It's all good in Avalanche land.

by BraxtanFILM on Mar 10, 2010 5:53 PM MST

So the loss against Vancouver sucked. It sucked about as bad as a regular season loss can suck (without suffering an injury to a star player, or missing the playoffs on the last day of the regular season).

But, life in Avalanche land is pretty good these days. Even their mediocre "lose one, win one" record since the olympics is on pace for enough points to get the Avs into the playoffs.

At the beginning of the year, everyone picked this team to battle it out for last in the West. Nobody thought Duchene would have such an immediate impact. Nobody thought Anderson would be so solid, or that O'Reilly would make the team. Nobody thought Stewart would start scoring goals like he's Cam Neely. I'm certain nobody thought Galiardi would be putting up numbers, or guys like Yip would have any impact whatsoever. Nobody thought the Avs would be here...including many of the people on this site.

And I never thought we'd actually get rid of Wolski (who I hate). And what did the Avs get in return for him? A guy who just needed to get out of Phoenix. A guy who has put up 6 points in 4 games, looking like another hungry young player who is going to add to this team for years. (Plus, he's American. Bonus.)

And the best part of all, is that this team is young, and still rebuilding. It's not a patched together, plug the holes, hope to limp into the playoffs team. This team is built for long term success. Once again, we Avalanche fans are poised for a decade of being spoiled.

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Good Read

Good read. Glad we can still maintain some optimism, despite losing to the Vancouver Cafucks.

by Stazz21 on Mar 10, 2010 5:57 PM MST reply actions

FWIW

I did bet $10 with a buddy of mine that the Avs would finish over .500. I was a little hesitant to bet him that the Avs would make the playoffs because I didn’t wanna commit that much (I’m cheap), but I was certain that they were gonna be a lot better (how could they be worse).

I still have faith that the Avs can win the NW division. Last night was a wasted opportunity make up ground but I don’t think 5 pts (we need to be ahead) is impossible to make up in 16 games.

by Avalanche318 on Mar 10, 2010 9:09 PM MST reply actions

No, five points to make up isn’t impossible…it’s the points that Vancouver is going to keep getting that is going to make it impossible…or at least very, very, very, very difficult.

The 2009-2010 Colorado Avalanche: People can stop waiting for these kids to hit the wall. They won’t.

by NurseBeachie on Mar 10, 2010 11:14 PM MST up reply actions

I wholeheartedly agree.

Mueller being American is a huge bonus!

(I might also add that WW had 0 goals, 0 assists, was a +/- 0, took two stupid penalties and only had 1 SOG in the Coyotes Canucks game tonight. Oh, and they put him out first in the shootout and he missed.)

by xskatebakerrx on Mar 10, 2010 11:38 PM MST reply actions

The Yotes fans were super excited about getting WWs shoot out skills; I told them he was money last year but that goalies watched tape over the off-season and he needs to learn new moves. I guess they’ve figured that out now.

The 2009-2010 Colorado Avalanche: People can stop waiting for these kids to hit the wall. They won’t.

by NurseBeachie on Mar 11, 2010 9:18 AM MST up reply actions