Game 55 Preview: Blue Jackets at Avalanche
by David Driscoll-Carignan on Feb 2, 2010 10:00 AM MST
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| Columbus Blue Jackets |
7 MT / 9 ET / 2 GMT |
Colorado Avalanche |
| 22-26-9 | February 1st, 2010 |
30-18-6 |
| 53 pts | Pepsi Center |
66 pts |
| 14th in West |
Denver, CO |
6th in West |
The Run For Thirty-One starts...now. There are no excuses. With all due respect to the Columbus Blue Jackets - trust us, we've been there - the Avalanche should win this hockey game. The Jackets have the 2nd highest GA/G in the Western Conference. They are the worst team in the conference at 5 on 5, they've lost all three previous games to the Avalanche this year and they won consecutive games just once since November 19th. Just once. The biggest thing the BJs have going for them is their PP. But, frankly, with the way the Avs PK has been playing lately, even that isn't a guaranteed plus for Columbus tonight.
What do the Avalanche need to do to win? Score. The defense has been okay, the goaltending has been solid, the penalty kill has been downright terrific. But the offense? Not so hot, especially that powerplay.
The Avalanche are right in the middle of the pack in the Conference at 5 on 5 - 7th in the West in 5 on 5 goals per game. Not great, but good enough for government work. But the power play is 9th, and that includes a league-leading 7 5-on-3 PPGs. The Avalanche rank 12th in the Conference in 5-on-4 goals per game, and that isn't going to cut it. The Avalanche need to improve there, and they need to do it now.
The general consensus seems to be that the guys on the power play - especially those on the point - are not shooting enough. I think the general consensus is right. Kyle Quincey leads Avalanche blueliners in shots taken with 96, good for a "meh" 34th in the league. Brett Clark ranks 84th. Liles is 94th. And Kyle Cumiskey is 120th, tied with Johnny Boychuk. All 4 have respectable points shots. Folks have talked about a need to add a big boomer from the point, but I really think the Avalanche have four very capable point men on the roster today. Someone just needs to tell them to let it fly more often. Like, a LOT more often. Tonight would be a great place to start doing that.
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Just don’t be one of those fans that sits in the stadium and screams SHOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOT! Those people make me nuts
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To be fair
Sometimes the Avs need tos top playing with it and just fire the damn puck
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by Jibblescribbits on Feb 2, 2010 10:08 AM MST up reply actions
Oh, I’m not saying they don’t need to shoot more, they do…I just don’t think fans screaming shoot is going to make them do it
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Advice to Red Wing Fans: If you don't want the reputation of being whiners, then stop whining about EVERYTHING. Your team is allowed to lose games, and when they do, it's not always because of the refs or Gary Bettman, and you seem to continuously claim
yeah, almost mentioned that above. those people are dorks. but they would be correct in this particular instance
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by David Driscoll-Carignan on Feb 2, 2010 10:35 AM MST up reply actions
There’s yelling “Shoot!” every time someone has the puck, and then there is the two minute passing drill that the PP usually becomes. We definitely need to put the puck on net more and not look for the perfect setup every time.
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by chopchopchop on Feb 2, 2010 10:38 AM MST up reply actions
we used to have tickets and these two ladies who sat behind us would constant yell at Tanguay whenever he had the puck, even at center ice “SHOOT TANGUAY!!!!!” simply maddening.
Bwahaha
Sandie
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by Sandie Gauthier on Feb 2, 2010 10:40 AM MST up reply actions
I used to ask my wife “would I have a reasonable defense if I threw these two ladies over the 3rd level railing?”
I went to Blackhawks opening night this year (against the Avs)…and the ladies behind my wife and I kept yelling “SKATE!” It took all my being not to turn around and go “THEY ARE ON SKATES, WHAT THE F ELSE DO YOU WANT THEM TO DO!?”
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Advice to Red Wing Fans: If you don't want the reputation of being whiners, then stop whining about EVERYTHING. Your team is allowed to lose games, and when they do, it's not always because of the refs or Gary Bettman, and you seem to continuously claim
bwahahahaha!
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by NurseBeachie on Feb 2, 2010 10:57 AM MST up reply actions
Brilliant!
Sandie
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by Sandie Gauthier on Feb 2, 2010 11:04 AM MST up reply actions
I SO do that
I do it while watching Hockey on TV. I’ll do it while watching the Wings too. And I certainly do it at the games. I just can’t resist…
by Avalanche318 on Feb 2, 2010 11:32 AM MST up reply actions
Me too, but not the whole damn game. Only out of frustration. I think the MHH types may not like me March 1. :)
Get rid of the loser point
ridding the world of booze: one drink at a time
Detroit Sucks
Nah!!
We’re all gonna be in the same boat March 1st!
I get yelling “Shoot the effin puck!!” like it was said above on that 2 min passing drill we call the pp, jsut not every time someone has the puck.
The last game I was at, the woman next to me kept yelling Shoot!! when either the opposing team had the puck or we were just fighting for posession in the neutral zone. That made me totally nuts!!
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by UZ on Feb 2, 2010 3:04 PM MST up reply actions
ooooh
Avoid me, I’m one of those people.
Except I’m usually yelling something more along the lines of “FOR THE LOVE OF CHRIST WOLSKI YOU JACKASS I’LL KILL YOUR GODDAMN DOG IF YOU DON’T STOP PASSING WITH A WIDE OPEN SHOT IN FRONT OF YOU”
I call it... The Avaslug!
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by UZ on Feb 2, 2010 3:00 PM MST up reply actions
Okay, I’m taking bets. What odds do you set for Liles being the healthy scratch for the D tonight??
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Sacco doesn’t envision tinkering with the power play, which produced two goals in each of Colorado’s three previous wins
Read more: http://www.denverpost.com/avalanche/ci_14313826#ixzz0eOz4BGgI
So does this mean Liles will be back in cuz…you know…he was on those PP units when they…you know….scored those goals. In fact, if I remember correctly, he…you know…earned a point for…you know….EACH ONE OF THEM. grrrrrrrrrrrrrr. Okay, rant done.
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by NurseBeachie on Feb 2, 2010 10:51 AM MST up reply actions
When Rob Blake was traded to the Avs before the 2001 deadline, He and Ray Bourque became the point men on the power play. Bourque told him that he had to have 5 shots on goal that night. Similarly, when Derek Morris was traded to the Avs and he and Blake became the point men on the power play, Blake gave him the same mandate.
Somewhere along the line, that leadership on the blue line (Foote withstanding, of course) and subsequent point shoots from the power play were lost.
by c0nquistad0rian on Feb 2, 2010 10:08 AM MST reply actions
hadn’t heard that story before. that’s cool
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by David Driscoll-Carignan on Feb 2, 2010 10:48 AM MST up reply actions
can anyone tell me
If Marek Svatos might be on the trade block for the Avs? I’m working on a piece regarding available scoring wingers for the Preds…
Also, if someone from MHH could give me a quick 3-5 sentence scouting report (provided he’s available), that’d be fantastic. I’ve got things from Fear the Fin and Jewels from the Crown on Frolov and Clowe, so I’d like to round out my piece with something from MHH.
Thanks…
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I definitely think he’s on the trade block. I love the guy and want to see him on another team where his skill set can be used effectively. I hate to see him go, but he’s not the right fit for the Avs anymore, unfortunately.
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by NurseBeachie on Feb 2, 2010 10:18 AM MST up reply actions
He’s definitely available.
Svatos is a smallish player, but tries to play like a much larger player, which in turn has led to many injuries. His best assets are his hustle and quick hands around the net. He’s particularly good at finding rebounds in traffic. On the flip side, despite his effort he’s a bit of a defensive liability, taking many bad penalties and losing battles along the boards in both zones. He’s a poor passer and not really a traditional sniper, more of a small rebound cleaner.
The key for Svatos is to find a playmaking winger that he has chemistry with. Forsberg, Turgeon, and strangely Arnason were all guys he found chemistry with, but Sakic, Stastny, Duchene, and O’Reilly have all failed. He needs a change of scenery.
thanks
That’s exactly what I was looking for. I was hoping to get it from an author here, but if I don’t I’ll definitely use this.
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by Chris Burton on Feb 2, 2010 10:24 AM MST up reply actions
doc is knowledgable
You’re safe using this
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by Jibblescribbits on Feb 2, 2010 10:33 AM MST up reply actions
http://www.ontheforecheck.com/2010/2/1/1286987/if-the-nashville-predators-are-in
You can give that a look to see what Nashville would likely have to offer in return…
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by Chris Burton on Feb 2, 2010 10:34 AM MST up reply actions
yeah, doc said it better than any of us clowns could have
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by David Driscoll-Carignan on Feb 2, 2010 10:37 AM MST up reply actions
You may consider watching tonight…it sounds like Svatos may be in the line up:
Sacco said he might mix up the lines tonight but would prefer to see Stastny’s group “fight through” the slump. Stastny was skating with Wolski and Brandon Yip on Monday, with Stewart playing with Matt Duchene and Marek Svatos, who is expected to return from a chest injury today.
Read more: http://www.denverpost.com/avalanche/ci_14313826#ixzz0eOwO8L9z
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by NurseBeachie on Feb 2, 2010 10:39 AM MST up reply actions
Other players call him “a little ball of hate” (I know, I know, it’s Pat Verbeek’s thing). When he’s scoring, he’ll score the toughest goals in traffic of anyone on the team.
If you plugged his heart into Wolski’s body, you’d have a pretty freaking good player.
by Dan Winkler on Feb 2, 2010 2:28 PM MST up reply actions
Svatos?
the thread lost me here
I call Hensick “Little ball of meh.”
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 Feb 2, 2010 2:31 PM MST up reply actions
Yes, Svatos, try to keep up. The not-too-good Avs show did a not-too-terrible piece right around Christmas about which Avs players would be Santa and which would be the Grinch. Svats got a mention as the Grinch (from Liles, maybe?) because of the ball of hate line (and I hate to mention this, but Liles would totally waive his NTC for a chance to go to Detroit – you don’t think he was a Wings fan growing up?).
“Little ball of meh” made me COL (Chuckle Out Loud). Wondered if I should suggest “Big” or “Fat” for “Little,” but decided I liked your version just fine, Bob. Well played. Between that and “Benjamin Button,” you’ve cornered the market on nicknames for Fat T.J.
by Dan Winkler on Feb 2, 2010 2:35 PM MST up reply actions
I think that he is very much on the trade block. My biggest issue with him is that he has issues staying healthy.
There are far superior writers on here so I’ll let them fill you in on him. :)
Sandie
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by Sandie Gauthier on Feb 2, 2010 10:21 AM MST up reply actions
He’s absolutely available. The Avs have a dearth of RWs, and he’s the odd-man out.
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by Jibblescribbits on Feb 2, 2010 10:32 AM MST up reply actions
The Avs have adearthsurfeit of RWs, and he’s the odd-man out.
Fixed.
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Sorry,
cornucopia is next up on the list.
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confession to make
I’m choosing Lost over the Avs tonight.
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by David Driscoll-Carignan on Feb 2, 2010 10:37 AM MST reply actions
TiVO
Don’t you have TiVo? why can’t you watch both?
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by Jibblescribbits on Feb 2, 2010 10:38 AM MST up reply actions
I could, but I’m not staying up until 1 am to watch the Avs.
fwiw, I would have preferred to watch Lost tomorrow, but I was outvoted by my wife (1-0)
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by David Driscoll-Carignan on Feb 2, 2010 10:50 AM MST up reply actions
OMG, Lost is on?? I thought the tapes of that show were on a plane that crashed on some mysterious island in the middle of nowhere that had a tendency to disappear or something.
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by NurseBeachie on Feb 2, 2010 10:40 AM MST up reply actions
I’ve been re-watching Lost. I started the first season again this past weekend. I’ve missed the few last episodes. So I’m going to have to look for them before I can watch tonights’ episode.
Sandie
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by Sandie Gauthier on Feb 2, 2010 10:40 AM MST up reply actions
also
any mention of Lost almost requires this link
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by Jibblescribbits on Feb 2, 2010 10:41 AM MST up reply actions
so am i. lost party with homemade pizza > watching avs. im thinking that me not watching may unjinx them too, i’ve watched all of these games live, which is unusual for me. because we all know whether i watch is an important factor in these games.
I guess I’m one of the few not on the Lost train (or plane)…don’t really care.
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i respect it because the acting quality is good, the writing has stayed at a high level and kept things interesting, and they’ve very clearly had a story and ending in sight the whole time. I loved Battlestar Galactica, but I hate the way the writers didn’t know how to end it. They’d written through the start of season 3, then…
plus Kate is hot. so hot.
a large percentage of the people on the show are hot. or at least quite attractive.
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by David Driscoll-Carignan on Feb 2, 2010 11:04 AM MST up reply actions
Very true.
Sandie
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by Sandie Gauthier on Feb 2, 2010 11:10 AM MST up reply actions
I miss Charley now…. thanks.
Sandie
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by Sandie Gauthier on Feb 2, 2010 11:12 AM MST up reply actions
I liked Battlestar Galactica.
Sandie
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by Sandie Gauthier on Feb 2, 2010 11:10 AM MST up reply actions
the first 3 seasons are some of the best TV (let alone sci fi) ever. especially the Adama Maneuver in season 3.
I own the first three, been meaning to pick up the last couple too.
Sandie
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by Sandie Gauthier on Feb 2, 2010 11:13 AM MST up reply actions
I absolutely loved BG. Addicted actually would be a better word. It was the one show I actually knew the day and time it aired and watched without TiVoing in years and years, apart from Avs games.
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by NurseBeachie on Feb 2, 2010 11:29 AM MST up reply actions
I only watch sports and cartoons
So Avs it is, with some Pistons/Red WIngs flipping. Can’t resist watching them get JUICED by SJ.
by Avalanche318 on Feb 2, 2010 11:57 AM MST up reply actions
I am right there with you. I don’t watch much out side of sports, news. And I haven’t watch much of anything in the last few months. Silly floating metal things.
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- Benjamin Franklin
Silly floating metal things.
Metal’s not supposed to float. Just witches.
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And what do we do with witches?
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BURN 'EM!!!
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That movie is awsome. Now I want to see it again but have to wait till I get home.
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And how do we know she’s a wtich?
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she turned me into a gnewt!
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Some Lost funny-ness
http://www.cracked.com/funny-39-lost/
A few pictures in the article are NSFW
Hopefully #9 is not ten less than #19
Per AD on Twitter
Liles back in tonight. Clark probably a scratch, but not final
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Whoa, this is just messing with everything!
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by Sandie Gauthier on Feb 2, 2010 11:28 AM MST up reply actions
Thank you Sacco, thank you
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WHEEL…
OF….
DEFENSEMEN!!!
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Choice by dartboard?
Sandie
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by Sandie Gauthier on Feb 2, 2010 11:33 AM MST up reply actions
Sacco in his office
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Can you change Wade and Taylor to Liles and Clark?
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My photoshop skills = fail
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get skaterchick here. she’s awesome at that shit.
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by NurseBeachie on Feb 2, 2010 11:37 AM MST up reply actions
Perhaps he’s testing the waters, seeing which players absence effects the team more?
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by chopchopchop on Feb 2, 2010 11:30 AM MST up reply actions
If that's true
Liles really helped the PP.
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I wonder how many scouts will be on hand tonight. Odds anyone?
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by NurseBeachie on Feb 2, 2010 11:30 AM MST up reply actions
Especially with Svats rumored to be be in the lineup too?
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by NurseBeachie on Feb 2, 2010 11:31 AM MST up reply actions
Here’s my guess… If both Svats and Liles are in the line up tonight, and Liles’ agent was at the last game when he was a healthy scratch, there’s a package deal in the works to move both of them. Add in some picks and/or prospects or maybe someone from Erie, and you have an attractive deal for the right takers.
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by NurseBeachie on Feb 2, 2010 11:51 AM MST up reply actions
Back to people shooting from the point...
Anyone else notice Wolski was blasting away from the point last game – all the time. Trouble is, he isn’t that schooled in the art of the point shot and when the right time is to let it fly, like say, when there’s a screen in front f the goalie. But at least HE is shooting….
and that’s all you can ask, really. I think WW’s due to bust outa this slump.
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i firmly believe Wolski cost us at least a point in the Wild game. He snagged that turnover in the Wild end, skated in all alone…and takes a little half slapper from 15 feet when he could have skated in and deked Harding (who was over-challenging the shooter yet again).
I’m not complaining that he’s shooting too much, just that I hate his decisions on the ice frequently. That one killed me.
Andy, more than likely.
CBJ just announced Garon’s in net for them tonight.
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Oh great another chance for a backup to play amazing against us
although i predict a huge game from SoS tonight.
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One would think it couldn’t get any worse from the Ranger game…could it?
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VoiceoftheAvs
Coach Sacco just said that Liles is back in tonight and so is Svatos…Anderson is in goal
Sandie
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by Sandie Gauthier on Feb 2, 2010 12:39 PM MST up reply actions
If Svatos is in, who’s out?
If Santa comes down my chimney wearing those Red Wing colors, he's going to wish he didn't exist.
Koci?
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by David Driscoll-Carignan on Feb 2, 2010 12:55 PM MST up reply actions
Or Mercier. either way, I’d rather have Svatos in
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by Jibblescribbits on Feb 2, 2010 12:59 PM MST up reply actions
Olympic question
Are they playing international rule, i.e. no touch icing?
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I believe the Olympics is played with NHL rules now. I remember reading that
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I’m gonna miss at least the first half of the game tonight. There’s a memorial service for two students killed in a house fire at my college, so that’s a little more important than hockey. See you guys during the second second.
Forever grateful that Joe Sakic isn't a douche bag like Brett Favre.
Whoa, that’s not good. :(
Sandie
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by Sandie Gauthier on Feb 2, 2010 12:54 PM MST up reply actions
Nope. It’s been rough. Especially since I’ve had classes with both of ‘em, and it’s a small community.
Forever grateful that Joe Sakic isn't a douche bag like Brett Favre.
by Rather Dashing on Feb 2, 2010 1:00 PM MST up reply actions
Very sorry to hear that.
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by Bob in Boulder on Feb 2, 2010 1:12 PM MST up reply actions
Ouch, I echo everyone else, sorry to hear that.
Sandie
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by Sandie Gauthier on Feb 2, 2010 1:12 PM MST up reply actions
me too
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by David Driscoll-Carignan on Feb 2, 2010 1:14 PM MST up reply actions
Good points DDC
And it isn’t just that their point guys don’t shoot. They kill the PP by stagnating it. They need to make quicker decisions with the puck. Not Wolski around with it then fire it into an opponent.
And with the 32nd pick in the 2009 NHL draft, the Red Wings select: Someone other than Ryan O'Reilly. LOL@Detoilet.
It’s not as pretty, but it reminds me of some teams past with Tanguay, Sakic, Forsberg…with Blake on point. Sometimes they could be lethal…but sometimes they would stand around for long stretches of games trying to make that “pretty pass”
It’s frustrating
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Yep
And furthermore, they don’t create enough movement. Why is Lidstrom one of the best PP point guys in the league? Booming shot? No, because he knows how to move along the blueline, and down from the point at the right times, to create great shot opportunities. Liles can be that kind of player, but too often isn’t.
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by Bob in Boulder on Feb 2, 2010 1:07 PM MST up reply actions
DDC's preview in one sentence
This shit just got real………
The Avalanche, clearly, are down with No PP.
Oh snap?
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So I sort of bad mouthed Buccigross here the other day...
A couple of games back I posted about how disappointing Buccigross’ coverage of the Avs has been lately, not to mention his praise of the wings. So I feel obligated to say that Buccigross’ description of Matt Duchene in his article today nearly brought tears to my eyes. I want to give Buccigross a big hug.
“His [Duchene’s] movements communicate youth, exuberance, love, renewal, health and possibility. It’s why we love hockey and sports so much.”
I agree
but his comments on the Hawks being the model franchise? Um no. Sorry. Having a complete cap clusterfuck and banking all on one season before you are forced to let youth go is not model. They are damn goooooood though.
Avalanche 2009-2010: Ostensibly, the worst team in the league. Realistically, top of the NW division.
I’ll agree with you there and would not call Chicago a model franchise. Though if they some how manage to keep Toews, Kane and Keith for the long term their club will at least be a contender for a stretch. Then again I might have said the same thing about Tampa (Lecavalier, St Louis, Richards/Boyle)
by MalachiConstant on Feb 2, 2010 1:42 PM MST up reply actions
And they have Marion Hossa
who will forever be a trivia answer with Ty Conklin.
Avalanche 2009-2010: Ostensibly, the worst team in the league. Realistically, top of the NW division.
I've never had much faith in Hossa
and can see the Hawks dumping him in a few years if things turn for the worse. Chicago’s my second favorite team behind the Avs and I was actually disappointed when they signed him.
by MalachiConstant on Feb 2, 2010 1:44 PM MST up reply actions
Really? Hossa, for all the jokes, is a fantastic all around better player. He is a great goal scorer, yes, but he is also a great back-checker, and is a very good 2-way forward. I’m glad they signed Hossa over Havlat…Havlat is a walking injury (when not in a contract year)
Hossa – 32 games: 15 G – 15 A (30 pts.)
Havlat – 49 games: 11 G – 27 A (37 pts.)
I think the Hawks got the best deal there.
As for the cap problem…they have the core locked. Some people are off the books next year, and I see a few trades for picks and prospects. Their AHL club is also deep. In the end, they may have some short term problems, but the Hawks are gonna be fine
2009-10 Colorado Avalanche: The wheels are firmly secure thank you!
Advice to Red Wing Fans: If you don't want the reputation of being whiners, then stop whining about EVERYTHING. Your team is allowed to lose games, and when they do, it's not always because of the refs or Gary Bettman, and you seem to continuously claim
Fair enough, Havlat is made of glass. I loved the chemistry he had going with the kids last year though. It’s difficult to deny Hossa is the better all around player, but I’ve just never liked him. I used to follow the thrashers when I lived in the southeast and just never thought he owned up to the weight the thrashers put on his shoulders. Plus at the time I thought the thrashers lost the heatley trade. He just disappears at the wrong times. Admittedly this is all my perspective. His jumping around from the Pens to the Wings was also annoying.
by MalachiConstant on Feb 2, 2010 4:07 PM MST via mobile up reply actions
Hossa is a Trivia answer
Who are the only two players to be on the runner-up team to the Stanley Cup two years in a row?
Avalanche 2009-2010: Ostensibly, the worst team in the league. Realistically, more points than the Flames and Wings. But hey, your Corsi number is better.
I think I’d much rather be the Hawks than almost anyone else in the league. I’d rather have the assets now and worry about what to do with all of them later. That’s why I want Kovy and I’m not so worried about ruining the chemistry or that O’Reilly will be just freaking awesome in the future or whatever. Chemistry comes from winning. You don’t know who’s having their career-best season right now. You don’t know when you’ll get a chance to win again. I keep hearing about the Hawks being doomed with all these contracts, but I haven’t seen it yet. And if they have to trade a few guys to play nice with the cap, or even let some guys walk away, then they’ll do it and they’ll probably do what most successful franchises do, which is mix in new guys with stud veterans, and I think they’ll be OK.
If they aren’t the model franchise, then who is?
by Dan Winkler on Feb 2, 2010 2:48 PM MST up reply actions
I’m beginning to think there is no “model franchise”. The smart GM takes what the situation provides and runs with it. Can you really credit Chicago for snagging up Toews & Kane or Pittsburgh for Crosby & Malkin? Even with the Avs it was a bit circumstantial (that and Andy is a miracle worker).
by MalachiConstant on Feb 2, 2010 2:58 PM MST up reply actions
Will someone pass the Kleenex please?
The 2009-2010 Colorado Avalanche: Much more gooderer than last year.
A Tweet...
DarrenDreger
Oilers pushing trade hard. Moreau and others, but deals unlikely unless Edmtn sweetens the pot.
Sandie
"That’s the way we’ll win championships"- The Baron
Anyone?
Sandie
"That’s the way we’ll win championships"- The Baron
by Sandie Gauthier on Feb 2, 2010 3:12 PM MST up reply actions
I’ve asked him, awaiting a response.
Sandie
"That’s the way we’ll win championships"- The Baron
by Sandie Gauthier on Feb 2, 2010 3:14 PM MST up reply actions
heyy all...
big game tonight!!! we have to re-tighten those wheels they’ve been loss the past 3 games!!!
"What do the Detroit Red Wings and the Titanic have in common?
They both look good until they hit the ice!"
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So did anyone else see in the Rags post game thread there was a troll named “uz sucks” who posted my imitation of a troll from that thread earlier?
I lol’d hard.
I call it... The Avaslug!
I am the 1st and probably only official member of the David "Dr." Jones fanclub.
Syracuse Basketball 2010: Making Hoya's cry.
Didn't see it
Could really care less
Trolls suck.
2009-2010 Avs: Totally not about to win the Stanley Cup!
So I made the mistake
of going on a massive shopping spree today instead of going to sleep, meaning I’m absolutely missing the game thread tonight. I haven’t slept after my shift last night and I have work again tonight. Failisme.
A little rudeness and disrespect can elevate a meaningless interaction to a battle of wills and add drama to an otherwise dull day.
Yeah, I have to cover a primary election…pure boredom!
2009-10 Colorado Avalanche: The wheels are firmly secure thank you!
Advice to Red Wing Fans: If you don't want the reputation of being whiners, then stop whining about EVERYTHING. Your team is allowed to lose games, and when they do, it's not always because of the refs or Gary Bettman, and you seem to continuously claim
Whateva!
I haven’t spent that much money on stuff that isn’t video games/furniture in a LOOOONG time.
A little rudeness and disrespect can elevate a meaningless interaction to a battle of wills and add drama to an otherwise dull day.
AKA it was absolutely worth it.
And it totally dominated. Even if I have to miss the Avs game, I now have tons of posters and got my spending binge for the month out of the way (on February 2 no less lololololo) AND found an awesome new pizzeria downtown. WINRAR IS ME, SIR. WINRAR. IS. ME.
A little rudeness and disrespect can elevate a meaningless interaction to a battle of wills and add drama to an otherwise dull day.
If you got the money…spend it
2009-10 Colorado Avalanche: The wheels are firmly secure thank you!
Advice to Red Wing Fans: If you don't want the reputation of being whiners, then stop whining about EVERYTHING. Your team is allowed to lose games, and when they do, it's not always because of the refs or Gary Bettman, and you seem to continuously claim
Next month my spending binge is coming on March 1st.
I’m not such a patient man sometimes, you know?
A little rudeness and disrespect can elevate a meaningless interaction to a battle of wills and add drama to an otherwise dull day.
This is an amazing point.
One I hadn’t considered. Whaddya think? Can I manhandle reality and go the next 16 hours without sleep?
A little rudeness and disrespect can elevate a meaningless interaction to a battle of wills and add drama to an otherwise dull day.
I'm at 21 hours right now.
I think another 16 might be pushing the levels of hallucination. When that happens, all the people in my cell phone book will be really unhappy with you pushing me to do this.
A little rudeness and disrespect can elevate a meaningless interaction to a battle of wills and add drama to an otherwise dull day.
Take the sleep. I have done way too many 30+ days. They catch up to you eventually.
There are two ways of being happy: We must either diminish our wants or augment our means - either may do - the result is the same and it is for each man to decide for himself and to do that which happens to be easier.
- Benjamin Franklin
You miss the BJs tonight.
Beachie, GL, sandie…
I’m just sooooo disapointed in all of you!!!
2009-2010 Colorado Avalanche - On the upside, there's only 28 more (regular season) games of Darcy Tucker left!
And Blockquote fail!!!
2009-2010 Colorado Avalanche - On the upside, there's only 28 more (regular season) games of Darcy Tucker left!
It was too obvious..
Sandie
"That’s the way we’ll win championships"- The Baron
by Sandie Gauthier on Feb 2, 2010 4:43 PM MST up reply actions
Usually is.
Sandie
"That’s the way we’ll win championships"- The Baron
by Sandie Gauthier on Feb 2, 2010 5:22 PM MST up reply actions
Good news everyone!
I now have NHL Centre Ice! No more choppy, pixelated streams for me!
Bad news, I was charged last month for CI, yet didn’t have access to it. They blame it on the fact I ordered it on the 29th.
So now I have to wait at least a week to get my money back.
Stupid Rogers.
2009-2010 Avs: Totally not about to win the Stanley Cup!
I had too
The extra charge is really pissing me off, I need to counter that anger with something.
2009-2010 Avs: Totally not about to win the Stanley Cup!
I disconnected my cable service with Charter Oct of 2008. I kept their internet until August of 09. Somewhere between that time I lost the cable card I had used with my TiVo and paid the $50 and some odd change for it. Now Charter is showing a credit on my account (which they have not paid me in all the months since August of ‘09) AND they have sent me to collections for the cable card I did not return. Mind you, I never received a single notice saying to return such cable card before being sent to collections. I have tried every month multiple times each month to get this cleared up and every time I have to speak to a different person at both Charter and the collections agency and no one knows what the hell is going on nor what to do. No one has record of anything and – this is the kicker – Charter won’t use the CREDIT they owe me (the exact amount the cable card costs) to pay for the freaking cable card. It’s ridiculous. All the while, my credit report is getting totally fucked up. Gotta love incompetence.
The 2009-2010 Colorado Avalanche: Much more gooderer than last year.
Waiting for you money back might be enough to send you to the angry dome.
Hopefully #9 is not ten less than #19
Good news everyone! I’ve invented a device that makes you read this to yourself in professor farnsworth’s voice!
Fly Navy!
by chopchopchop on Feb 2, 2010 4:42 PM MST via mobile up reply actions
It's already been created
Good news everyone!
See?
2009-2010 Avs: Totally not about to win the Stanley Cup!
OH JUST START THE BLOOD GAME ALREADY1!!!!!
"It comes from motivation within" - Matt Hendricks
Mile High Mayhem just another ho-hum Avs blog.
FYI
This thread is win. I have been following all damn day, even tho I havent been commenting til recently.
Thanks Joe...
We were kind of all over the place…
Sandie
"That’s the way we’ll win championships"- The Baron
by Sandie Gauthier on Feb 2, 2010 4:59 PM MST up reply actions
DDC will not be happy.
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 Feb 2, 2010 5:00 PM MST up reply actions
It’s better than the disaster that was the Rangers game.
"It comes from motivation within" - Matt Hendricks
Mile High Mayhem just another ho-hum Avs blog.
That was… fun…
Sandie
"That’s the way we’ll win championships"- The Baron
by Sandie Gauthier on Feb 2, 2010 5:05 PM MST up reply actions
there’s hockey in there somewhere, I’m sure
Hyphens cause writers more trouble than any other form of punctuation, except perhaps commas.
by David Driscoll-Carignan on Feb 2, 2010 6:02 PM MST up reply actions
There must be one or two comments in here somewhere…
Sandie
"That’s the way we’ll win championships"- The Baron
by Sandie Gauthier on Feb 2, 2010 6:07 PM MST up reply actions
I gave up on it to play some FIFA, but all and all…you are correct sir.
"It comes from motivation within" - Matt Hendricks
Mile High Mayhem just another ho-hum Avs blog.
Usually is.
Sandie
"That’s the way we’ll win championships"- The Baron
by Sandie Gauthier on Feb 2, 2010 5:23 PM MST up reply actions
Excellent. Now I can get my hockey fix without listening to Canucks radio.
by NEB on Feb 2, 2010 5:25 PM MST up reply actions
This might cheer people up
From http://www.sportsclubstats.com/NHL.html:
Percentage of making playoffs
Red Wings – 47.0%
Flames – 39.8%
Avg. place in standings.
RW – 8.8
Flames – 9.2
2009-2010 Avs: Totally not about to win the Stanley Cup!
:)
Thanks. That does make me feel a bit better!
Sandie
"That’s the way we’ll win championships"- The Baron
by Sandie Gauthier on Feb 2, 2010 5:26 PM MST up reply actions
Oh, for those who were wondering about if there was a Nashville scout at tonight or at the last game...
avalancheradio @sandiegee it doesn’t appear so Sandie
Sandie
"That’s the way we’ll win championships"- The Baron
Phadouche dropped the gloves in his debut
And didn’t take off his visor
Avalanche 2009-2010: Ostensibly, the worst team in the league. Realistically, more points than the Flames and Wings. But hey, your Corsi number is better.
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