I’m assuming that by “Scott Hannan power-play” you mean penalty, and by “1-3 on this big road trip” you mean homestand. Just wondering….

neglected to mention possibly the most important outcome of last nights came. The emergence of Darcy Tucker’s new nickname; Sham Wow.

U didn’t add the cool microphone to the side of Tucker’s head. Sham-wow isn’t complete without it

Why not…
Tjarnqvist is good, he is pretty solid, he makes one turnover per game that creates a scoring chance. I know that what happened last night was just unlucky, but overall it seems that he is prone to at least one per game.

He does not however make plays that win us games very often. So why not give the kid a chance? He might make the same mistakes, but his upside is greater. And with his wheels he can potentially make some game changing plays. You would think that making the AHL All Star game could get you a few more games in the NHL, right?

That photo in the recap isn’t from the 2nd goal is it? I thought it was a shot from the left (from the goalie’s point of view) boards that beat Raycroft far (stick) side. If the above is a shot of that, then we have bigger problems than Clark’s limp-wristed backhand…

Also, nobody mentioned that this was Nabby’s FOURTH shutout against the Avs, all of them coming in Le Can!!??!!!

because my son was one of the little Mites skating during the intermission. If you weren’t at the game, you missed one of the most entertaining events of the game: the coach of one of the boys secretly put tape on his son’s stick for the shootout. The little guy skates in, gets the puck to stick on his stick (after missing the first time and having to double-back), does an Ovechkin 360 around and then throws the puck at the goalie. It went clanging off the goal post. It got a rousing laugh from everyone at The Can. Even though the game was so-so, my son will remember the experience of skating at the Pepsi Center forever.

Last night’s game reminded me of the recent 2-0 loss to the Wild (you know, the one where Dater threw Budaj under the bus for the loss). Anyway, I wish we had defense like the Wild or the Sharks. I also agree they need to call Cumisky up and have him start playing. If he is the Avs future, he needs to have the experience.

I was suprised there weren’t more hard shots like the 2nd Michalek goal. Maybe I haven’t watched enough Sharks games and that isn’t their style, but I thought this was going to be an offensive game with a lot more firepower from the Sharks. A lot of the shots on goal from the Sharks seemed pretty tame, which supports Jibbles position that save percents don’t account for the diffuculty of the shot, just the number.

Before we left, we made sure we woke the guy up who was sleeping about 5 rows down from us.

Hopefully, the next game will be a win.

I agree with mike haynes. While going to get a stick may have given up a goal (and I didn’t see that one so I’ll assume it did), I’ve seen too many times where NOT having a stick also gave up a quality scoring chance and/or goal. I think its a catch 22, but doing nothing just gets frustrating. They can’t play the body and there is little or no chance of blocking a pass, so get another stick, you are worthless without one.

Also, a forward should give the d-man a stick if the d-man loses one, then the forward can go to the bench. The d-man just has too far to skate by himself. All bets off in the 2nd, however, when everybody has a long way to skate. At that point you just have to pray, i guess. I think I’d still try to get a stick however.

I think the shamwow was the best thing to come of last night. Now, if it wasn’t the first nail in the coffin of the avalanche’s playoff chances then it was at least the 2nd or 3rd. Having never been dead, I don’t know how many nails it takes to close a coffin, but I’m guessing if you’re getting no resistance from the inside it’s not too many. If you look at how the teams ahead of them are doing in the standings, the only team under .500 in their last 10 are Phoenix, Anaheim and Vancouver and only Vancouver is missing the playoffs as of now (and D and A are only 6 pts ahead). I think they need to win at least 4 of the next 5 and definitely the anaheim and dallas games coming up. If you fall to the teams you’re chasing then it’s all over.

So a week from tomorrow if the avs have lost to anaheim and dallas then I’ll give it my Bill Pulman from aliens rantk, “That’s it man, game over man, game over!”

On the shift chart, 5 forwards (Wolski, Smyth, Hejduk, McLeod and freaking Arnason) got a larger percentage of the time on ice in the 3rd period than normal? Or, at least what I think is normal. I understand that the team was behind in the third, and Jones went down with an injury again, but it just seems like that is going to wear them out. Just wanted to know if that looks like a normal third period shift chart for a team that is behind in the game.

He always seems to have someone out there at crunch time that’s wack. It used to be tucker…maybe arnason is becoming the new tucker.

but I was at the game and despite overall good play, the Avs passing in that game sucked Donkey Kong. Not only were passes way off the mark or sent to the other side of the ice without noting the hungry Shark sitting in waiting, but they were also received without any give so the puck bounced right off the blade and onto, again, the stick of a hungry Shark in waiting. Yes, Nabby was incredible and it was as frustrating as it could get to see the Avs pelt him with shot after shot and get nothing in return. But the Sharks deserved to win that game, and not just cuz their goalie was a brick wall. Still, it was so much fun being a part of the home team rather than an enemy amongst the other side’s troops. Wish I could make the Maple Leaf game tomorrow, but a killer band at the Snake River Saloon beckons me.

this is offtopic, but isn’t one of you guys from Australia? i have questions about australia.