GDT: Game 40: Sideways Toilet Seats at Avalanche January 4, 2025 5:00pm MT

[GirardIsStupid]

Terrible f***ing loss.

 

[LOFIN]

Putrid effort against a bad team on a B2B.

Montreal hasn't been a bad team for a month now.

 

[RoyIsALegend]

This bullshit of playing to the level of our opponents has to f***ing stop.

 

[the_fan]

Why the f*** does MacK go last in the shootouts? That's also f***ing stupid.

Also why have the other team go first? You should always go first when you’re the home team to score and put the pressure on them. Avs should just never go to shootout. They just suck at it in every way

 

[Bill Peckerskull]

All the Canadian media is going ape shit over Habs winning. LOL.

 

[GirardIsStupid]

Montreal hasn't been a bad team for a month now.

They had two chances to end it in OT.

 

[Metallo]

Why did Makar join the rush on the tying goal? No reason for that. Play the clock.

 

[GirardIsStupid]

This bullshit of playing to the level of our opponents has to f***ing stop.

It totally has to. What was that attempt by Rantanen on the PS??? Jeezus f*** man.

 

[Bill Peckerskull]

This bullshit of playing to the level of our opponents has to f***ing stop.

Been doing it almost every year since Bednar took over. Only exception are his 1st year and 2022.

 

[LOFIN]

This bullshit of playing to the level of our opponents has to f***ing stop.

So we were playing up to a good level? Because Montreal has actually been a top team for some weeks now.

 

[Balthazar]

Horrendous effort. This team thinks they have made it because they squeezed out a win against the lowly Sabres. f*** that shit. They have work to do.

It feels like the team couldn't wait to lose.

Would have happened against the Sabres if it wasn't for some last second luck and the Wedgewood injury boost.

 

[sethro109]

I hope we start next game with a swanton bomb on the opposing goaltender just to prove a point.

 

[Muffin]

That was a scheduled win with a tired Montreal team flying into Denver and they managed to **** it up

 

[RoyIsALegend]

So we were playing up to a good level? Because Montreal has actually been a top team for some weeks now.

We dominated the first period and took the foot off the pedal against a tired team.

 

[Pierce Hawthorne]

All the Canadian media is going ape shit over Habs winning. LOL.

It's a big win for them so not surprising.


Somehow they're in the playoff race which is both hilarious and sad for the East.

 

[Vaslof]

1 point for each is fair for this game.

 

[GirardIsStupid]

All the Canadian media is going ape shit over Habs winning. LOL.

Yup. Had to mute them based on their f***ing bias. Let's see how they feel when Trump makes us the 51st State. Maybe they'll calm down a bit then?

 

[Muffin]

Kelly should sit a game for that. WTF does he think he is toedragging at the blueline like he's MacKinnon. We probably win 1-0 without that.

 

[dahrougem2]

This was just a brutal hockey game. No flow, no chances generated, pucks deflected all over. No intensity to it.

 

[LOFIN]

We dominated the first period and took the foot off the pedal against a tired team.

Sure. That's different than "a shitty team". Because lately Montreal has not been that.

I f***ing this would be a trap game, because Montreal has just won against other top teams in the league.

 

[Pierce Hawthorne]

Gained another point on the Jets at least

 

[drhiii]

Am going to go listen to 50s Foster Hewitt broadcast, to remember that hockey is 60 minutes of action, energy, excitment. Anyone could think this is acceptable, not just this game, but this is the identity of this team. Bednar showed some life last game. But ffs. Horrific lack of leadership... again.

 

[RoyIsALegend]

Sure. That's different than "a shitty team". Because lately Montreal has not been that.

I f***ing this would be a trap game, because Montreal has just won against other top teams in the league.

I never called them a shitty team.

I called them a tired team and we played to that level.

Was I wrong or something?

 

[Bill Peckerskull]

Montreal hasn't been a bad team for a month now.

Still, that was a lazy, dog shit effort by the Avs all game. Just zero GAF all night.

Compare this game to the effort in the last couple periods vs Buffalo after Wedgie got hurt.

Night and day.

 

[Metallo]

It feels like the team couldn't wait to lose.

Would have happened against the Sabres if it wasn't for some last second luck and the Wedgewood injury boost.

They go on a little winning run and get full of themselves. That's two bad games in a row. And before that good goaltending in a lot of games and gaudy scorelines pumped up by ENGs.

They have to put on work boots and prepare for playoff hockey.