Game 27: Avalanche At Blue Jackets, Preview And Open Thread

Since I'm in the FSN Ohio broadcast region, the game is on TV for me tonight instead of Center Ice Online.

What that means is I have run back and forth from the living room to the office because I'm cheap and won't spring for a laptop.

At least I'll get some exercise tonight!

Woo hoo!

Joe, way to go the extra mile with the caption. Most folks would make it, well, just a caption, but you've put the bubble in his mouth and used that awesome comic book script...well played.

And it's funny to pretend that Injured Reserve Lappy was just away for awhile, doing his own thing, oblivious to what was going on with the team...whereas Assistant Captain Lappy is gobsmacked to find out they've sucked so bad in his absence.

I know it's still a little bit before the game starts, but Nationwide Arena looks almost completely empty.

Maybe because it's Wednesday and Columbus got a half inch of snow (that's crisis level for us in the Midwest).

The Jackets are wearing white at home tonight, just like it should be.  Good for them.

Avs win the first face-off.

The Avs are showing some fight already.  Lappy was in the thick of the action down low and almost got a good scoring chance.

Budaj makes a good save on a quick 2-on-1.  He made a good save earlier on the Jackets' power play, too.

McCormick went after a Jackets player already.  Not sure who it was.  Cody was tossing some huge right hands but not much landed, just him on top of the Jackets guy.

Rick "The Beast" Nash scores on a bad play by the Avs defense.  Budaj's been playing very well so far with the exception of that goal.

Come on Avs.

Where is everybody?  I feel so lonely.

Hensick is playing hard early.  He's sticking with the puck and showing some fire.  He must prefer flying to road games instead of riding the bus.

Zherdev had a great backcheck on a shooting Ryan Smyth.  That's good defense, unfortunately.

Svatos and Wolski had one of the prettiest puck exchanges ever but Svatos rang the shot off the near post.  Damn so close.

I saw that Liles and Hannan were on the ice (not watching or listening to the game, sorry).  Who made the bad play and what was it?

The Avs have played relatively well, putting a lot of pressure on Columbus and spending a lot of time in the attacking zone.  Unfortunately, they still can't seem to get a decent shot on goal.  

Far too many centering passes and not nearly enough big slap shots from the point.  

Hensick has played super hard, and so has Lappy.

Cumiskey is freakin' fast.

Let's hope they keep the pressure up in the second---if they do, they've got a great shot of coming back.

Wolski scores off a good rebound, the Avs finally get some PP luck!

Tied 1-1

ha

The Avs are still getting a few chances here and there, and still controlling the play, but they didn't do crap on the last power play.

I'm getting frustrated again.

That was in.  Sneaky Blue jacket d-men.

Why must Altitude mock me?!? WHY would you air a commercial right as the goal is being reviewed?!?!? I don't give a fuck about how to buy a car online using frickin vehix.com!!! DAMNIT!

The Avs fought hard down low and on the replay before commercial, the puck clearly crossed the line.

Avs will get a goal after the review, no doubt.

And Liles must have really pissed of Fritsche because he went nuts!

Upon review, it's a goal!

Well, duh.

Birthed that over the line, kinda like a pinball machine.  Nobody knew where the shiny silver ball was gonna pop up next.

Finger hammers it down low and gets another Avalanche goal!

Don't mind the interference.

What he does best!!! Notice how he doesn't run into the goalie, but put's his chest right in his face without touching him. Damn, Columbus is like a rehab center for us.

for the artistic figure-skater pose...

Did anybody else see that huge hip check Liles put on that Jackets player earlier?  The one that knocked the guy's helmet off.

I didn't know Liles was capable of hip checking.

Jim Day of FSN is interviewing Adam Foote right now.

Foote's nose is epic.

Do goalies ever fight? I've never seen one.

guys said that "Budaj gives the Avs that one extra save a night that gives them a chance to win. They don't get that with Theodore."

If it's obvious to the FSN Ohio guys, you'd think Joey Q. would notice it too...

rookie, are you serious??? You've never seen a goalie fight?? Go Youtube "Roy fight Vernon" or "Roy fight Osgood"

They keep losing their feed or something.  I wonder if the snow in Columbus has something to do with it.

Leclaire is out, Norrena is in the net for the Jackets.

Columbus is showing some fire early in the third period.  They look like they're tired of losing or something.

by Skratch.  Boots even gives him a nice pat on the head as the play heads out of the zone...

That was a goal by Brett Clark, with an assist by Rick Nash.

It bounced right off of him into the net.  Budaj had no chance.

both of those goals by nash were definitely stoppable. this sucks balls come on budaj, skrastins keeps bailing you out, don't let anymore in.

Rick Nash is a man.  Why is he matched up against Arny?  That doesn't seem right...

I saw that it was 7, and I was like, "oh! Avs game is about to start!" Then I realize it's been going for TWO HOURS! Oh well, not like I could actually watch it on tv or anything. Dang college. And Blue Jackets.

FSN is now playing the radio feed over a scoreboard graphic.  They've lost the video feed, too.

Luckily I got to see the Finger Elbow.

I don't heart FSN Ohio...

did that really go off clark? i hate altitude the only show one replay of the opponent's goal. they never even show the goals of the opponent after the game.

The Jackets score on the PP and have now come back!

CRAP!!

Nash wasn't even slowed down.

Now it's tied up 3-3 from a BJ PP Goal just as the video feed comes back.

I hate you FSN Ohio...

Did the second goal really go off of Clark or not? The third goal was unstoppable though. This blows.

Should I go empty the trash and my son's diaper bin or watch the rest of this equally smelly game?

Coach Q took a timeout I think.  The screen graphic said he did.  Good timing to calm everyone down.  Finally something I can say good job on for coach Q.

The Jackets score AGAIN.

The Avs look fucking incompetent in their own zone.  Poor Budaj.

Holy shit, it's tied again!

WTF!!??? It's bizarro world night in Columbus???

woooooohoooooo right back atcha bjs

FUUUUUUUCK

The video feed cut out right as the Jackets score ANOTHER FUCKING GOAL.

What the fuck is wrong with the Avs?!

that sucked.............................................................................................. .................................................................................................... ..............balls

...until the avs hold a players only meeting?

Here's that sign I took to the Av's/Sharks game the other night.

That was just the third win by the Jackets over the Avs in their entire franchise history, and only the second in regulation.

The Avs blew a 3-1 lead, fought back and then promptly gave it up again.

Every single player on Colorado should be ashamed of themselves.  They collapsed in the third period.

Seriously the most disappointing result of any game this season, and it's just more of the same these days.

14-12-1 is fucking unacceptable for a team with that much talent.

I beg you.

DO NOT POST A RECAP OF THIS GAME.

IT NEVER HAPPENED.

WE SHALL NEVER SPEAK OF IT AGAIN.

They probably jinxed Budaj, because this:

"Budaj gives the Avs that one extra save a night that gives them a chance to win. They don't get that with Theodore."

certainly did not happen. And this time Joe, Budaj wasn't solid in the third period. This blows, now coach Q will put Theodore in. From one crappy goalie to another

I didn't mean to say YOU jinxed him joe, I was talking about the FSN ohio guys, they just HAD to say that. The game sucked overall, Budaj wasn't pretty, neither was our D. I still say we need a goalie. Budaj and Theodore aren't going to do crap for us.

you guys will find a way to blame theo even when he goes to another team lmao xD

who has a goalie that they'll give us for our spare parts?  Nobody is taking any of our woeful D off our hands, the offense is the only thing working as evidenced by tonight's game.

Do you people seriously think that we can call up Buffalo and swing a McCormick/Leopold for Miller trade?  Bryz might have been the answer, but we'll never know.  Wanna ship Finger/Clark, and a pick off to Calgary for Kipper?  You think the Rags will give us King Henrik for a couple of minor leaguers and pics?  We'd have to mortgage the future to get anybody good enough to satisfy our needs.  ROY IS GONE PEOPLE, HE AIN'T WALKING THROUGH THAT DOOR!

My mind can't fathom that our D may have been better last year with Patrice Brisebois.  Seriously.  You have to be kiddin' me.

We'd need an ELITE MOTHER-EFFIN' goalie to cover up for the boatload of defensive ineptitudes on this team.  Fleury? Gerber? Emery? One of the wet blankets in net in Tampa? Seriously, who the hell do you think we can get that will make this nightmare end?  I'll tell you who...

a new fuckin' coach.

Just for those reading at home, there are at least twenty instances of the word "fuck" or a close variation of it in this game thread.  A new record.

That's all for me folks.

We'll continue this horrendous discussion about firing coaches, trading goalies and whatnot tomorrow in the "recap."  I have a special feature for the recap all ready to go.

Watching all these goalie fights haha!

Too Funny.

Night.

I don't care how streaky he is. I think he'll be a great goalie, and either way is a step up from Budaj and Theodore. And no, I'm not one of those kids at GSSB (I don't even know what that is), and I have no idea what that sentence was either lol.