It's the Avs way. Physical contact? Better snap the head back and fall like a bag of hammers while writhing around for awhile.
They did it after every whistle. Imagine that in the 80s. LOL.
Post-Game Talk: A successful season?
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It's the Avs way. Physical contact? Better snap the head back and fall like a bag of hammers while writhing around for awhile.
They did it after every whistle. Imagine that in the 80s. LOL.
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Would be great if he did but I don’t think he wants to screw over his old team with the cap recapture.
Best case scenario we find a way for him to
LTIRetire if that’s what he wants.
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Even with trades. I looked at all available UFAs and all goalies traded in season this past year. There’s a list here posted. Find me a for sure better option that Smith that was realistic for Holland to get.
This , soo much negativity around him when realistically the best opportunity to have a quality goalie usually comes from within the organization. He showed *major* growth last year and deserves to get a shot this year. He's a 3rd rounder who's working his way up.
I get why though. If Skinner fails then we're back to banking on Smith, which isn't ideal. He would be fine as a regular backup only going forward.
Either way, I think when you consider the cap this is the most realistic scenario. The only other goalie option that might make sense is Gibson ( to me ) but I'm thinking Toronto is more desperate. Campbell maybe? Not sure, but those options would mean no Kane .... I think.
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You rather a worse player? Barrie and Kulak were our best pairing
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I’d cheer for the cap cheaters over them, that’s how unlikeable they are.
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If you didn't have a contract for next season and didn't really have anyone better to play, what would you do? This man turned around a sinking ship and brought us to the playoffs. In half a f*cking season. There are lots if things to complain about, but having woodcroft as a coach isn't one of them.
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Can we get Husso?
Forgive my ignorance if it’s being discussed already.
Forgive my ignorance if it’s being discussed already.
Well that’s that, a good season overall, we beat the Flamers, and that’s a big fan victory.
Fighting the refs is so exhausting, I wish that it was even across the board, at this point if we get the Avs treatment one year I won’t blink an eyelid, we will have deserved it.
MacKinnon is a punk, he reminds me of Lebron in his personality, said he’d give 10 first round pick for Arturri because the guys will be long gone before those guys make an impact. I hope that piece of shit never wins the Stanley Cup, have some f***ing class.
It’s been a pleasure in the threads, time to pop in and out till the draft and free agency.
Fighting the refs is so exhausting, I wish that it was even across the board, at this point if we get the Avs treatment one year I won’t blink an eyelid, we will have deserved it.
MacKinnon is a punk, he reminds me of Lebron in his personality, said he’d give 10 first round pick for Arturri because the guys will be long gone before those guys make an impact. I hope that piece of shit never wins the Stanley Cup, have some f***ing class.
It’s been a pleasure in the threads, time to pop in and out till the draft and free agency.
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Solid season that could be considered a great season if they build on it next year.
If a goalie isn’t priority #1 this summer i am taking the first half of the year off until skinner steals the net from Smith……
If a goalie isn’t priority #1 this summer i am taking the first half of the year off until skinner steals the net from Smith……
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Smith wasn’t good this series. Our D was also pretty bad right there with him. That being said, of course we should look for better. Skinner was legit the best eye test looking goalie we had since preseason game 1. I was calling for him to get a real shot all year, but when he was sent down it became apparent that we were ride or die with Smith so it made no sense at that point to call up Skinner.
Next year, Skinner needs to be given a real chance I agree.
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Just seeing that gutless shit.. absolutely despise that garbage being embraced in hockey.
Just got home from the game, what a roller coaster of an evening that basically encapsulated the Oilers season Ina single game. Lots of lessons but they are lost if management doesn’t do something (gulp).
- with Kane and Yammo out there were really only 5 forwards that could compete at the level necessary. KassIan with the honourable mention to make it 6. After that just too many guys not up for this moment. Some will get there(McLeod, some are past it and some might never.
-the d is not strong enough against the Cycle and make a lot of bad reads. That is coupled with an entire team that just couldn’t play the simple game when up by 2 goals twice in the third.
-the only thing consistent about the goaltending this year was it couldn’t be counted on. Needed a save, and needed better situational awareness in the 4-2.
-lost the special teams battle.
at the end of the day the Avs are superior, but are an easy time to dislike which is too bad. They have a lot of players that one could cheer for if some of the other crap wasn’t so grating. The Oilers needed perfection to make this a series and as a team they just weren’t that.
- with Kane and Yammo out there were really only 5 forwards that could compete at the level necessary. KassIan with the honourable mention to make it 6. After that just too many guys not up for this moment. Some will get there(McLeod, some are past it and some might never.
-the d is not strong enough against the Cycle and make a lot of bad reads. That is coupled with an entire team that just couldn’t play the simple game when up by 2 goals twice in the third.
-the only thing consistent about the goaltending this year was it couldn’t be counted on. Needed a save, and needed better situational awareness in the 4-2.
-lost the special teams battle.
at the end of the day the Avs are superior, but are an easy time to dislike which is too bad. They have a lot of players that one could cheer for if some of the other crap wasn’t so grating. The Oilers needed perfection to make this a series and as a team they just weren’t that.
Klingberg isn’t big or good defensively. He is a better Barrie.
Gudbranson would be the RHD that I would take. Bottom pairing. Tough as nails. BOTTOM PAIRING ONLY.
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I still have 100% confidence in Woodcroft. He turned a non-playoff team around with very little time. He achieved something respectable this year and definitely established himself as an NHL coach.
I want to see how the team looks when he has a full season to implement his coaching.
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This so true. Winning puck battles and our forwards helping our D is exactly what got us into the playoffs. That strategy was basically abandoned after the LA series and maybe one game against Calgary. It's a tough way to play but that's what was needed because of our backend deficiencies.
So my early thoughts for next year
Out
Kassian
Smith
Barrie
Puljujarvi
Out
Kassian
Smith
Barrie
Puljujarvi
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Both had a solid playoffs. Counted maybe one or two mistakes by Barrie all playoffs long. He wasn’t the issue.
