San Jose Sharks right wing Dany Heatley. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez)

My old hometown NHL team, the Ottawa Sens—who, did you know, won a Stanley Cup back in 1912?—is in town tonight at HP Pavilion to take on my new hometown team, the powerhouse Sharks.

The match-up is especially interesting due in part to the off-season blockbuster trade that sent Dany Heatley here in exchange for fan favorite Jonathan Cheechoo and speedster Milan Michalek.

More than that trade bond the two teams. Unfortunately, both have garnered well-deserved reputations as underachievers.

Year-in and year-out the results are the same: strong regular season followed by abysmal, disappointing playoff exit. Both have been earmarked in recent years as Stanley Cup favorites.

It will be interesting to see the fan reaction tonight.

My prediction: Sharks win 4-2.

What do you think?

Clinton Stark
Co-Founder, Editor-in-Chief, Fan of Napa (and Diet Coke)

Clint co-founded StarkSilverCreek and writes about social media, arts, wine, indie film, and his trusty Droid. An aging ice hockey player, he tries in vain to direct Loni in SSC videos. Originally from Ottawa, Canada, Clint is a Silicon Valley and new media entrepreneur. From the early PC clone days in the 80’s, to the explosion of telecom and networking in the 90’s, and now to social networking, Web 2.0 and software-as-a-service, Clint has successfully built businesses and start-ups into multi-million dollar operations. Recently as VP marketing he spearheaded the launch of a $110M company. But that was then.

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