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

[S E P H]

I hear what you are saying. They played a very good game but this is the bare minimum result and really a missed opportunity to threaten for 2nd place. An OT loss would have been a gut punch.

Still, it's the kind of game they can build on for the playoffs, they dominated a good team.

This game is proving more of the "Stars/DeBoer are in the Avs players' heads" sort of theory I am currently considering. People are post all the eat shit Stars posts all they want, but Dallas shows up in the playoffs and will be as hard of a first round opponent there could possibly be even without Heiskanen. Today is a great example of not taking them lightly because Avs totally did that in the last ten minutes.

 

[Hornstar]

What was with the little double tap right before he buried the winner?

 

[The Merchant]

Mikko was f***ing hilarious on that OT goal

 

[dahrougem2]

Eddie O is one of the worst analysts in hockey, but he's still better than the rubbish on Altitude.

Absolutely not. Eddie O is THE worst colour guy in hockey.

This guy openly roots against the Avs every time he calls their games. It's actually weird.

 

[a mangy Meowth]

Mack sucks ass

Think we have an advanced statistic for that

 

[Anders Cain]

Gotta say I'm pretty happy we added lindgren.... Rants and Harley may have had a miscommunication but rants usuAlly looked pretty floaty in OT most of the time for us

 

[drhiii]

TNT fanboy gush-fest for Makar.

 

[GeoRox89]

This might be the most balanced TOI stats I have ever seen in Bednar's time

The bottom 6 has been good. RossCo looks good with Coyle (and without Wood). Swapping Drury and Kivi has improved both lines too

 

[a mangy Meowth]

Absolutely not. Eddie O is THE worst colour guy in hockey.

This guy openly roots against the Avs every time he calls their games. It's actually weird.

I hate him.

 

[S E P H]

Absolutely not. Eddie O is THE worst colour guy in hockey.

This guy openly roots against the Avs every time he calls their games. It's actually weird.

He was pretty neutral I thought today. I can't stand him because of how annoying his mannerisms are, he talks to the crowd like they're 6 years old and interrupts every single f***ing person for some sort of super hidden detail play that happened twenty seconds ago that nobody cares about. There are worse colour guys in hockey, Panger is one of those. The bloke who's on the Ducks broadcast is another.

 

[Metallo]

This game is proving more of the "Stars/DeBoer are in the Avs players' heads" sort of theory I am currently considering. People are post all the eat shit Stars posts all they want, but Dallas shows up in the playoffs and will be as hard of a first round opponent there could possibly be even without Heiskanen. Today is a great example of not taking them lightly because Avs totally did that in the last ten minutes.

Agreed, they are a good team and we need to "get over the hump" facing them.

 

[dahrougem2]

So 2 points back of Dallas but the Stars have two games in hand.

Would be nice to get some help.

Avs play Toronto, Ottawa, and Montreal this week on the road. Three tough games.

Stars play Anaheim, Tampa Bay, and Philadelphia all at home. Feels like it's almost a certainty that they win at least two of those games.

 

[a mangy Meowth]

Panger is one of those. The bloke who's on the Ducks broadcast is another.

Brian Hayward. Yeah f*** that guy, he's atrocious. Good list SEPH!

Kings color guy is horrific too

 

[Avaholic19]

Absolutely not. Eddie O is THE worst colour guy in hockey.

This guy openly roots against the Avs every time he calls their games. It's actually weird.

And he doesn't know how to use an indoor voice

 

[the_fan]

So 2 points back of Dallas but the Stars have two games in hand.

Would be nice to get some help.

Avs play Toronto, Ottawa, and Montreal this week on the road. Three tough games.

Stars play Anaheim, Tampa Bay, and Philadelphia all at home. Feels like it's almost a certainty that they win at least two of those games.

We need to win at least 2 of those games or else I don’t think we’re catching Dallas

 

[Metallo]

Honestly, big game in the afternoon? I thought they would be sleepy and lay an egg. I'm pleased with the effort. Plus, you know, Makar points.

 

[josra33]

I am actually eating crow with Lindgren. He's been as fantastic as we can ask for. Sure a mental lapse here and there but less than the alternative would be.

 

[Cypher]

We need to win at least 2 of those games or else I don’t think we’re catching Dallas

We're not catching Dallas regardless anymore.

Avs have the 15th hardest schedule the rest of the way. Dallas has the 4th easiest.

 

[S E P H]

Brian Hayward. Yeah f*** that guy, he's atrocious. Good list SEPH!

Kings color guy is horrific too

Fox? Yeah, he's bad because he talks too much too, but he isn't one of my worst. He's there with Brian Engblom on TB, good blokes but just too much talking and interrupting the PBP. Hayward is bad not just because he is a full-on kool-aid homer, but his voice sounds like his balls haven't dropped lol. I do think Panger takes the cake though, have you ever seen him on non-national telly? He is probably the Jack Edwards of colour dudes while providing absolutely nothing to note on top of that.

 

[dahrougem2]

Final 5v5 numbers since Avs had a 5-1 PP advantage:

Shot Attempts 61-46 Avalanche
Shots on Goal 26-21 Avalanche
Scoring Chances 27-25 Avalanche
High Danger Chances 10-8 Stars (7-0 in the 3rd, 6 of them on the two shifts they scored).
xGF 2.45 - 2.05 Stars

 

[the_fan]

We're not catching Dallas regardless anymore.

Avs have the 15th hardest schedule the rest of the way. Dallas has the 4th easiest.

I thought we had one of the easiest schedules remaining

 

[a mangy Meowth]

Fox? Yeah, he's bad because he talks too much too, but he isn't one of my worst. He's there with Brian Engblom on TB, good blokes but just too much talking and interrupting the PBP. Hayward is bad not just because he is a full-on kool-aid homer, but his voice sounds like his balls haven't dropped lol. I do think Panger takes the cake though, have you ever seen him on non-national telly? He is probably the Jack Edwards of colour dudes while providing absolutely nothing to note on top of that.

I just think the Kings guy is a giga-homer, and possibly just doesn't like the Avs.

Yeah, Pang is by far the worst. God I hate that little goblin

 

[RoyIsALegend]

Honestly, if that's what they think then the Avs are going to bury this team.

Let's be honest here, as mad as we all are at Dallas scoring twice in twenty seconds to tie the game, this game wasn't close at all.

Lybushkin was a turnover machine. Ceci couldn't make passes to save his life. Lindell kept eating pucks instead of breaking out. Dumba did nothing beyond flip pucks high and out, he made Lindgren look skilled.

I want this Stars team in round 1. A 7 game series putting pressure on those absolute plugs will only bring positive results.

I didn't like the way the Avs played in the 3rd for the most part but the scoring chances/high danger chances for Dallas mostly came on the two shifts they scored.

Or he could say our goalie stood on his head and we still lost.

The Avs dominated the Stars.

Is that all the Avs have though? Feels like the top two lines have another gear.

Guys, I agree with you.

I’m saying what a coach in that situation would tell their team.

- Admit you sucked
- Acknowledge the other team played well
- Say that despite that, they could only beat you in overtime and getting tons of powerplays
- Play better and should have no problem winning a 7 game series

 

[Cypher]

I thought we had one of the easiest schedules remaining

We did, until the likes of Ottawa and Montreal and others crept up the standings and are fighting for playoff spots.

 

[flyfysher]

WTH? FO matter!!!

JK