2024-2025 Around The League Part 2

[flyfysher]

Dallas would beat the Avs in a 7 game series unless Johnston, Harley, Mikko and Otter get injured in a bath house Jiu jitsu tournament.

Which Otter will show? I’ve seen him look like a world beater and also not so good.

 

[a mangy Meowth]

Dallas would beat the Avs in a 7 game series unless Johnston, Harley, Mikko and Otter get injured in a bath house Jiu jitsu tournament.

 

[RoyIsALegend]

Unless I'm missing something if we stay ahead of Minny we face the biggest threat in the West in round 1 no? Why is it a good thing?

It would be much better for the Avs to stay in a wildcard spot and face Vegas or Winnipeg.

I strongly believe being in good form, winning, clicking on all cylinders, etc. is more important than losing and avoiding a first round opponent.

If you’re scared of who you might face in the first round of a four round playoff, you’re not serious about winning a Stanley Cup.

Just my opinion.

 

[flyfysher]

I strongly believe being in good form, winning, clicking on all cylinders, etc. is more important than losing and avoiding a first round opponent.

If you’re scared of who you might face in the first round of a four round playoff, you’re not serious about winning a Stanley Cup.

This! Thank you!

 

[The Kingslayer]

Which Otter will show? I’ve seen him look like a world beater and also not so good.

Personally I dont think hes that good but hes good enough to beat the Avs. Still remains to be seen if Blackwood can show up in the playoffs. He has more question marks going into the post season than Kuemper did when he was with the Avs. Does Blackwood turn into Kiprusoff or Lalime. Still to be seen.

 

[a mangy Meowth]

I strongly believe being in good form, winning, clicking on all cylinders, etc. is more important than losing and avoiding a first round opponent.

If you’re scared of who you might face in the first round of a four round playoff, you’re not serious about winning a Stanley Cup.

Just my opinion.

Gotta beat the best to BE the best

 

[Balthazar]

Meh, I think it's overrated.

The Sharks series went 7 and we were running Nieto - Soderberg - Comeau as a 2nd line.

The Vegas series was an evenly matched series where two players cost us in Graves and Grubauer.

Can we really put the onus on Bednar for last season when he had the corpse of Zach Parise playing on his 2nd line, only two games of Jonathan Drouin, no Val Nichushkin half the series and an Artturi Lehkonen with a separated shoulder?

I know the message out there is DeBoer owns Bednar but DeBoer has NEVER had the odds stacked against him in a series, it's always been Bednar.

You know what DeBoer hasn't done? Won a Stanley Cup.

Once again, it's not about DeBoer being the best coach or even a better coach than Bednar in a vacuum.

Fact: He's 3-0 against Bednar on 3 different teams and the last two times he made Bednar's team look like absolute garbage with his game plan alone.

It wasn't because Nuke wasn't there or Grubauer sucked or Makar was tired or whatever other excuse you may find. It was the game plan, the Avs had no space, couldn't skate, became helpless and lost.

 

[Balthazar]

I strongly believe being in good form, winning, clicking on all cylinders, etc. is more important than losing and avoiding a first round opponent.

If you’re scared of who you might face in the first round of a four round playoff, you’re not serious about winning a Stanley Cup.

Just my opinion.

Easiest path is always the best path in the playoffs. Not my opinion.

 

[flyfysher]

Personally I dont think hes that good but hes good enough to beat the Avs. Still remains to be seen if Blackwood can show up in the playoffs. He has more question marks going into the post season than Kuemper did when he was with the Avs. Does Blackwood turn into Kiprusoff or Lalime. Still to be seen.

If the Avs can roll all four lines and they stay healthy then I think they have a very good chance at beating the Stars.

 

[The Kingslayer]

I strongly believe being in good form, winning, clicking on all cylinders, etc. is more important than losing and avoiding a first round opponent.

If you’re scared of who you might face in the first round of a four round playoff, you’re not serious about winning a Stanley Cup.

Just my opinion.

If the Avs want to make it out the West they will have to go through at minimum 2 great teams. Its going to be a blood bath either way.

 

[RoyIsALegend]

Easiest path is always the best path in the playoffs. Not my opinion.

 

[The Kingslayer]

If the Avs can roll all four lines and they stay healthy then I think they have a very good chance at beating the Stars.

Something f***ed up always happens when the Avs play the Stars in the playoffs. I dont expect that to change. Before Game 6 Makars going to get abducted by Aliens or some shit.

 

[a mangy Meowth]

Easiest path is always the best path in the playoffs. Not my opinion.

Winning the cup is the best path.

 

[flyfysher]

Something f***ed up always happens when the Avs play the Stars in the playoffs. I dont expect that to change. Before Game 6 Makars going to get abducted by Aliens or some shit.

So it’s ultimately about the bad juju and not skill or effort. Voodoo Series…

 

[Avs_19]

Avs in 5.

 

[The Kingslayer]

So it’s ultimately about the bad juju and not skill or effort. Voodoo Series…

The only time I gave Dallas the decisive victory in the playoffs over the Avs was in 2000. I cant remember if anything bad happened that series other than Brett Hull scoring on every shot. In 99 ratvichuk blew out Forsbergs shoulder in game 5. Bubble series the Avs had to play their 3rd sting, last season Val. Its always something.

 

[flyfysher]

The only time I gave Dallas the decisive victory in the playoffs over the Avs was in 2000. I cant remember if anything bad happened that series other than Brett Hull scoring on every shot. In 99 ratvichuk blew out Forsbergs shoulder in game 5. Bubble series the Avs had to play their 3rd sting, last season Val. Its always something.

Even the Red Sox eventually broke the curse.

 

[The Kingslayer]

Even the Red Sox eventually broke the curse.

Eventually yah probably not this season though.

 

[a mangy Meowth]

I hate the Canes powerplay lol

 

[Gumballhead]

I strongly believe being in good form, winning, clicking on all cylinders, etc. is more important than losing and avoiding a first round opponent.

If you’re scared of who you might face in the first round of a four round playoff, you’re not serious about winning a Stanley Cup.

Just my opinion.

Every once in a while, you make a lot of damn sense.

 

[Metallo]

CBJ allowed two SHG to the NYR in the same PP. Do these f***ers want to make the playoffs?

 

[Valushkin]

Something f***ed up always happens when the Avs play the Stars in the playoffs. I dont expect that to change. Before Game 6 Makars going to get abducted by Aliens or some shit.

Before game 1 vs Dallas, Nate is gonna announce he’s retiring from hockey and getting into Scientology

 

[a mangy Meowth]

CBJ allowed two SHG to the NYR in the same PP. Do these f***ers want to make the playoffs?

Doesn't matter, Quick turned back into a pumpkin

 

[dahrougem2]

Once again, it's not about DeBoer being the best coach or even a better coach than Bednar in a vacuum.

Fact: He's 3-0 against Bednar on 3 different teams and the last two times he made Bednar's team look like absolute garbage with his game plan alone.

It wasn't because Nuke wasn't there or Grubauer sucked or Makar was tired or whatever other excuse you may find. It was the game plan, the Avs had no space, couldn't skate, became helpless and lost.

I strongly disagree about the "made Bednar's team look like absolute garbage" vs Vegas. That series was as even a series as you will find statistically by the end of it, it just had major ebbs and flows but one guy couldn't make the saves while the other guy could.

Do you seriously put the blame on him for last season?

Ask yourself: when is the last time DeBoer faced any adversity in the postseason like that?

If he has to play the Avalanche without Miro Heiskanen and still wins, by all means give him his flowers. But he hasn't had any adversity whatsoever in ANY of the three series vs the Avs. It's trending in the direction of him having arguably the worst defensive corps in the West should he not have Heiskanen. Let's see what happens.

 

[Alienblood]

I worry less about Minny catching us than I do Bednar going balls deep to pass Dallas.

we need home ice