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Flames-Sharks may be mismatch to some, but both sides feeling the heat

By George Johnson
Special to ESPN.com

Tuesday, April 8, 2008

Iron Mike Keenan is defiant ("I don't know about that," he countered, when reminded that the San Jose Sharks are indisputably hockey's hottest pre-playoff entity. "They lost their last game"). Jarome Iginla is wired. Dion Phaneuf is growling. But in homage to the late Roy Scheider, face a blank mask of fear and cigarette dangling limply from thin lips: They're gonna need a bigger boat. The Sharks are circling, a beady-eyed beast with jaws strong enough to rip a man's leg off at the hip. ...

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