Mike's Miscellany™ Vol. III
by Mike @ MHH on Feb 20, 2008 9:10 AM MST
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PrintI'm still in a pretty foul mood when it comes to anything hockey related, especially Avalanche 'hockey' related, but I intend to soldier on. I will NOT, however, be watching tonight's game against the 'Still Pretty-Damn Mighty' Ducks. I have to think of the children after all.
- Kukla has a linky to a story mentioning that Francois Giguere was in shadowy conversations with Toronto's front office. Most of the rumor mill has Andropov as the only guy likely to move due to no-trade clauses, but NT clauses can be waived pretty easily, so there's just as much likelihood that they were discussing something else.
- The Forechecker has ANOTHER quality post, this time pointing out the link between horrible faceoff percentages and special teams. Not surprisingly, most of Colorado's numbers are highlighted in red.
- Speaking of horrible powerplays, with the Blues going 3-for-7 against the Kings and then 3-for-6 against the 'Hawks, your 2007-2008 Colorado Avalanche are the sole owners of the WORST PP IN THE LEAGUE. Think about that, folks!
- For all you goalie-lovers and fantasy managers, here's a sweet website that ChrisSnider pointed out to me: goaliepost.com It gives a nice rundown of who's starting and who's wearing the ball cap on a nightly basis, plus has a game log for the season. Here's a tip, unless you're a fan of flip-floppery in this election year, don't click on the Avs goalie game log.
- Some goaltending equipment news this week: Nabokov gets his face punctured by the cage on his mask, Luongo is ordered to cut off/tighten up a piece of his leg pads for ABSOLUTELY no reason, and now there is a group of NHL netminders who want to add advertisements to their jerseys as an alternate revenue stream. I'm pretty sure that there is at least ONE sign of the apocalypse among those three stories...
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Antropov
I'd happily accept Antropov. He's got 10 power play goals on a lousy power play team. Hopefully the Avs don't screw up and send way too much the other way, though. Antropov is not a star player.
what kind of a player is antropov?
my cursory glance at his yahoo page implies he's injury prone and a center. I know nothing about him -- is he a scoring 3rd line center? is he a defensive guy?
not sure we need another mediocre scoring center. we're full up on those (Hlinka, Arny). :)
Let's get him
my cursory glance at his yahoo page implies he's injury prone and a center.
He'll fit right in
by Jibblescribbits on Feb 20, 2008 10:50 AM MST up reply actions
Well
My thought was Antropov for Arnason.
Antropov is 6-6, 230, so he brings a ton of size and grit to a soft team. He's got 78 penalty minutes so far this season. 10 power play goals, five game-winners, and he's +6 on a horrible team.
Unfortunately, he's worse at face-offs than Arnason, which means Q would invariably pick him to take the puck drop at critical moments in important games.
im there
well, * > arny. so im there.
do you think toronto would do it? if they could give Arny 2nd line minutes they might actually get some value out of him.
Re: im there
Considering Toronto's track record, I can see them swapping Arnason for Antropov, sure. But that's just my hunch. They probably won't.
I'll take him.
He likes to drop the gloves from time to time as well.
Still has plenty of offensive potential as well.
by Thomas @ Mile High Hockey on Feb 20, 2008 2:54 PM MST up reply actions
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Its hard to cheer for this team sometimes. :(
by Hardshell_Taco_del_Lowayne on Feb 20, 2008 10:18 AM MST reply actions
Ouch!
Nabi is one tough customer...Watching that hurt almost as much as watching the Avs on the power play this season....Almost.
goaliepost
i know about that site, it saves my ass in fantasy hockey lol
by Mike the Avs Fan on Feb 20, 2008 11:17 PM MST reply actions
Goalies
I'm getting really sic of this bigger nets/smaller gear crap. Why is the NHL intent on more goals for the US fans, are the majority of US people that stupid(no offense) that they need 20 goal games to enjoy it. I would rather see a 0-0 game go to multiple OT's in playoffs than a 10-10 game go to OT. At least the 0-0 game there's the suspense of who will score the GWG where as a high scoring game it's just a matter of time before there's a goal.
As for the advertising on jerseys and goalie gear i'm against it. I was against it when i read it in Brodeurs book and i'm still against it now. Apart from making jerseys look crap it serves no purpose other than more money for clubs. Over here in Australia all our sports teams(National and international) all have sponsors on their shirts and apart from looking crap every year or two they changesponsor or design just so they can sell a new one at redonkulous prices and every little 10 year old goes and buys them regardless of the fact it's nothing but a colourful moving billboard. It ruins the game seeing multiple sponsors running around, plus theres some incredibly ugly jerseys in europe that are nothing but sponsors on a shirt, not to mention the ice being covered in sponsors as well.
Re: Goalies
I agree with you completely on both the size of the nets and the shamelessness of jersey sponsorships. I'm not cheering for Pepsi or Jobing.com, I'm cheering for the Colorado Avalanche. That's a company and a brand name all its own.
I agree
with both of you. I will shed real tears if/when the goaltenders in this league manage to get ads on their sweaters.
As for the goalie equipment size, there are a few areas that could be further tweaked, namely the pants and chest/arm protectors. There's a little overkill in those areas. Thinning the width of the pads and cutting 5% off of the blocker and catcher won't do anything. In all honesty, anything other than removing the goalie from the net entirely won't help change the offensive numbers in this league when coaches continue to focus on defense and blocking shots and not on offensive skills and potent offensive systems.
Don't hate on the goalies because they've gotten better at the position in the last two decades while the 'playmakers' have focused on backchecking and trap systems.
Exactly
I'm waiting for Bettman to introduce the 5 minute powerplay where both goalies are pulled to create more scoring
RE: Exactly
SHHHHH! Don't give him any ideas.
Oh wait...can he even read???
All in all - quit screwing with the game. Most of us Americans can't enjoy a good Futbol game either because of the low scoring. Those of us who can are a rare breed.
by Americanario on Feb 22, 2008 11:05 PM MST up reply actions
Further Proof
that we dont need ads on jerseys. How Roloson can honestly say it doesn't take away from the true jersey look is beyond me, is he blind or something. I'll give 50 points to the person who can spot the team logo on Brunnstroms shirt, it's not the Maccas one.
Thinking about it some more i can't see it happening, The Goaltenders club (3 has beens about to retire and Turco) want to negotiate their own sponsors seperate to the club, What happens if Budaj gets Coke to sponsor him or Ford sponsors Giguere, since they oppose the Team sponsors, and the Teams want to negotiate the sponsors for the team itself to be worn by the goalies which is against what the goalies want.
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