded to
#SJSharks
again: "I was only there for maybe an hour the last time and it looks like it might be a little longer than that this time."