GDT: Avs @ Bos | 11:00 am MT | Welcome Martin Necas

[MacKaRant]

Got the impression that MacKinnon and Necas had never played together before. Fire Bednar

 

[AvsWraith]

Let's get one thing straight: the players themselves don't really care about the intricacies of a teams salary cap construction. They care about their fellow players, and especially their friends. From MacKinnon's POV, Mikko has earned a big pay cheque, and it's up to CMac to make it work. In his eyes, CMac has failed, not Rantanen for not taking a paycut.

Tell that to Toews, who could've easily got 9-9.5M in UFA. He chose the team. Mikko chose the bag. If 29 wants to be mad at someone, be mad at Mikko.

 

[LOFIN]

Tell that to Toews, who could've easily got 9-9.5M in UFA. He chose the team. Mikko chose the bag. If 29 wants to be mad at someone, be mad at Mikko.

Yeah, agreed. Toews took a paycut. He's the only one who has done so with the Avs to this day.

 

[Bill Peckerskull]

Imagine what the room smells like after him and AJ have watched a game together.

Taco meat and farts

 

[dahrougem2]

I don't think Bednar will finish the season

God I hope so.

Enough is enough of this madness.

 

[SB]

You know how it is with media these days... They all know that if they ask too many hard questions, they will lose their credentials and sources. And that's not an Avs problem, it's a global problem. in sports media.

 

[Ceremony]

Save us, Coach Q.

 

[a mangy Meowth]

Taco meat and farts

You forgot the combined tang of their body odors

 

[RoyIsALegend]

God I hope so.

Enough is enough of this madness.

“Yeah, I didn’t think we were in front of enough pucks. Need to skate harder out there.”

 

[Balthazar]

 

[AvsWraith]

Yeah, agreed. Toews took a paycut. He's the only one who has done so with the Avs to this day.

You don't think any GM would've given MacK more than 12.6 if he had gone to UFA?

 

[dahrougem2]

“Yeah, I didn’t think we were in front of enough pucks. Need to skate harder out there.”

"These are top tier athletes. They should have no trouble with these minutes. No reason to be tired."

If CMac wants to do THE most productive thing of his tenure, it won't be any trade. It will be telling Bednar "if you keep overplaying these top guys more than any other coach in the league by a mile, you will be fired by the deadline."

Seriously. The threat needs to be made. He is insane.

 

[Ceremony]

Your friends will continue to be traded until morale improves.

 

[Tralfamadore]

This team has 2/3 of the best players in the world.

Stop being so dramatic.

You genuinely think Makar is a top 3 player in the world right now???

 

[RoyIsALegend]

Bunch of f***ing p***yes.

 

[Sea Eagles]

It's times like these where you see some fans show who they really are: fans of the players on the team and not fans of the actual team.

And why can't it be both ?

Not everyone is so fickle. People build connection with players on a team. Loyalty goes a long way today. I still support guys like Newhook, Jost, Compher and others. But our team will always be the foundation and priority to it all.

Rather than criticising people for their loyalty, why not empathise with their opinion as part of the community here.

Our success has always been built on chemistry, character, elite skill, leadership & everything else. People being upset that a large component of that has changed, primarily on salary cap management, isn't a sleight or assessment of their loyalty to the overall team - it's the opposite.

Maybe hop off your high horse. Everyone here in this community loves our AVS. It's very narrow minded to think loving players who have left, and being concerned about the effect on the broader team is not a team first fan.

You're being divisive, to be divisive. Really bad timing for that right now..

 

[RoyIsALegend]

You genuinely think Makar is a top 3 player in the world right now???

If I was starting a team, Connor McDavid and Nathan MacKinnon are the only two players I take over Cale Makar.

Just my 2 cents.

 

[Bill Peckerskull]

This is the first time I've felt since The Cup win that this era's window has closed. Just feels like this is a playoff bubble team for the next 5-6 years, then back to sucking for several years.

 

[a mangy Meowth]

And why can't it be both ?

Not everyone is so fickle. People build connection with players on a team. Loyalty goes a long way today. I still support guys like Newhook, Jost, Compher and others. But our team will always be the foundation and priority to it all.

Rather than criticising people for their loyalty, why not empathise with their opinion as part of the community here.

Our success has always been built on chemistry, character, elite skill, leadership & everything else. People being upset that a large component of that has changed, primarily on salary cap management, isn't a sleight or assessment of their loyalty to the overall team - it's the opposite.

Maybe hop off your high horse. Everyone here in this community loves our AVS. It's very narrow minded to think loving players who have left, and being concerned about the effect on the broader team is not a team first fan.

If you don't put the Avs first, I just respect you less as a fan. Sorry if that's the case here.

 

[Pierce Hawthorne]

You genuinely think Makar is a top 3 player in the world right now???

Uhhhh, of course?

 

[wayninja]

This team was playing so well until they traded Mikko, so it's understandable that they lost today

 

[Bender]

I hate afternoon games

- I thought Parssinen was really good today
- I thought this was one of Makar's worst games of the season
- the entire team was guilty of always overpassing. Is there a f***ing CONTEST that we don't know about where you have to score highlight reel goals with pretty passing plays ?? This team has huge issues where they can't just score garbage goals - you f***ing need those. This idea that 'we're better than everyone - look at this beautiful sauce pass' needs to die. They need guys to drive the net and get a greasy rebound.
- I didn't think that Swayman really needed to make a lot of tough saves today

- I really liked Jack Drury + LOC together. In the first two periods, rolling out those lines felt refreshing. Even that 4th line with Parker Kelly at center FINALLY felt like that was ok.

All in all, this was a game we should have probably won. I thought Necas seemed to be trying to feed MacKinnon way too much and sometimes forcing passes through 3 sets of sticks. I'm still unclear on whether he and MacKinnon are going to work together but if that guy was able to lead the Hurricanes in scoring with primarily Kotkaniemi as his center, he might even be in a better situation driving the play on the 2nd line. Distributing the scoring throughout the lineup is preferable anyways.

 

[AvsWraith]

It sucks to see your friend traded, but I still expect you to be a professional and play to the level you are capable. This isn't a beer league, it's your job! They pay you a lot of money to play a game.

 

[dahrougem2]

All situations:

Shot Attempts 66-36 Avalanche
Shots on Goal 27-15 Avalanche
Scoring Chances 20-12 Avalanche
High Danger Chances 8-2 Avalanche
xGF 1.76 - 1.73 Bruins

Pretty much sums up the fact that Boston didn't put pucks mindlessly towards the goal. They waited and when Avs made an error, they pounced. Colorado played blind hope offense today.

 

[Ceremony]

This is the first time I've felt since The Cup win that this era's window has closed. Just feels like this is a playoff bubble team for the next 5-6 years, then back to sucking for several years.

Aye, we're f***ed. Just enjoy a MacKinnon or Makar dinger when they happen, try not to think about anything else.