Avalanche Blogger Roundtable, Day 10 Part 1

by Mike @ MHH on Sep 30, 2009 8:00 AM MDT in Avalanche Blogger Roundtable

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It's finally here! The last day of the 2009-2010 version of the Colorado Avalanche Blogger Roundtable! We've had a ton of questions and a ton of contributors this year and except for a few timing hiccups, I think it's gone pretty well. But enough of that self-congratulatory crap; ON TO THE FINAL QUESTIONS!!

MHH gets the dubious honor of book-ending this whole smorgasbord o' fun with both of today's Roundtable questions. First up:

Final chance to look like an idiot: What is one long-shot expectation for the season?

thedoctor- Brett Clark will play well and score 30-40 points. It's a contract year, and the new coaching staff won't encourage the bad habits he's fallen into.

Aaron Musick - I have three:

1) T.J. Galiardi will get at least 60 points this year.
2) Tyler Weiman will be given a shot at the NHL level at some point this year
3) Paul Stastny will get into his first career fight.

Matt Jordan - Everything gels together and the Avs get a 7 seed.

GEO - Will I be watching hockey in May? Yes.
Will I be golfing in May? Yes.
Will the Avalanche be watching hockey and golfing in May? Absolutely yes.

Shane - Last season, I figured David Jones had a shot at 30 goals. He missed it by a country-mile (which is 2.25x longer than a city-mile) but I'm not going to fall into the trap of redefining success just so I can achieve it. So once again, I'm predicting that ol' Davy Jones will hit 30 goals this season.

DDC - Peter Budaj will be the #1 goalie by the end of the year.

So there you have it, some fearless predictions for some of this year's contributors. Add your own in the comments below. Seriously, comment away. I need fodder for a midseason post where I make fun of everybody because of their predicitons!

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I want give a big thanks to Mike who’s been working his ass off on this for a solid month now. enjoy your mini-vacation, man!

and also thanks to all 19 or so bloggers who took part. the Avalanche blogging community is a solid one and it’s getting better every day. it was great working with everyone on this.

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

by David Driscoll-Carignan on Sep 30, 2009 8:09 AM MDT reply actions

He had a good balance of authoritar without being pushy about it. Worked perfectly.

by ShaneG on Sep 30, 2009 9:53 AM MDT up reply actions

GEO…LONG shot predictions….LOL

by chiavsfan on Sep 30, 2009 8:48 AM MDT reply actions

Misquoted

My comment was meant for Part 2. (For the record)

by AvslovaFactor on Sep 30, 2009 11:06 AM MDT up reply actions

It’s hard to argue with you DD. However, how can you judge any team with goaltending save % below .900? I’m not sure we know what we have yet. What happens to this team if we get great goaltending? Will they end up like Columbus?

by Dario on Sep 30, 2009 9:10 AM MDT via mobile reply actions

did you just jibble it by replying to the wrong article?

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

by David Driscoll-Carignan on Sep 30, 2009 9:12 AM MDT up reply actions

Holy crap, not only did I jibble the reply, I replied in the wrong story! What the he’ll do we call that?

by Dario on Sep 30, 2009 9:14 AM MDT via mobile up reply actions

Dario'd?

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Jibblescribbits: C'mon over and waste some time

by Jibblescribbits on Sep 30, 2009 10:01 AM MDT up reply actions

I believe that you just officially Tuckered this post.

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by Hopfenkopf on Sep 30, 2009 2:11 PM MDT up reply actions

“I need fodder for a midseason post where I make fun of everybody because of their predicitons!”

Do they get to make sun of you for your speling then?

I kid, I kid. I kid ’cause I love. In a completely platonic way. Probably.

by ShaneG on Sep 30, 2009 9:51 AM MDT reply actions

“DDC – Peter Budaj will be the #1 goalie by the end of the year.”

Budaj still plays for the Avs?

by ShaneG on Sep 30, 2009 9:52 AM MDT reply actions

Galiardi - at least 60 points?

Wow, that’s bold. I hope your right though. Is he still eligible for the Calder? I do think he’ll have a good year but I’m guessing it would be around 30-40 points.

by mcarson01 on Sep 30, 2009 10:14 AM MDT reply actions

mccarson01

Do you know how many games Galiardi played last year? Is that the figure that determines whether or not he’s eligible for the Calder?

by AlexanderH on Sep 30, 2009 10:22 AM MDT up reply actions

He played eleven games which shouldn’t disqualify him (needs to play at least 25 games). His age also plays into it but the cutoff is 26, so he’s good there. So, if I’m not mistaken, he’s eligible.

by mcarson01 on Sep 30, 2009 10:32 AM MDT up reply actions