NorthernAvsFan
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Both those lines are going to be fire imo.
Then the crash and bang Colton/Wood/LOC/Kovalenko roll over the boards for the 3rd line.
Pre-Game Talk: 2023/24 Training Camp
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Both those lines are going to be fire imo.
Then the crash and bang Colton/Wood/LOC/Kovalenko roll over the boards for the 3rd line.
Foppa2118
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Yeah and a Wood-Colton-Kovalenko line has a lot of promise as well. Very complimentary players and skillsets that can all play a gritty game on the forecheck and around the crease, and also put the puck in the net.
Cogs and LOC are safe bets to have solid 4th line seasons if they're healthy. All they'd need is for Pavel or Meyers to play ok at 4C and they have the potential for 4 good lines in a healthy lineup even without factoring in Landy or deadline additions.
Though I'm sure their depth will be tested with injuries again. All that matters is that they can get relatively healthy by the playoffs though.
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Actually, I'm a little interested in seeing what Malinski can do, but would much rather see him play with G or Bo than JMFJ, Hunt, or KMac (who I hope is done as a dman for the team).
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Hopefully it's just a precaution. He was clearly just getting back to skating yesterday. That's why they were monitoring him with a device. He probably just rested his ankle most of the summer and didn't skate much if at all.
Today looked like it was high paced drills and scrimmages. Not really something you want a guy coming off a high ankle sprain to jump into on the first or second day, when he kept re-injuring it last year.
Doesn't look like Cale, Nate, Val, or Girard (?) have even skated yet. Not sure if Drouin skated today either after skating the other day.
So there shouldn't be an expectation that Manson has to go two days in a row for optional skates this early before camp has even started.
Just FYI, Manson was here last month for one skate by himself on his separate rink, while the other group was with a coach. So he’s been in town.
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Drouin-MacK-Nuke
Lehky-RyJo-Mikko
This lines make the most sense IMO
Lehky-RyJo-Mikko
This lines make the most sense IMO
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He centered a line with Duchene and Forsberg in Nashville. Not too shabby.
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If Manson ends up permanently on LTIR I won't cry but finding someone else to play his role sure won't be easy. A right-handed defenseman with size who can play top 4 minutes and has a mean side. Good luck.
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I was about to ask who could be a potential Manson replacement if he does end up on LTIR. First person coming to mind is kind of a big fish, Pesce. Carolina has been rumored to be moving him all summer and thought I remember LeBrun linking Avs to him. Demelo, Benning. Do Avs look at the logjam in CBJ and ask about Peeke/Blankenburg?
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I like Pesce but he'd be a rental and would cost a 1st+. Also he's the opposite of mean.
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Not on the Avalanche. On the team that never built a good team culture IMO and never won anything as a result. He also had an ankle injury last year.
Not sure about Forsberg, but there's a decent chance Duchene would just reinforce his bad habits too and not do much to motivate him. Like his taxi rant with the younger players in Ottawa.
Lehky and Mikko, as well as Nate, Cale, Gabe, Cogs, etc will promote positive habits and a positive mindset to motivate him and the team like they always do.
This Avs team also has a Stanley Cup culture again, have a strong legacy of excellence from their Cups in the past, and don't expect anything less.
That wasn't the case in Nashville, where they haven't made it past the first round in the last five years, and only past the first round 5 times in 24 years, and only past the second round once.
A losing culture can give a player an excuse not to try as hard. A winning culture can bring out the best in a player.
Different system though, and backed by the Avs d-core as well.
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Manson is uncoachable. TMV-5.
Just kidding buddy. I know your main gig is now covering the Avs, so I appreciate it all the more when you take the time to share here as well.
AvsFan2123
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None of who I said are necessarily mean. I was more so looking at RHD that could be moved and in rumor mill or on teams not gonna make playoffs and would be dumb of their teams to keep them
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Our management just has to sort dmans hits and shot blocked in NHL.com. Boom we got our guy
UncleRisto
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Says here Erik Gudbranson.Our management just has to sort dmans hits and shot blocked in NHL.com. Boom we got our guy
Bill Peckerskull
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IMPOSSIBLE!!! He's ALWAYS hurt and should be LTIR'd
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Watch Mason play 82 games after all this speculation lol
Ararana
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Football starts tonight. Avs big guns are taking captains skates. Get the f*** out of here summer!
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