BigCKU
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I believe it’s time to start getting back to developing the prospects depth of the franchise. Get back to keeping draft picks to develop that depth.
Girard f***ing sucks and isn’t a playoff performer. Killed all of our offense he needs to go toSecond time Girard’s been on the ice in OT to end our season against Dallas.
Girard f***ing sucks and isn’t a playoff performer. Killed all of our offense he needs to go to
And in last year's playoffs, the Avs lost 3 out of 4 home games to the Kraken as well, playing the EXACT same discombobulated, rattled style of hockey every time Seattle laid the body on them and clogged up the neutral zone. Remember giving up the first goal 7 games in a row to them? And 5 times out of 6 with Dallas. The Avs looked like the Keystone Cops for long stretches in the Kraken series, just like they did against the Stars in most of this series. Let's face it, if an opponent takes away their ability to run & gun (and play "fun" pond hockey), Bednar & the Avs don't have a frickin' clue what to do; especially their "big stars." Instead of #29 & #96 adjusting, and playing with a physical edge to their game in response (including while DEFENDING); they start pouting instead, and floating around passively for long stretches, on a team that looks to them to be LEADERS. That's not a recipe for success, especially when the Avs sorely lack any secondary scoring punch. That's also why Landeskog is dearly missed, coz at least he isn't afraid to get his nose dirty while leading by example. True leaders do whatever it takes to win, NOT just look to score a random goal here or there, and then think they've done their share. That's not how playoff hockey works.Its been over 6 years by now....Get over it.
That trade helped is win the cup in the end.
Yeah, Matty got a little personal revenge..Who cares?
He hasnt won shit so far. Still 2 rounds to go. I still think the cup goes back east this year.
I am way more embarrased with the way we played this series. Especially our "leaders"....All 3 home-games a loss......
We didnt deserve to win this series. As much as it hurts to say.
At the end of the day MacK and Mikko didn’t look like themselves until this game and Ottenger had almost every answer. Dallas was undoubtedly the better team for the entire series and deserved to win the round. It’s unfortunate that we came out with two terrible effort in games 3&4, but realistically we we weren’t much better in games 1&2.
There’s a lot of questions to be asked headed into the off-season, but I’m hopeful the team takes this opportunity to realize what we did this deadline was not going all in.
Thank you all for a fun season, but let’s hope for a much better one next year.
Stars played exactly like Vegas played us in 2021. Same coach with the same game plan against the Avs.I really hope Beds can learn from the way Dallas played us.
Stars played exactly like Vegas played us in 2021. Same coach with the same game plan against the Avs.
Same results, too. Deboer knows how to play the Avs so they become completely unable to create offense. And that’s our bread and butter.
Bednar learned nothing. He had no answer back then and still had no answer this year.
I don't think there's an inherent issue with this team (beyond Nichushkin). That was always gong to be a tight series and come down to who converts on their chances at a higher rate. Dallas did better than we did there. Georgiev wasn't even the problem. Gotta score more than 1 goal.
Man, people give DeBoer WAY too much credit for being some sort of Bednar kryptonite.
Swap rosters and tell me what happens. Colorado got beat by a deeper roster with a goaltender who rediscovered his elite play these playoffs.
Jared Bednar's undoing was his own fault for playing MacKinnon and Rantanen WAY too much during the regular season. It was never more evident that MacKinnon was out of gas than these playoffs. He never once looked like himself.
They lowered Makar's minutes a bit this season and he looked energized in the playoffs. Outside of games 3/4 where every Avalanche player sucked I thought he was the team's best player.
This isn't a stylistic problem. DeBoer doesn't magically have all the answers just because his deeper roster (all three series, btw) has beaten Bednar's. That usually happens.
This is a problem created by Bednar himself, one that I hope Joe Sakic speaks to him about and demands he fix. This cannot continue. The regular season doesn't mean f*** all. Nathan MacKinnon and (if here) Mikko Rantanen should not play a single game above 20 minutes next season. Cale Makar should not see any game above 23 minutes.
Keep these guys fresh for the playoffs. Sakic has to make that explicitly clear to Bednar.
You make an interesting point about Makar...... last night, one of the last times he danced/threaded his way through the Dallas defense, he got partially checked on his hip. He played through it but he wasn't as active offensively (IMO) afterwards.Absolutely f***ing not lol
Sullivan is cooked as a coach.
It seems bleak now, but the glass-half-full guy would say they're getting their captain back, have a chance to infuse the roster with some youth, speed, and skill next season in Behrens, Kovalenko, and potentially Ritchie, they're getting LOC back to help the bottom six tremendously, and Makar can hopefully have a full offseason to heal whatever was nagging him.
Obviously things look a bit bleak right now but the offseason could change things.
yeah needs to get bigger and tougher for the playoffs. Crouse would be a nice start and a healthy Landy is built for playoffs. Another blueliner besides Manson as wellStars played exactly like Vegas played us in 2021. Same coach with the same game plan against the Avs.
Same results, too. Deboer knows how to play the Avs so they become completely unable to create offense. And that’s our bread and butter.
Bednar learned nothing. He had no answer back then and still had no answer this year.
MacK floated A LOT during this series..... seemingly waiting for others to get him the puck. Losing control of the puck frequently or being stripped of it (True, he always had at least 2 guys covering him.)And in last year's playoffs, the Avs lost 3 out of 4 home games to the Kraken as well, playing the EXACT same discombobulated, rattled style of hockey every time Seattle laid the body on them and clogged up the neutral zone. Remember giving up the first goal 7 games in a row to them? And 5 times out of 6 with Dallas. The Avs looked like the Keystone Cops for long stretches in the Kraken series, just like they did against the Stars in most of this series. Let's face it, if an opponent takes away their ability to run & gun (and play "fun" pond hockey), Bednar & the Avs don't have a frickin' clue what to do; especially their "big stars." Instead of #29 & #96 adjusting, and playing with a physical edge to their game in response (including while DEFENDING); they start pouting instead, and floating around passively for long stretches, on a team that looks to them to be LEADERS. That's not a recipe for success, especially when the Avs sorely lack any secondary scoring punch. That's also why Landeskog is dearly missed, coz at least he isn't afraid to get his nose dirty while leading by example. True leaders do whatever it takes to win, NOT just look to score a random goal here or there, and then think they've done their share. That's not how playoff hockey works.
Yeah, this Landeskog needs to be dealt with as well, either try to play the damn game or retire. Enough of this "I will skate around for 30 minutes for the next 7 years nonsense" that we've been getting in the IR thread.Now I'm just ready to resolve the Val situation, get our Captain back, and find out just how big of an impact his presence will have on this group next year.
I’m glad we’ve all taken a night to sleep on the loss and are thinking rationally.