by Larry Leavitt

SAN JOSE–The media access for the San Jose Sharks and visiting the Monteal Canadiens will be off the charts on Saturday night, if the game isn’t the big thing, the amount of broadcasters that the Canadiens will have at SAP Center certainly will be. The Canadiens will have French TV, French Radio, English Radio, English TV, and for Sharks radio and TV just in English.

It reminded me how tough it is to get access to any arena in Canada to see the NHL for example, when the Winnipeg Jets tickets first went on sale after returning to Winnipeg after having moved to Phoenix. Their tickets sold out within minutes for the entire season. There is now a waiting list to get tickets indvidual or season. It was interesting to look at that whole way to go get tickets when your in Canada.

The Canadiens made a few trades before the deadline and they did really well and what you have to look forward to is the Sharks playing to the level of their position. Unfortunately when they played Buffalo at the end of February they lost a tough game there after beating Philadelphia the previous night.

The Sharks lost to the Carolina Hurricanes on Tuesday night in overtime 3-2 and they should have won those games but they didn’t because they really didn’t play a good game and they didn’t play up to the level that they should have. They see Pittsburgh who they played on Thursday night as a big measuring stick.

That will be the tell tale sign on how this game on Saturday goes. They can play a good game against Montreal and they can carry it through the rest of the homestand as the Sharks wrap up the homestand against the Toronto Maple Leafs on Tuesday night.The Canadiens bring in their ace goaltender Carey Price with 2.33 goals against average.

Price is one of the big reasons why the Canadiens are in second place and having a good season, he plays real loose and Price’s game is how loose he plays most people really don’t know him that well and he’s been to the NHL All-Star game a few times but at the All-Star game he really doesn’t play goalie he just kind of stands there.

Price was mic’d up one year they broadcast the game and he joked with the guys and and made some moves just to be in the way during the shooting contest. One thing about Price coming off the Olympic break Price hasn’t missed a step. Price hasn’t allowed anything to effect him since the Olympic break or his concentration and he came back not missing a step.

Larry Leavitt does Sharks commentary each week for Sportstalk radio