GDT: Avalanche @ Blues 2/23/25 4:00PM MNT (Emergency GDT) Still feeling Blue about yesterday.

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How important are faceoffs? With 1 being not important at all and 5 being the most important?


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“Need to get in front of more pucks and skate a bit harder, boys. I like a lot of what we’re doing, just need to skate a bit more.”

Bednar’s intermission talk.
Guaranteed. Its been nearly 10 yrs man. The message is growing stale. It happens to every coach. Firing Bednar doesnt mean hes all a sudden a bad coach. Hes a great coach but it might be time for a new voice.
 
Guaranteed. Its been nearly 10 yrs man. The message is growing stale. It happens to every coach. Firing Bednar doesnt mean hes all a sudden a bad coach. Hes a great coach but it might be time for a new voice.

Might help if he had a proper top 6 forward group and top 4 D group to start with.
 
Another Mitts effect update:

Drouin xGF% 20%
Mitts xGF% 26%
Parsi xGF% 28%

Just chillingly consistent how often he turns anything to shit.
 
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Who else can Bednar give ice time to? No one else on this team is doing anything
I'm telling you, it's been proven to work. It's not rocket science. When lines 2/3/4 are getting just slightly more minutes, not only are they more into the game but the top line is more fresh ESPECIALLY in the 3rd. It makes a world of difference in the long run, too.

Ditto the D pairs.
 
Honestly. The f***ing idiot has no idea how to properly coach. Every. Single. Game. "Go top guys" basically every 3rd shift up front and 2nd shift on D.

It's either run the top guys or play the bottom nine and bottom four D, who everyone (rightly) says suck.
 
I'm flattered Lion, but I'm not into dude and lions. That furry stuff is just not my jam.
there ya go again not understanding what I’m trying to say. Not surprised

A shakeup I said buig and small.. rants is the big. A small or medium aqueung defensemen. And whatever else … yeah you’re drunk
 
Guaranteed. Its been nearly 10 yrs man. The message is growing stale. It happens to every coach. Firing Bednar doesnt mean hes all a sudden a bad coach. Hes a great coach but it might be time for a new voice.

That's where I'm at with this, they need fresh voices in the room because it's the same issues over and over.

1. Struggle with any team that applies pressure
2. Opposing players constantly wide open in front of our goalies
3. Stale PP
4. Losing every board battle
5. Forced seam passes in the O Zone
6. Forced stretch passes on the breakout
 
To be fair, he’s not overplaying the top guys so far. Mack on pace for about 20 minutes. Top pair on pace for about 22-23
 
For whatever reason, guys that were brought in have taken a major step back. Do we blame coaching?

Wood, Colton, and Mittlestadt lead the blame game for obvious reasons. All guys are hitting career worst seasons or what seems like career worse play from them while wearing an Avs uniform. On paper these signings and trades had pretty sound reasoning for Cmac to make the move. Just mind boggling how far they are falling off and useless they are whether it's an injury or our system.
 
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