Daily Cupcakes: February 1st, 2011

by Sandie Gauthier on Feb 1, 2011 6:01 AM MST in Sandie's Daily Cupcakes

The Colorado Avalanche are back in action tonight. They are taking on the St-Louis Blues. Here's a Preview of the action.

In their drive for consecutive postseason berths, the Avalanche likely won't have Kyle Quincey (shoulder surgery) or Tomas Fleischmann (blood clots in lungs). Peter Mueller (concussion), David Jones (shoulder) and Ryan O'Reilly (shoulder) are also injured.

Oh, and more about the Matt Duchene Vodka thing, he is trying to clear things up, via his Twitter.

"Heard I was pretty candid tonight, had no clue it'd be live like that," Duchene tweeted.

"Oh and btw, the vodka thing wasn't a personal thing, it was a joke amongst our group! Don't take it how I said it," Duchene tweeted two minutes later.

Adrian Dater has a Peter Forsberg article for Sports Illustrated

"I don't think there's any doubt he'd make the Hall of Fame," his longtime former Colorado and Quebec teammate, Joe Sakic, says of Forsberg. "I might be biased, but I think he was the best two-way player in the league for a lot of years. There was nothing he couldn't do."

Yahoo sports looks at five men whose hockey careers were cut short.

When Lindros was traded from the Quebec Nordiques to the Philadelphia Flyers, the major player on the other end of that trade was Peter Forsberg. Like Lindros, Forsberg started his career in the NHL impressively, scoring 116 points in 1995-96 after winning the Calder Memorial Trophy the year before and winning the Stanley Cup as a member of the Colorado Avalanche in 1996.

TSN looks into who might be the most active come Trade Deadline day.

What could make things interesting is that teams on the playoff bubble such as the Atlanta Thrashers, Colorado Avalanche, Carolina Hurricanes and St. Louis Blues all have plenty of cap space at their disposal.

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What could make things interesting is that teams on the playoff bubble such as the Atlanta Thrashers, Colorado Avalanche, Carolina Hurricanes and St. Louis Blues all have plenty of cap space at their disposal.

I can’t help but think that the Avs won’t be making much of a splash this year. A couple low-level trades, but nothing big.

Thanks Joe...

by mfured20 on Feb 1, 2011 6:07 AM MST reply actions

I think it might depend on Foppa. If he doesn’t sign, then maybe a bit more will be done. But the Avs are free-falling right now.

Winnik is a fucking Win!

by Sandie Gauthier on Feb 1, 2011 6:23 AM MST up reply actions

yeah, I’m with Matt. I don’t think they are going to take on much in the way of salary, Forsberg notwithstanding

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by David Driscoll-Carignan on Feb 1, 2011 6:42 AM MST up reply actions

I can’t see the Avs making a big trade, unless they are able to obtain a real top-flight defensive player. A deal for a LH defenseman who can play alongside Shattenkirk would really help, someone who has reasonable size and can play hockey, unlike C & H (I can’t even type out their names anymore). Unless management just decides to wait for next year and Quincey’s return.

Our ‘ace in the hole’ is signing Forsberg.

Jonas Holøs- Putting the Ø in defense since 2010!

by niwotsblessing on Feb 1, 2011 7:14 AM MST up reply actions

When it comes to a big trade, I just don’t see who we have that other teams are actually going to want for that top-tier Dman. Our top 6 talent is just thin enough that, even with signing Foppa, I just don’t see them trading someone good away. Gotta trade talent to get talent. If we trade now, we would probably just be flipping equally unhelpful pieces around.

Yip, Cumiskey and Galliardi for a top Dman? I just don’t see something like that happening.

Thanks Joe...

by mfured20 on Feb 1, 2011 7:46 AM MST up reply actions

I agree, I was speaking in general terms. When we start to deal with specifics, the reality is we are where we are. I could envision a trade or Yip/Porter + Cumiskey/Hunwick for a reasonably good LH dman, and I’d be in favor of that, but it’s about all we could swing.

Jonas Holøs- Putting the Ø in defense since 2010!

by niwotsblessing on Feb 1, 2011 10:50 AM MST up reply actions

more likely i think that a d-man is packaged with a forward, not 2 d for 1 better d

PETER FORSBERG. WHEN

by Cole D Hamilton on Feb 1, 2011 11:02 AM MST up reply actions

A lot of teams will probably want picks or prospects. With some teams having cap issues they won’t want to take too much back the other way. The picks/prospects the Avs have are probably more valuable than many of their defenders/spare parts.

The Avs defense is "air tight"....so tight it's gasping for air and turning purple.

by Americanario on Feb 1, 2011 12:20 PM MST up reply actions

i agree, but i think Yip and Porter both have some value. 2 young guys who have shown great flashes of success (1 hobey baker winner) both with nice small contracts…

PETER FORSBERG. WHEN

by Cole D Hamilton on Feb 1, 2011 12:37 PM MST up reply actions

The only stuff that is going to be moved is guys in the last year of a contract who are due a payday, prospects, picks, or reclamation projects. None of those things are going to help the Avs this season. I think they stick to their “rebuild” mantra, hold fort, and hope that they can find a 3-4 level d-man at a reasonable price during or after the draft.

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by Mike @ MHH on Feb 1, 2011 1:17 PM MST up reply actions

The players injured

What kills me the most (somehow there are degrees of being killed) is not the injuries, but who is injured. Mueller, Flash, Stewie, Jones, Galli (though he hasn’t been the Galli I’ve been hoping for even when healthy), Duke.

I don’t wish injuries on anyone, but if I had to choose between Jones or Flash getting injured and Porter or McCleod….well, then, no contest.

At least “no jinx” and “no jinx” have stayed healthy for the most part.

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by David Danger on Feb 1, 2011 7:40 AM MST reply actions

SBN news

Newest “blogger”: Rob Neyer
http://www.sbnation.com/mlb/2011/2/1/1967537/rob-neyer-joins-sb-nation-becomes-part-of-us-not-them

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by David Driscoll-Carignan on Feb 1, 2011 8:11 AM MST reply actions

Wow

That’s awesome! Neyer has long had more sense than most when it comes to the ridiculous fight between “writers” and “bloggers”. I’m a big fan.

Despite what he says in that post, which is great, I can’t say that I believe most BBWAA people are “nice guys”. Tracy Ringolsby seems like a nice guy. But other than that, most of them seem to take this approach to life that since they’re in the media, it’s their job to determine right and wrong, tell the fans what to believe, and generally thumb their noses at the world.

This isn’t Purple Row, so I’ll stop now. But Neyer really is great.

"Life's tough. It's even tougher if you're stupid." - John Wayne

by wtnelson on Feb 1, 2011 8:40 AM MST up reply actions

The BBWAA is a good-old-boy network that thinks it’s far more important than it is. They are “nice guys” after you are in, but until you are in, they treat other writers as if you owe them something.

The fact that these cliqueish jerks get to decide who goes into the hall of fame is a travesty. They band together worse than a sewing circle made up of nothing but Helen Lovejoys.

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by Dixomatic on Feb 1, 2011 10:38 AM MST up reply actions