Avalanche at Coytoes, Game 47 Preview
by David Driscoll-Carignan on Jan 16, 2012 8:01 AM MST
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January 20th, 2011. For those bad at math, that was almost one year ago. The Avalanche were set to play their 47th game, a tilt against the Nashville Predators. The Avs were in 7th place in the NW (dig these new daily standings, NHL.com) with 54 points. They weren't really in striking distance of the 1st place Canucks (65 points), but with a win they would pull even with 4th place Nashville in the standings.
They didn't. They lost 5-1 kicking off a string of epic failure, losing 22 out of their next 24 games. The Avalanche would muster just 5 wins and 14 points the rest of the way. By the end of the year, they'd have just 68 points - three more than the Canucks did back on January 20th. Game 47 was the beginning of a dreadful, dreadful slide - easily the worst stretch of hockey since this franchise arrived in Denver. Have a properly set the mood?
Today (afternoon game alert), the Avalanche face off against the Phoenix Coyotes, a team that has lost 9 of their last 11, including a 3-2 loss to Colorado back on December 29th. This is a new-look Avalanche team - one that wins with defense and goaltending. The Avs have moved up to 14th in the league in goals against and 9th (9th!) in shots against but have slipped to 25th in goals scored. Goalie J.S. Giguere spells that out in the AP preview
"We don't have the type of team that's going to win 5-0, so we need to earn whatever we get," said Jean-Sebastien Giguere, who stopped 21 shots. "We need to play well defensively. We know that we have the capability to score two to three goals per game, so if you don't let them score much, then we should have a chance."
Indeed, the Avs have scored 5 goals in the last 4 games. Phoenix doesn't score many goals either and, like the Avs, don't give up a ton. In other words, on paper it looks like a tight, low-scoring game. Personally, I don't care how many goals are scored, as long the game 47 thing doesn't repeat this year.
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Stats |
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| 46 | GP | 45 |
| 24 | W | 20 |
| 20 | L | 18 |
| 2 | OT | 7 |
| 50 | P | 47 |
| 0.543 | P% | 0.522 |
| 2.44 | G/G | 2.49 |
| 2.78 | GA/G | 2.53 |
| 18.8 | PP% | 12.8 |
| 82.1 | PK% | 83.7 |
| 30.5 | S/G | 29.6 |
| 29.2 | SA/G | 31.4 |
| 51.8 | FO% | 49.7 |
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A must-not-lose game.
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by c6hor8 on Jan 16, 2012 8:03 AM MST via mobile reply actions
amazingly, I don’t think we’re in a must-not-lose situation today. More like would-be-nice-not-to-lose
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by David Driscoll-Carignan on Jan 16, 2012 8:29 AM MST up reply actions
I agree with David. The Avs lose and they are still one point up on Dallas and Phoenix. With the Stars injury woes and Phoenix looking like dead men walking lately a loss today doesn’t really seem like a big deal.
If anyone is in a must not lose situation today its the Coyotes. They need to get out of the downward spiral they have have been in for weeks.
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With the games in hand, I think it’s an almost-must-not-lose game.
It was also a joke.
A man who stole my whisky used the defense that no one could resist a bottle of Scotch. I had no choice but to testify on his behalf.
I could see the games in hand issue being a bigger deal that if Stars were going to be healthy in the next month, but with their injuries and the Wild losing Koivu I think the Avs are sitting in a decent spot right now.
One I apparently missed. Inside MHH thing?
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Yeah. I guess a few years back, every game was a Must.Win. and it became a bit of a meme around here. This is just the current iteration.
Just a Colorado girl in Montana who ♥s the Avs and writes for Mile High Hockey.
Ah. Thanks for the background.
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by Carl Putnam on Jan 16, 2012 10:05 AM MST up reply actions
Maybe
Maybe
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by Jibblescribbits on Jan 16, 2012 11:10 AM MST up reply actions 4 recs
I almost died right there.
I was enjoying a Payday candy bar when I read this comment. Almost choked. Jibs, you are KILLING today (almost).
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by Tony Trujillo on Jan 16, 2012 12:00 PM MST up reply actions
Every game is at least a ‘frown upon a loss’ mode now.
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by An Unmitigated Disaster on Jan 16, 2012 9:43 AM MST up reply actions
this I can endorse
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by David Driscoll-Carignan on Jan 16, 2012 9:45 AM MST up reply actions
Can it be a “throw shit after a loss” game? Especially after Vrbata ups his goal total to 25!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! with his inevitable hat-trick today?
If we don't get our sauce, we ain't watching the game!
At least he’s not a former av and thus not subject to he ‘curse of the former avs.’ /looksatVrbata’s career: Fuck.
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by An Unmitigated Disaster on Jan 16, 2012 9:58 AM MST up reply actions
he has 22 goals this season, he’s on fire
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by ProfessorOak on Jan 16, 2012 9:59 AM MST up reply actions
Considering how that’s one more than our top goalscorer is projected to get, I’d agree with that.
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Just win…and please god make it more entertaining than Saturday’s snooze fest…though I don’t have high hopes
Goalie coach? We don't need no stinking goalie coach!
Saturday’s snooze fest? I thought that game was really good; a fun defensive matchup.
Thanks, Joe... Thanks, Peter.... Thanks, Adam....
Chia’s just old and cranky cause it was his nap time.
Datsyuk may have done it first, but he learned it from Peter Forsberg.
Thanks for everything Foppa!
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by Americanario on Jan 16, 2012 9:50 AM MST up reply actions
There’s a definite difference of opinion on that game. I thought it was a snoozer too. Cheryl taunted me endlessly for having that opinion
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by David Driscoll-Carignan on Jan 16, 2012 10:06 AM MST up reply actions
I have turned to video games a few times during games this year, but Saturday wasn’t one of them.
That’s really the only barometer I have because I can’t explain it any other way as to why I find some games good and others Wild-like.
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"There's always next season." -- Jimmy Howard on not winning the Calder Trophy.
I don’t mind low-scoring games. I just felt like this was low scoring because both teams were playing like ass
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by David Driscoll-Carignan on Jan 16, 2012 10:31 AM MST up reply actions
Yes, but obviously the Avs ass is better.
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Maybe it’s because I watched the Wings-Hawks game before the Avs game, and it was just far superior from a hockey standpoint.
And maybe it didn’t help that I was stuck with the Dallas announcing crew that I usually like, but found obnoxiously whiny Saturday
Goalie coach? We don't need no stinking goalie coach!
they were so whiny, it was comical
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by ProfessorOak on Jan 16, 2012 11:09 AM MST up reply actions
The Dallas commentary is exactly as good as the officiating. If the refs are ok (which is an outstanding ref), they’re really nice to listen to, generally knowledgable and stuff. When the refs are bad, that’s all they care about and it’s lolgrating.
At exactly what point do you start to realize that life without knowledge is death in disguise?
Daryl Reaugh suffers from Madden disease – he’s clearly listened to himself far too much and now he tries to force the clever little catchphrases waaaay too often. He’s become a caricature of himself
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by David Driscoll-Carignan on Jan 16, 2012 12:25 PM MST up reply actions
I agree. It got pretty heated toward the end. And, honestly, entertainment value is the last thing I care about with this team if we just come out of it with a couple of points.
I’ve seen mad hockey players, and Morrow being pissed at Landy is about as mad as I’ve ever seen a hockey player before.
Even better: Landy pretty much shrugging him off like he’s brushing off a fly as ROB tries to stick up for him . Can’t wait for the Avs to change away from the uniprons, I’m immediately getting a Landeskog Sweater when they do.
Maybe
Jibblescribbits: C'mon over and waste some time
by Jibblescribbits on Jan 16, 2012 12:37 PM MST up reply actions
Any vid on that yet?
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by ProfessorOak on Jan 16, 2012 12:41 PM MST up reply actions
I watched the GCL condensed game and you could see a bit of it. Landy was just laughing.
A man who stole my whisky used the defense that no one could resist a bottle of Scotch. I had no choice but to testify on his behalf.
so mad I missed it, Cheryl said she’d make it once the full version came up on GCL
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by ProfessorOak on Jan 16, 2012 12:43 PM MST up reply actions
I took a 15 second vid with my cell. I’m uploading it right now. He went a wee bit nuts.
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by Tony Trujillo on Jan 16, 2012 1:59 PM MST up reply actions
a win is a win, especially when it’s a ROW
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by ProfessorOak on Jan 16, 2012 9:57 AM MST up reply actions
row
love that commercial
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by ProfessorOak on Jan 16, 2012 10:00 AM MST up reply actions
ROW!
My last day before exams… fuck studying.
Better make it good Avs, anything less that 5-0 and I will be disappointed.
I am boobs.
by Thor the Clunge Destroyer on Jan 16, 2012 8:18 AM MST reply actions
So Varly starts again! I’m looking forward to watching him but I’ll be at work. Maybe I should check out that GCL app for my phone? I might be too busy to watch but I could listen.
I went to the Caps game yesterday, they won so it was fun. Vokoun was quite impressive but he is still so slow to get up, even slower than Giggy. Recently he is finally playing like the goalie we thought we were getting. But I still miss Varly:( I got to see a rookie first NHL goal by defenseman Dmitry Orlov. He was so happy and excited. Sometimes I forget how much joy there can be for these guys playing hockey. Semin scored a rocket goal in the top right corner, can’t blame Cam Ward for not stopping that. Semin’s hit a lot of posts recently so maybe he is finally heating up here.
The Caps appear to be shopping Jeff Schultz, a decent defenseman, but Dale Hunter seems to hate him and called up two rookies from the Bears who skate faster to play over him. I’m not so impressed with what Hunter has done with the Caps defense, Carlson and Alzner used to be studs last season and now they are just human, and Schultz can’t even get in a game over worse players like Erskine.
Welcome to the new NHL norm. Lots of D and 5 guys hanging around the front of the net. The Caps do have a winning record under Hunter. It’s just a different type of game. Just as with the AVs, it is not as much fun to watch as run and gun.
by Uncle Richie on Jan 16, 2012 8:58 AM MST up reply actions
Fancy seeing you here.
Based on what I’ve seen it looks like Giggy not Varly today.
Poor Sarge. Hope he gets traded to a team I don’t despise.
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by Carl Putnam on Jan 16, 2012 10:10 AM MST up reply actions
Varly in net today.
Chambers at the Post disagrees: Twitter Linkage.
If we don't get our sauce, we ain't watching the game!
Thanks. Strange as yesterday after practice I though the reports were that Giguere was going to start.
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by Carl Putnam on Jan 16, 2012 10:22 AM MST up reply actions
I read it after Yotes practice I should say. Not sure if Avs practiced.
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by Carl Putnam on Jan 16, 2012 10:23 AM MST up reply actions
Ya no Avs practice
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by Cole D Hamilton on Jan 16, 2012 10:25 AM MST up reply actions
I’m guessing “Sargent” Schultz… on the Caps
Maybe
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by Jibblescribbits on Jan 16, 2012 11:11 AM MST up reply actions
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by andidee15 on Jan 16, 2012 11:15 AM MST up reply actions 1 recs
Duchene is 21 now?
Probably best he’s on the IR then.
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by Dixomatic on Jan 16, 2012 9:00 AM MST reply actions 2 recs
Absolutly
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by David Driscoll-Carignan on Jan 16, 2012 9:07 AM MST up reply actions 3 recs
Aren’t you the one calling the ketel black?
by Pinchy The Lobster on Jan 16, 2012 9:16 AM MST up reply actions
way to ruin a pun run
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by David Driscoll-Carignan on Jan 16, 2012 9:21 AM MST up reply actions
I think I’ll miss maybe the first? We’ll see.
LETS GO AVS!
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by Cole D Hamilton on Jan 16, 2012 9:38 AM MST reply actions
Boston has 5 games this week, that’s nuts. I’m surprised the schedulemaker didn’t have someone else play one game just to piss everyone off.
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by An Unmitigated Disaster on Jan 16, 2012 9:46 AM MST reply actions
Jeez, DDC
Why you have to bring up old shit?
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He’s like a malfunctioning septic tank…
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by Mike @ MHH on Jan 16, 2012 10:20 AM MST up reply actions 2 recs
Nice.
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by Tony Trujillo on Jan 16, 2012 12:04 PM MST up reply actions
Twitter shenanigans
TJGaliardi: Hey @NHL, Landy was wondering if there is a finished check event at the skills competition this year?
Danwinnik34: @TJGaliardi he actually plans on winning the goalie interference portion of the skills comp
I lol’d.
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by wickediz on Jan 16, 2012 10:20 AM MST reply actions 5 recs
so good. Landy would win both of those
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by Cole D Hamilton on Jan 16, 2012 10:27 AM MST up reply actions
So true. Especially the goaltender interference one.
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i laughed pretty hard as well
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by ProfessorOak on Jan 16, 2012 11:10 AM MST up reply actions
Keeps getting worse for the adjectives…. Koivu out for an extended period of time with a shoulder injury. Minny’s nosedive just broke the sound barrier.
being reported 4-6 weeks
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by ProfessorOak on Jan 16, 2012 11:10 AM MST up reply actions
Andy is 8-0-1 in his last 9. Why are the Sens good? This is stupid
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by Cole D Hamilton on Jan 16, 2012 10:34 AM MST reply actions
i guess they do have an “all-star” loaded roster
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by Cole D Hamilton on Jan 16, 2012 10:38 AM MST up reply actions
8-0-1, his GAA is now under 3 and his save% is over .900. Considering how he started, that’s pretty amazing. He has been locked in lately.
Goalie coach? We don't need no stinking goalie coach!
Good for him. He let in 7 when it mattered for us, he’s out of the conference so I’m happy for the guy
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by Cole D Hamilton on Jan 16, 2012 11:09 AM MST up reply actions
Erik Karlsson, that is why, he is almost a point per game player, it is ridic
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by ProfessorOak on Jan 16, 2012 11:10 AM MST up reply actions
Hopefully the Avs win this one for like, justice and stuff.
At exactly what point do you start to realize that life without knowledge is death in disguise?
Not to ruin our hopes, but anybody here have any ideas who might go if the Avs miss the playoffs, or who might go even if they make it?
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Multi-million dollar question.
The Avs have a whopping eight guys signed for next season. Next year’s team could run the gamut from all the same to completely unrecognizable.
4th biggest pessimist of MHH.
"There's always next season." -- Jimmy Howard on not winning the Calder Trophy.
I guess they’ll probably still have both goalies, but I keep wondering if they ever would actually try trading Stastny…not that I think it would be a good idea. I do wonder what will happen with his next contract, though. I wonder if they tried paying him what he’s worth (much less), he would run off to another team.
Varlificent! Magnifeskog!
In some ways, it’s really brilliant, in that they can truly identify the core and target long term contracts on the guys they really want to keep, and have maximum flexibility to do so.
That said, it’s obviously a huge risk, in that they could be left with pretty bare cupboards if a bunch of guys decide to test FA and jump ship.
the majority of guys can’t test FA because they will be RFA’s, they either sign, or they sit for a year or get traded.
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by ProfessorOak on Jan 16, 2012 11:32 AM MST up reply actions
Nashville
already up 1-0 on the Isles. For a team who doesn’t score a lot, they sure score a lot
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Apparently the highest-percentage shot in the NHL is the first shot against the Islanders. Leahy says that nine times so far this season the Islanders have given up a goal on the first shot against.
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"There's always next season." -- Jimmy Howard on not winning the Calder Trophy.
gave up a goal on the second shot also, hahaha
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by ProfessorOak on Jan 16, 2012 11:25 AM MST up reply actions
I feel bad for the Islanders. They have 3 goalies and can’t keep them healthy or make them good.
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yeah, why is poulin starting? What happened to Nabby and Montoya?
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by ProfessorOak on Jan 16, 2012 11:27 AM MST up reply actions
They also have zero defense…which will never help a goalie
Goalie coach? We don't need no stinking goalie coach!
agreed, I struggle sometimes in telling whether the goalie is actually good, or the product of good defense.
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by ProfessorOak on Jan 16, 2012 11:30 AM MST up reply actions
Nabby played list night and Montoya is still hurt.
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ah thanks
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by ProfessorOak on Jan 16, 2012 11:46 AM MST up reply actions
And DiPietro is out for the season…
In other news, Antarctica is cold
Goalie coach? We don't need no stinking goalie coach!
haha yeah, I knew that, sports hernia, right?
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by ProfessorOak on Jan 16, 2012 12:11 PM MST up reply actions
Technically yes…but I fear he is just suffering another case of DiPietroness.
I give him credit, he always fights back to play about 10 games a season. Really earning that contract
Goalie coach? We don't need no stinking goalie coach!
yep, it’s such a shame
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by ProfessorOak on Jan 16, 2012 12:34 PM MST up reply actions
and there's goal number three
kinda mad that Suter has nothing from any of them, ugh
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by ProfessorOak on Jan 16, 2012 11:29 AM MST up reply actions
Wow
Maybe
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by Jibblescribbits on Jan 16, 2012 11:25 AM MST up reply actions
My fantasy team needs a Rinne win today…this is good. And Fuck Tavares
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by lifeblood19 on Jan 16, 2012 11:41 AM MST up reply actions
Sorry. I have this unexplainable hatred for the Islanders. And almost everyone in the ’09 draft class not drafted to wear a unipron
Can't listen to Party Rock anymore....all I hear is 'Everyday lines are Shufflin'
by lifeblood19 on Jan 16, 2012 11:44 AM MST up reply actions
So do you like every East Coast team? Were you born in New York? I am highly confused.
A man who stole my whisky used the defense that no one could resist a bottle of Scotch. I had no choice but to testify on his behalf.
she’s a girl. they are more accepting by nature. you’ll meet one someday and find this out for yourself. hopefully.
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by David Driscoll-Carignan on Jan 16, 2012 12:38 PM MST up reply actions
I refuse to meet a girl who is accepting by nature. I don’t want some tree-hugging, berry-eating, hippie.
A man who stole my whisky used the defense that no one could resist a bottle of Scotch. I had no choice but to testify on his behalf.
In other words, you like to argue? That’s not really a relationship-building trait. I guess if you have no intention of staying with them, that’s different…
Varlificent! Magnifeskog!
I refuse to meet a girl who is accepting by nature.
-Says the single guy
Maybe
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by Jibblescribbits on Jan 16, 2012 12:48 PM MST up reply actions
Sadly, I am not single.
A man who stole my whisky used the defense that no one could resist a bottle of Scotch. I had no choice but to testify on his behalf.
Let me guess
she’s in Canada?
Maybe
Jibblescribbits: C'mon over and waste some time
by Jibblescribbits on Jan 16, 2012 1:58 PM MST up reply actions
It’s like lifeblood19 said, ‘unexplainable’. I just don’t like the Canucks, a LOT.
Varlificent! Magnifeskog!
The only two other teams that I can tolerate are the Blackhawks and the Leafs. And i know the last one is a huge black mark, but I was raised a leafs fan by my uncle who’s from Toronto….then when the Nords moved to Colorado at the old age of 7 for me, I became a fan.
Can't listen to Party Rock anymore....all I hear is 'Everyday lines are Shufflin'
by lifeblood19 on Jan 16, 2012 12:51 PM MST up reply actions
I don’t like EVERY East Coast team. Just the Isles, Bs, Devs, Pens, and Bolts. Just as I like the Hawks, Kings, and Preds for reasons I can’t comprehend.
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Make up your mind, just pick one.
Datsyuk may have done it first, but he learned it from Peter Forsberg.
Thanks for everything Foppa!
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by Americanario on Jan 16, 2012 1:49 PM MST up reply actions
The Avs?
Maybe
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by Jibblescribbits on Jan 16, 2012 1:59 PM MST up reply actions
Avs are my fav, no doubt. But second….. I don’t know. Probably either Chicago or Pittsburgh.
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They don’t need to score a lot because their D is so good. And they get a lot of scoring from their depth as well.
Just a Colorado girl in Montana who ♥s the Avs and writes for Mile High Hockey.
obviously, but I feel as of lately, they have been scoring a lot, making them super dangerous.
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by ProfessorOak on Jan 16, 2012 11:26 AM MST up reply actions
I was really impressed with the Pred’s D when they played us. Most of our shots were from outside. I personally thought that it was the difference in the games. I saw the first in person and the 2nd on TV.
by Uncle Richie on Jan 16, 2012 11:43 AM MST up reply actions
Avs Attendance so far
up from 13,947 two years ago to 15,367 so far this year, increase of about 1400
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yes
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by ProfessorOak on Jan 16, 2012 11:39 AM MST up reply actions
very good
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by David Driscoll-Carignan on Jan 16, 2012 12:22 PM MST up reply actions
We don’t have the type of team that’s going to win 5-0
I’m afraid I have to very respectfully disagree with J.S. Guigere there. Avs 5 – Coyotes 0. Jones with a hat trick.
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by burgundyRainbow on Jan 16, 2012 12:17 PM MST reply actions 2 recs
Good, positive outlook. Giguere can shut the door on them, and the forwards can show us how it’s done. I think we need to see a hat trick from someone, especially someone who needs to produce a little more.
Varlificent! Magnifeskog!
Giggy will be opening and shutting the door all afternoon. Varly is starting.
If we don't get our sauce, we ain't watching the game!
Dater on the Avs on Marek vs Wyshynski:
Who’s going to be the goalie?
Giguere giving the most consistent effort… Sacco probably has more confidence going with him down the stretch.
Paul Stastny did, what Paul Stastny does. Score big goals.
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