Sharks coach Todd McLellan offered some praised for goaltender Anttii Niemi after he was pulled from Saturday's loss to St. Louis. McLellan removed Niemi after he allowed the tying goal in the third period and replaced him with Alex Stalock. "I just thought he was off his angle two goals in a row," McLellan said. "You could feel our team sag at that point, and we needed to do something. We could pull the goalie, we could call a timeout. We pulled the goalie." Despite his disappointment in Saturday's outing, McLellan remains committed to his starter. "You can walk in that locker room and everybody will tell you how important Nemo is to our team. He's been our most valuable player to this point, but tonight he struggled a little bit, and, unfortunately, we couldn't bail him out." Call it a blip on the radar and stick with Niemi if you've got him on your squad.