Comments for Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About: Patrick Marleau at http://hockey.dobbersports.com , comment 1 to 1 out of 1 comments http://hockey.dobbersports.com Thu, 20 Jun 2013 00:26:23 +0100 FeedCreator 1.7.3 http://hockey.dobbersports.com/index.php/columnistsarticles-mainmenu-77/17-archives-other-articles/2857-everything-you-ever-wanted-to-know-about-patrick-marleau#comment-6419 [i]"But while San Jose’s regular season successes became to accumulate, Marleau and company began to attract criticism for not being able to get it done in the playoffs, exiting early year after year after year."[/i] I think that's a little bit of an unfair misconception connected to Marleau as an individual. Nobody will question that last year against Anaheim he wasn't as good as he should have been (along with the rest of the team for that matter) and yes, he had a slow start this year, but in his career he has 45 goals and 75 points in 106 playoff games. If you solely review his efforts since his playoff career began to elevate (...2001/2 was his breakout postseason year), he has 67 of those points in his last 84 playoff games, including 40 goals. That's a pretty [u]good[/u] playoff record, I'd say - and to top that, he actually has a history of big goals for the Sharks at key moments. He actually garnered a reputation for directly the opposite of what your piece implies for some time - clutch goals in the postseason. He has 7 GWGs for San Jose in his last 5 postseasons - a little under 30% of his playoff goals are key. (He has 59 GWGs in the regular season out of his 320 career goals - a much lower percentage) Yes, he doesn't wear his hear on his sleeve like some players but Patrick Marleau is a complete and quality player who has taken an unfair tarnishing about his playoff performances lately - he's doing what he can. The playoff knocks he gets aren't warranted - one man doesn't make a team - and for a guy who has more goals in the regular season in the past 2 years than everyone else (82) not called Ovechkin (106), Kovalchuk (84), Crosby (84) and Parise (82), it's about time he was given a little more of a break. I sincerely hope he stays in Teal buut if he doesn't, someone is going to get a premier hockey player. - Aggravated Sharks Fan Sun, 13 Jun 2010 07:44:14 +0100