I think he's going to survive some cuts. He's impressive.
He's pretty close to producing here he just needs a shift to go his way, and to be rewarded. It's sick watching him defensively.
GDT: Avalanche v. Hurricanes Saturday 11/09/24 @5:00PM AST (Not really an Emergencyish GDT) Climate Change Disaster Series.
- Thread starter expatriatedtexan
- Start date
I think he's going to survive some cuts. He's impressive.
He's pretty close to producing here he just needs a shift to go his way, and to be rewarded. It's sick watching him defensively.
- Apr 25, 2006
- 52,099
- 56,321
Gruyeriev
Shut your five hole
- Apr 14, 2021
- 4,562
- 4,668
dahrougem2
Registered User
Do I like the win? Of course.
Do I like that it took MacKinnon, Makar, Rantanen, Lehkonen, and Toews 25+ minutes with MacKinnon, Lehkonen, and Toews above 26 to do it? Absolutely f***ing not.
Just insane how much Bednar plays his top guys. No other coach in the league comes close to running his guys into the ground like he does.
When we inevitably look exhausted come playoff time and lose, I hope it costs him his job.
I'm sorry, I'm being harsh tonight but the guy refuses to learn.
Do I like that it took MacKinnon, Makar, Rantanen, Lehkonen, and Toews 25+ minutes with MacKinnon, Lehkonen, and Toews above 26 to do it? Absolutely f***ing not.
Just insane how much Bednar plays his top guys. No other coach in the league comes close to running his guys into the ground like he does.
When we inevitably look exhausted come playoff time and lose, I hope it costs him his job.
I'm sorry, I'm being harsh tonight but the guy refuses to learn.
- Apr 25, 2006
- 52,099
- 56,321
Come on. Why even do this? You know the Avs are missing 4 forwards and 5 if you include Landeskog. Take that away from every team in the league and you have to play your best players a lot.
It's kind of nuts that Prish was a 7th round pick. I don't know how a guy with a game like his goes any later than like round 3 or 4 at worst.
As expected Girard was horrendous again. Only surprising thing is he somehow has positive impact on offense.
lionsDen
Hated And Proud
- Jan 26, 2022
- 3,968
- 2,520
Not to get too optimistic, but it feels like by next week we could be looking at Drouin, Wood, and Nuke back in the lineup:
Drouin - Mack - Mikko
Lehky - Mitts - Nuke
LOC - Ivan - Kovalenko
Wood - Kelly - Kivi
Starts to look pretty decent.
Drouin - Mack - Mikko
Lehky - Mitts - Nuke
LOC - Ivan - Kovalenko
Wood - Kelly - Kivi
Starts to look pretty decent.
expatriatedtexan
Habitual Line Stepper
- Aug 17, 2005
- 18,614
- 15,020
Yeah, when I read I that I thought to myself, that was kinda of uncalled for...evinRUDE if we get right down to it.
I'm so glad you answsered it this way. Now I've got a mental image of TPS walking up and either fish-hooking her or pulling a three stoogies like eye-poke.
The way I see it, once Nuke and the injured guys are back we basically have Parker, Ivan, Prischepov, and Kivi fighting for the 4th LW and C positions. Nice that three of them play center.
If I'm reading this graph right it says Girard had a terrible defensive game, while Ivan and Kovy were stout. Also, Cale is a selfish offensive player.
- Oct 24, 2008
- 23,946
- 35,503
By God that looks like an actual NHL lineup!
dahrougem2
Registered User
Only one of us insinuated that this lineup was actually something the Avs controlled.Come on. Why even do this? You know the Avs are missing 4 forwards and 5 if you include Landeskog. Take that away from every team in the league and you have to play your best players a lot.
- Apr 25, 2006
- 52,099
- 56,321
Puckstop40
Registered User
Just wanted to post this again this year, but MacK > Foppa
RECKLESS
Registered User
- Apr 23, 2019
- 1,411
- 2,721
Such a different era these beasts roam the ice. Foppa was the master of giving zero f***s to someone hooking and grabbing him. But I bet Mack would be the same if the environment demanded it from him.
Two of the fiercest and most awesome Avs ever. Glad to be there both back then and now, witnessing their primes. GOATS
Tommy Shelby
Registered User
- Feb 26, 2012
- 7,794
- 5,377
expatriatedtexan
Habitual Line Stepper
- Aug 17, 2005
- 18,614
- 15,020
At this point, I think if Nate was to win a second cup, he'd be in my opinion the best Av ever. Depending on how his individual career continues to unfold he's still probably going to end up really close to Sakic regardless. Yes, I've got Sakic is the greatest Av. But Forsberg was the greatest player I've ever seen live. It's just his career, especially with the Avs, will always have an incomplete grade. The salary cap, and apparently the way Foppa's ankle were formed consipired from him having a full and healthy career in the uniform he was born to wear.
Even if Nate becomes the greatest Av ever, Foppa will always be my favorite.
expatriatedtexan
Habitual Line Stepper
- Aug 17, 2005
- 18,614
- 15,020
I am truly, really sorry for your loss and the pain cancer has caused your family. While not every form of cancer is getting the same breakthroughs there are many forms where while they can't cure it, they can almost allow a patient to live with it. It takes decades and cancer is particularly nasty/intelligent/hard to kill.
But...I'm still currently living proof and hope that we will eventually find a cure. I was diagnosed with stage IV colorectal cancer in late 2019 (Dec. 26th, Merry Christmas, eh?). I was given less than a 25% chance to make it to a five years. A decade earlier, I would not have had 18 months. The significance of this Christmas is not lost on me. I will be playing completely on the house's money come December.
Some of the changes it has caused have sucked, but I've adapted. What I can't stress is how important my wife has been in all of this. Her fierceness, drive and unwaivering belief in me has sustained me through the times I couldn't have otherwise handled. Also, the nurses in the chemo ward... I can not say enough about the positivity and level of care they have provided. Goddamned angels, every single one of them.
I'm just sorry as hell that everyone's story isn't as "good?" as mine has been. While I'll never be cured or ever get off chemo, I have extended my life beyond what it would have otherwise been. I might know the name of my killer but as Norm MacDonald said, while I may not be a doctor, "I'm pretty sure that when you die, the cancer dies too. That's not a loss, that's a draw."
Sorry for the long ass and personal post, Kind of ironic...I haven't made a a freaking GDT in years, and actually had no clue it was Hockey fights Cancer night.
Last edited:
Grigowski
Registered User
- Jul 6, 2016
- 3,422
- 4,316
Like the win against a top dog in the east.
But it is insane that our top dogs average 25 minutes or more to secure this win....
But it is insane that our top dogs average 25 minutes or more to secure this win....
expatriatedtexan
Habitual Line Stepper
- Aug 17, 2005
- 18,614
- 15,020
Part of me hates that Bednar does this.
Part of me thinks Nate actually wants it though.
