JrFischer54
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Got bullied into trading for toughness, fanf***ingtastic
Only on this board could a trade for meh And giving up even more meh could be met with such drama
Got bullied into trading for toughness, fanf***ingtastic
Yeah, if they win tonight and Sunday, I'll fully prepared for them to trade for Markstrom at no retention by next Friday
Were there issues with the team not working hard?
Usually thats why you get a goon. Tell the players slacking:"We'll replace you with someone that doesn't even know how to skate, as long as they put in the work."
This is exactly why I am foregoing watching games. If we lose, we lose. If we win, we lose.
Markstrom is the guy Fitz wants. It's most likely happening by the offseason the latest and I'm not convinced the price will be all that different compared to now.
Yep, I 100% get that. I'm kinda indifferent how they end the year and Fitz is definitely scaring me a bit with this trade.
I mean, I wouldn't even care about getting him for a 7th, but also having to chip in a prospect of any kind of potential for a washed up goon that was on waivers is just poor judgement. We are totally trading a first and or Holtz for Markstrom with no retention.
Only on this board could a trade for meh And giving up even more meh could be met with such drama
I'm shocked at the negativity. Seriously shocked, even knowing the negativity around here from time to time.Only on this board could a trade for meh And giving up even more meh could be met with such drama
Avalanche fan here. For what it's worth, the narrative after we lost to Vegas in the 2021 was that the team got physically intimidated out of the series. Avs front office picked up MacDermid following off-season, and many players said in the press that his presence made them all "feel bigger" on the ice.
As a fan, I don't see how that makes sense, but hockey players seem to buy the influence of having one of 2 or 3 toughest dudes in the league on your bench (for 57-58 minutes per game in MacDermid's case).
Of course, the ending is that the Avs with their increased feeling of collective toughness won the Cup in MacDermid's first season, but on the other hand, he didn't dress for a single game in the playoffs, so maybe nothing his presence was ultimately immaterial.
One thing we can say for certain is that he did scare the hell out of Jacob Trouba in a game two years ago.
One thing we can say for certain is that he did scare the hell out of Jacob Trouba in a game two years ago.
Mildly disappointed you boys haven't made a thread heralding MacDermid's arrival
The Avalanche's defence isn't an easy place to play but he's not played defence for us, he only ever got played at forward for ~3 minutes a night. If you put him on defence opposing players would simply skate around him, probably.
He can dangle, though
The funniest part of all the hand wringing about this is people acting like Bardakhov is a worthwhile prospect.
Fitzgerald knows this team is soft as shit. Do I think Macdermid is the answer? No, not really. But at least he senses the issue.
The part I don’t like is Macdermid being a UFA at the end of the season tells me Fitz is buying at the deadline. And that is just horrifically stupid with where they’re at.
If we had what I would call a good fourth line I’d be more uneasy about it. But are we losing THAT much dressing MacDermid over Bastian for example? I doubt this guys suits up for many games either.Right, I don't have an issue in admitting the team is soft but there's nothing MacDermid does that changes that by just sitting on the bench lol. We've seen this same shtick play with Reaves multiple times already
I think we’d be losing a considerable amount. Bastian hasn’t had a great year, but he’s definitely been one of the better 4th liners around over the last few years. His defensive metrics have been mostly very good in his career plus he can PK. The other guy seems bad at everything.If we had what I would call a good fourth line I’d be more uneasy about it. But are we losing THAT much dressing MacDermid over Bastian for example? I doubt this guys suits up for many games either.
If we had what I would call a good fourth line I’d be more uneasy about it. But are we losing THAT much dressing MacDermid over Bastian for example? I doubt this guys suits up for many games either.
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