The Battle of California: Drew Remenda’s Shark-Thoughts, now in Chen-Style!

The Battle of California: Drew Remenda’s Shark-Thoughts, now in Chen-Style!:


The issue of Marleau’s play came up and I was really surprised at how candid Drew was. He said that the rift between Marleau and Ron Wilson still hasn’t healed, despite what they say to the press. Doug Wilson has acted as the intermediary, but Drew says that Doug is leaving it to Marleau and Wilson to find a workable solution. A caller suggested taking the C off Marleau, and Drew’s own personal thoughts (not speaking for Doug Wilson — let’s make that clear) is that doing that is a no-win situation because (a) it devalues Marleau if it ultimately leads to a trade (and that’s a big IF — he’s NOT suggesting that or advocating that at all) and (b) it loses Patty from a player/coach perspective, though if you look at Dallas, Mike Modano seems to have shaken that off (that’s my own input, not Drew’s).

About the time Drew said this, Marleau’s play really picked up. Whether it’ll sustain is still to be seen, but it makes me ask myself whether this was Drew simply flapping his mouth at a Canadian radio station, or whether this was a conscious plant by the team. The Sharks are one of the most closed-mouth, careful-in-public teams in the league — I just can’t think of this being accidental (although with Drew, you can never be sure). Instead, to me it feels like it was done by design, a public part of a private discussion with Marleau that basically boiled down to “time to get over it, or our patience will start wearing out”.

And so far, he seems to be getting over it.

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