The Sharks have a new goalie and a sneak peek at the Athletic Director's meeting

Other than former Sharks goalie Evgeni Nabokov, most of the readers of this blog will have limited knowledge of NHL goaltenders. After Nabokov, the name that will come up most will probably be Antti Niemi, the goalie that dominated the Sharks in the Western Conference Finals last season.

And that's just how the world of professional sports goes, because Niemi is now a San Jose Shark.

San Jose signed him officially today to a one-year contract.So the arch enemy for four games in May could be the goalie that will possibly lead team teal to a Stanley Cup.

Niemi's former team, the Blackhawks weren't willing to pay the Stanley Cup Champion goalie the money that he thought he deserved so Niemi thought he would take his services elsewhere and he soon found his next home in the Bay Area.

"I thought for me it would be really important to go to a really good team and also a really good organization," he said. "They really wanted me there too. It wasn't too hard a decision after all."

AD Meeting
Last night was the yearly CYO Athletic Directors meeting, and every year I go, it reminds me how weird athletic directors are. As a whole, everyone just seems grumpy and angry at CYO. Every time something came up, more than half of the people had looks on their faces like, "What is going on?"

In this little over an hour session, we basically go over rule changes, procedures and all that other good stuff.

Maybe one day you will get to experience this...

Briefly: Happy 90210 day...Does anybody watch the new 90210? The 49ers and Raiders both play their final exhibition games of the season tonight at 7 p.m...The Giants have the day off and will resume their quest for their first playoff berth since 2003 tomorrow night in Los Angeles at Dodger Stadium.