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Pierce Hawthorne said:
I still think the most ideal lineup for the Avs this year would be:

Landy - Mack - Nuke
Lehky - Mikko - Newhook
JTC - Meyers - ERod
LOC - Helm - Cogliano
Sedlak/Blidh


If you can get Mikko to work out at 2C that solves all of our issues. Then you trade our 2023 1st + Olausson for Patty Kane and you roll into the playoffs with:

Landy - Mack - Nuke
Kane - Mikko - Newhook
Lehky - ERod - JTC
LOC - Helm - Meyers/Cogliano



Mikko transitioning to Center full time would solve this teams single biggest problem long term. Then you dont have to focus a potential Toews/Girard trade on getting a 2C but instead just getting the best possible haul of futures to both alleviate our cap issues and restock some of the cupboards that will be very important in our hopes of opening another Cup window in ~3 years time.
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That would be amazing!
Any chance of it happening?
Or you're just making me drool for nothing...?
 
Pokecheque said:
I never said he wasn't praising the guy, I just don't see why people are claiming he's over-the-moon about the guy when he's simply stating E-Rod was playing insanely well for the first half of last year (he was) and then tailed off to less respectable, but still pretty good numbers. Said in multiple posts the guy is not a natural finisher, but is a capable middle six player. This is not Bugs Bunny when he sees the original 90s version of Lola walking down the street with his eyeballs morphing into heart shapes.
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Lol I agree there, he’s just a depth signing in the end.
Balthazar said:
He didn't. Just said that he was surprised that he didn't sign yet even though the Avs were hoping to do it this summer. His co-host said "what are they gonna do? I mean they can't let him walk" or something along those lines.

Co-host also said that Sakic isn't known to do things fast and it served him well so far.
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I think it’s pretty obvious (to me anyways) Mack and his agent and maybe even management are waiting for more concrete evidence of a cap rise and just how much it will rise. It’d be highly irresponsible to sign for a cap hit % that could earn him a lot more money if it’s going to rise significantly.

Cypher said:
Now do Byram for Lundell and pry Sandin from Toronto for picks/prospect to replace G as 3rd pairing LHD.

Landy - Mack - Nuke
Lek - Lundell - Moose
Hook - JTC - Rodrigues
Meyers - Helm - Cogliano
O'Connor

Toews - Makar
Girard - Manson
Sandin - EJ
MacDermid/MacDonald

Georgy
Frankie

Now that's a team I could get behind.
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Byram > Lundell. They’d need to add.
 
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Northern Avs Fan said:
I like the reports on his defensive game. Hope that shines through.

I have a lot of faith in the Avs core. I think if you put a bunch of roughriders around them that work hard they’ll be in a good spot.
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I mean JB could reunite the top line and go
Landy-MacK-Rants
Lehk-ERod-Nuke (I mean, if his D game is what I'm thinking it is, this could just be a completely nasty line to play against)
Meyers-Newhook-JTC
Cogs-Helm-LOC (This is why I love the ERod signing...It moves LOC down to the 4th line where his minutes can be managed so his energy is at peak every shift).
 
expatriatedtexan said:
I mean JB could reunite the top line and go
Landy-MacK-Rants
Lehk-ERod-Nuke (I mean, if his D game is what I'm thinking it is, this could just be a completely nasty line to play against)
Meyers-Newhook-JTC
Cogs-Helm-LOC (This is why I love the ERod signing...It moves LOC down to the 4th line where his minutes can be managed so his energy is at peak every shift).
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There's no reliable offense there outside of line 1. The 2nd line doesn't have any guys who are puck handlers/playmakers. All do their best work forechecking and receiving the puck in one way or another. Rants needs to be on that line somewhere
 
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Freaky Styley said:
There's no reliable offense there outside of line 1. The 2nd line doesn't have any guys who are puck handlers/playmakers. All do their best work forechecking and receiving the puck in one way or another. Rants needs to be on that line somewhere
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Yeah, maybe not the best idea.

It's just not my day, I started radiation/chemo combined therapy this morning, managed to put a full day in at the virtual office but this evening it's hitting hard. I'm not thinking clearly and I about had a heart-attack earlier looking at capfriendly. I hit their depth charts and while they had ERod listed as our 2C, it still has Jayson Megna as our 4th line RW. After calming myself and scrolling down further he's got Meyers listed as AHL bound.

Need to take an ativan and call it a night.
 
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expatriatedtexan said:
Yeah, maybe not the best idea.

It's just not my day, I started radiation/chemo combined therapy this morning, managed to put a full day in at the virtual office but this evening it's hitting hard. I'm not thinking clearly and I about had a heart-attack earlier looking at capfriendly. I hit their depth charts and while they had ERod listed as our 2C, it still has Jayson Megna as our 4th line RW. After calming myself and scrolling down further he's got Meyers listed as AHL bound.

Need to take an ativan and call it a night.
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One day at a time ET. Rest up. Tomorrow's another day and another opportunity to create Avalanche lineups. :)
 
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Chiarelli said:
Question:

How come we never talk about Couturier as a possible 2C option??
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Entering year 1 of an 8 year deal at a $7.75M cap hit coming off a significant surgery and about to turn 30 years old. Lots of reasons to stay far away right now.

That being said, if he has a good bounce back year this year and Philly still sucks/are looking to move him, it could be worth looking at. For one I think it would be quite cheap to acquire him.

The thing is I think he's a very good contender to be an LTIRetirement guy for the last 2-3 years of his deal anyway, and also if the cap really is expected to be ~92-95M by the 2025 season... $7.75M isn't nearly as big at that point as it feels right now.... You'll start seeing really good 3Cs making 6+ at that point and so then even if Couts regresses to a 3C level he's only ~$1.5M overpaid.
 
Faceoffs in 2021-2022.

ERod was 47%
Compher was 51%
Kadri was 49%
Mac was 45%
Landy was 54%
Mikko was 46%
Helm was 44%
Newhook was 34%
O'Connor was 22%

I was mainly wanting to compare ERod to Compher on the single stat with both of them being right handed. Then I went down the rabbit hole to look at everyone who took FO's during the season. Cogliano, Lehky, and Nich have all taken FO's in other seasons but didn't last year.

It was just something I wondered about, so I thought I would share, as meaningless as it may be.
 
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expatriatedtexan said:
I mean JB could reunite the top line and go
Landy-MacK-Rants
Lehk-ERod-Nuke (I mean, if his D game is what I'm thinking it is, this could just be a completely nasty line to play against)
Meyers-Newhook-JTC
Cogs-Helm-LOC (This is why I love the ERod signing...It moves LOC down to the 4th line where his minutes can be managed so his energy is at peak every shift).
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The best alternative is probably to have Rantanen on line 2, but if you want to keep him on the top line then it might make sense to separate Lehkonen and Nichushkin to balance the middle 6 lines and have some playmaking on line 2.

Landeskog - MacKinnon - Rantanen
Newhook -------- ERod ------- Nichushkin
Lehkonen ------ Meyers ----- Compher
 
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expatriatedtexan said:
Yeah, maybe not the best idea.

It's just not my day, I started radiation/chemo combined therapy this morning, managed to put a full day in at the virtual office but this evening it's hitting hard. I'm not thinking clearly and I about had a heart-attack earlier looking at capfriendly. I hit their depth charts and while they had ERod listed as our 2C, it still has Jayson Megna as our 4th line RW. After calming myself and scrolling down further he's got Meyers listed as AHL bound.

Need to take an ativan and call it a night.
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Hang in there my friend , i'm thinking about you all the time hoping for things to get better.
 
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This is hilarious.






Mile High Sticking:

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Ararana said:
This is hilarious.






Mile High Sticking:

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With the uncertainty of Georgiev in net Francouz is as close as being a starter as he'll be pretty much anywhere else in the NHL anyway.

Edit: this is his "source":

bleacherreport.com

5 Bold Trade Predictions Ahead of the 2022-23 NHL Season

While we wait for NHL prospects games to be played and for training camp to open, we’ve all got a lot of idle time and idle time for the hockey fan means...
bleacherreport.com bleacherreport.com

This isn't a "rumor" it's just some kid making wild "predictions" on the internet. So f***ing dumb.

MHH makes Dater look like Friedman.
 
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Richard88 said:
The best alternative is probably to have Rantanen on line 2, but if you want to keep him on the top line then it might make sense to separate Lehkonen and Nichushkin to balance the middle 6 lines and have some playmaking on line 2.

Landeskog - MacKinnon - Rantanen
Newhook -------- ERod ------- Nichushkin
Lehkonen ------ Meyers ----- Compher
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The first inclination is to agree with this. But then you keep seeing ER loves to shoot. While that seems to complement Rantanen, Newhook, and Nichushkin, they're capable of scoring goals too. Can ER facilitate that?
 
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