GDT: Game 63: Kings @ Avalanche - Dethroned - 7PM

[sethro109]

That first shift of the 3rd really just f***ed us tonight. It was the back breaker.

 

[The Merchant]

This team has been hard to watch the last 3 of 4 games. Really hard to watch.

Weird I wonder what could've possibly started such a skid.....

 

[redacted]

We play like this and minny is bouncing our asses 1st rd

LA is better than Minny… but you’re probably right.

 

[Peen]

@niwotsblessing

Say the line

 

[AvsWraith]

All goes back to the deadline. They needed some help...

 

[Alex Jones]

Erod starting to do more. That's good. Getting him going again important going forward.

 

[The Kingslayer]

Just too many no shows tonight starting from puck drop. You cant keep spotting teams 2 goal leads especially when they are avoidable. Just brain farts and bad defending all around tonight.

 

[dahrougem2]

This team has been hard to watch the last 3 of 4 games. Really hard to watch.

I said it in another thread but I 100% believe this team is deflated as f*** post deadline.

Devon Toews even did an interview where he said guys in that room were not expecting anyone to leave, rather they expected reinforcements to arrive to strengthen the team. Only guy who shows up is Lars Eller.

That is a big time morale hit. It's basically MacFarland failing them. The players aren't stupid.

 

[MoreLikeTurdCrapley]

If the Avs manage to get their heads out of their ass and get on a roll to end the season I think they find a way to win the cup. More likely they continue their incredibly inconsistent play

First part I agree with. Second part you’re developing symptoms from drinking the thread’s Kool-aid.

 

[nammerus]

If the Avs manage to get their heads out of their ass and get on a roll to end the season I think they find a way to win the cup. More likely they continue their incredibly inconsistent play

True. Looks like it's all in their head. Most cup winners can flip a switch and turn around horrific underlying metrics just by trying harder.

 

[BambiKakko]

LA is better than Minny… but you’re probably right.

Everybody is better than the Minnesota or Blues... thank god

 

[MoreLikeTurdCrapley]

Just too many no shows tonight starting from puck drop. You cant keep spotting teams 2 goal leads especially when they are avoidable. Just brain farts and bad defending all around tonight.

Yep.

 

[Bill Peckerskull]

If the Avs manage to get their heads out of their ass and get on a roll to end the season I think they find a way to win the cup. More likely they continue their incredibly inconsistent play

They aren't winning shit this year. They aren't good.

 

[AvsCOL]

Chris MacFarland really put his own stamp on this team huh. Committed $10.5mil to two bottom pair D who are always injured, ignored the 2C position entirely, and went shopping at the bottom of the bargain bin at the deadline.

No idea how anyone could defend it.

 

[The Kingslayer]

I said it in another thread but I 100% believe this team is deflated as f*** post deadline.

Devon Toews even did an interview where he said guys in that room were not expecting anyone to leave, rather they expected reinforcements to arrive to strengthen the team. Only guy who shows up is Lars Eller.

That is a big time morale hit. It's basically MacFarland failing them. The players aren't stupid.

it would honestly explain Mikkos body language since the deadline lol. Hes been angry for no reason. Maybe he was expecting some help.

 

[the_fan]

If the Avs manage to get their heads out of their ass and get on a roll to end the season I think they find a way to win the cup. More likely they continue their incredibly inconsistent play

This team doesn’t look like a cup winning team this year. Injuries has hurt them, but not having 2C and Landeskog potentially not coming back or even if he comes back, how effective is he gonna be? I think they don’t make it passed 2nd round this year

 

[The Merchant]

Crazy how easy it is to start feeling burnt out on a team. I just have no interest in watching them right now.

Has felt like the team has been burnt out for a majority of the season. It's clear that the FO didn't believe they had it in them this year and it's not hard to believe that it has trickled down to the players.

 

[NateTheGreat]

When you only have 8 players playing where they should in the lineup (Lehky, Mack , Nuke , Mikko , Cale , Toews , Byram , Girard ) you’re going to have problems. The rest should all be moved down the lineup but we don’t have the horses. 0-3-1 in the last 4 games against playoff teams.

 

[Balthazar]

Devon Toews even did an interview where he said guys in that room were not expecting anyone to leave, rather they expected reinforcements to arrive to strengthen the team. Only guy who shows up is Lars Eller.

I think it's safe to say that it's not just some fans who weren't happy. Players know we still have our first pick and cap space.

 

[Snow Arc]

 

[redacted]

If the Avs manage to get their heads out of their ass and get on a roll to end the season I think they find a way to win the cup. More likely they continue their incredibly inconsistent play

If the Avs go in a roll to end the season it is most likely a mirage with how bad the schedule is.

 

[dahrougem2]

Anyways, the work ethic sucked tonight because they constantly lost battles and the thinking sucked because they made mistake after mistake.

That said, this was already a predicted loss IMO. Already said Avs would go 1-1-1 this week.

They are now 14-12-6 vs current playoff teams. Truly horrible.

 

[nammerus]

Chris MacFarland really put his own stamp on this team huh. Committed $10.5mil to two bottom pair D who are always injured, ignored the 2C position entirely, and went shopping at the bottom of the bargain bin at the deadline.

No idea how anyone could defend it.

Plenty have tried on this board. It's pretty impressive to watch.

 

[niwotsblessing]

@niwotsblessing

Say the line

Too many injuries.

 

[Mighty Makar]

Hate this f***en team.

Not as much as I do.