San Jose Sharks haven’t quite upped their towel game vs. Golden Knights

The last time we saw the San Jose Sharks at home, they were wowing us with Nintendo towels against the Anaheim Ducks. For their first home game against the Vegas Golden Knights? We’re…underwhelmed.

To whoever created the gem that was the Duck Hunt towel for the San Jose Sharks, we had such high hopes.

The disappointment is real right now. I have no idea what that is, aside from a group of Sharks players…wildly cheering on the other team? As said team goes head to head against the other? While riding…donkeys? Maybe it’s like one of those magic pictures where if you stare long enough it turns into a spaceship or an alien eating a cheeseburger.

Except in this case, staring at it too long just makes us see how totally amped Martin Jones is to eat that chicken leg. Seriously, the grin and those eyebrows are haunting our dreams. We also have Brent Burns angrily waving a sock in the air while looking like a full-bearded Vlad the Impaler, Joe Pavelski doing his best Seinfeld puffy-shirt impersonation and Evander Kane surprisingly not cross-checking anyone in the face, though the hand position tells us he’s ready to jump the barrier at any moment.

This really looks like the towel Vegas should have used after Game 1. Since, you know, the Sharks were spectators in that 7-0 loss. Finally, as Vegas prodded in its tweet, WHY ARE THEY EVEN RIDING DONKEYS?! Is it something to do with the Golden Knights’ ineptitude on the ice? That assuredly isn’t it, as mentioned a mere three sentences prior.

At first glance, this can’t be real. On second glance? No, still not believing it. San Jose, we’ll await your explanation because this is atrocious. We thought you were better. What happened to you? You’ve changed. We don’t like it.

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