Right at the wrong time. I know someone is going to bring up the 1-5-1 ending to the 2022 season... but that team had way less to play for than this one. Embarrassing week and a half of hockeyThis team looks broken. Wild game where MacKinnon went nuts aside, they look discombobulated and disinterested.
Behrens will spark our first round win.Cheer up lads, Malinski will be back in for Girard tomorrow.
Don't hold me to my words. I thought we're better than that here.Now, if Avs just re-sign Makar before getting to UFA is even an option does that mean everyone can hold you to this? Winning more than two series over the next 4 years? Well I’d love to be wrong but that does feel unlikely at this point. Over the next 10+? I’d take those odds
This is gonna be a very interesting offseason.
And honestly I doubt they would show their hand this close to the playoffs. But that was way worse than just a little bit of a bluff. Hopefully it's the equivalent to the Nashville Sphere incident!Everyone remember how every 3-on-3 OT used to be an auto loss?
We changed up and started taking our time, taking it back out of the zone, trying to find an angle.
We have to do the same thing here. They know how to play us, so we have to do something different that they won't expect.
It's not as bad as it used to but Mack and Rants still shoot the puck from every bad angle they can find in OT and seemingly don't care about losing possession.Everyone remember how every 3-on-3 OT used to be an auto loss?
We changed up and started taking our time, taking it back out of the zone, trying to find an angle.
There is no plan B tactically speaking. The Avs do one thing extremely well..... quick puck recovery, fast, accurate passes and breakouts, speed through the NZ and into the offensive zone and incessantly pound the puck at the opponent's goalie.It's not as bad as it used to but Mack and Rants still shoot the puck from every bad angle they can find in OT and seemingly don't care about losing possession.
Some culprits are gone (Kadri and Bura) and we added more players patient with the puck (Drouin, etc).
So is it really because of coaching though?
It ended up that way because your players weren't f***ing ready to play and your goalie shit the bed, again.