NASHVILLE -- Thursday night when Patrick Marleau skates onto the ice here, it will be his 156th playoff game as a San Jose Shark.
Ponder that number. That's almost the equivalent of two NHL regular seasons. Just in playoff games.In all of those faceoffs and wins and losses, what hasn't he seen?"I haven't seen a Stanley Cup," is Marleau's quick answer.He won't have many more chances. His birthday tells us so. Marleau is 36 years old, even if he didn't look it Tuesday night. His still-swift legs carried him past Nashville's top defensive pairing for a well-aimed wrist shot that resulted in the Sharks' only goal in an eventual 4-1 loss.