The 2009-2010 Avalanche [Updated With Some Duchene Kid]

by David Driscoll-Carignan on Jul 16, 2009 3:30 PM MDT in NHL News

Since Joe and I have bombarded the airwaves enough today...

Here's a depth / cap update with the addition of Matt Duchene (who now has a spiffy, but sparse, new profile page). I'm using CapGeek's numbers, which are different than the $3.2 Terry Frei is reporting.

Frankly, I don't like this depth chart at all and considered throwing Duchene on Stastny's wing, but figured that would send thedoctor into cardiac arrest. So, for now, I've moved Wolski back to wing (guh), bumped Hensick up to the 2nd line (double guh), dropped Galiardi down to the 3rd line (because a TJ + TJ + Svatos line would have caused by blogging license to be revoked) and moved Stoa back down to the notables bench.

	LW		C		RW
1	Wojtek Wolski	2.800	Paul Stastny	6.600	Milan Hejduk *	3.900
2	Cody McLeod	1.033	T.J. Hensick	0.850	Marek Svatos	2.050
3	T.J. Galiardi	0.875	Matt Duchene	3.400	David Jones	0.838
4	Darcy Tucker	2.250	Brian Willsie	0.600	Chris Stewart	0.850
Res	David Koci	0.575

	D		D
1	Scott Hannan *	4.500	John-Michael Liles *	4.200
2	Brett Clark	3.500	Ruslan Salei	3.025
3	Adam Foote *	3.000	Kyle Quincey	0.525
Res	Kyle Cumiskey	0.600	Tom Preissing	2.750

	G
1	Craig Anderson	1.813
2	Peter Budaj	1.250

	Under Contract	23
	Estimated Hit	51.783
	Estimated Cap	56.800
	Cap Space	5.017
	Change	-2.550

	* denotes NTC
	§ denotes RFA

	Other Notables
D	Wes O'Neill	0.815
D	Ray Macias	0.585
D	Derek Peltier	0.512
F	Philippe Dupuis	0.575
F	Darren Haydar	0.525
F	Ryan Stoa	0.850
F	Justin Mercier	0.563
F	Cedric L-M	0.610

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bumped Hensick up to the 2nd line (double guh)

Only a double guh? Imo, there aren’t enough guhs in the world …..

Our 2009-2010 Avs: The towel has been thrown into the rink.

by Bob in Boulder on Jul 16, 2009 3:36 PM MDT reply actions

well, I’m not ready to put MD there and I don’t want Hensick wasted on the 4th line so…

Hyphens cause writers more trouble than any other form of punctuation, except perhaps commas.

by David Driscoll-Carignan on Jul 16, 2009 3:49 PM MDT up reply actions

Fixed

well, I’m not ready to put MD there and I don’t want Hensick wasted on the ~~4th line~~ roster so…

2009-2010 Colorado Avalanche - "Hey Brother, can you spare a Left Winger?"

by Hopfenkopf on Jul 16, 2009 3:55 PM MDT up reply actions

That was my first thought.

Hockey... The most favoritest sport of Jesus.

by Pinchy The Lobster on Jul 16, 2009 4:18 PM MDT up reply actions

In my humble opinion without ever seeing doogie play, he can beat out Hensick for that 2nd line center spot.

I'm Mr. Positive

by An Unmitigated Disaster on Jul 16, 2009 3:48 PM MDT reply actions

I’m really starting to love that nickname.

I'm Mr. Positive

by An Unmitigated Disaster on Jul 16, 2009 3:49 PM MDT up reply actions

It works on many levels.

Go Avs! Let's get some goals!

by Joe Dunman on Jul 16, 2009 4:31 PM MDT up reply actions

It’s really growing on me too.

It just occured to me that he’s too young to get the reference. How sad is that? We should post a youtube video here in case he’s reading.

by Mrs @ MHH on Jul 17, 2009 7:50 AM MDT up reply actions

Hmmm. Maybe he can write a one line “personal diary” after each game…just like Doogie did at the end of each episode

by chiavsfan on Jul 17, 2009 8:35 AM MDT up reply actions

I think that’s going to be a new recap feature for sure

Hyphens cause writers more trouble than any other form of punctuation, except perhaps commas.

by David Driscoll-Carignan on Jul 17, 2009 9:05 AM MDT up reply actions

wouldn't it be awesome

if he really did? he’s well trenched in the tweeter generation…it could happen!

Wake me when it's over

by BeachNSnowGirl on Jul 17, 2009 9:38 AM MDT up reply actions

Chalk up my first good idea in the last 3 years :)

by chiavsfan on Jul 17, 2009 9:40 AM MDT up reply actions

Example: “Well, we lost today, but we can take heart in the fact that we played well on Joe Sakic’s day…”

The dramatic Doogie pause as the music plays

“…but at least Avalanche fans weren’t subjected to Tyler Arnason.”

Fade to black

by chiavsfan on Jul 17, 2009 9:41 AM MDT up reply actions

I actually looked at how much cap space we have: Its hovering at about 5 mil, which doesnt seem to be that much when you look at the talent/pricetags on the forwards. Then I get to the D, and I remember where it all went.

Next year is going to be interesting.

Sippin' PBR on a Colorado game day...

by mfured20 on Jul 16, 2009 4:00 PM MDT reply actions

You forgot Hendricks!

by hockey10 on Jul 16, 2009 4:13 PM MDT reply actions

Thats ashame, I really wanted to see Stoa

by wolski-08 on Jul 16, 2009 4:14 PM MDT reply actions

plenty of time for changes, both before and after the season starts

Hyphens cause writers more trouble than any other form of punctuation, except perhaps commas.

by David Driscoll-Carignan on Jul 16, 2009 4:17 PM MDT up reply actions

plenty of time for ~~changes~~ injuries, both before and after the season starts

Fixed.

Go Avs! Let's get some goals!

by Joe Dunman on Jul 16, 2009 4:33 PM MDT up reply actions

my heart thanks you

I actually wouldn’t mind Duchene on a wing this year, but it’s still a little scary. don’t want to pull a Wolski with him.

I have no reservations about a top 6 role for Duchene though. I still see (with no additions):

Galiardi – Stastny – Hejduk
Wolski – Duchene – Jones (and I bet Wolski takes faceoffs)
McLeod – Hensick – Svatos
Tucker – Dupuis/Willsie – Stewart

pains me to have Stewie on the 4th, but Jones or Svatos will break in no time, so it’s probably a moot point. :)

I’m trying to get a feel for the LEM lines too…they seem to have quite a bit of talent this year — Haydar, Sertich, one of Dupuis/Willsie, Hendricks, Durno, Stoa, Mercier, McNicoll…I really don’t know their positions that well so it’s hard, but here’s a stab:

Durno – Hendricks – Haydar
Stoa – Sertich – Willsie
Mercier – McNicoll – McCutcheon

that ain’t bad for the A, if their prior stats are any indication. Yip, Burki, Fritsche, Drummond, Corbin all fill out the 4th line.

by thedoctor on Jul 16, 2009 4:38 PM MDT reply actions

oh and I was wrong earlier today — Haydar is a RW as far as I can tell, shoots right, the whole bit. that probably puts him in LE, there seems to be a real lack of RWs there.

by thedoctor on Jul 16, 2009 4:43 PM MDT up reply actions

See?

Now you’re depressing me again!

2009-2010 Colorado Avalanche - "Hey Brother, can you spare a Left Winger?"

by Hopfenkopf on Jul 16, 2009 4:45 PM MDT up reply actions

lol, sorry. it’s because we have so many on the big squad!

by thedoctor on Jul 16, 2009 4:46 PM MDT up reply actions

I was more depressed about him not being a LW than him not being up w/ the Avs, though I like him more and more as I learn more about him.

2009-2010 Colorado Avalanche - "Hey Brother, can you spare a Left Winger?"

by Hopfenkopf on Jul 16, 2009 5:10 PM MDT up reply actions

He’s a class act and a good player. I kind of developed a man-crush while writing the profile of him today.

Go Avs! Let's get some goals!

by Joe Dunman on Jul 16, 2009 5:17 PM MDT up reply actions

Sounds like you have your gaydar out for Haydar.

Our 2009-2010 Avs: The towel has been thrown into the rink.

by Bob in Boulder on Jul 16, 2009 5:28 PM MDT up reply actions

Go find us some ice girls you ne’er-do-well!

2009-2010 Colorado Avalanche - "Hey Brother, can you spare a Left Winger?"

by Hopfenkopf on Jul 16, 2009 5:35 PM MDT up reply actions

I developed a man crush watching him play in Chicago in the AHL for two years, and then kicking Chicago’s anus with Milwaukee the years prior

by chiavsfan on Jul 17, 2009 7:05 AM MDT up reply actions

Meh!

How’s this?:

Galiardi / Stastny / Hejduk
Stoa or Haydar / Duchene / Svatos or Jones
McLeod / Wolski / Stewart
Stoa or Haydar / Hensick or Dupuis / Svatos or Jones

Koci

Hannan / Liles
Salei / Quincey
Foote / Preissing

Cumiskey

Anderson
Budaj

Other Notables
O’Neill
Macias
Peltier
Dupuis or Hensick
Mercier
Cedric L-M

Notable by their absence

Tucker
Clark

2009-2010 Colorado Avalanche - "Hey Brother, can you spare a Left Winger?"

by Hopfenkopf on Jul 16, 2009 4:39 PM MDT reply actions

i like these. I’m a big fan of Wolski as a Jordan Staal clone on the 3rd line. But I also think Duchene and Wolski could mesh really nicely, and we have that dearth of LWs… But these are great.

by thedoctor on Jul 16, 2009 4:48 PM MDT up reply actions

That third line of Highlander / Baron / Stewie just makes me giddy thinking about all the net-crashing jaw-busting scoring they can do, all whilst shutting down the other team’s first line!

2009-2010 Colorado Avalanche - "Hey Brother, can you spare a Left Winger?"

by Hopfenkopf on Jul 16, 2009 5:04 PM MDT up reply actions