You might think that I am referring to the James Reimer Pride Night situation…AND I AM. I’m also referring to the technical difficulties faced by Colin this week which turned him into a podcast listener, rather than a contributor. This one is a bit all over the place, but I hope you enjoy. Also, Pride Night forever.

Yeah, we have a lot to say about this trade deadline. Listen, if you like.

GM Mike Grier loves himself some replacement-level players so we have to wonder: how many Luke Kunins will the #sjsharks add in the Erik Karlsson and Timo Meier trades that are shaping up. 5? 6? A whole new AHL team’s worth of mediocrity? Alex and Ben discuss.

The trio is back together to talk about the Nieto/Merkley trade and the rumors swirling around Logan Couture and Timo Meier. What should the #sjsharks do? We discuss!

So, thanks to an OS upgrade, we had to record the podcast in an entirely new, ad-hoc way this week. Hope that our conversations about the genius of GMMG’s intentional tank job come through loud and clear for you all.

The #sjsharks are still bad, but this week added two little twists: the season-ending injury to Luke Kunin and the suspension of Tomas “Babe Ruth” Hertl for taking a swing at a dude’s head with his stick. Alex and Ben talk about that and why Ben has decided that the team in teal should bring back Micheal Haley, John Scott, and Mike Brown. #tealtankathon #bombhardforbedard #futilityforfantilli

It’s the podcast episode you’ve all been waiting for. Alex and Ben talk about Matt Nieto’s career two weeks and what it means for the Sharks going forward.

Spoiler alert: not much in the slightest.

Erik Karlsson is playing out of his mind right now. When that coincides with the forwards scoring it makes for some fun, and sometimes winning, hockey. When they aren’t…oof. We talk about all this and more in this week’s podcast.

The band is back together this week, as Alex, Ben, and Colin talk about this suddenly offensively dangerous bad team that has developed. Sustainable? Listen and see.

The Sharks won a game! Actually, after we recorded this podcast they won a second game (against a very bad team). Should we be encouraged by these stunning developments? Ben and Alex discuss why it might not be yet time to get off the Tank Train.