GDT: Colorado Avalanche vs Arizona Coyotes - Put Something on the Table - 1PM

[The Kingslayer]

Its kinda funny that we have some of our more heated games against the Yotes.

 

[Foppa2118]

Its kinda funny that we have some of our more heated games against the Yotes.

Will be even more fun if they re-align the divisions after the Seattle expansion, and bring Arizona into the Central to finally make everything even.

They'll probably move either Arizona, Vegas, or Calgary IMO. They'll be breaking up a rivalry either way. LA has a rivalry with Arizona, but the league seems to like the LA-Vegas proximity to jump start a rivalry with their new team. Vancouver has a rivalry with Calgary, but they'll be getting a new one with Seattle.

I think the odds are either Calgary or Arizona moves to the Central, and my money is on Arizona. I think they'll give preference to the Canadian rivalry, and they're probably done catering to Arizona. They're a franchise that seems destined to move at some point.

 

[dahrougem2]

Will be even more fun if they re-align the divisions after the Seattle expansion, and bring Arizona into the Central to finally make everything even.

They'll probably move either Arizona, Vegas, or Calgary IMO. They'll be breaking up a rivalry either way. LA has a rivalry with Arizona, but the league seems to like the LA-Vegas proximity to jump start a rivalry with their new team. Vancouver has a rivalry with Calgary, but they'll be getting a new one with Seattle.

I think the odds are either Calgary or Arizona moves to the Central, and my money is on Arizona. I think they'll give preference to the Canadian rivalry, and they're probably done catering to Arizona. They're a franchise that seems destined to move at some point.

I think when Seattle eventually comes, we'll see:

Anaheim	Chicago	Toronto	New York Islanders
San Jose	Dallas	Montreal	New York Rangers
Los Angeles	St. Louis	Ottawa	New Jersey
Seattle	Nashville	Buffalo	Pittsburgh
Vancouver	Minnesota	Boston	Philadelphia
Arizona	Edmonton	Detroit	Columbus
Colorado	Calgary	Tampa Bay	Washington
Vegas	Winnipeg	Florida	Carolina

[TBODY] [/TBODY]

 

[Foppberg]

Personally I see them keeping it pretty similar. Can't picture the league separating Vancouver from Calgary/Edmonton.

Winnipeg	Edmonton	Montreal	Islanders
Minnesota	Calgary	Ottawa	Rangers
Chicago	Vancouver	Toronto	Washington
St.Louis	Seattle	Boston	Columbus
Nashville	San Jose	Detroit	Pittsburgh
Dallas	Anaheim	Buffalo	Philadelphia
Colorado	LA	Tampa	Carolina
Arizona	Vegas	Florida	New Jersey

[TBODY] [/TBODY]

 

[Chileiceman]

Will be even more fun if they re-align the divisions after the Seattle expansion, and bring Arizona into the Central to finally make everything even.

They'll probably move either Arizona, Vegas, or Calgary IMO. They'll be breaking up a rivalry either way. LA has a rivalry with Arizona, but the league seems to like the LA-Vegas proximity to jump start a rivalry with their new team. Vancouver has a rivalry with Calgary, but they'll be getting a new one with Seattle.

I think the odds are either Calgary or Arizona moves to the Central, and my money is on Arizona. I think they'll give preference to the Canadian rivalry, and they're probably done catering to Arizona. They're a franchise that seems destined to move at some point.

There is no way in heck that Calgary and Edmonton are going to placed in seperate divisions. Arizona would almost surely move. I don't think LA or Anaheim would really miss them.

 

[Foppa2118]

There is no way in heck that Calgary and Edmonton are going to placed in seperate divisions. Arizona would almost surely move. I don't think LA or Anaheim would really miss them.

I agree. There's a lot of history in the battle of Alberta. It would be a shame to break that up. Arizona is on the slow rebuild track. Their rivalry with LA will probably cool off a bit anyway, being outside the playoff picture for a little while.

They broke up the Boston-Rangers rivalry. Tough to keep all the rivalries together in this four division structure, while limiting the travel impact to the southern teams.

I think when Seattle eventually comes, we'll see:

Anaheim	Chicago	Toronto	New York Islanders
San Jose	Dallas	Montreal	New York Rangers
Los Angeles	St. Louis	Ottawa	New Jersey
Seattle	Nashville	Buffalo	Pittsburgh
Vancouver	Minnesota	Boston	Philadelphia
Arizona	Edmonton	Detroit	Columbus
Colorado	Calgary	Tampa Bay	Washington
Vegas	Winnipeg	Florida	Carolina

[TBODY] [/TBODY]

That could be possible. Avs might not be increasing their travel schedule too much with that alignment. The central teams aren't that close either. They'd be breaking up all their best new rivalries though which would suck. They've got old ones in Vancouver, and LA though. Even SJ and Anaheim they have some history with.

It would increase the travel schedule of every other team in the Pacific though. That might keep it from happening. Those California teams travel a lot too.

 

[BKarchitect]

Agreed Arizona will move to the Central, anything else is just trying to make things complicated for the sake of making things complicated.

 

[forsbergavs32]

Would love moving to the Pacific but I think Arizona just moves to the central anyway

 

[Foppberg]

I'd hate moving to the Pacific, strictly for time zone reasons. No way I'd catch as many games as I do now.

 

[cgf]

They might be

nah, it just gets frustrating sometimes watching them pass 15 times then lose the puck.

Meh, it works so well that I can live with the fact that it doesn’t work every single time

 

[Byzantium]

I'd hate moving to the Pacific, strictly for time zone reasons. No way I'd catch as many games as I do now.

Complete opposite for me. It would mean most games air at 4 am here meaning it would be an early morning instead of a super late night.

 

[Finlanche]

I missed this game because of work, but can someone say hows Jost doing playing with mack and mikko? Is it better that landy is in different line and Jost plays with those two?

 

[henchman21]

The Avs went back to the Landy-MacK-Rants line and it was more effective.

 

[Tweaky]

Well getting hit square in the mask by a shot from OEL sure isn't good for you if you are just coming of off concussion. That looked bad and he kept shaking his head after that. He was probably seeing stars.

Kind of scary how hard the puck can hit a mask if it lands square. In the tournament that I just finished, I watched a goalies cage get destroyed by a shot. Dented the wire in a couple places, and the force from that popped two of the screws out, pulling the captured nuts out of the frame. It was a snap wrister from Brad Boyes. Goalie finished the tournament with a borrowed lid.

 

[Pokecheque]

Kind of scary how hard the puck can hit a mask if it lands square. In the tournament that I just finished, I watched a goalies cage get destroyed by a shot. Dented the wire in a couple places, and the force from that popped two of the screws out, pulling the captured nuts out of the frame. It was a snap wrister from Brad Boyes. Goalie finished the tournament with a borrowed lid.

I'm still freaked out by the fact that Ben Bishop lost a tooth after taking a puck in the facemask.