GDT: Aves @ Duckes | 8pm MT | The Mother of All Emergency Threads

[Pokecheque]

Well, Avs weren’t horrid tonight but they weren’t good either. Very concerning that Makar was missing for the final minutes of regulation and all of OT. He also didn’t look right when he was playing.

 

[AvsMakar08]

So f***ing stupid. Just keep throwing away wins and points.

2 out of 4 is not too shabby

 

[redandyellowcametobe]

When was Cales last shift in regulation? Feel like he was out there pretty late. Didn’t see anything noticeable. I highly doubt Bednar benched him for OT.

 

[the_fan]

Someone need to ask Bednar why Makar wasn’t out there in OT

 

[sethro109]

2 out of 4 is not too shabby

It is when you had multiple goal leads in both those games.

 

[Balthazar]

That's laughable

 

[SB]

Didn't Cale eff up the last two OTs? I don't know where I'm going with that, because I still don't think he would be benched, or bench himself, but ... at least they got it to the shootout w/o him there

 

[NMAvsman]

Well...had a bad stretch at the same time last year, so at least we are consistent.

 

[sethro109]

When was Cales last shift in regulation? Feel like he was out there pretty late. Didn’t see anything noticeable. I highly doubt Bednar benched him for OT.

 

[NorthernAvsFan]

Over 29 minutes for Mack, 28 for Mikko, and 27 for Nuke… one game it isn’t a big deal. But this can’t sustain.

Bednar is playing Johansen like he’s a 4C.

I don’t think RYJO’s the answer, but neither is Bednar’s approach.

 

[AvsWraith]

I don't care if Cale had sex with your mother, if he's healthy, you play him.

 

[S E P H]

All the forwards deserve a bag skate. Allowing a scrub team that lost right in a row to have the upper hand in the second half of that game is pretty pathetic IMHO (yes Ducks didn't have a shot or something in 11-14 minutes).

 

[henchman21]

Bednar is playing Johansen like he’s a 4C.

I don’t think RYJO’s the answer, but neither is Bednar’s approach.

Yeah… he’s operating like 3 thirds lines and a top line. It’s fine in spurts, but we’ve seen this show before. Guys eventually wear out.

 

[forsbergavs32]

Played well in the 3rd and OT, but got goalied by Gibson. Then didn't do well in the shootout.

 

[Spilot23]

I miss them. Hope they come back soon.

 

[Metallo]

This team... it can be annoying sometimes.

 

[Ararana]

@Ararana sent him all the messages the other night haha

Had Byram finished off that hatty, you would have heard him scream "Hench was wroooooong"

 

[NorthernAvsFan]

Yeah… he’s operating like 3 thirds lines and a top line. It’s fine in spurts, but we’ve seen this show before. Guys eventually wear out.

It’s a bit frustrating that Bednar just continues to stack the top line too.

I think it’s lazy coaching to just completely give up on your second line. There’s a lot of different variations that they could be trying here. I think he hates Johansen so much that he doesn’t want to play him at all though.

 

[sethro109]

I miss them. Hope they come back soon.

MacK was the most dangerous player in the game by far. He doesn't deserve this flack. Mikko's the one that's f***ing us right now.

 

[Ararana]

Yeah… he’s operating like 3 thirds lines and a top line. It’s fine in spurts, but we’ve seen this show before. Guys eventually wear out.

I've heard from a friend that works great in the postseason

 

[The Kingslayer]

Avs deserved 1 point tonight and thats what they got. Not dressing Georgiev tomorrow. Its going to be a massacre.

 

[wayninja]

Makar hurt, lost to the Ducks after a 2-0 and 3-1 leads. What a shit game

At least we have a long time to think about our next game with a weak opponent

 

[henchman21]

It’s a bit frustrating that Bednar just continues to stack the top line too.

I think it’s lazy coaching to just completely give up on your second line. There’s a lot of different variations that they could be trying here. I think he hates Johansen so much that he doesn’t want to play him at all though.

I don’t know if it is hating RyJo (though entirely possible, maybe even likely), but he’s just going to something he knows will work and is concerned about winning now more than 5 months from now.

 

[Balthazar]

I screamed at my TV when Mack lost CLEANLY the d-zone faceoff with 11 seconds left in OT, which of course led to a good scoring chance.

Why on Earth was he taking that f***ing faceoff? That wasn't an icing or anything. FFS.

 

[wayninja]

MacK was the most dangerous player in the game by far. He doesn't deserve this flack. Mikko's the one that's f***ing us right now.

Nah, he started to wake up a bit at the end and in OT, but those first 2 periods from him sucked. I don't remember the last time he played anywhere near a full game.