GDT: Game 10: Wild @ Avalanche | November 5th | 1:00 PM MT | Johnny Malkin's Last Stand

[BoxOfChocolates]

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Grigorenko-MacKinnon-Rantanen
Landeskog-Duchene-Iginla
Bourque-Soderberg-Comeau
Martinsen-Mitchell (?)- Colborne

Zadorov-Johnson
Wiercioch-Barrie
Beauchemin-Tyutin

Varlamov

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[landy92mack29]

Win for Johnny Malkin

 

[Don Corleone]

Is Varlamov really starting? If so then that is just a dumb decision on all levels. Varlamov's numbers this season have been awful and he has already had a couple of stinkers. Additionally, Varly did not have a impressive seasons last year either.

Even if Pickard starts, I just don't get the Avs. Pickard has had the better numbers in the NHL than Varlamov every single season he has played. Not to mention that the expansion draft is looming in the horizon and one or the other most likely has to go. Right now its impossible to know whether Pickard could replace Varlamov or even outplay him because the Avs are not letting him play enough. Lets assume that if Pickard would get more starts and outplayed Varlamov then it would seem kinda dumb to stick with the worse, older and significantly more expensive goaltender. But this does not even matter because the Avs are not even allowing the possibility for this to happen.

I would have said prior to the season that they would evenly split all games. Only if either of them would clearly outplay the other would I make him the clear starter.

And get Iginla out of the top 6!!!!

 

[5280]

Let's go mofos

 

[Bill Peckerskull]

92/29/9
25/34/96
57/8/17
55/7/27

16/6
32/4
28/51

I know it won't happen, but I'd like to see this tried. 44, 14, and 12 have been terrible.

 

[Sea Eagles]

Let's go mofos

When does it start mate? Like how many minutes from here? It's 3.47am in Australia, and I'm struggling, but will just never miss a game come hell or high water

 

[UncleRisto]

When does it start mate? Like how many minutes from here? It's 3.47am in Australia, and I'm struggling, but will just never miss a game come hell or high water

Two hours.

 

[McMetal]

A defensive-minded team that has our number, and a struggling offense... Landy's promise aside, I smell another shutout, home ice be damned. Just a gut feeling. Hope I'm wrong though, it would be so satisfying to beat the Mild six ways to sundown.

 

[Sea Eagles]

Two hours.

6am for me - thanks mate. Too early for a beer?

 

[landy92mack29]

I want to see a stacked line so 92-29-96. Get Mikko his 1st point

 

[Sea Eagles]

A defensive-minded team that has our number, and a struggling offense... Landy's promise aside, I smell another shutout, home ice be damned. Just a gut feeling. Hope I'm wrong though, it would be so satisfying to beat the Mild six ways to sundown.

Rantanen will get his first point tonight !
Here's hoping for a Wild thrashing !

Avs 8
Wild 1

would do my quite nicely thank you.

Rantanen 4 point night (hatrick)
Mackinnon 2 goals
Duchene 2 goals
Zadorov boomer from the blue line

Oh...and Varly gets an assist (or Pickard)

Asking too much?

 

[UncleRisto]

6am for me - thanks mate. Too early for a beer?

Nah. It'll be 9 PM somewhere. More precisely over here.

 

[InjuredChoker]

6am for me - thanks mate. Too early for a beer?

it's never too early for a beer.

 

[falconski]

Is Varlamov really starting? If so then that is just a dumb decision on all levels. Varlamov's numbers this season have been awful and he has already had a couple of stinkers. Additionally, Varly did not have a impressive seasons last year either.

Even if Pickard starts, I just don't get the Avs. Pickard has had the better numbers in the NHL than Varlamov every single season he has played. Not to mention that the expansion draft is looming in the horizon and one or the other most likely has to go. Right now its impossible to know whether Pickard could replace Varlamov or even outplay him because the Avs are not letting him play enough. Lets assume that if Pickard would get more starts and outplayed Varlamov then it would seem kinda dumb to stick with the worse, older and significantly more expensive goaltender. But this does not even matter because the Avs are not even allowing the possibility for this to happen.

I would have said prior to the season that they would evenly split all games. Only if either of them would clearly outplay the other would I make him the clear starter.

And get Iginla out of the top 6!!!!

we play st louis tomorrow, pickard's starting there

 

[Nzap]

So they have an early game the one time I have concrete plans on the weekend for 2 months.
Cannot skip it. Awesome.
Will watch the 1st.

Need a win here badly.

 

[5280]

6am for me - thanks mate. Too early for a beer?

Never!

 

[Makkeli]

For once I'm able to watch Avs game and drink at the same time and then head to nightlife! Usually it's after clubbing and drunk af so I maybe understand first ten minutes and rest is just sleeping

 

[ABasin]

6am for me - thanks mate. Too early for a beer?

Of course not.

I'm open to seeing how the team does today, but I'm going to begin barking (again) about playing the best 3 guys together on the same line.

Landeskog-Duchene-MacKinnon, with Duchene at center.

 

[5280]

Of course not.

I'm open to seeing how the team does today, but I'm going to begin barking (again) about playing the best 3 guys together on the same line.

Landeskog-Duchene-MacKinnon, with Duchene at center.

Is that something you want to see? I have always thought Duchene and Mack had the chemistry of two card board boxes. I'd much rather see Rants and I guess Grigs with one of those dudes.

 

[Nsjohnson]

Coming with my white flag held high (for the next 55 minutes, that is).

How's Grigs playing this year (regardless of stats)?

I always had high hopes for him from his draft year.

 

[Avs71]

Coming with my white flag held high (for the next 55 minutes, that is).

How's Grigs playing this year (regardless of stats)?

I always had high hopes for him from his draft year.

Excellent passer. Looks great on the power play. The rest of his game lacks in pretty much all departments. He's a stopgap for Colorado as a top-6 player until they put together a better team (hopefully one day).

 

[tigervixxxen]

Coming with my white flag held high (for the next 55 minutes, that is).

How's Grigs playing this year (regardless of stats)?

I always had high hopes for him from his draft year.

Can still be inconsistent but he's a legit top 6 player for us, great playmaker and hockey iq. He's getting there. He's great defensively, a very underrated part of his game.

 

[twostroke27]

Coming with my white flag held high (for the next 55 minutes, that is).

How's Grigs playing this year (regardless of stats)?

I always had high hopes for him from his draft year.

I'm not too sure what to think of grigs. He's a very intelligent two way player but I haven't been super impressed with him so far this year. That being said, a lot of the team has looked off.

 

[JLo217]

I think we see more of the same. Maybe with goals... but its the Wild, and these are the same Avs. Still gonna get an L.

 

[El Travo]

If they can't produce anything in the first half of the game, I'm hoping for a mix up of the Top-6.

I'm hoping Rantanen can get something tonight, my heart can't handle his drought anymore. He's so damn close.