GDT: GAME LXVII: Avs @ Canucks: 10PM (MT)

[klozge]

Huge fan of this coach. Huge fan. He makes all the great decisions.

 

[Spleenless Wonder21]

The Avs lost, & I get to read about how great Quinn Hughes is.

I’m all for objectivity, but if I want to discuss the greatness of Hughes, McDavid, Draisaitl, Dahlin, etc, & how no one on the Avs belongs on the same ice/is worthy to hold their jock I’ll peruse their team, or the general forums.

 

[UncleRisto]

This tweet still bugs me. The Avs miss two open nets and numerous grade A scoring chances and it’s deemed a shutdown performance.

And what potent offence did they face? Nate MacKinnon and his band of AHL’ers?

Can’t wait for this team to get healthy.

Top notch analytics hire by the Athletic. Also shares Ryan Clark's gift of just the worst Twitter.

 

[RoyIsALegend]

Damn you are playing late.

Yeah, we rent the last hour of ice on the schedule at a rink that one of our friends is the zamboni driver and he also closes the rink on weekends. So that means our rented hour is 12-1 AM, but we play until 2:30/3 then help him out; clean dressing rooms quick while he cleans the ice.

Works out well and I’m allowed to have two water bottles on my net; one with water, the other with ice cold beer. Can’t complain.

 

[Metallo]

Yeah, we rent the last hour of ice on the schedule at a rink that one of our friends is the zamboni driver and he also closes the rink on weekends. So that means our rented hour is 12-1 AM, but we play until 2:30/3 then help him out; clean dressing rooms quick while he cleans the ice.

Works out well and I’m allowed to have two water bottles on my net; one with water, the other with ice cold beer. Can’t complain.

It’s a cool set up. The boys must be wasted after playing 2.5hr+, unless you have more than 2 lines playing or everyone is in top shape.

For me I’m too old for that, been there done that. I enjoy my Friday 6:30 start. Perfect time go out after or catch an Avs game.

Edit: What are you doing up?

 

[RoyIsALegend]

It’s a cool set up. The boys must be wasted after playing 2.5hr+, unless you have more than 2 lines playing or everyone is in top shape.

For me I’m too old for that, been there done that. I enjoy my Friday 6:30 start. Perfect time go out after or catch an Avs game.

Edit: What are you doing up?

We do 4 v 4 and just use one bench for extras, it’s only for fun. We take smoke breaks and everything, it’s very leisurely lol.

have a 4 month old. I stayed out late, baby got up at like 7 AM. No chance my wife is letting me off the hook of that one after being out late.

 

[nightonthesun]

I didn't watch the game. Our lineup was way too depressing. Figured if we come out with a surprise W I'll just see it in the morning; I'm on the east coast so I could use the sleep.
I will say that I am not surprised to see the overreactions here and I bet some Canucks fans are feeling a little too good about it too.

 

[Metallo]

We do 4 v 4 and just use one bench for extras, it’s only for fun. We take smoke breaks and everything, it’s very leisurely lol.

have a 4 month old. I stayed out late, baby got up at like 7 AM. No chance my wife is letting me off the hook of that one after being out late.

Yikes, that’s tough! Hang on!

 

[Metallo]

While Makar is out we need to change the PP setup. G on top doesn’t work because teams disregard him. Then they overload Mack. Strike two. Then Landy can’t one-time, strike 3.

Let’s put Mack at the top of the umbrella.

Nuke Landy

Compher/Don Namaste/G

Mack

Crowd the net and let Mack fire bombs.

 

[Avs71]

Vancouver reminded me of the old Avs last night. Quick strike offence, but getting hemmed in the defensive zone last night, and constant good chances around their own net.

That would be an ideal first round matchup.

 

[BaconNater]

Who knew that hitting 4 goals now for the Avs would be a tough task lately. I want to watch skill hockey again. Injuries are making my blood boil

 

[Northern Avs Fan]

Looking back on this one, it’s more evidence that this Avs team is far better than last year.

Too often last year the Avs were outplayed and found a way to win because of their overwhelming top-end skill. This season, they are consistently outplaying their opponents.

Even with most of their elite players missing, the Avs played a fairly even game with Vancouver and were maybe even slightly better.

My only concern moving forward is that they lose their momentum because the injuries are just too much.

 

[larueskee]

As the offense has struggled i have noticed Cole start inching further and further into the O zone. After 600 or so NHL games he has got to realize that isn't his game. He got burned over and over and deserved his benching. I thought the kid K.C. did a fine job but was glad I didn'r run up to Vancouver to catch this game.

 

[PAZ]

In fact, Donskoi has looked even more inept than Jost virtually every single game for weeks now. Jost is terrible, but at least he gets a couple of point blank shots most nights--shooting it into the opposing netminders chest, or missing the net by 5 feet. Donskoi--he does absolutely nothing anymore but lose the puck 2 seconds after he touches it. Dude is really struggling to do ANYTHING right nowadays. He's simply atrocious.

I’m hoping he just needs the offseason to recover, but there’s a chance he just won’t be the same player after coming back from a concussion.

 

[The Abusement Park]

I’m hoping he just needs the offseason to recover, but there’s a chance he just won’t be the same player after coming back from a concussion.

He looks the same as always to me. He’s always been this streaky.

 

[Ceremony]

How long did UncleRisto last?

 

[UncleRisto]

How long did UncleRisto last?

I stopped watching early in the second.

 

[Pierce Hawthorne]

Yeah, we rent the last hour of ice on the schedule at a rink that one of our friends is the zamboni driver and he also closes the rink on weekends. So that means our rented hour is 12-1 AM, but we play until 2:30/3 then help him out; clean dressing rooms quick while he cleans the ice.

Works out well and I’m allowed to have two water bottles on my net; one with water, the other with ice cold beer. Can’t complain.

That's amazing

 

[Pierce Hawthorne]

As for the game...


Didn't really watch much of it as I was on a bender. But it looked like we probably should have had a lead after the first period rather than trailing by 1 and that really put us at a disadvantage the rest of the night.


Frankie didn't look great from the goals I saw. Neither did Demko but he did well enough anyway.

Oh well, not a huge deal as the Blues lost to an even worse Devils team and Dallas just lost to Nashville... but it does suck knowing a Win last night could have vaulted us into 1st place.

Tbh at this point in the year with us being so close to essentially locking up a playoff spot as well(I think 3-4 points is honestly all we'd need), just staying healthy down the stretch is the biggest thing IMO. Home Ice and not playing the Blues or Stars in the first round would be nice... But this team is the best road team in the league this year. They know how to win games on the road and they showed they can do it well in the playoffs last year as well.

I'm comfortable with our team regardless of where we end up at season end, even though 1st in the Central is the best spot I think we can beat the Stars in a series anyway.

 

[Papa Francouz]

Top notch analytics hire by the Athletic. Also shares Ryan Clark's gift of just the worst Twitter.

What are you talking about with the worst Twitter? That tweet was almost as funny as the one he made about Makar being invisible during the game last night.

 

[UncleRisto]

What are you talking about with the worst Twitter? That tweet was almost as funny as the one he made about Makar being invisible during the game last night.

Yeah, I guess you're right...

 

[Papa Francouz]

Yeah, I guess you're right...

Wow. If that doesn’t make you laugh, maybe The Big Bang Theory will. This guy and TBBT - objectively hilarious comedy icons.

 

[the_fan]

Just get through the next 2 games, maybe get 2 points or a point out of it, then there is a 4 game home stand, and supposedly some injured players will be coming back.

 

[avspatti]

Yeah. Like, the lineup is what it is with the injuries but Sakic decided to just make it worse because asset management. Bednar manages TOI the same way whether it's October or April and benches players left and right, which is whatever, but they don't have either kind of luxury in this situation.

Just burn the year, my god. First place in the division is worth it. I'm not going to be on Sakic's side on this stuff until he starts proving he wants the team to win hockey games now, not just sometime in the vague future.

Man games lost? Isn't there some stat about man games lost due to injury? Where to find it?

 

[Northern Avs Fan]

Connauton earned another game imo.

He wasn’t amazing, or anything, but I thought he was alright.

Cole really struggled, but I liked EJ for the most part. With Makar out he was jumping up in the play a lot more than usual.