Movin on up??!!

 

Once again it has been a crazy few weeks for the San Jose Sharks.  Recently, the club was on a downward spiral and decided to not make any huge moves at the trade deadline, content to just let the team play out its season and then focus and prepare for the upcoming expansion and deal with the rumours of moves and sales.

 

Well, the rumours still exist, the sale is still being discussed, names of possible buyers are being bandied around, and well, the product on the ice has stepped up.  The Sharks are currently on a 4 game win streak, which coincidentally is the second best in the league right now to the Goliath Rockies of Colorado, and has seen the Sharks move up from their 9th place position they had held for a very long time, into 7th!  With the Oilers and Blues both faltering slightly, San Jose has managed to find themselves in a position they have not been in.  Ever.

 

With 10 games remaining, San Jose is in a playoff position.  Not close to.  Not within one, but in one!  Now the chances of it remaining as such aren’t the kind of things you want to slap a ton of greenbacks down on, but for the first time ever, the end of the season may be a time of hope and excitement.  Both, unfamiliar to this team that have usually at this point in their season already started cleaning there golf clubs for a long off-season.

 

Let us enjoy it, however brief it may be.  It feels good in San Jose today.

 

Chet Ubetcha 

San Jose Sun