Author Archive for Tejus Govindjie
I am a journalism senior @ San Diego State University. Live, die and breath all sports; hardcore Bay Area fan. Playing guitar and sports is my downtime, usually in some combination with movies (making and watching).
Sharks/Kings Preview and CA hockey
There may be more buzz over the Giants-Dodgers baseball series going on in San Francisco right now, but that may build up an all-California playoff series between the San Jose Sharks and Los Angeles Kings even more. Game 1 at HP Pavilion in San Jose on Thursday may spearhead the animosity between the teams in [...]
Sharks clinch Pacific Division Title
The San Jose Sharks clinched their fourth consecutive Pacific Division title on Monday after a 6-1 victory over the depleted Los Angeles Kings at home. The accomplish itself is nothing new for the organization in recent years, but this years ascent to the top of the division wasn’t as typical as years past, making it [...]
Sharks tuning up for playoffs
The San Jose Sharks have righted the ship. The struggles of the team early in the season seem like a distant memory and yet because of the strength of the Western Conference this season, they haven’t pulled away from anyone like in years past. As it stands the Sharks are in the midst of an [...]
Joe Thornton hit gets two-game suspension
Joe Thornton is the face of the San Jose Sharks franchise. It’s no wonder that every bit of newsworthy material that seems to come from this organization lately centers around it’s most productive player. Everything from the captaincy, to his new three-year contract extension seemed like good news until last nights game against the St. [...]
Joe Thornton Named Sharks Captain
Joe Thornton has finally been named the eighth captain of the San Jose Sharks. One of the leagues most prolific set-up men, Thornton takes over the captaincy of a team for the second time in his career after doing so with the Boston Bruins for two seasons. After being acquired from the Boston Bruins in [...]
Sharks logjam in net
San Jose Sharks GM Doug Wilson got what he wanted in net… and some. With Antero Niittymaki, Thomas Greiss, and the newly signed Antti Niemi protecting the twine, the Sharks have fully addressed an area that was full of questions once they decided to let Evgeni Nabokov go. Yet new questions now emerge in net. [...]
Come a Long Way
The San Jose Sharks off-season is one defined by a team that could be dramatically changed by just a few minor moves. However, instead of harping on the “inevitable” defenseman acquisition that the Sharks still need, let’s focus on an area that use to be their biggest weakness. In the past the Sharks were a [...]
Sharks roster looks better or worse?
The San Jose Sharks roster looks vaguely familiar at this point in the off-season. Perhaps that’s because it’s virtually the same team that took them to the Western Conference Finals last season. That finish warranted few alterations to the roster, but are the Sharks in any better shape to improve on last season’s breakthrough in [...]
Sharks Give Jason Demers Extension
It appears the San Jose Sharks are content to solve their defensive deficiencies internally. Jason Demers signed a 2-year deal worth $2.5-million. Last season Demers gave Sharks fans a taste of the offensive potential he has from blue-line, which will be even more vital this year if the roster remains as is. Demers enjoyed a [...]
Who should be the next Sharks Captain?
Rob Blake served as San Jose Sharks captain for just one season before retiring. Now the keys to the car are available for the second straight off-season. The question is who takes over? The importance of the little “C” that’s patched to a players sweater is debatable. There’s evidence of a team’s captain being completely [...]
Sharks again look to fill glaring need for defenseman
The Chicago Blackhawks matched the San Jose Sharks offer sheet for Niklas Hjalmarsson, leaving the Sharks biggest hole still empty in the form of a top-4 defenseman. There are a billion reasons why the offer sheet made sense. It subtracted from the team that blocked the Sharks road to a Stanley Cup birth, improving their [...]
Sharks roster taking shape
The San Jose Sharks filled their goaltender vacancy by signing 30-year-old Antero Niittymaki to a 2-year deal worth $4 million. Niittymaki will get a shot at the Sharks starting job in goal and he’s had experience in that position, at least more so than either Thomas Greiss or Alex Stalock. When the Sharks were eliminated [...]
Sharks bring back Big Fishes, unfortunately Guppy comes as well
The big decision for the San Jose Sharks has been made. All summer long fans wanted to know which of the two longest-tenured Sharks would be coming back, Patrick Marleau or Evgeni Nabokov, if either. Shortly after declaring that Nabokov would not be re-signed, Sharks GM Doug Wilson retained his two biggest playoff performers from [...]
Rob Blake Officially Announces Retirement
After 20 outstanding seasons in the NHL, Rob Blake has called it quits. The Simcoe, Ontario native’s career can’t be summed up in single words or numbers. During the 1988 NHL Draft, Blake was selected in the fourth round (70th overall). He went on to play 1,270 career games with the Los Angeles Kings, Colorado [...]
Bittersweet Symphony: The 2009-10 San Jose Sharks
All of the Bay Area has gone into rain-filled slumber as the beloved San Jose Sharks 2009-2010 season is over.There is a bittersweet taste in the mouths of Sharks fans world-wide.Though the team exorcised it’s playoff demons by advancing to the Western Conference Finals, they ultimately fell short of their goal of winning the first [...]
Sharks Last Stand
Are the San Jose Sharks ready to play do-or-die hockey for the first time this postseason? Though the coaching staff and players have never acknowledged must-win games to this point, there’s no doubt that Game 4 in Chicago is just that being down 3-0 in the series. Game 3 was a great effort. Virtually everything [...]
Illusion of Goaltending
San Jose Sharks goalie Evgeni Nabokov has a wide spectrum of believers. Some, many of whom are Sharks fans, believe he is an elite goaltender in the NHL. Others believe he is an average goalie; a product of the system who benefits from being surrounded by talented teams. So far in the postseason, Nabokov hasn’t [...]
Sharks/Hawks: Ready For Game 1
The San Jose Sharks and Chicago Blackhawks will finally meet for Game 1 of the Western Conference finals. After sitting and watching the Eastern Conference unfold as the polar opposite of their conference, these two teams must be aching for some game-action. Things to look for in Game 1: Which team flicks off the rust [...]
Playoff Chokers advance to Conference Finals
The San Jose Sharks are entering uncharted waters. They’ve only been to the Western Conference Finals once in the franchises history. Try telling them that. After years of watching the team look like fish out of water, Sharks’ fans are pinching themselves trying to let the thought of this team advancing past two rounds register. [...]
Octopuses, Mules, Sharks, and Zebras
The San Jose Sharks and Detroit Red Wings Western Conference semi-final series is slowly turning into a zoo! There’s already been an array of mollusks thrown onto the ice. After the Wings’ 7-1 trouncing in game 4, that’s probably doubled or tripled. The catalyst of such events was “the Mule.” Johan Franzen put in 4 [...]