Avs acquire C Brock Nelson (50% retained) + F William Dufour for F Cal Ritchie + D Oliver Kylington + 2026 1st + Cond. 2028 3rd

[Tommy Shelby]

He's gonna get 2 today

 

[RoyIsALegend]

He was on fire his first game, but am I the only one worried after his last few?

Seems he is on his ass more often than not.

Just 4 games in, but I was hoping for a bit more...

Hopefully some additional practice time will show something in the Stars game.

Yeah, it’s been discussed.

He had a strong game against Toronto followed by the last three being not so good.

The fact is he’s also hit 3 posts and that won’t continue. He will be scoring.

This is also his second professional team ever after spending 15 years with the Islanders.

We need some patience.

 

[lionsDen]

He was on fire his first game, but am I the only one worried after his last few?

Seems he is on his ass more often than not.

Just 4 games in, but I was hoping for a bit more...

Hopefully some additional practice time will show something in the Stars game.

Nah, it’ll be a success or we string cmac up by his toenails, who am I kidding y’all will string him up regardless

We’re all in we roll with the boys we got

 

[Sparksrus3]

Hope you are enjoying Brock,,,, I’m sure most of you are unaware he is also a Hollywood actor under a different name .

Sheriff Woody

 

[Chiarelli]

lol Cal Ritchie isn’t Filip Forsberg, so don’t worry about that.

Nelson does look a bit meh, but we’re winning games. I think the production will come.

 

[Avs_19]

Avs ranks for Nelson since the trade:

xGF%: Last
CF%: Second last (only Miles Wood, who isn't an NHL caliber player, is worse)
HDCF%: Third last (Manson and Drouin are worse)

His defense also has left a lot to be desired as I think at best he's been below average. Still a net positive in GF:GA as it's a 4:3 ratio at 5v5 but man, I hope he gets it going soon. He's so much better than he has shown and that first Leafs game was a good indication of that. Fingers crossed him and that line figure it out in the next few weeks.

 

[expatriatedtexan]

Are folks seriously worried about Brock already? I mean... not even a dozen games with the team. Heck, have they even practiced more than once since he arrived?

It just seems a bit pre-mature. Almost like we don't believe we can have nice things, so we look for the negatives constantly and overlook any positives.

 

[Jarey Curry]

Are folks seriously worried about Brock already? I mean... not even a dozen games with the team. Heck, have they even practiced more than once since he arrived?

It just seems a bit pre-mature. Almost like we don't believe we can have nice things, so we look for the negatives constantly and overlook any positives.

well said the name of the game here is patience

 

[The Kingslayer]

Are folks seriously worried about Brock already? I mean... not even a dozen games with the team. Heck, have they even practiced more than once since he arrived?

It just seems a bit pre-mature. Almost like we don't believe we can have nice things, so we look for the negatives constantly and overlook any positives.

He sucks.

 

[Foppa2118]

I think a big part of that line playing so well the first game, and not as much after, is Val went from beast mode that first game, to human.

Hopefully they start to gel a little bit soon. They need a puck carrier though. Val's been doing a lot more than normal. He's been holding onto the puck in the O zone a lot too making plays. He barely ever held onto the puck before, unless he was driving the net.

Drouin can be the playmaker, but I'm not sure he quite has the speed to carry the puck most of the time on a line. It really needs Necas to be a rush line, but we all know they like Necas/Mikko to play with Nate.

I think that line can work again, it just needs to be more of a forechecking/cycle line, with less chances off the rush. Nelson has good rush chances numbers, but I'd bet a lot of that is just being the sniper.

Bedsy's probably filled Brock's head with all kinds of new systems too. First game he just played hockey. Now he's gotta think about what Bedsy wants him to do.

He's a perennial 20-30 goals scoring vet, he knows how to play hockey. If things don't click soon, I'd like Bedsy to tell him to just go out and play hockey again so this isn't going through his head every shift.

 

[flyfysher]

Mitts had 0 goals, 0 assists, 0 points and 0 shots on goal last night for the Bruins against the Sabres. B’s lost. So consider that alternative. I’m totally good with having Nelson on board. I’ve seen Nelson do more in his handful of games than Mitts did for months. I believe Nelson’s production will soon come. He’s too good of a player in terms of his knowledge, skills and abilities.

 

[shadow1]

It's been a slow start for Nelson but he could easily have 3 goals right now. I think he's gripping his stick a little, he has 12 shot attempts (5v5) but only two have been on net. Part of that is because of all the posts he's hit.

Doing a lot of little things right, though. The screen on Nichushkin's goal last game was nice. But still waiting for the version we saw against Toronto to reemerge.

 

[ABasin]

The fact is he’s also hit 3 posts and that won’t continue. He will be scoring.

This is also his second professional team ever after spending 15 years with the Islanders.

We need some patience.

Oh yeah, that's a primary characteristic of this group.

 

[cccoltsicehockey]

I think a big part of that line playing so well the first game, and not as much after, is Val went from beast mode that first game, to human.

Hopefully they start to gel a little bit soon. They need a puck carrier though. Val's been doing a lot more than normal. He's been holding onto the puck in the O zone a lot too making plays. He barely ever held onto the puck before, unless he was driving the net.

Drouin can be the playmaker, but I'm not sure he quite has the speed to carry the puck most of the time on a line. It really needs Necas to be a rush line, but we all know they like Necas/Mikko to play with Nate.

I think that line can work again, it just needs to be more of a forechecking/cycle line, with less chances off the rush. Nelson has good rush chances numbers, but I'd bet a lot of that is just being the sniper.

Bedsy's probably filled Brock's head with all kinds of new systems too. First game he just played hockey. Now he's gotta think about what Bedsy wants him to do.

He's a perennial 20-30 goals scoring vet, he knows how to play hockey. If things don't click soon, I'd like Bedsy to tell him to just go out and play hockey again so this isn't going through his head every shift.

I would really like to see these lines but we all know it will never happen.

Lehky - Mack - Drouin
Val - Nelson - Necas

 

[Richard Doll]

He looked lost on that last shift in OT, luckily Cale scored, but that was almost a disaster.