GDT: [Emergency GDT, 3/16/25 1:30 MT] Avs vs Stars and the Battle for the Moose's Soul

[The Merchant]

Alright, Brock. Pop off in this one and all is forgiven

 

[Tralfamadore]

Here we go

 

[RoyIsALegend]

No Blackwood, no Manson.

Lovely.

 

[Bill Peckerskull]

What’s going on with Blackwood?

Bednar said in Calgary that Blackwood was sick. I assume that is still the case.

 

[LOFIN]

Meh, still confident we will win. Wedgewood has been fine, and the Stars D is probably the worst of all the contenders as long as Heiskanen is out (well, Edmonton is pretty bad too).

 

[missionAvs]

The enemy.
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Shit is sickening to see. It's going to be absolutely gut wrenching to see him score a goal assisted by Duchene.

 

[Balthazar]

EJ playing top 4 minutes against a top team. Not ideal.

 

[RoyIsALegend]

EJ playing top 4 minutes against a top team. Not ideal.

There’s no chance EJ plays top 4 minutes. He will be 6th in D ice-time. Guaranteed.

For what it’s worth, the Avs list Lindgren-Malinski as the 2nd pair and Girard-Johnson as the 3rd pair. Altitude have done the same thing.

 

[Metallo]

Pump up tune:

 

[Balthazar]

It's times like this that I really wish CMac would have gotten another RD at the deadline.

EJ was supposed to be a locker room guy, not someone we absolutely have to rely on. One single injury and now we have EJ and Malinski on the right side. Poor Makar is looking at another 30 min game.

 

[Richard88]

Anyone got the Dallas lineup?

 

[RoyIsALegend]

Mikko flipping pucks to anybody wearing a #96 jersey.

 

[Bill Peckerskull]

EJ playing top 4 minutes against a top team. Not ideal.

Looks like the G/EJ pairing is the bottom pairing

 

[Snow Arc]

Waow nice going wings

 

[katfude]

I hate that were playing dallas on st pattys weekend because there's a lot of green avs jerseys here throwing me off

 

[Bill Peckerskull]

Anyone got the Dallas lineup?

 

[Richard88]

It's times like this that I really wish CMac would have gotten another RD at the deadline.

EJ was supposed to be a locker room guy, not someone we absolutely have to rely on. One single injury and now we have EJ and Malinski on the right side. Poor Makar is looking at another 30 min game

Who would you have traded for? Carlo would have been ideal but the Avs clearly didn't have the assets or capspace to get that done.

 

[Bill Peckerskull]

 

[RoyIsALegend]

Anyone got the Dallas lineup?

Hintz and Bichsel are back in.

Robertson - Hintz - Rantanen
Marchment - Duchene - Granlund
Benn - Johnston - Dadonov
Back - Bourque - Steel

Harley - Lyubushkin
Lindell - Ceci
Bichsell - Dumba

Oettinger

 

[lionsDen]

Did we ever get an update on Manson?

 

[RoyIsALegend]

Oh f***, Furlatt.

One of the worst refs in the league.

 

[RoyIsALegend]

Did we ever get an update on Manson?

Of course not, and nobody is allowed to ask.

 

[Bill Peckerskull]

Did we ever get an update on Manson?

Nope. Probably get a D2D quip from Bednar after the game.

 

[Bill Peckerskull]

 

[Richard88]

Who would you have traded for? Carlo would have been ideal but the Avs clearly didn't have the assets or capspace to get that done.

Further to that.

Maybe Savard would have been better than EJ. But he'd have cost much more in assets than just an AHL'er, and he's lost his legs quite a bit so wouldn't even be that much of an upgrade on EJ.

Jokiharju would have been fun for a 4th that Boston paid, but stylistically he probably wasn't what the Avs wanted for a bottom pair Dman.