I really liked the lines tonight too. When McLeod comes back, since his injury doesn’t seem too serious, this is what I would like to see.

Jones – Stastny – Svatos
Wolski – Duchene – Hejduk
McLeod – O’Reilly – Stewart
Koci – Galiardi – Hendricks

Those 2nd and 3rd lines look killer! Plus Stastny seemed to connect with Davy Jones and Svats tonight. WANT IT!

The Avs have barely been mentioned in the local media. They are a bit overshadowed by the Broncos but they will come.

Plus, I’m pretty sure at least 2,000 seats were empty in the lower bowl. Lower prices would really help…….

I hope that Andy working so hard tonight doesn’t make him too tired for tomorrow. He was great again tonight, especially with how hard the Whalers were working in front of the net.

As far as attendance goes, I’m not really worried, they just need to play some more games at home and generate more buzz. If they keep up the entertaining games like this, they’ll be well poised to bring in the crowds come Jan.

I’m impressed by the coaching. Most coaches (q and granato I’m looking at you) would have scratched stewart or put him on the 4th line, I liked how sacco recognized the tallent and worked him in, thinking that the plane ride would have rubbed in the message. Also like how the avs played on D, other than the breakaway—which was a good pull down by jones—the avs had between 1-3 guys on the puck carrier all the way down ice.

Amazingly entertaining game. Amazingly entertaining team we have right now. They came out flat but really stormed back. The hit on Tucker was brutal. Hopefully Ruuttu (Finnish for fucking douchebag) will get a healthy suspension out of this.

Other than Tucker’s injury, a real negativve was the empty seats. Come on people! This fricken team is worth watching!

guy near me tonight had the jersey foul of the century (that I failed to get a pic of, because he left between 2nd and 3rd period).

The jersey was #7… ELWAY. To add insult to injury it also had the Captains “C” on it.

Now I love me some John Elway, as most Denverites do, but that’s fucking ridiculous. the guy should be flogged in Civic Center park.

Attendance was really low and a quiet crowd. I think it’s because ticket prices are really high and the wings game is tomorrow.

Very exciting game. I was pissed the first two goals. But Stastny birghtened everything up and was absolutely ridiculous tonight, same with Hejduk.

Bad turnovers by Stewart, Jones, Clark, Hendricks. Sloppy play a lot of the time, especially in the 3rd.

The team came to life again in the 2nd period. Especially with the 2 sweet goals by Stats and Wolski. I thought Wolski could have played better tonight, but he wasnt bad. Stewart looked really lazy. And I think Anderson was good, but tired from the last trip. I hope he starts tomorrow though.

Liles and Budaj sat in front of me for a little bit. Liles was wearing a suit, but Budaj wasn’t (and he’s really freaking tall) and he looked fine.

Beer was $7.75 for a good beer. I saw a guy that I used to play hockey with for a lot of my high school hockey, he racked up a $70 bill on beer.

Turned on my Xbox to play NHL 10 and Eric Stall was the main picture and it looks like he is pouting.

(he should be after his 26 PIM)

I was splitting time between the game and feeding/bathing the kids, but what struck me was the fact that our impending wave of defensive depth appears to be cresting earlier than I thought.

I thought Hannan played very well and was impressed by the play of both Cumiskey and Wilson.

I think that decisions are gonna be tough for Sly as to who to dress here in the very near future. Hannan, Quincey and Foote are locks in my mind (though sadly in Footer’s case in large part due to his sweater logo more than his play). Wilson and Cumiskey have played very well in my estimation. Clark, though he started out the season much better than he was last year, has displayed a good deal of meh in recent games. Liles is a lock on his return, but the question then becomes who wears a tie and not a helmet to the next game. Given Cumiskey’s style (OK, he’s pretty much a forward who plays on the blue line, but a pretty good defensive forward at that), he may fill roles on the lower forward lines until the return of Highlander and Shamwow, but when those guys get back and guys like Preissing start coming into the mix, man, I just don’t know. Personally, I’d like to see Clark in a suit for a game or two. He screened Anderson pretty well on the Canes’ third goal and him on the point on any power play pretty well guarantees the drowning of multiple kittens.

at what point do I pick up Radar on my fantasy team:

That would make:

Sos
Andy
The Duke
The Baron
Boy Wonder
Q
and
Radar

can you say homer?

But they’re all scoring

I love this new look avs team.

All hail Sacco, Kono, Syl and the gang.

Ybor city and a few gin and tonics!

Currently has the highest number of minutes on ice out of any player in the NHL (257:26) and 9th overall in time on ice a game (25:44)…woo!

Tucker hit was brutal. 3 games is not enough. should have been 10.

That said, I liked the offensive flow of the top lines without Tucker. It’s kinda harsh, but true: the team was flat better without him in the top 6. He should be on the 3rd with McLeod and O’Reilly, he just can’t skate well enough or play with enough skill to complement our top players.

O’Reilly is amazing. It doesn’t matter who he’s with, he just gets it done.

Great game from Stastny when his team needed it — and as the fans were wondering what was up (on hfboards).

Duchene is starting to get points — that pass to start the 5 on 3 goal was perfect — and he shooting more too. Just a matter of time…

I love Wilson. I don’t see how you can send him down after his fantastic play — he’s a big hitter, passes well, plays D naturally, and even skates decently. When Liles comes back, there’s some real interesting choices to make. I think Clark will sit.

Stewie had a GREAT game and had a primary role in 2 goals. Excellent to see Sacco put him on a line with some playing time, and that he responded well to the whole demotion thing.

Wolski – O’Reilly – Stewart was the best line out there. Wolski also played well.

I didn’t like Hejduk at the PP point. I like the concept of trying to get Svatos with Stastny and Duchene, but not that way.

Andy actually had a bad goal against, and some flukes that went in too. The team overcame it though, which is great to see.