JUST WHEN you thought the Sharks had blown it, they hadn’t. Just when you thought it was over about six or seven times — including the two occasions when Sharks goalie Wade Flaherty lost his stick while play continued madly around him — it wasn’t over. Just when you thought one overtime was all you could stand, there were two overtimes.
And just when you thought that there was no way the Sharks could match the grab-your-skull-with-both-hands-and-scream thrill ride of last season’s playoff run, along came Ray Whitney to win the game.