There’s nothing like being in the car on your way to the SAP Center and finding out that five San Jose Barracuda players were recalled to fill in for presumably, the Sharks’ top line.
And there’s truly nothing like the mad scramble of everyone in the press area trying to squint and read the jersey numbers on the ice to figure out who was — and wasn’t — in the line up during warm-ups. We weren’t given any formal rosters or lines, or any real information ahead of puck drop, so for those of us in the press box, it was a lesson in teamwork and stress management.