Colorado Avalanche (C1) Vs Seattle Kraken (WC1) | Series Tied 3-3

[Tufted Titmouse]

If SEA wins around before us, I will off myself

 

[gprep93]

How many 20 goal scorers do they have though?

Seattle has 6 20 goal scores.

 

[the_fan]

I think Kings, Jets and Kraken are going to win their series. When was the last time there were 3 upsets in the 1st round?

 

[John Mandalorian]

Seattle has 6 20 goal scores.

It was a joke because last year St Louis had 9 20 goal scorers and it was mentioned a lot before the series against St Louis.

 

[TheDizee]

The gameday thread for this game generated 8 pages of posts. The Leafs game? 123 pages.

it was a boring game as seattle dominated and smothered em all game. leafs game had a dirty hit in it too which increased the spicyness.

 

[Renopucker]

Kraken D outworked Avs forwards along the boards. Just as the Lightning limited 34 and 16’s chances, the Kraken threw a blanket on MCK. Oh, and Grubs was stout.

 

[JeffP]

I wasn't super focused on the game until this moment grabbed my attention:

*seriously though.. weird they would offer the alternate channel option and then jump to collegiate sports in the playoffs, but i dont usually watch through a cable app–– so wtf do i know

 

[John Mandalorian]

Kraken D outworked Avs forwards along the boards. Just as the Lightning limited 34 and 16’s chances, the Kraken threw a blanket on MCK. Oh, and Grubs was stout.

Meh. Not exactly. The Avs had some near misses. MacKinnon and Byram hit a post. Rantanen had some also near misses. If it bounces the other way, the analysis is different.

The real problem is that Seattle had even more near misses. Why? Because the one of the key strengths of the team for the Avs, ie the defense, played awful last night and they were hemorrhaging chances as a result. Manson was a disaster. Makar wasn't a disaster but didn't play well. They looked rusty. Toews looks like he has battle fatigue. He's had to carry the load for all the D that have been injured.

Management prioritized keeping the defense together because the defense from last playoffs fed the offense. They were taking a risk having them come back for game 1 and it backfired badly.

Quite frankly, with some of the chances Seattle had, it could have been worse. And if the Avs defense doesn't get it together, it could be a short series that feels like a long series.

 

[a mangy Meowth]

The gameday thread for this game generated 8 pages of posts. The Leafs game? 123 pages.

Expansion team with like 5 fans on HFboards + playing the late games vs easily the largest fanbase on the site playing the early game. Yeah not really surprising. Leafs shitty waiver pickup threads go yard all the time, leafs fans just can't keep their mouths shut.

 

[JeffP]

Expansion team with like 5 fans on HFboards + playing the late games vs easily the largest fanbase on the site playing the early game. Yeah not really surprising. Leafs shitty waiver pickup threads go yard all the time, leafs fans just can't keep their mouths shut.

yea, its great there are super passionate fanbases
but when its the main thing in town it also grows blowhards and idiots

i've lived in towns where everyone Loved Baseball so hard it was difficult to figure out how much they actually enjoyed it or were just indoctrinated into it at an early age and now it's just lifestyle

i just feel bad for the actual fans who get lumped in with the rest

 

[AvStock]

Avs had the luxury of having Burakovsky on the 3rd line last year. This year we lost Bura, Landy, and Kadri. Yeah we aren't going very far lol

 

[summer tooth]

Obviously the team that wins game 1 will take the series about 78% of the time, but I don't think it's over yet for the Aves - they are capable of beating the Kraken.

 

[S E P H]

team that wins game 1 will take the series about 78% of the time,

Source? That value is way too high.

 

[PROUD PAPA]

Hat tip to Seattle for winning their very 1st playoff game.
Saw enough sweep predictions pre-series to know a lot of people didn't pay attention to the Kraken.

 

[McFlyingV]

Source? That value is way too high.

Yeah I'd love to see the source for that too. That sounds outrageously high.

 

[Foppberg]

Seattle won’t be an easy out. I’m not worried but it’s not gunna be a cake walk like some thought.

 

[sr edler]

Not saying Seattle will (necessarily) win this series, Colorado could very well turn it around, but reading the first few pages of this thread and all the lazy "Lols Avs in 4" takes makes me wonder if any of these people have ever experienced a SC playoffs before.....? Like.... upsets happens all the time in the playoffs? And Colorado are missing some pretty serious pieces (Landeskog, Kadri) from last year that they haven't really replaced, and Seattle have a pretty solid/deep roster with some gamers who've won the Cup before (Gourde, Schwartz), and an "expansion team touch" to their team with a mix of young guys and cast-offs who want to prove themselves (and perhaps stick it to their former clubs). Like.... it's not like history haven't seen such teams go deep in the playoffs before (Florida 96, Vegas 18).

But yeah, going for the "reigning Cup champs in 4 lols" take is perhaps a little bit more comfortable position..... until Game 1 actually comes around.

I also get people having question marks about Kraken's goaltending, but it's not like Colorado are icing a certified playoff veteran with tons of Stanley Cup clout themselves.

 

[PAZ]

Source? That value is way too high.

During the broadcast I believe they said it was between 60-68%, which is still quite high. But that's usually because the better team has home-ice advantage.

 

[Newusername]

You left out the Oil had an injured #1 defenseman and the 2nd greatest player in the league playing on a peg leg he borrowed from the Spirit Halloween storage.

You left out the avs swept them with their backup

 

[TheDizee]

Very average goaltending from the Kraken. They limited the Aves to the outside shots.

The Aves weakness for the past five years has always been teams that play defense. Teams that forecheck and play defensively usually win 4 straight vs the Aves.

Last year the Aves faced the blues without a goalie, Edmonton who tried to get into a breakaway relay, and Tampa Bay who was injured after 3 deep runs at the cup.

This is the first time the Aves are facing a defensive checking team since Vegas. And we know how that ended.

Don't forget in 2021, they had to postpone the entire western division TWO times simply because the avalanche players could not and would not properly socially distance. No other team had this issue, only them. It threw off schedules for everyone even teams that did not play them for those given nights and it caused teams to play with absurd schedules down the stretch. Then when other teams players got covid before the playoffs started, instead of postponing the games until they were better, they went on with the show.

 

[VivaLasVegas]

The Kraken aren't a great team, but they are a solid good team. The Avs are a great team, but they're dinged up. How this finally shakes out will be interesting.

 

[Stanley Thermos]

Meh. Not exactly. The Avs had some near misses. MacKinnon and Byram hit a post. Rantanen had some also near misses. If it bounces the other way, the analysis is different.

The real problem is that Seattle had even more near misses. Why? Because the one of the key strengths of the team for the Avs, ie the defense, played awful last night and they were hemorrhaging chances as a result. Manson was a disaster. Makar wasn't a disaster but didn't play well. They looked rusty. Toews looks like he has battle fatigue. He's had to carry the load for all the D that have been injured.

Management prioritized keeping the defense together because the defense from last playoffs fed the offense. They were taking a risk having them come back for game 1 and it backfired badly.

Quite frankly, with some of the chances Seattle had, it could have been worse. And if the Avs defense doesn't get it together, it could be a short series that feels like a long series.

I'm not sure that game can be hung all on the D. How many OZ pucks did the the Avs win? How many crisp play-based passes did the Avs complete? It looked to me like the whole team underperformed last night.

 

[S E P H]

During the broadcast I believe they said it was between 60-68%, which is still quite high. But that's usually because the better team has home-ice advantage.

The stats I've seen showcase that Game 5 is more important if a series gets that far. I get Game 1 is also important, but I've seen too many series where teams won Game 1 lost the series that a percentage around 80% seems ridiculous. Above 50% seems more reasonable where 58 to 65% I think is much closer to what I know from my history of following the NHL.

 

[dukedukowski]

The surname Geekie was first found in Angus (Gaelic: Aonghas), part of the Tayside region of northeastern Scotland, and present day Council Area of Angus, formerly known as Forfar or Forfarshire, where they held a family seat on the lands of Gagie in the parish of Murroes from very ancient times.

 

[GirardSpinorama]

The surname Geekie was first found in Angus (Gaelic: Aonghas), part of the Tayside region of northeastern Scotland, and present day Council Area of Angus, formerly known as Forfar or Forfarshire, where they held a family seat on the lands of Gagie in the parish of Murroes from very ancient times.

Geekie is pretty good. My super hot take was that he'd be a star after his first game as a kraken, but he's still pretty nice bottom sixer.