Game 14 Recap: Sharks 3 - Avalanche 1
by David Driscoll-Carignan on Oct 30, 2009 11:25 PM MDT
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Lord, would you look at you
Now that you’re here, ain’t you
Proud of your peers
And the long way you’ve come?
Kris Kristofferson - Breakdown (A Long Way from Home)
Someone might want to give AAA a call. The wheels have fallen off the bus and I think we're going to need a tow. The Avalanche lost 3-1 tonight and, really, if not for Craig Anderson it wouldn't have been that close.
The Avs were outshot 46-25 and looked...guh. Most of the Avs not named Matt Duchene or Wojtek Wolski were more or less invisible. Duchene scored the Avs' lone goal to oh-so-briefly cut the lead to 2-1 and Wolski seemed to be involved a lot offensively and defensively. Other than that, it was another goaltending clinic by Craig Anderson, but even his now-routine Hurculean effort wasn't enough to carry the team tonight.
The Avalanche bus had nothing in the tank offensively, and defensively it may have been worse (did I mention 46 shots?). After doing a tremendous job avoiding odd-man rushes this year, our guys kindly opened the floodgates this evening with a bunch of two-on-ones and that oh-so-craptacular 1-on-none by Jamie McGinn to seal the game.
Hey, we all knew the Avs were due for an off game and we certainly got that tonight. In the scheme of things, tonight's game is not very significant - this team still had an unbelievable, record-setting first month. What IS important, though, is how the team responds to this gruesome game. It would be easy to make an Andrew Raycroft joke here (the Avs should face him in their next game on Sunday), but even against Razor the goals aren't going to score themselves. The Avalanche will need to bring a little bit more to the table if they want to keep winning. I'm really intrested to see how they respond on Sunday.
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Sunday is pretty big
Even in the other regulation loss, the Avs didn’t really play that bad. They were ahead until that 3rd period meltdown let Nashville come back and win. This was the first loss that the Avs were just bad in.
I didn’t feel like this team quit though like in past games. I am optimistic for this teams ability to respond to poor games like this.
Hopefully #9 is not ten less than #19
The wheels have fallen off the bus…
Probably best not to use that phrase in these parts DDC.
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Wheels on the bus are coming off, coming off, coming off……
The 2009-10 Avalanche: It's like having a banana split while all the other kids are getting an ice cream cone.
I'm The Canary - but I'm not cute nor cuddly, and I don't sing.
by Americanario on Oct 31, 2009 12:19 AM MDT up reply actions
I'm kinda new here...
Is this sarcastic, apologetic, or unable to understand the facetious nature DDC’s first sentence?
by chibigodzilla on Oct 31, 2009 12:22 AM MDT up reply actions
Oh, it’s sarcastic and facetious. Read through some of the fluke threads…. There might be irony and just a tiny bit of “sheesh” from up north too. I imagine James chuckled for at least 10 minutes while and after typing that. Hell, I laughed too.
Get rid of the loser point
09-10 Avs- Nowhere to go but up!
IMO
all the good doctor was ever saying is that over the course of the season, the Avs will not keep the pace. And I think he’s right. That doesn’t mean we will suck or win The Cup. So whatever. The team is playing good sans tonight (which was inevitable) and we are still at the top of the conference so who cares.
An ounce of confidence can carry you a mile toward winning. Oh, and Red Wings suck.
I’m still laughing.
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by BeachNSnowGirl on Oct 31, 2009 2:06 AM MDT up reply actions
It’s way more fun around here when you guys are the underdogs and winning like this… maybe I’ll have to make it out to Denver this season at some point.
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by James Mirtle on Oct 31, 2009 3:36 PM MDT up reply actions
It’s sarcasist because, in reality, they have lost a little air in one of the tires. I’ve seen them play worse games in the 96 and 01 seasons, Also, they lost to the presidents cup winners of last year.
welcome back, man. where the heck have you been? if anyone should have been active here in the last couple of weeks, it’s you.
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by David Driscoll-Carignan on Oct 31, 2009 8:41 AM MDT up reply actions
and...
last night the Avs played a game that looked eerily similar to the first meeting between these teams this year. of course, that night, it was the Sharks sucking it up.
a little air is right. they came back down off their cloud a bit. given the fact that they’ve spent so much time on the road, i’m really not surprised they played badly. i’m more surprised that game was as close as it was.
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by BeachNSnowGirl on Oct 31, 2009 8:41 AM MDT up reply actions
lol. JM’s got jokes! = )
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by BeachNSnowGirl on Oct 31, 2009 2:05 AM MDT up reply actions
Wednesday 10/28...
Last Avs win ever, or last Avs win ever, EVER!?
Methinks the Sharks were a little pissed about losing on Sakic night. We got schooled. However, Anderson DID keep it up, it was the rest of team minus Wolski and Dutchy that took the night off.
Get rid of the loser point
09-10 Avs- Nowhere to go but up!
yes, having been there, i can attest to the fact the Sharks were down right peeved about opening night. in fact, one of their players (i can’t keep track of the opposing team’s dudes) said in a pregame interview they played on the jumbo tron…“we were upset about losing opening night in their house. it’s payback time.” i may be paraphrasing but the payback part is pure plaigarism.
the avs did get schooled BUT they had some great plays and it really was not as bad (at least from my perspective) as DDC makes it out to be. the game was very fun to watch (ok, so the beers might have had something to do with that) and there were some great moments (hello, boy wonder…great time to break out of that whole mini scoring slump!!!) but obviously there were key breakdowns.
wolski was amazing. i think his defensive play outshined his offense more than i’ve ever seen thus far. sitting him those third periods has gotten through, i think. there were some nice breakouts on the royalty line…and crazily enough, often it was the duke or stastny that effed the play up. i have not seen hejduk play so badly in…i don’t think i’ve ever seen it. again, great moments but some costly turnovers as well.
my BF sucked. guess i didn’t do a very good job there. sorry ya’ll.
svatos needs to find a team he can help. he isn’t working on this one and he has way too much talent to blow him off. i truly hope he finds a place where he can be the player we all know he can be. colorado just isn’t that place.
o’reilly was showing his age…sort of. rookie blunders followed by amazing moves to correct them. i still think keeping him up was the right decision.
duchene…well, ya, he had a great night. he was everything we hoped he would be. sometimes. i noticed in the warm up he already seemed uptight. he’d miss an empty net and tense up. in the game i noticed he’d have these great plays and then just stand around a bit. (something that was probably not shown on the telecast.) i think he’s having a hard time adjusting to both the pace and the fact he’s not dominating the scene anymore. o’reilly never dominated. so he’s adjusting better. matty’s gotta figure out how to be the star player he is in a league that’s full of star players. it’s nothing new to say that getting him linemates that compliment him would do wonders in that area. but i really think he needs a bigger playmaker than someone already on the roster. get him someone even half as good as foppa and they would light that shit up.
all that said…it comes down to the things we and the rest of the hockey world has said: fewer penalties, more shots on goal. Had the Avs had that, they would have been closer to winning. Not sure they would have won tho. The fish were very determined. Of course, even sharks can be stumped by snow angels now and again.
Oh, and from the start I knew it was going to be a long night when the guy next to me said, “I really hope they score in the first quarter” and “If the Sharks can keep the shots on goal where it is, they just might win.” OH. MY. GOD. I was about to kill someone. Good thing there was beer. Yay beer!
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by BeachNSnowGirl on Oct 31, 2009 2:00 AM MDT up reply actions
I agree about Svatos. Even though I know he’s a good player and he’s actually playing pretty good right now, I would just rather see him playing for another team.
It seems like the Sharks where treating this like a playoff game after they just lost one to us. They wanted it more than we did, and that hasn’t been very common lately.
my BF sucked. guess i didn’t do a very good job there. sorry ya’ll.
Or maybe to well, since he didn’t seem to have his legs back yet. Maybe his mind wasn’t on the game?
The 2009-10 Avalanche: It's like having a banana split while all the other kids are getting an ice cream cone.
I'm The Canary - but I'm not cute nor cuddly, and I don't sing.
by Americanario on Oct 31, 2009 9:42 AM MDT up reply actions
Oh and feel free to shoot me if you want, but the Sharks had some beautiful fucking goals tonight.
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by BeachNSnowGirl on Oct 31, 2009 2:11 AM MDT reply actions
Oh hell yeah they did. WTF Avs D?
An ounce of confidence can carry you a mile toward winning. Oh, and Red Wings suck.
i think the d was trying so hard to get some offense going that they forgot they were supposed to be covering the bueline
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by BeachNSnowGirl on Oct 31, 2009 8:38 AM MDT up reply actions
they were definitely pressing, and all those odd man rushes in the 3rd were probably more on the O (as in lack of it) rather than the D.
and just think, we had, what, 3 big odd man’s in the 3rd period? that would have been a good period last year. this year it’s one of the worst
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by David Driscoll-Carignan on Oct 31, 2009 8:43 AM MDT up reply actions
The D seemed to be jumping in a little to much, which allowed for some of those rushes:
Case in point when Cumicky went coast to coast with the puck, went behind the net and tried to center it, the puck ended up on a shark stick and immediately to the blue line where the fish broke out with a 2 on 1.
The 2009-10 Avalanche: It's like having a banana split while all the other kids are getting an ice cream cone.
I'm The Canary - but I'm not cute nor cuddly, and I don't sing.
by Americanario on Oct 31, 2009 9:45 AM MDT up reply actions
DOOOOODDD!!!!! AVVVVSSSSS SSSSSUUUUCCKKK!!!!!!!!!!!!
I KNEW THEYD COME CRASHING BACKTO EARTH!!!! AVVVSSS R SHIT!!!! FIRE SACCO!!
…right? We should be jumping ship and pooping our trousers if I’m not mistaken.
It was a bad game from a young team. Bound to happen every once in a while. The Sharks are good and Colorado is pretty banged up. They’ll get ’em next time.
That rug really tied the room together...
by Streams Of Whiskey on Oct 31, 2009 5:15 AM MDT reply actions
I know we’ve all had the “is the coach really a difference-maker for a team” argument, but I still believe Sacco was one of the best things to transpire over the off-season. One of the reasons is his honesty about the team, games and the play on the ice. Case in point:
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by BeachNSnowGirl on Oct 31, 2009 8:55 AM MDT reply actions
Injuries catch up with us
Too many guys on the team now that are not capable of filling in for our forward regulars and all the changes create a lot of line adjustments. I do not like Clark and Lilies on the same line. I think we must trade one of them and it looks like Hensick and Svatos can’t find a place on this team. Svatos tries but can’t find his space and Hensick is beginning to look like Arnie.
How can you not like the second coming of this?
The 2009-10 Avalanche: It's like having a banana split while all the other kids are getting an ice cream cone.
I'm The Canary - but I'm not cute nor cuddly, and I don't sing.
by Americanario on Oct 31, 2009 9:47 AM MDT up reply actions
This is not good
All these wins made me expect them. Now I am grumpy. I will be grumpy all day and tomorrow until they dismantle Vancouver. Damn this team for winning and being good then taking it away.
Avalanche 2009-2010: We fend off 7 man power plays? Do you?
The season’s pretty much over, as far as I’m concerned.
10-2-2 after 14 games? FAIL
Mile High Hockey: Hoping for the best, expecting the worst, hating the Wings.
Seriously, a good team would have been 14-0-0 at this point. What a bunch of losers.
The 2009-10 Avalanche: It's like having a banana split while all the other kids are getting an ice cream cone.
I'm The Canary - but I'm not cute nor cuddly, and I don't sing.
by Americanario on Oct 31, 2009 10:21 AM MDT up reply actions
I am excited to see not only how the team responds, but also to a different goalie. I assume the Canucks are starting Swiss Cheese so we should be able to score.
Avalanche 2009-2010: We fend off 7 man power plays? Do you?
It will be interesting, especially since in the past the Avs have made “back-up” goalie look like bonafide NHL stars.
But this is a new team in almost every facet of the game. It will also be interesting to see how/if Budaj plays.
The 2009-10 Avalanche: It's like having a banana split while all the other kids are getting an ice cream cone.
I'm The Canary - but I'm not cute nor cuddly, and I don't sing.
by Americanario on Oct 31, 2009 10:39 AM MDT up reply actions
Any team NOT 14-0-0 has obviously had all the wheels come off… even the spare.
Get rid of the loser point
09-10 Avs- Nowhere to go but up!
They should try to be more like the Red Wings.
They’re the best.
That rug really tied the room together...
by Streams Of Whiskey on Oct 31, 2009 6:05 PM MDT up reply actions
But they have Human Achievements HoFer Chris Osgood in net, we only have some Anderson guy. How can we be anywhere near as great as the Dead Wings.
The Savage has spoken. Let it be done
"Two roads diverged in a wood, and I took the one less travelled by, and that has made all the difference"
R. Frost
Bad game.
That’s it. Put it behind.
Most of the team didn’t show up last night. But if they did, they would have won. Anderson is just playing that well. All the team has to do is show up…
Joe Sakic.
I’m with you. It’s been a long time since we’ve had an Avalanche team that could win at will. This team can. Last night, they didn’t will themselves to victory, but it’s better than last year when they couldn’t will two goals on the scoreboard.
Mile High Hockey: Hoping for the best, expecting the worst, hating the Wings.
Totally. Hell, even when they don’t show up they sometimes win. Their system is working so well, and Anderson is so solid, they can win damn near every game.
Barring injury, they should at least make the playoffs.
Joe Sakic.
by BraxtanFILM on Oct 31, 2009 10:49 AM MDT up reply actions
Barring any major injury, they should at least make the playoffs.
Fixed.
The Avs already have the most injuries in the league, I believe. But so far they haven’t been too key guys (with the exception maybe of “Johnny Hot pocket”). They guys who have come in to replace the injured players have done enough if not been a surprise (Wilson).
The 2009-10 Avalanche: It's like having a banana split while all the other kids are getting an ice cream cone.
I'm The Canary - but I'm not cute nor cuddly, and I don't sing.
by Americanario on Oct 31, 2009 12:19 PM MDT up reply actions
My man crush on Wilson is growing very quickly.
Mile High Hockey: Hoping for the best, expecting the worst, hating the Wings.
wow, I first read that as that we have an Avalanche team that can win it all. glad I took an extra glance.
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by David Driscoll-Carignan on Oct 31, 2009 11:11 AM MDT up reply actions
Actually, I could have said that, too.
Mile High Hockey: Hoping for the best, expecting the worst, hating the Wings.
not many positives from lat night
Duchene and Wolski played well, but the troubling absence of Stastny on the road continues.
I thought Hensick did ok. He needs to play more so we can get a read on what his future is. I’d like to see him play with Duchene and Jones, he’s better at carrying the puck and passing than Svatos.
PP was at last year levels. Kittens slain everywhere. What puzzles me is the incredible difficulty we have setting up — we were fine the 2 fricken times we did get set up. How hard is this to fix? Surely some looks at the video could fix this?
Svatos has gotta go. I’m sick of him KILLING puck possession.
Bad game. They need to bounce back at Vancouver — even without a win, at least show some competitiveness. We were totally TOTALLY outplayed the past 2 games (even though we did win one).
Yes, kittens died and they screamed in pain as they did. But with a couple of decent PKs we also reserructed a couple of zombie kitties. Stepehn King certainly approved. And though zombie-kitties are not quite as nice as their regular, fluffy counterparts, they do have a watch-out-I-might-kill-you kind of charm.
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by BeachNSnowGirl on Oct 31, 2009 2:42 PM MDT up reply actions
Beware the Zombie Kittens
The 2009-10 Avalanche: It's like having a banana split while all the other kids are getting an ice cream cone.
I'm The Canary - but I'm not cute nor cuddly, and I don't sing.
by Americanario on Oct 31, 2009 2:51 PM MDT up reply actions
You know you’re probably gonna go to Hell for this, right?
2009-2010 Colorado Avalanche - We really suck, it's just that we didn't get the memo.
I’ve already reserved my pit….
The 2009-10 Avalanche: It's like having a banana split while all the other kids are getting an ice cream cone.
I'm The Canary - but I'm not cute nor cuddly, and I don't sing.
by Americanario on Oct 31, 2009 5:38 PM MDT up reply actions
Pretty sure most of this site is probably gonna go to hell, I think it’s one of the questions on the registration page.
The Savage has spoken. Let it be done
"Two roads diverged in a wood, and I took the one less travelled by, and that has made all the difference"
R. Frost
nah
you’re gonna save us all.
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by BeachNSnowGirl on Oct 31, 2009 10:52 PM MDT up reply actions
False.
He’s going to lol @ his minions while they’re rolling giant boulders up hills for the rest of eternity.
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by SlamDunkTheFunk on Oct 31, 2009 11:53 PM MDT up reply actions
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