*** San Jose Sharks Off-Season Thread ***

Originally posted by ads_2006:
this years ortmeyer

Originally posted by SoCal9er:
Mayers will be very useful on the 3rd or 4th line and plays with grit, too. Good pickup.

Originally posted by OnTheClock:

Originally posted by SoCal9er:
Mayers will be very useful on the 3rd or 4th line and plays with grit, too. Good pickup.

Depending on how well everyone does in camp, the initial line shake-ups on offense I suppose might be something like...

Heatley - Thornton - Marleau
Clowe - Pavelski - Setoguchi
Mayers - Couture - Mitchell
McGinn/McLaren - Nichol - Ferriero/MacIntyre/Desjardins/Wingels

Originally posted by FredFlintstone:

Originally posted by OnTheClock:

Originally posted by SoCal9er:
Mayers will be very useful on the 3rd or 4th line and plays with grit, too. Good pickup.

Depending on how well everyone does in camp, the initial line shake-ups on offense I suppose might be something like...

Heatley - Thornton - Marleau
Clowe - Pavelski - Setoguchi
Mayers - Couture - Mitchell
McGinn/McLaren - Nichol - Ferriero/MacIntyre/Desjardins/Wingels

nahhhh put mayers in the 4th and bring up mcginn so we can have a 3rd line thats energetic and has the potential to put up pts

Originally posted by ads_2006:
dont be surprised if gooch/clowe spend some time on the 3rd line

with couture on the 2nd flanking pavs.

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. . . The chance to represent his country is exciting for the six-foot-seven, 220-pound blueliner.

“The World Junior team means the world to Canada,” said Doherty. “This is the first step to the development of the team. Everybody here is really excited about it; the players, the coaches and the staff. It’s pretty special for me to be invited here and participate in this camp.”

Doherty noted that players have to be themselves while at the camp and not try to perform in ways they are not accustomed to.

“They (the coaches) basically say, ‘do what got you here, play your game, play your style’,” said Doherty. “Don’t go away from that because you’re at a big camp. They want us to compete and work hard no matter what situation we’re in and to play good physical hockey.”

So what are Doherty’s strengths?

“I’m a big strong defenseman,” said Doherty. “I play physical in my own end and punish guys when I can, without getting out of position. Working hard is a big part of my game. I take care of my defensive zone, making sure everything’s OK in there, and try to create a little offense.”

The camp concludes this weekend and then Doherty will rest a bit from being on the ice before continuing his development.

“We’re done Saturday night and I’ll fly home early Sunday morning,” said Doherty. “I’ll get back to my hometown for three-and-a-half weeks or so, then I have the Kingston training camp for a week and then I fly out there.”

The summer travels have literally taken Doherty from coast to coast this summer with the Team Canada camp in Newfoundland and the Sharks summer development camp in San Jose.

“It’s been busy,” said Doherty. “I probably never would have come out East, so it’s been great to come out here and experience this and going out to California was another great experience for me. So it’s all amazing.”

He will return to California next month for training camp, but if all goes well, he will be back with many of the same junior players he is with this week for the World Junior Championships in Buffalo in December.

Originally posted by LloydsKittyKat:
Have captains been named yet? Pavelski deserves at least an A on his chest for his work last postseason.