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JMFJ smiled more and moved more easily. De Haan can barely move but moans a lot. Not much between them.
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dahrougem2
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That's not true. We aren't asking him to get faster or skate differently. It's a skill, and usually improves with a skills coach.
It's a matter of spending that extra time to refine those skills.
"Colorado coach Jared Bednar said there’s an illness going through the room. … Blackwood will make his Avalanche debut after he was acquired in a trade with the San Jose Sharks on Monday."
Good thing we let Blackwood practice and sit on the bench last game while sick.
Good thing we let Blackwood practice and sit on the bench last game while sick.
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Only be playing the game for 25 years at an elite level. Obviously if he practices harder with the right coach he's going to learn how to make tape to tape passes
am I right @dahrougem2 ?
LOFIN
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No sickness will get developed that fast. Blackwood literally met with the team on the morning of the game.
forsbergavs32
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Why is it always when we trade for somebody they either have visa issues or they’re sick?
dahrougem2
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I genuinely do not see how you can't understand this.
We can use current and former Avs to see that puck skill can be improved at any age, because it's a technical skill rather than needing to improve your body for added burst to skating or getting stronger.
Gabriel Landeskog and Ryan O'Reilly both have vastly superior puck skills now than they did upon entering the league. I thought it wasn't possible to do?
Joe Pavelski used to get more skilled with the puck the older he got.
I can see it on ROR, but my memory goes back to Landeskog smoking the stick handling competition as a Rookie Allstar. His hands in tight have always been underrated.
Deflections might be what you're thinking of there? Working on those constantly was one of his things. MacK and Mitts also continue to work on that stuff.
I get your point, if only Duncan could have improved enough there.
Foppa2118
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I agree with your point regarding players in their 20's. They can sometimes improve their puck skill, and shot, the way Landy and ROR did, for exactly the reasons you mentioned.
But at 33, you have likely had many coaches, and skill coaches that have tried to get as much untapped potential in skill out of a player as possible. The well is probably pretty dry at that point.
Can't comment on Pavelski, because I didn't track his skill level year in and year out, but I'm not sure how many 33+ year old examples of getting more skilled there are?
dahrougem2
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The point is we don't need De Haan to become ultra skilled compared to what he is.
What the Avs need in order for him to become more effective is to stop bobbling passes, stop overskating pucks with his stick, etc. These are fixable skills regardless of age, it's a matter of putting in the extra work to fix them.
He drove me absolutely nuts to start the season but I think he’s settled down quite a bit. One thing I like is that while his shot is nothing to write home about he seems readily able to get it on net. He’s the anti-Graves.
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Tralfamadore
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Never made sense to me that he could be so far off per Bednar. I bet he comes back sooner than we think.
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I wouldn’t be surprised to see him back after this 3 game road trip.
We play Seattle at home on Sunday.
Unless it's a concussion. Then it's all about how he feels. I know we have no reason to believe it's concussion related, but the way they're approaching his recovery just seems odd to me.
Tralfamadore
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Ya that's a good point. Could be. Explains the short return.
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That's been my completely unfounded suspicion for quite awhile actually
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Bender
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Felhaber is gonna go apeshit and Felhab the crap out of the canooks!!!
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In 20 years, people will ask you where you were when Tye Felhaber first took the ice for the Colorado Avalanche . . .
Bill Peckerskull
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I didn't mean to post this here....
I don't care if you're annoyed.
I don't care if you're annoyed.
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