GDT: Avalanche v. Hurricanes Saturday 11/09/24 @5:00PM AST (Not really an Emergencyish GDT) Climate Change Disaster Series.

[dahrougem2]

Nate on pace for just under 160 points.

Cale on pace for 130 points.

Ride them 24 mins/gm and bring on the Hart, Norris, and Art Ross.

@dahrougem2

F*** them regular season trophies. What are we, Oilers fans???

 

[CobraAcesS]

Nate on pace for just under 160 points.

Cale on pace for 130 points.

Ride them 24 mins/gm and bring on the Hart, Norris, and Art Ross.

@dahrougem2

Lehhky is on pace for 93 points in 70 games. Let's not leave him out.

 

[AvsMakar08]

Lehhky is on pace for 93 points in 70 games. Let's not leave him out.

I still at times wonder why did the Canadians traded Lehkonen. I don't know if their GM is really such a dumb person to do that. Trade someone else but Nooo, he chose to trade a player that fits like the glove on the Avs roster. He is a perfect player and can play on 1st, 2nd or 3rd line for a decent price. Imagine how lucky we were when we were able to trade for a player that would fit into our 1st line or 2nd line perfectly and for cheap.

 

[Avs_19]

F*** them regular season trophies. What are we, Oilers fans???

My thinking is this group isn't winning, especially with this goaltending, so lets get something out of it.

 

[Perratrooper]

Missed 90% of the game, how was Prisch

 

[The Merchant]

Slavin is awesome.

Always thought it was cool that he's one of the few legitimate NHL'ers to come out of a Colorado development program. Would've been a fun story if he had ever become and Av.

Missed 90% of the game, how was Prisch

Solid once again, despite 4th line minutes playing with two dumpster fire players. Played well enough to stick after guys come back, imo

 

[RoyIsALegend]

Missed 90% of the game, how was Prisch

He barely played.

 

[Richard88]

The more I see of Ludvig, the more I believe he’s not an NHL player. He doesn’t do anything especially well, and he's less physical than I thought. Shame that Kylington, Brannstrom and Ludvig haven’t really provided a real option at 7D. I dare say the Avs need to make a move for one at some point this season.

Acquiring a Dman at the deadline will surely be the plan, especially considering that the Avs have tended to have 5 good Dmen for the playoffs each of the last few years. Case in point is when they traded Byram the promptly made sure they had a replacement in Walker. With Walker leaving in UFA they'll most certainly want to acquire someone at the deadline.

At the start of the year most of us thought they'd target a RHD to pair with one of DeHaan, Kylington, or Brännström, but Malinski had played so well that its surely a defensive LHD who they'll be targeting... which shouldn't be too expensive as defensive LHD's are typically the cheapest to acquire at the TDL.

Toews - Makar
Girard - Manson
xxxxx - Malinski
DeHaan
Ludwig
Kylington

 

[5280]

Climate change disaster series, lol!

 

[CobraAcesS]

I still at times wonder why did the Canadians traded Lehkonen. I don't know if their GM is really such a dumb person to do that. Trade someone else but Nooo, he chose to trade a player that fits like the glove on the Avs roster. He is a perfect player and can play on 1st, 2nd or 3rd line for a decent price. Imagine how lucky we were when we were able to trade for a player that would fit into our 1st line or 2nd line perfectly and for cheap.

At the time he was just viewed as a good defensive forward with a high motor. Him producing the way he has wasn't really expected irrc.

We got pretty lucky with Lehhky, Nuke, and Toews. They are why our pro-scouting gets as much credit as it does.

 

[Tommy Shelby]

I still at times wonder why did the Canadians traded Lehkonen. I don't know if their GM is really such a dumb person to do that. Trade someone else but Nooo, he chose to trade a player that fits like the glove on the Avs roster. He is a perfect player and can play on 1st, 2nd or 3rd line for a decent price. Imagine how lucky we were when we were able to trade for a player that would fit into our 1st line or 2nd line perfectly and for cheap.

Simply put, it was just poor player analysis and usage by the Habs organization.

They played him as a 3rd line shutdown guy and never thought he had the offense to be anything more. Remember how many Habs fans were convinced he didn't have the hands to be a top-6 player, but was good in the playoffs? It was the majority thought wave there at the time of the trade

And all it cost was Barron. Hands down the best use of a highly touted prospect that was never gonna amount to much, used in a trade by the modern Avs.

 

[AvStock]

As expected Girard was horrendous again. Only surprising thing is he somehow has positive impact on offense.
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Get him off the team ASAP along with 8giev

 

[Jazzguitar]

Now I just want a hot dog, burrito and calzone

AI was very confused by that one, but I could absolutely see Taco Bell doing something crazy like the combo of all that.

 

[Pokecheque]

Big win, looked like to me the kind of game where you clearly see the difference between a team that has gamebreaking talent, and one that doesn’t. Carolina seemed to have things in control and then Cale went down the ice and ripped one past Martin, and everything changed after that.

Kinda sucked to see that one really great shift where they kept the puck in the attacking zone forever but couldn’t do a damn thing with it. And then of course an exhausted Sammy turns the puck over and they score. Right there is where the lack of depth really sucks.

I see Bednar heard me when I said that LOC was really struggling and swapped him out with Kovalenko. Unfortunately I thought Kovalenko had his own issues. Obviously there’s no easy fix at this point, getting Nuke back will help immensely.

As expected Girard was horrendous again. Only surprising thing is he somehow has positive impact on offense.
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Look I’m not gonna say he was great but are we already forgetting that just a few games ago he was playing quite well and supplanted Toews on the top pairing?

 

[dahrougem2]

Big win, looked like to me the kind of game where you clearly see the difference between a team that has gamebreaking talent, and one that doesn’t. Carolina seemed to have things in control and then Cale went down the ice and ripped one past Martin, and everything changed after that.

Kinda sucked to see that one really great shift where they kept the puck in the attacking zone forever but couldn’t do a damn thing with it. And then of course an exhausted Sammy turns the puck over and they score. Right there is where the lack of depth really sucks.

I see Bednar heard me when I said that LOC was really struggling and swapped him out with Kovalenko. Unfortunately I thought Kovalenko had his own issues. Obviously there’s no easy fix at this point, getting Nuke back will help immensely.


Look I’m not gonna say he was great but are we already forgetting that just a few games ago he was playing quite well and supplanted Toews on the top pairing?

You didn't like Kovalenko? I thought Ivan - Mittelstadt - Kovalenko looked great together and kept the Hurricanes at bay all night. A shot heavy team was only able to generate 4 attempts and 1 shot on goal against them at 5v5, and only 1 scoring chance while they put 8 pucks towards the goal, 4 on net, had 4 scoring chances and 2 high danger chances.

I thought they were good and the difference between LOC and Kovalenko in terms of skill level was noticeable immediately.

 

[S E P H]

Couldn’t watch. The thread was a fun read for the first 15 pages.

Despite the crippled roster, the Avs are trudging along, getting points whenever they can.
We have several players coming back relatively soon, and they’ve managed to stay within 1 point of a wildcard spot, and 2 points from 3rd in the division.

A lot of this win rested on playing Martin, half of those goals wouldn't have come against Kochetkov. Not that I am angry, all you can do is play the team in front of you and if Rod is going to put his back up against our elegance, then get a boom headshot by Makar.

 

[Pokecheque]

You didn't like Kovalenko? I thought Ivan - Mittelstadt - Kovalenko looked great together and kept the Hurricanes at bay all night. A shot heavy team was only able to generate 4 attempts and 1 shot on goal against them at 5v5, and only 1 scoring chance while they put 8 pucks towards the goal, 4 on net, had 4 scoring chances and 2 high danger chances.

I thought they were good and the difference between LOC and Kovalenko in terms of skill level was noticeable immediately.

So, I should've been a little better at my phrasing--I thought Kovalenko was fine, maybe even good, just that he really could not for the life of him generate a legit scoring chance. So he was great at pushing the play and keeping it away from the Canes, who are no slouches when it comes to puck retrieval, I'm just saying he's got a little ways to go when it comes to getting that separation he needs to make plays. It's fine, Mittelstadt was out there with him and Ivan, I'm not expecting miracles here. I would like to see him shoot with just a tad more accuracy, but I realize that's being nitpicky. The fact that he scraps and claws for every inch of ice out there already makes him vastly superior to guys like Foudy and Olausson.