GDT: Avalanche vs Oilers 03/16/24 @8:00PM MST (Emergency GDT) These bragging rights are good for 19 days.

[McMetal]

Avs are a mother f***ing train coming through. Choo choo bitches.

 

[a mangy Meowth]

My first block class has a kid who is a diehard Oilers fan. He walks in every single day "Mr. Dahrouge I know you saw that Oilers win last night you closet Oilers fan Avs suck Oilers winning the cup." Literally every single day.

I can't wait for Monday. I might throw something at him honestly.

Wait are you related to a Rick Dahrouge of the band Borialis?

 

[LOFIN]

Even strength tonight:

Shot attempts 84-61 Avalanche
Shots 44-32 Avalanche
Scoring chances 46-29 Avalanche
High danger chances 26-13 Avalanche

I said it after last game, this team looks VERY similar to the 2022 Avs again. That is a top-5 analytical team in every major category they just played on the road and they quite clearly controlled the play while on the 3rd game of their Western Canada road trip.

It's a wonder what few players does to depth, and changes the whole team. Now the other teams can't just shut down one line, they have to spread their wealth as well. And that's when MacK and Mikko go to work.

 

[RoyIsALegend]

He's so f***ing bad. One mistake per shift almost guaranteed. I don't know why he gets chance after chance. Maybe they are infatuated by his size but man, he is going to cost the Oilers games in the playoffs just like he and Ceci did last year.

With Nurse, Ceci and Desh in their top 4, they might have the collection of the stupidest donkeys to play meaningful minutes in a long time.

Just missing Ed Jovanovski, the dumbest player(officially) to be a first round pick in NHL history.

By the way, how many awesome shifts did our 4th line have tonight?

Oilers had no response for Duhaime-Cogliano-Trenin tonight. Outworked every shift. Endless cycling and wreaking havoc in the offensive zone.

 

[dahrougem2]

With Nurse, Ceci and Desh in their top 4, they might have the collection of the stupidest donkeys to play meaningful minutes in a long time.

Just missing Ed Jovanovski, the dumbest player(officially) to be a first round pick in NHL history.

Man Jovo Cop watches those guys with a smile on his face. Idiots out there.

Watching Darnell Nurse in overtime try to create space for himself against noted defensive wizard Nathan MacKinnon and MacK looked completely disinterested, only for Nurse to fire a shot right into MacKinnon's blade and out of play was hilarious. I knew that would happen as soon as he started his stop and go bs.

 

[TheForsbergShow]

I got a fist bump from Moser on the way out of Rogers. My life's complete. Don't mind me just strutting around the casino like I own the place.

 

[BrickNHL]

With Nurse, Ceci and Desh in their top 4, they might have the collection of the stupidest donkeys to play meaningful minutes in a long time.

Just missing Ed Jovanovski, the dumbest player(officially) to be a first round pick in NHL history.

By the way, how many awesome shifts did our 4th line have tonight?

Oilers had no response for Duhaime-Cogliano-Trenin tonight. Outworked every shift. Endless cycling and wreaking havoc in the offensive zone.

My dad despised Jovanovski with all of his heart

 

[littletonhockeycoach]

The ONLY thing that concerns me about Mittelstadt is his foot speed from stop/starts. There were a couple of shifts tonight where Ryan McLeod stop-turned on him and Mittelstadt gave him so much space because he couldn't keep up.

I don't think he's going to ever improve that, but like ROR I don't think he'll have to so long as he perfects his angles, positioning, and keeps using that insane hockey IQ.

Good catch. He does not have an explosive 1st step. But his recovery is quick.... Strong strides. He covers a lot of ice quickly.

 

[Tommy Shelby]

With Nurse, Ceci and Desh in their top 4, they might have the collection of the stupidest donkeys to play meaningful minutes in a long time.

Just missing Ed Jovanovski, the dumbest player(officially) to be a first round pick in NHL history.

By the way, how many awesome shifts did our 4th line have tonight?

Oilers had no response for Duhaime-Cogliano-Trenin tonight. Outworked every shift. Endless cycling and wreaking havoc in the offensive zone.

Not to mention they only have 2 defensemen that know how to actually play D in Ekholm and Kulak. The rest are just an adventure back there

 

[LOFIN]

I got a fist bump from Moser on the way out of Rogers. My life's complete. Don't mind me just strutting around the casino like I own the place.

I can't believe it!

 

[RoyIsALegend]

My dad despised Jovanovski with all of his heart

Sounds like a good man.

 

[dahrougem2]

Not to mention they only have 2 defensemen that know how to actually play D in Ekholm and Kulak. The rest are just an adventure back there

Yep, and if you know Brett Kulak you know you don't want to give that guy more than 15-16 minutes per night. Otherwise he can't handle it. He's 3rd pair through and through.

 

[NorthernAvsFan]

Me walking out of Roger’s Place:

Awesome road effort! Thought the team played a real solid game.

Standouts for me were Walker (obviously), Toews, and Manson.

Trenin and Duhaime did a nice job leaning on
the Oilers defence as well. Dominating game from the top-line in terms of possession and chances, it just didn’t result in much until the overtime.

Oilers played like it was game seven of the cup final and still got outplayed by the Avs on the road, has to hurt.

Make it six in a row baby!

 

[the_fan]

Even strength tonight:

Shot attempts 84-61 Avalanche
Shots 44-32 Avalanche
Scoring chances 46-29 Avalanche
High danger chances 26-13 Avalanche

I said it after last game, this team looks VERY similar to the 2022 Avs again. That is a top-5 analytical team in every major category they just played on the road and they quite clearly controlled the play while on the 3rd game of their Western Canada road trip.

We lost the most important battle though. Faceoffs were like 60 something percent to 30 something % for the Oilers.

Blow it up

 

[Bender]

Toews tossed down behind the net with the puck nowhere near him- no call.

That was god-awful and insanely egregious. Refs should be embarrassed - I counted at least FOUR atrocious and really obvious non-calls. Do you jobs, assholes.

Loilers fans think their team got the short-end?? They should be even more embarrassed. That 2nd goal was a GIFT from the reftards.

To be fair you could have called both hooking and holding the stick.

Maybe so BUT you cannot NOT call the initial perry hook - you can call them both if you want but the only reason Manson would have held his stick in the first place is if that dickhead had it in his mid-section to begin with.

 

[dahrougem2]

That was god-awful and insanely egregious. Refs should be embarrassed - I counted at least FOUR atrocious and really obvious non-calls. Do you jobs, assholes.

Loilers fans think their team got the short-end?? They should be even more embarrassed. That 2nd goal was a GIFT from the reftards.

Maybe so BUT you cannot NOT call the initial perry hook - you can call them both if you want but the only reason Manson would have held his stick in the first place is if that dickhead had it in his mid-section to begin with.

No argument from me, but that is a scenario where refs either call both or they call neither and given the "anything goes" prescedent they set, I wasn't surprised.

 

[Bensch88]

If you Look up the word "clutch" i a dictionary you'll find a picture of Arturri Lehkonen. I'd never ever trade his ass.

 

[katfude]

I like winning

 

[wayninja]

If you Look up the word "clutch" i a dictionary you'll find a picture of Arturri Lehkonen. I'd never ever trade his ass.

I just looked and it's actually still Chris Drury

 

[Freaky Styley]

Imagine adding a 70% Landeskog where Wood is and whatever Kovalenko is going to do.

 

[sethro109]

I just looked and it's actually still Chris Drury

Just saying.

 

[Muffin]

Mittelstadt might be better than I thought he is. He went head to head against Pettersson in Vancouver and won. Went head to head against McDrai and won tonight.

 

[NorthernAvsFan]

Also… I thought JMFJ was real good tonight, even dunked on McDavid in a one-on-one tonight.

The Mittelstadt pass was unreal to see live. What vision. I know the Avs are hot, but Bednar’s gotta swap the top-6 around. Drouin/Mittelstadt is a little awkward together.

 

[Avs9296]

Bednar needs to break up Wood and Colton. 2 dumb dumbs on the same line isn't a good look.

Wood should be stapled to the 4th line right now.

 

[McMetal]

Throw like a 2022 AVS Stanley Cup picture at him.

Semi serious here lol

Screw that. Throw a full-size 35 pound replica OF the Stanley Cup. @dahrougem2