by Joe Lami

SAN JOSE-The San Jose Sharks recalled Taylor Fedun and it’s his first recall up to San Jose since they signed him from over the off season from Edmonton and they brought him up from minor league affiliate Worcester and he was a healthy scratch on Saturday night against the Vancouver Canucks. This recall is more of an emergency call as Matt Irwin is out with an injury.

We don’t expect Fedun to get anytime with the Sharks he will see a lot of practice time and the Sharks will see down the road if Fedun is ready to go when needed. The Sharks who are in the middle of a turn around winning streak look at their last few games as an improvement particularly the games against Montreal last Monday a 4-0 shutout and Tuesday in Vancouver with a four goal 6-2 win.

The Sharks who had a eight game home losing streak going which was one of the worst losing streaks in their history and they needed these wins and it’s still critical every goal, every win and every streak. The win against Montreal was huge as it happened on trade deadline day and the next day they win 6-2 in Vancouver. There were two empty netters in that game but in reality the final was 4-2.

The fact is the Sharks are winning games right now and they may not make the playoffs after hitting a number of snags during the season but right now they’re improving their chances with these recent wins. For example it was crucial that Matt Nieto scored those two goals on Tuesday night he was what seemed to be on a cold streak forever when a lot of these guys get that flow back it’s going to be huge for them going forward.

Then there was the big melee in the first period at 2:05 when the Canucks Jannik Hansen appeared to throw Brenden Dillon into the boards which resulted in fights and multiple penalties. When Hansen threw Dillon into the boards you knew it was residue from that game in Vancouver which the Canucks weren’t too happy about after that loss on their home ice on Tuesday night.

Then the Canucks lost to Arizona 3-2 in a shootout Thursday so the Canucks are riding a two game loss streak and they really haven’t won a road game since Boston in February so the fact is the Canucks are trying to find their energy and that’s what happened and the sequence didn’t get any better with the Canucks and emotions spilled over from Tuesday night’s game and that’s why we saw that blow up on Saturday’s game with Hannik and Dillon at SAP Center.

Joe Lami was filling in for Mary Lisa Walsh Saturday night listen to Joe’s podcast below right here on http://www.sportsradioservice.com