GDT: 2018-19 Training Camp and Preseason Thread

[JoeSakic13]

Alt on waivers. Was expecting him to be on the opening day roster. Carrick was supposed to be waived but now he isn’t apparently. Am I crazy to think we just traded for Conor Carrick?

Pickard got put on waivers too. Man I can't help but feel like his downwards career path has been grossly undeserved ever since he got picked up by Vegas.

EDIT: Sorry ignored your main point there. Definitely something happened there with it being likely a trade. Not sure why it would happen RIGHT before he got put on waivers though. Maybe thinking he wouldn't clear or get all the way down to a team that traded for him?

 

[AvsFan29]

I liked alts play last year. Although it does feel pretty good to get rid of some lower skill guys due to our defence improving

 

[JoeSakic13]

I liked alts play last year. Although it does feel pretty good to get rid of some lower skill guys due to our defence improving

I don't know, I feel like our defence was so injured and our depth was so incredibly weak that Kyle Quincey would have cracked our top 2. So by comparison, yes he looked decent. However I feel that if we had talent around him it would be completely obvious his skill level.

 

[Lonewolfe2015]

Pickard got put on waivers too. Man I can't help but feel like his downwards career path has been grossly undeserved ever since he got picked up by Vegas.

Completely agreed. Picks should be a backup somewhere, what Vegas did was replace him with a similarly talented player and then he's been nothing but stuck behind equivalent or worse depth for two seasons. Before long he'll have to go overseas to get a chance.

 

[Ceremony]

Pickard wouldn't keep getting waived if he was actually any good at hockey.

 

[UncleRisto]

Alt on waivers. Was expecting him to be on the opening day roster. Carrick was supposed to be waived but now he isn’t apparently. Am I crazy to think we just traded for Conor Carrick?

Why, don't we have seven defensemen and Lindholm on the roster?

 

[Avs_19]

Looks like the D is set with these moves today. I'd guess Lindholm and Timmins will be on IR until they're cleared and then they'll go down. If that's the case, that'll mean they're going with 14 F and 7 D to start.

Any predictions on which two forwards they keep from Kamenev, Toninato, O'Connor, and Dries? I guess it could be three if Ghetto goes on IR.

 

[Foppberg]

Please no Z.

 

[Pokecheque]

If they only have to send down one I guess it'll be Dries.

 

[Avsboy]

Z might have to change his game up and stop hitting so much.

 

[ASmileyFace]

Damn it Z. We need you healthy bud.

 

[Foppberg]

Hopefully it's just cautionary.

 

[Cousin Eddie]

Why, don't we have seven defensemen and Lindholm on the roster?

Yeah I completely forgot about Lindholm but unfortunately he exists.

 

[UncleRisto]

The Finnish main hockey outlet did a best and worst defenses ranking and we didn't even get a dishonorable mention.

Everything's coming up Milhouse.

 

[Avsrule2022]

With the Eagles playing in Loveland on the 5th and 6th, the Avs could go 12F and 6D if they wanted. Don't have to worry about waivers with any of those 4 guys, and they get playing time instead of sitting.

 

[Bender]

Looks like the D is set with these moves today. I'd guess Lindholm and Timmins will be on IR until they're cleared and then they'll go down. If that's the case, that'll mean they're going with 14 F and 7 D to start.

Any predictions on which two forwards they keep from Kamenev, Toninato, O'Connor, and Dries? I guess it could be three if Ghetto goes on IR.

I read somewhere that Ghetto is out 2-4 weeks so I to me I think this means Kamenev automatically made the team. None of the others can replace Ghetto skill-wise.

After that, depending on health, I would say the next guy up is Toninato and then it's kind of a toss-up. If they are set at center and they keep insisting on playing Compher at center then it probably looks better for LOC with Mack,Kerfoot/Jost, Compher and Soderberg (and Toninato as well). If they shift Compher to the wing on the 2nd line which makes a TON of more sense to me than having this belief that Colin Wilson will wake up one day and magically become a Top-6 forward, then I could see them keeping Dries as the 13th forward. I think he probably outplayed LOC in that final pre-season game.

When everyone is healthy, Kamenev is the 13th forward and Toninato is the 14th. That's the way I see it.

 

[Goulet17]

I read somewhere that Ghetto is out 2-4 weeks so I to me I think this means Kamenev automatically made the team. None of the others can replace Ghetto skill-wise.

After that, depending on health, I would say the next guy up is Toninato and then it's kind of a toss-up. If they are set at center and they keep insisting on playing Compher at center then it probably looks better for LOC with Mack,Kerfoot/Jost, Compher and Soderberg (and Toninato as well). If they shift Compher to the wing on the 2nd line which makes a TON of more sense to me than having this belief that Colin Wilson will wake up one day and magically become a Top-6 forward, then I could see them keeping Dries as the 13th forward. I think he probably outplayed LOC in that final pre-season game.

When everyone is healthy, Kamenev is the 13th forward and Toninato is the 14th. That's the way I see it.

I would like to believe that, but I think that Bednar is doing all he can to keep Dries and O'Connor up at the NHL level. I don't agree with it, but it would not surprise me.

 

[MarkT]

I read somewhere that Ghetto is out 2-4 weeks so I to me I think this means Kamenev automatically made the team. None of the others can replace Ghetto skill-wise.

After that, depending on health, I would say the next guy up is Toninato and then it's kind of a toss-up. If they are set at center and they keep insisting on playing Compher at center then it probably looks better for LOC with Mack,Kerfoot/Jost, Compher and Soderberg (and Toninato as well). If they shift Compher to the wing on the 2nd line which makes a TON of more sense to me than having this belief that Colin Wilson will wake up one day and magically become a Top-6 forward, then I could see them keeping Dries as the 13th forward. I think he probably outplayed LOC in that final pre-season game.

When everyone is healthy, Kamenev is the 13th forward and Toninato is the 14th. That's the way I see it.

If you're looking at the short term I agree with you, but long-term, I think they want Compher to be the Soderberg replacement at some point, so he needs the reps at center so they can see if he can handle it. And in the case of Wilson, I think they need to see if they can salvage him and make him into a productive player, so it makes perfect sense to give him until Ghetto returns to prove he belongs there. If he fails, then fine, move him down to the 4th line or sit him and put Ghetto on the 2nd line.

I think the thing to remember is that as much as this season is about winning and making the playoffs, it's also about player development and evaluation given how many of our players are free agents in July.

 

[klozge]

I would like to believe that, but I think that Bednar is doing all he can to keep Dries and O'Connor up at the NHL level. I don't agree with it, but it would not surprise me.

At least we'll find out today who has made the roster. I'm with Bender, though, if Kamenev is healthy enough for full practice today and tomorrow he should be a no-brainer.

 

[Hemsky is a gangsta]

who do you guys anticipate is starting Game 1? I think Grubauer is the better goalie and should eventually be the #1 but curious if he's starting off as the back up.

 

[rmthomson21]

who do you guys anticipate is starting Game 1? I think Grubauer is the better goalie and should eventually be the #1 but curious if he's starting off as the back up.

It's Varlamov's net to lose. I won't be shocked if we see Grubauer as the de facto #1 at some point during the season, but it's not now.

 

[The Abusement Park]

who do you guys anticipate is starting Game 1? I think Grubauer is the better goalie and should eventually be the #1 but curious if he's starting off as the back up.

Varly will start. And he’s definitely the better goalie, but much more injury prone so.

 

[Pokecheque]

Much as I praise Bednar for not being that guy who falls in love with talentless grinders, his love of Gee Bork is a bit befuddling. If the plan really is to pin him on Soderberg's wing that's a big mistake.

 

[Foppberg]

 

[tucker3434]

I’ve lost track, how many guys do we have on the main roster now and how many injured?