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Could be a coincidence but Georgiev fell apart the minute he didn't have a real backup behind him. It's a possibility that he put all the pressure on himself knowing that no one could help if he failed, which lead to this.
Ironically, the other goalie that I've seen with a similar issue was Francouz. He was good as long as the other guy was healthy (the only exception was the Edmonton series where he was OK). This was especially true in the Grubauer era...he was a good backup then Gru would get hurt and all of a sudden Francouz would absolutely suck. That shit really pissed me off.
Avs9296
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Frankie was more than "ok" in the Edmonton series.Could be a coincidence but Georgiev fell apart the minute he didn't have a real backup behind him. It's a possibility that he put all the pressure on himself knowing that no one could help if he failed, which lead to this.
Ironically, the other goalie that I've seen with a similar issue was Francouz. He was good as long as the other guy was healthy (the only exception was the Edmonton series where he was OK). This was especially true in the Grubauer era...he was a good backup then Gru would get hurt and all of a sudden Francouz would absolutely suck. That shit really pissed me off.
Off topic but perhaps lost in the doom and gloom of this season so far is that Mittelstadt looks very, very good. A little bit quicker, a little bit better conditioning it seems, and he's playing like a legit 2C, even an upper echelon 2C.
So that's good at least
dahrougem2
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Mittelstadt looks tremendous. Imagine when he plays with legit NHL scoring wingers. That's no slight to Kovalenko, either, but the guy isn't established enough yet. He also seems to be a pass-first offensive player which isn't what Mittelstadt needs.
henchman21
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Selling is an inevitability at some point, but it won't be this season.
I just mean if they are out of the playoffs. Maybe Manson, Lehky and Colton and possibly Wood.
henchman21
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The Avs would load up instead of sell. Even with the struggles so far, the Avs are not missing the playoffs. But even if you think the Avs will miss... will they be so far out of the wild card race that they'll give up? To me it is quite the leap to think this team won't at minimum be over 90 points and in the race. With this core, while there is even a remote chance, they are buyers.
Now it can be debated if that is the smart strategy, but they aren't selling.
I do think that if the Avs fail badly again this year (meaning 2nd round exit or earlier) we are in for a summer of changes.
I don't think Landy will be back anytime soon. You know the old saying about being out of the playoffs around American Thanksgiving.
I'm not expecting them to miss but it wouldn't shock me
henchman21
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We had the Blues recently win a Cup and just last year the Oilers made a run to the finals despite that old saying. I think it is clearly a myth and you can overcome bad starts with a good team. Bad teams are just bad teams.
I'd personally be shocked if the Avs missed. It would take something pretty serious and explainable to happen. Like MacK or Makar having a season ending injury or something like that.
LOFIN
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What the HFAvs need at times like this is @Sea Eagles
LOFIN
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The doomers of HFAvs got tired of his positivity and optimism, and basically bullied him away.
