GDT: Game 21: Avalanche @ Coyotes - 7PM - FSAZ+
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RemoAZ
Let it burn
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RemoAZ
Let it burn
Of course Schmaltz tries to put it into the 300 section from a prime spot.
BigJCaRoach
I howl
Neighborhood Coyote
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Tocchet has to play the Avs 7 more times alone, not to mention literally every other team in the division giving him fits.
Good luck dummy
Good luck dummy
That was a good avalanche team tonight. Knew how to play us and they were relentless on the puck.
RemoAZ
Let it burn
They completely erased Keller early on and he went in his shell for the rest of the game.
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Haha at post game asking the question "what kind of adjustments do you think we will see tomorrow?"
You just saw em.
You just saw em.
JasonDemersWasOkay
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Games like this show us why chayka’s team building philosophy is a failure. Guys like Keller and schmaltz are good guys to have around but they can’t be your main guys. As soon as you get into tight checking playoff paced games that actually matter, those types of guys get neutralized so quick. Even garland, bless him, has a rough game because the physicality is just too much when the other team can skate too.
GiveAFlyingPuck
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They played St Louis just fine, including a 1-0 playoff style win. It's really just the confidence (momentum) and coaching. Sure, they could use a power forward or two, but every team wants that.
They had nothing tonight because Bednar is a great systems coach that pressed the Coyotes and Tocchet never even attempted to adjust.
Vinny Boombatz
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I think Bednar is a X and O's guy and he's able to break down our film and take away what we do and Tocchet just keeps trying the breakout up the wall and Bednar is probably laughing on the bench. He just looks so confused on the bench like he has no clue how to correct it.
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Cags isn't useless, but he stole that goal. Well, him being there might have prevented the Avs defender to stop it at the goal-line, so I guess that makes it OK.
I was sure the Avs should win bigger. But at least it looks like we were trying, for those who only watches the scoreboards.
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GhostofYotesFan47
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Some teams just know how to play other teams, right now it appears the Avs know us better than we know us. I'm not too concerned if we place to face the Avs because they aren't about to go away and we need to learn how to beat them. RT is not the coach for that but our players will begin to figure out how to beat guys and the games in theory, should get better. Plus I don't expect this roster to get deep in the playoffs, just to make it.
Tocchet still can't implement proper transitions. It's improved a fair bit since the last year, but then has lapsed during the recent slides. I think it's too little improvement against teams that were already good at defending against it, and Colorado was great against odd-man rushes and the transition game last year, while the Coyotes had their only strength being odd-man rushes. Since almost all of the Coyotes' offense tended to come off the rush, you saw a pretty substantial series win over Nashville who struggled against it, and then a complete shutdown once up against the Avalanche as good defense tends to shut down good offense (see numerous examples of bad teams just tightening up defensively in order to stay in games off a lucky bounce against teams much better than them).
I said it after last year's playoff loss, the team can't transition the puck out of the defensive zone, let alone transition it into the offensive zone for sustained pressure, so they aren't even able to actually test that aspect of Colorado's defense. Some of this can be blamed on a lack of center depth, but after the playoff elimination, you'd think there'd be a new game plan. Alas, frustratingly the team just cannot adapt with Tocchet at the helm.
I said it after last year's playoff loss, the team can't transition the puck out of the defensive zone, let alone transition it into the offensive zone for sustained pressure, so they aren't even able to actually test that aspect of Colorado's defense. Some of this can be blamed on a lack of center depth, but after the playoff elimination, you'd think there'd be a new game plan. Alas, frustratingly the team just cannot adapt with Tocchet at the helm.
