Game 29 Recap: Panthers 6 - Avalanche 5 (SO)
by David Driscoll-Carignan on Dec 2, 2009 9:04 PM MST
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Honestly, I have no idea where to begin.
This game had a little bit of everything. The Avalanche gave up 44 shots, 33 in the first two periods. Florida's Stephen Weiss had hat trick before the game was half over (and the crowd of about 217 people rewarded him by tossing maybe 4 hats onto the ice). Craig Anderson wasn't particularly crisp, although, again, he faced 44 shots tonight. The Avalanche didn't play defense tonight but, 29 games into the season, they finally decided to do something about their goalie getting run into constantly; every time there was a whistle, Adam Foote and / or Ryan Wilson punched somebody.
The Avs fell down 2-0. Then they made it 2-1. Then they fell down 3-1. Then they made it 3-2. Then they fell down 4-2. Then they cut it to 4-3. Then they fell down 5-3 and the game was over. They pulled Anderson...and made it 5-4. And then, they completely ruined the SAT numerical pattern question by scoring again to tie the game with 16 seconds left. Yep, after playing like ass for 59 minutes, the Avalanche turned it on and scored two goals in the final minute.
In overtime, each team traded some shots and it went back and forth until 4:18 when all hell broke loose. Keith Ballard made a great play to blow by Brett Clark and rushed hard to the net. Craig Anderson made the save...and then got hit hard by Ballard. Anderson went down hard and ended up leaving the game, making him the second goalie Ballard has knocked from a game this week (couldn't resist). Ballard got pummeled by Adam Foote. Peter Budaj - who should have started to begin with - came in cold and had about 42 seconds to warm up for the shootout. He was excellent, stopping the first 4 shootout attempts. Unfortunately, the Avalanche couldn't score at all and the Panthers ultimately won the game on Weiss' shootout winner.
Matt Duchene and Chris Stewart continue to be the bees' knees on offense. Duchene had another 2 goals, and each of them had 3 points on the night. Stewart might have had more, but he was effectively tossed from the game for instigating a fight with Bryan Allen when he mistakenly thought that Allen had leveled Duchene. I've wanted to see Stewie get more physical all year; that was a poor time to do it. Interestingly, before Stewart was tossed the two finally found a suitable left wing to complement their skills: Paul Stastny. Stastny played left wing with Duchene and Stewart in the 3rd period and ended up with 4 points.
So, here are the big questions going into tomorrow.
First and foremost, is Craig Anderson okay? And what about Brett Clark, who went to the locker room late in OT? Can any forwards other than Stastny, Duchene or Stewart score? The Avs had 5 goals, and the only forward besides those three with a point was TJ Galiardi. Wojtek Wolski had 6 shots...but no points. What happened to the defense that held Tampa off the scoreboard on Monday? When was the last time someone had 4 points and wasn't named one of the 3 stars, as was the case with Stastny tonight? And is Peter Budaj the first goalie to lose a game without facing a shot on net? Is there anyone who's lost a game with less than 42 seconds of playing time? I'd like the answer to all these on my desk first thing tomorrow, okay?
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And is Peter Budaj the first goalie to lose a game without facing a shot on net?
I will put my life on the line to say this is a first. EVER
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For what it’s worth, the game was already in overtime. So, he didn’t technically get credited with a loss but rather, an overtime loss.
by c0nquistad0rian on Dec 2, 2009 9:21 PM MST up reply actions
Budaj has absolutely shit for luck
IMO he is the only one who showed up for the shootouts. He comes in after sitting since mid-November, plays 42 seconds, and then keeps the team in the game for the extra point. Too bad nobody on the team could get thet puck in the net. To get the loss under these circumstances is truly the bum deal of the century for a goalie.
Colorado Avalanche: Please excuse the mess while we are under construction.
Tomas Vokoun disagrees with you vehemently.
"I know everyone has their own opinion, but your opinion is wrong. "
by Mike @ MHH on Dec 3, 2009 8:25 AM MST via mobile up reply actions
He thinks…or he thinks he’s batman.
Colorado Avalanche- Two goals up, two goals down, it doesn't matter they'll play you close.
by An Unmitigated Disaster on Dec 3, 2009 10:02 AM MST up reply actions
(a little concusion joke there)
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by An Unmitigated Disaster on Dec 3, 2009 10:02 AM MST up reply actions
And clearly a great one considering you had to explain it…
Yeah, well, you know, that's just, like, your opinion, man.
Hey I’m not a great comedian like Carrot top or Yakhoff Smirnoff here.
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by An Unmitigated Disaster on Dec 3, 2009 10:29 AM MST up reply actions
But
You are leaps and bounds ahead of Dane Cook/Carlos Mencia.
Then again, the load of Bertuzzi my dog dropped this morning in the kitchen was funnier than those two.
A 2nd round rookie in the race for Calder? ORLY? Ya RLY!
I have laughed at dane cook before, but nothing that has ever come out of Carlos Mencia’s mouth has even made me smile—I want to laugh but the guys a 3rd or 4th rate dave chapelle.
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by An Unmitigated Disaster on Dec 3, 2009 12:40 PM MST up reply actions
Mencia made me laugh pretty hard one time
He was talking about the atomic bomb. It was hilarious.
"I intend to kick your ass today." - Denver Broncos legend Tom Jackson
Why we gotta bring up the Cook hatred again
The man is funny. You are not. The King of the Universe, thats right minions, I got a promotion, decrees it so.
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
No
Him and Mencia steal half, if not all, their jokes.
Cook makes me want to punch him.
Mencia makes me want to stab him.
Neither are funny. At all.
I need a new sig, since i think I cursed ORLY by promoting him.
It's not true, actually
A Leafs goalie had it happen last year. If memory serves, Curtis Joseph started the game for Toronto. When they went to the shootout, Ron Wilson decided to go with Vesa Toskala. It didn’t work. Wilson was criticized pretty heavily for the move, bringing in a cold goalie for the shootout.
"I intend to kick your ass today." - Denver Broncos legend Tom Jackson
Was that Wilson?
I thought it was Paul Maurice.
A 2nd round rookie in the race for Calder? ORLY? Ya RLY!
It was Wilson
I had it backwards, though. He pulled Toskala and put in CuJo against the Ducks for the shootout on October 21, 2008.
"I intend to kick your ass today." - Denver Broncos legend Tom Jackson
And yet
It’s been suggested that the avs use Budaj in shootouts because Andy sucks at them. Hmmm. Well, Budaj did ok last night imo, the only goal he let in was from a guy who you KNEW was going to score, after we gave him a hattie.
Get rid of the loser point
09-10 Avs- Nowhere to go but up!
not to nit pick or anything…
Wojtek Wolski had 6 points.
Wolski had 6 shots not points. I wish he’d had 6 points.
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fixed. I think you’ll see where my brain was on this
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by David Driscoll-Carignan on Dec 2, 2009 9:14 PM MST up reply actions
Ok, what the frick? I sure picked the wrong 10 minutes (first 10) of the game to watch…. ridiculous.
Forever grateful that Joe Sakic isn't a douche bag like Brett Favre.
I was fast forwarding like a mad man during the first. I skipped a decent chunk of the 3rd too, but started again when Anderson got pulled. Kind of glad I did
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by David Driscoll-Carignan on Dec 2, 2009 9:15 PM MST up reply actions
Stastny played left wing with Duchene and Stewart in the 3rd period and ended up with 4 points.
On the power play, Stastny centered the other two, with the right handed Stewart on the left side, and the left handed Duchene on the right. Both guys playing on the off wings opens them up for one-timers and puts them in a better position to bank one in from in front of the crease on the power play.
I actually kind of warmed up to those 3 playing together. Of course, that takes away from the 1-2 center punch. But, it’s good to load up on one line with the hot scorers every once in a while. And a Wolski – Galiard – Hejduk second line wouldn’t be too bad.
fwiw, Wolski and Galiardi played together through OT. I could see that working okay. a tad soft, perhaps
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by David Driscoll-Carignan on Dec 2, 2009 9:20 PM MST up reply actions
And a Wolski – Galiard – Hejduk second line wouldn’t be too bad.
Or even put Wolski at center and have Galiardi-Wolski-Hejduk. Either way could be interesting.
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Duchene and Stewart gotta play together, and i think adding Hejduk to that line would be awesome.
by San Diego Avs Fan on Dec 3, 2009 12:24 PM MST up reply actions
Can we all agree that the time has come for Clark to get the big fat boot outta town?
Also, Ryan Wilson had another nice hit.
by San Diego Avs Fan on Dec 3, 2009 12:32 PM MST up reply actions
1. Package Clark + Svatos
2. ??
3. PROFIT!
Yeah, well, you know, that's just, like, your opinion, man.
by Aph on Dec 3, 2009 1:05 PM MST up reply actions
Package Clark and Svatos for underpants?
And with the 32nd pick in the 2009 NHL draft, the Red Wings select: Someone other than Ryan O'Reilly. LOL@Detoilet.
by Bob in Boulder on Dec 3, 2009 3:54 PM MST up reply actions
Or a bag of pucks in this case.
But either way.
Yeah, well, you know, that's just, like, your opinion, man.
by Aph on Dec 3, 2009 4:04 PM MST up reply actions
right now you two are aiming really high.
Jesus Saves! Duchene gets the rebound and scores!
by An Unmitigated Disaster on Dec 3, 2009 6:30 PM MST up reply actions
Damn it, I turned the game off after it was 2-0…well that will teach me. They didn’t deserve to win, but at least they got a point.
Ryan O'Reilly for the Calder.
by An Unmitigated Disaster on Dec 2, 2009 9:17 PM MST reply actions
I TiVoed it cuz I was at a pick up game (where I sucked ASS, thank you very much) and was convinced it was going to end 6-4. I considered turning it off but fast forwarded through it til that one kid, what’s his name? Oh right, Duchene scored with about a minute left and then went real time for the tie and the OT and the shoot out until … “bloop” the freaking recording ended right as the 4th Preds shooter was letting the puck fly. Guess I didn’t really miss much, but it kinda sucked.
2009-2010 Avs: a game away from being up on blocks
by BeachNSnowGirl on Dec 3, 2009 12:16 AM MST up reply actions
AAH
That sucks sorry.
This is a hockey board — You fuck with our Hejduk, and the spirit of Lappy is coming. =)-Jibbles
That’s why you set the TiVo to record at least a half hour extra….
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when setting it at home i do but to do it online you have to go through all these hoops.
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by BeachNSnowGirl on Dec 4, 2009 4:23 PM MST up reply actions
Got to see the last 10 minutes of the game...
I will say this…despite the loss, I think the Avs showed us something tonight. This team IS coming together. We actually saw things that true teammates do, tonight, Footer earned his C.
The team as a whole, is starting to gain confidence. It just scares me, that it’s more than likely Boods vs. the NHL’s hottest player…then again, I wouldn’t have much confidence in Andy against him right now. Avs usually bounce back from getting their asses handed to them…I wonder what this kind of a loss will do.
Mile High Mayhem just another ho-hum Avs blog.
you didn’t see the first 50 minutes, or that praise may have been tempered slightly. I do agree about Foote, though.
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by David Driscoll-Carignan on Dec 2, 2009 9:32 PM MST up reply actions
well, I think we finally woke up. Plus, with Dutch, TJ, Radar, Stewie…I think we are seeing the light at the end of the suck tunnel. If we can keep these guys together, with Stats for the next 10 years…we’re going to be insanely good.
Mile High Mayhem just another ho-hum Avs blog.
FWIW,
“Suck tunnel” is what we called a certain sorority house back at college…
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by Mike @ MHH on Dec 3, 2009 7:53 AM MST via mobile up reply actions
No, we were accurate. There’s a difference.
"I know everyone has their own opinion, but your opinion is wrong. "
by Mike @ MHH on Dec 3, 2009 8:33 AM MST via mobile up reply actions
I preferred: sorostitutes. Or fraturniture.
by c0nquistad0rian on Dec 3, 2009 12:29 PM MST up reply actions
That’s funny, I still refer to a few ex’s as suck tunnels.
Mile High Mayhem just another ho-hum Avs blog.
I like the term ‘Ho-Bag’ it sums some of them up perfectly.
Colorado Avalanche- Two goals up, two goals down, it doesn't matter they'll play you close.
by An Unmitigated Disaster on Dec 3, 2009 10:05 AM MST up reply actions
I am still amazed at this team's ability to come back
But, with the way stewie is playing. Duchene/Stewie/Hejduk will be a monster.
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Unfortunately the Stastny line is a one man line now. It’s like Duchene and him switched places.
Hopefully #9 is not ten less than #19
I saw Stewie and Duchene out there with Highlander for a couple of shifts, if that continues Hedjuk could go back to playing with SoS. How come whichever line the duke is on becomes awesome?
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by An Unmitigated Disaster on Dec 3, 2009 10:07 AM MST up reply actions
DO I KNOW WHAT RETORICAL MEANS? Homer Simpson…
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by An Unmitigated Disaster on Dec 3, 2009 1:02 PM MST up reply actions
Rhetorical hey
8!
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
Also, and no this is not a swipe at Budaj
but, the Rangers waived Valiquette. Should we pick him up?
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They waived Valiquette for a reason. He’s crap right now. He was never better than Budaj anyways.
I spent more effort eating a pudding than Tyler Arnason skated last year.
I always liked him, i thought he was a good backup. I understand he sucks now, sometimes goalies need a change of scenery. But I was not criticizing Budaj.
Avalanche 2009-2010: We fend off 7 man power plays? Do you?
Worth noting
Chris Stewart picked up a Gordie Howe hat trick tonight.
Colorado Avalanche: Preventing itchy playoff beards since '09
by FiveJeffFingerDiscount on Dec 2, 2009 9:39 PM MST reply actions
I prefer to call it the “Happy Lappy” because Avery is a turd sandwich.
The problem with the world is that everyone is a few drinks behind - Humphrey Bogart
Happy Lappy Hat Trick…has a nice ring to it. The only thing missing, though, is getting a hard core injury but not missing a shift
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by BeachNSnowGirl on Dec 3, 2009 8:26 AM MST up reply actions
Another thing worth noting
Koci actually had more time on the ice than in the penalty box.
A 2nd round rookie in the race for Calder? ORLY? Ya RLY!
Next you’ll tell me that the economy is in recovery.
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by Mike @ MHH on Dec 3, 2009 7:54 AM MST via mobile up reply actions
Per AD on the Twitting thinger...
I think Andy will be ok. Was walking fine after game but didn’t talk
Mile High Mayhem just another ho-hum Avs blog.
Bet he’s pissed at the game and the final outcome.
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by FiveJeffFingerDiscount on Dec 2, 2009 9:46 PM MST up reply actions
Andy reminds me a lot of
Patrick Roy. He can get very emotional when he feels his team isn’t supporting him.
He’s got a promising future…
We always come back from behind against Florida. Anyone remember a game in 1999 (I think), when we were down 5-2 going into the third period, but Forsberg went nuts and we scored 5 goals in like 7 minutes? That wasn’t a very meaningful game, but it always stucked out in my memory.
Too bad we couldn’t complete the job tonight.
I spent more effort eating a pudding than Tyler Arnason skated last year.
by Shoeshiner on Dec 2, 2009 9:49 PM MST reply actions 1 recs
Yup
One of my favorite games of all time. Poor Pavel bure, scores a hattie and loses.
Get rid of the loser point
09-10 Avs- Nowhere to go but up!
by TheRed on Dec 3, 2009 1:12 AM MST up reply actions 1 recs
My #1 All-Time Favorite Forsberg Moment!
I’ve been a fan since the Av’s first moved to Colorado, and played their first pre-season game at Dobson Ice Arena in Vail. That game against Florida, 3/3/99, down 5-0 in the second, is still #3 in my memory lockbox (#2, watching Uwe score to see cup #1 in 3OT, #1 seeing Ray raise the CUP in person). Here’s a recap I found from the NYT. I am still giddy thinking about when Duchene is going to top that night!!!
GO CATS GO! UVM Hockey 2010!
Wow!
The Avs scored three goals in the third period!
OK, I'm really struggling here;
not to stand up and cheer at the fact that Clark went off – and went off, by the way, entirely at his own doing because he didn’t position himself on that last play for shit. Moving one’s feet – not a requisite in his book.
Allow me to also point out the fact that Andy’s injury is pretty much entirely the direct result of Clark’s continuing refusal to play the F()&ing man! If he had simply done the thing that every player learns in peewees – namely to play the body and not allow him to the puck, Andy would’ve picked it up easy and wouldn’t have been run.
Fuck Brett Clark.
Thank you, that is all.
2009-2010 Colorado Avalanche - Time to grow a pair, boys!
Never seen him play
What style of play does he have anyways?
I spent more effort eating a pudding than Tyler Arnason skated last year.
He isn’t Brett Clark. At this point, I find that to be the primary qualifying characteristic.
The fact that he’s not Tom Preissing is simply gravy.
2009-2010 Colorado Avalanche - Time to grow a pair, boys!
Yeah....
…but what if he turns out to be Aki Berg?
I spent more effort eating a pudding than Tyler Arnason skated last year.
i didn’t get a chance to see the game in its entirety tonight, though i did catch the shoot out (where we couldn’t hit the broad side of a barn) my thoughts from the game based on what i was told/read here:
positives:
we got a freaking point in a game we really should have lost
nice to see we might have found duchene a linemate, took stewie long enough to realize how to do his NHL job right (i kid i kid)
we’ve never said quit at all this season, i had this feeling we would tie it up in the dieing seconds of the third (then the text confirmed it) i like how (for the most part) Coach Sacco has the boys playing ‘never say die’ hockey.
Footer giving ballard the ‘what for’ with a couple of rights, if anyone could have taken the ‘running andy’ matter into his own hands, El Capitano would be the guy
negatives:
the fact we were down 2 goals. again. multiple times.
our PK (did we REALLY go 7/7 just two nights ago?)
Andy going down, though someone else posted here he was walking around, so we’ll take that for what it is
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Sure I gave up on the game like the rest of you. Damn my wife for her positive attitude. Gives me shit everytime i say something negative. SHE claims to be the superfan. New to posting here. I read this site all day every day! I finally made a profile and joined the club. You guys made me laugh too much. Anyway, where has O’Reilly been? he sure has tapered off.
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welcome to the club! take a sandwich and a juice box
'I googled what the white stuff in a Ho-Ho was, i found out it has NINE cups of sugar..that will KILL YOU, it would turn your blood into fruit punch!'
welcome to the team!
and yeah, O’Reilly has been, ahem, off the radar of late. That may be because he’s playing on a line with McLeod and Tucker (aka the Why Me? line)
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by David Driscoll-Carignan on Dec 3, 2009 5:53 AM MST up reply actions
He’s also been saddled on a line with Svatos at times…one of the most useless players on the current roster
Welcome.
O’Reilly has still been out there and has been fairly solid, but has been unable to contribute on the score sheet. Perhaps it’s been his line-mates as of late?
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by Americanario on Dec 3, 2009 10:43 AM MST up reply actions
some of it is his linemates, some of it is simply regression to the mean. he was getting a lot of bounces.
let’s not forget, he spent a lot of time with Jones to start the year too. That certainly didn’t hurt him.
I’d like to see him back with McLeod full time. They seemed to work together well.
Do I get an official badge or something?
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no
but you got your first jibblekopf! congrats!
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by BeachNSnowGirl on Dec 3, 2009 12:12 AM MST up reply actions
The MHH Rite of Passage.
CHECK.
I thought you knew that algebra was all razzamatazz. A Globetrotter always saves the good algebra for the final minutes.
by SlamDunkTheFunk on Dec 3, 2009 12:55 AM MST up reply actions
sniff
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by David Driscoll-Carignan on Dec 3, 2009 5:53 AM MST up reply actions
All the cool kids are doing it!!
This is a hockey board — You fuck with our Hejduk, and the spirit of Lappy is coming. =)-Jibbles
Me? I watched the whole game. Liles? I think he may have missed some of it. Like specifically the d-man assignment on the second goal. That was just about the worst gaff I’ve seen all year from our D, Brett Clark included. Skrastins Notwithstanding.
Still, we were lucky to get a point. I think Budaj should start the next game. Andy played like shit. For wanting to beat your former team, he should have stopped at least two of those. In his credit he did make a couple of great saves, but the few soft ones made the difference. (in his performance anyways, he didn’t exactly have a ton of help, at least until the last minute)
Oh, and DDC, the answer I want on my desk is how many teams score two in the final 1:30 or so w/ the goalie pulled to tie the game? Not many I’ll guess.
Get rid of the loser point
09-10 Avs- Nowhere to go but up!
To be fair to Andy, he did face 20-shots in the first period (I think officially 19), and was really the only person on the ice, who actually tried…after that you are right, from Andy on down (outside of Stewie and Duchene), no one really played until about the last half of the 3rd period.
That said, I give Andy a game to recuperate, and let Boods play tonight. Agreed
Effort continues to be the most frustrating aspect of this team.
I’m probably misremembering the events entirely but last night there was a breakaway by Florida and they were skating by a Colorado player who was on his way to the bench (5-10 ft away). The best the Colorado player could do was a one handed, limp-wristed check that of course the Florida player was able to easily move around. You could almost see the Colorao player shrug as if to say, “Whatever, I tried”. I was apoplectic.
Lately it seems like with the exception of a few notable players, we have a team composed of Tyler Arnesons.
I think I heard this once...
Amazingly, the lead did not stand up, even though Florida still led by 5-3 with five minutes left.
from 1999. Different result, but still exciting.
GO CATS GO! UVM Hockey 2010!
you all know why the team lost, right?
CUZ BOOODEYE SUX N IZ TEH WURST!!!!!
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by BeachNSnowGirl on Dec 3, 2009 8:33 AM MST reply actions
You are exactly right
unfortunately, there is some dumbass over at the DP blaming Boooodeye for the loss, so Beachie’s assessement of the Muppets is dead on (stupid as it is).
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Glad 4 players showed up for the game
Duchene, Stewie, Footer, and SoS. Other than that, everyone else was pretty much MIA.
I was at the ice rink the 3rd period (my son had hockey practice) and I caught overtime. There were a bunch of teenage boys and their fathers watching. When Anderson got hit and Foote attacked Ballard, all of them jumped up and were screaming and yelling and one of the dads said “It’s about tiime!!” I really love the badass Footer, and he earned his “C” doing that.
As far as Anderson playing against his former team: I am not so sure this is always the best plan. I think it is too emotional for the goalie, and that each goal against is far too distracting. And, as my son pointed out, they know the goalies weaknesses and will play to those. Look what happened to Raycroft last year. Anyway, I hope Anderson is doing okay. I think Sacco needs a wake up call that he needs to start playing Budaj, because Anderson is showing signs of needing a break. It’s not as if the Avs are winning every game with him in net anway. It’s pretty clear to me the skaters are the problem on this team right now, not the goalies.
Colorado Avalanche: Please excuse the mess while we are under construction.
And yes, the skaters are by far the major problem right now. Giving up 19-20 shots in the first period to a non-offensive team (for the most part)…JM Liles playing most of the game with his thumb up his butt. Clark getting beaten left and right, including the play that led to Ballard running Andy.
As for the shootout…gimmick or not, it’s here to stay, and our shooters SUCK at it. Time to practice
Agree
What the HELL happened to Wolski? Last year he could make every shot blindfolded? This season he can’t seem to get a decent shot! Clemmer poke checked it last night for crying out loud!!! When you see him coming way out of the net like that taking a huge risk, skate around him and bury it!
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Keith Ballard
As Ballard was flying down the wing in OT last night I said to myself “Is Ballard going to redeem himself?” and sadly, he kind of did
by Joe Sakic is my personal Jesus on Dec 3, 2009 8:52 AM MST reply actions
Much better game than it had a right to be
Who knew that two often uninspiring teams* could get together and play one of the most entertaining games of the year? It would have been perfect if we had won the shootout. The point was nice, especially considering the late 2-goal deficit, but the loss still hurt.
*I should amend that to say that both teams actually looked pretty inspired last night. I don’t know too much about Florida and all those players with the weird numbers in the 60s, but they looked like they’ve got some decent talent up front and a leaky defense in the back. And their new 3rd jerseys suck worse than ours.
What the hell is there to say about our special teams? We got freaking killed by the worst special teams team in the league, and it wasn’t even close. Andy gave up a big fat juicy rebound on one of Weiss’s goals, he wasn’t at his best. How do we allow such a large shot disparity? I wish Sacco would give Koci and Durno (especially Durno) more time. That’s 2 games in a row where Koci’s played less than 2 minutes, and pretty good things seem to happen when Durno’s on the ice. How much freaking worse could we have been in the first 40 minutes with Koci getting a little more ice time and Stastny not having to play 27+ minutes?
I didn’t think Ballard ran Anderson, but I’ve got a soft spot for Ballard, so maybe I’m wrong. I liked Foote’s reaction, even though it was overdue.
Wildly entertaining, pissed about the ending, and worried that we’re going to get tuned up tonight.
I think Andy gave up 1 really bad goal (the 3rd Weiss goal)…otherwise I though he played very well. Even the big rebound on Weiss’ 2nd goal…while bad…was all he could do with the shot that was taken. Had Liles not been picking his ass, it’s an easy claer. Other than that, when peppered with 44 shots, you are going to give up your fair share.
2 of the goals (the first and the 4th) were strange bounces…and the 5th was another D breakdown. If Andy was still around in the shootout, that’s where he gives up his truly bad goals.
And yes…Ballard ran him, but I blame Clark for getting beat so bad on that play
you know
i haven’t seen any comments on this, but i think it’s worth mentioning: Stewart did an awesome thing last night making Allen pay for that attempted dirty hit. Not only that, he, he totally beat him down. First time I’ve seen an Avs player stand up for another since Lappy, then Foote followed suit later in the game.
Just another reason it should take quite a bit to break up Duchene and Stewie. Duchene style is going to lead to a lot of frustrated, headhunting defensemen out there. He needs this protection, and Stewie’s got the skill to be effective hockey-wise as well.
Well
It was mentioned in the actual post.
Stewart might have had more, but he was effectively tossed from the game for instigating a fight with Bryan Allen when he mistakenly thought that Allen had leveled Duchene. I’ve wanted to see Stewie get more physical all year; that was a poor time to do it.
But I agree with you. I was SO happy to see that. That was one of the reasons I loved Stewie so much last year. A good hockey player, who is willing to throw down when he needs to.
I just hope he does not go invisible again this year.
Yeah, well, you know, that's just, like, your opinion, man.
by Aph on Dec 3, 2009 2:32 PM MST up reply actions
i know DDC mentioned it, but i didn’t see any props for what he did. Sacco’s pst game comments about stupid penalties make me wonder if he agreed with DDC about it, which would make me sad. That was the right hockey play, penalty or no.
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