Okay, taking advantage of the loss to utilize that wholly unoriginal headline. Haha, right? Sorry.
So. That’s how it’s going to be, eh? Now you know, Wings. Your Game 1 effort was good and would have beaten the Coyotes handedly. But the Sharks are good enough and got enough their way that a little harder push is needed. And if the refs are going to display such a lack of self respect that they fall for Setoguchi and Company’s antics in Game 2? You’re going to need to work that much harder to overcome that extra obstacle.
From this point on, the shutdown mentality needs to reign. For all the strength of the Wings’ offensive game, their defensive game was lacking. Specifically, the portion of their game involving Joe Pavelski. They need to quiet that guy.
There’s still a lot of series ahead of us. This is a sucky way to open the series, but I’m not concerned yet.