what’s totally funny is, after the game, i went on there and said that he should watch that game and be honest and admit the avs have talent – without knowing he was a flames fan. haha. oh god, that is classic.

(apologize if i beachie’d on this and posted twice…computer glitch)

oh and it was resolute that did it, not R O

im merely attempting to reset expectations. lots of people seem to be under the impression he’s the next Stewart, and I don’t really see that. bottom 6er.

gotcha. well, to be fair, he was playing like total shit until recently. now that’s he’s rockin it, you’ll prob see it….like next week.

I hear that former Avs GM Giguere has a warehouse full of Brad May jerseys if you’re interested.

I may have to shower after complimenting Cancock in this manner, but Rypien is a straight up bad assed mutha.

has had two very solid games in a row.

Someone (may have been the Jibblewife) mentioned that maybe they brought him back from injury a little early, so he was hesitant with his shot, and not as aggresive as he had been. He looks healthy again.

The Liles bombs were great, but the Avs were also doing a good job of making solid crossing passes in front of the net. They had several chances besides Stewie’s goal where they passed the puck through 3 defenders to a completely open side of Kipper. A lesser goalie would’ve given up a lot of goals on some of those.

played well, IMO, after he had his chimes rung early in the 2nd. He was weak as hell on at least 3 occasions on the PP point in the 1st by letting the puck out of the zone with little or no pressure. Can’t recall him shooting in the 1st either.

Phadouche must’ve knocked some sense into him, ’coz he was very good after he hit the ice thereafter.

Clark still gives me uncontrollable seizures, but that’s a different show.

Liles played well indeed, and he made quick decisions with the puck all night as well. Coincidence? I think not.

2nd, whatever

I was getting pissed when he sat there with it for what seemed like forever, but as soon as he made the pass to Stewie and I saw that d-man clear out, I hoped Stewie was going to pass it back. It turned out to be the perfect move….

I didn’t mind the patience, if only because Wooly was actually waiting for a shooting lane to open up before pulling the trigger. He tried a couple times in the sequence to draw Bouwmeester into committing to either side. The first time Bouwmeester bit, Wooly threw it to across the slot to SoS for a good chance. The second time, Bouwmeester bit just a tiny bit towards the middle, opening up the pass to Stewie.

So yeah, getting the puck on net was key to the goal. But the most important part was the Baron playing the puck through the openings he was given.

The first part of the third was nail-biting, but they brought it on more as it ticked away.

Picking your nose til it bleeds doesn’t merit 4.

Seriously though, I was surprised he didn’t get the double.

at the beginning of the year, I said this was going to be a big, big year for Stewart. I looked like an idiot in October. Glad he’s coming around

Clark, Tucker, Koci, and Svatos are all free agents after this season. I HIGHLY doubt anyone trades for them this season seeing as how their collective values are…basically non-existent. Shattenkirk hasn’t even hit the pros yet. I’d personally be really surprised if he made the big club out of camp next year. Foote is obvious guy to slide into that last defenseman’s slot assuming he doesn’t retire. If he does, I don’t have any suggestions.

Jones on the third line with Radar, he can produce there and play well defensively. Keep stewie with duchene, he’s been invisible when on the third/forth lines.

the altiboobs said something last night that really rang true for me about stewie: he’s big and fast and tough; in order to deal with him, a defender has to be big and fast and tough. how many of those really are out there? not many. so when stewart works hard and takes advantage of that size and speed, crashing the net and using his hands and vision, he’s pretty unstopable.

Darn right.

That’s some kinda goalie.

Amen.

I’m not quite there yet, it take 2-4 seconds for it to kick in. Mostly it’s “Wow I didn’t know Arnason could do ____.” then it kicks in. Galaradi is bringing back 39 slowly but surely.

hope the two keep battling for that title!

Qunicey had the hit of the week for his hit on Stamkos in Tampa…
I think there’s a chance Wilson’s hit will be top ten…..

Your analysis is right on the goal and Foote’s looking bad. But I think the concensus around there is that what Foote brings to the game is his presence. When he is playing the D just plays better. And I think most of us want Foote to retire with dignity, so if his game slips through the season, it might prompt him to make that decision.

Yep, he looked bad on that play for sure. He had possession in the corner, had one guy chasing him with another coming at him on the side boards. He made the pass in to his centerman but it rolled off the heal of his stick and the forward down the boards got a turnover. From there Adam had to chase the guy around the net where he got pinched off in to the net and to top it all off I think he may have even deflected the shot that went in over Andy’s shoulder.

In that situation it’s probably best for Adam to chip it up the boards but he did have a wide open outlet. If you can’t make the pass, don’t make the pass. I don’t think he has the dexterity to recover from a flubbed pass in that situation so as a result he may not be able to risk making that pass. It’s what happens to a lot of players at the end of the career. They know what play to make and how to make it but they can’t rely on athleticism to bail them out on mistakes.

if this is the goal i’m thinking of (and i could be wrong) foote tripped on the net (i did a rewind on the DVR to watch it again since it seemed so unlike him and his body position was so odd), and that stumble is what made him lose his man. that can happen to anybody, really.

He clipped the net, which had caused him to do the stumble maneuver. You can see the net jump a bit when he hits it.

Granted, he was beat bad in the corner and had to catch up to keep on him.

Anybody want a peanut?