With Nuke coming back and Lehky being moved around every where, we have the wingers for a 2nd line, we just need a real 2C. Getting one has to be the top priority.
hes a back up goalie. Always has been. Last season he was probably motivated to show New york but this season its clearly worn off. Actually it wore off in the Seattle series. He was shit in that series and it carried over into this season. Seriously, 4 goals against every f***in night.
Well to be fair they’ve won quite a lot with a dreadful goalie. Team might actually be fine with one that is legitimately mediocre. They just have to not be a backup masquerading as a starter
It’s not a cup winning roster, even if they get Landy and Nuke back, unless Georgiev suddenly becomes a 920 goalie, but if they get a good 2C, get Nuke and Landy back, and a solid back up goalie who can win games when needed, it can be a cup winning team. I’m just not sure all of that is gonna happen this year
The market for a 2C is just too expensive right now. No one is going to give us one for less than a premium package. This hole was made by our GM. I'd much rather they be trying to fill a replacement for Manson than Kadri right now, but that's not how things shook out.
That was an early season overreaction. Their goaltending has improved significantly though
Thats why its so frustrating. The problem has been there ever since he got promoted and hes done nothing to fix it. Honestly, he would have been better off retaining ERod instead of bringing a slow, overweight lazy f*** like Johansen.
Nylander fooled everyone on that play. I don't know why G decided to chase him there. Maybe because the shift lasted so long? Either way he played that terribly. If he wants to chase, he absolutely can't let that pass through, and that's just what he did. Georgiev also needs to be more alert there. Just out to lunch looking the wrong way. The focus by everyone as a whole has been horrid.
We have 400K in cap space. Maybe CMac can go shopping for 2C, goalie and the other things Avs need in dollar only stores
Mackinnon is having an MVP season. Hes masked a ton of problems including the sieve in the Avs net. Makar was having a Norris season up until December. Mackinnon did all he could to beat the leafs and Fourgiev tonight but he couldnt. Close but he couldnt.
It was very odd. Girard starts to chase but also has no mechanism to defend a potential pass. Not sure what he thought he'd accomplish.
We have to move people out for sure. Johansen+ Manson would be 8.5 million. Maybe even LTIR Nuke and just tell him to wait for the playoffs, that 14.5 million.
I was under the impression that nuke couldn’t get cap relief from player assistance. Am I wrong?
Similar to the GWG in the Detroit game. Guys chasing. When you see that it usually means they are doing to much. When they are doing to much it usually means they dont trust their goalie. Felt like Girard was trying to stop Nylander from getting going and forgot the guy in front. Thats basic stuff they taught us in peewee. The man in front is the dangerous one. I used to f*** up like this when we had a shitty goalie.
They’re not trading Manson. RyJo will be very hard to move for a team that doesn’t like giving up assets too much. You think CMac is gonna trade a 1st to get rid of RyJo and admit he made a big mistake? I don’t think so. Also doesn’t the league look into players being put on LTIR? How can they do that with Nuke when he’s not injured?
I felt he was important, and could identify other past players, for their roles. His role imo was way beyond 55 points. But that's a debate for another time.
When G was in the players assistance program, some of the guys covering the Avs talked about putting G on LTIR for cap relief. So it can be done. The grey zone of whether or not Nuke needs that much time is the same as what Vegas is doing with Stone every year.
No. Whatever the Avs do it wont matter unless they can get a legit 2C that can play in all situations like Kadri. Another scoring winger on top of the 2C in the mold of a Burakovsky that can push LOC or Wood down to the 4th line. A penalty killing 4C. Perhaps another dman that can make JJ not an everyday dman and oh yah a starting goalie that doesnt allow 4 goals every game. You do all those things and you have a chance at getting a cup if not you wont be sniffing a cup. The Avs currently constructed are barely a playoff team. If Nuke comes back and doesnt miss a beat they will make the playoffs in spite of all the roster holes.
