Post-Game Talk: November 4th: Canucks @ Avs

[The Shermanator]

"Your brain is not in Colorado"

 

[AvsRobin]

Kid gloves are off.

 

[Cousin Eddie]

So forwards will get even more tired at running even deeper in the d zone?

I'm ok with this

 

[member 116861]

I like what I'm hearing.

 

[agentblack]

"Your brain is not in Colorado"

what does that mean?

 

[InjuredChoker]

Kinda... but not totally... they need to adjust to help the players that are weak in 1 on 1 battles. Basically scrap the pure man on man concept and bring the wings down in the zone to stop the cycle and/or help the defensmen win the battles against their man. So you would see more zone being played up top in the defensive zone, while man on man is kept down low. The opposing team will counter with more point shots and more one timers coming off passes from the points.

I think you will see this adjustment start to happen here soon.

what would the C do?

I'm ok with this

it helps us in preventing the other team cycling but if they collapse deeper, we still would have the issues on breakouts - depending on what the C would do.

 

[SoundwaveIsCharisma]

"Your brain is not in Colorado"

what does that mean?

Probably exactly what it sounds like. He's not focused on hockey right now.

 

[JLo217]

"Your brain is not in Colorado"

what does that mean?

Roy comes up with some odd things like "balls on the table"

 

[Tralfamadore]

"Your brain is not in Colorado"

what does that mean?

He's not using his brain because he didn't bring it to Colorado with him. I assume he left it in Halifax.

 

[Cousin Eddie]

The title of tomorrow's GDT better be based on brains being located somewhere.

 

[RockLobster]

"Your brain is not in Colorado"

what does that mean?

That he's just not focused on hockey...maybe he's thinking about too many other things and needs to get himself chewed out like this to get himself focused on hockey.

The same needs to be said to ALL the forwards, even Duchene. As much as he generates he also makes ill-timed passes and can be a turnover machine

 

[S E P H]

At this point, the Avs should just have 5 defenders lie down forming a semi-circle around the net.

A peace circle where they all start singing kumbaya?

 

[The Mars Volchenkov]

Sounds like Mitchell isn't practicing.

 

[henchman21]

what would the C do?



it helps us in preventing the other team cycling but if they collapse deeper, we still would have the issues on breakouts - depending on what the C would do.

It won't necessarily be the center it will be the first forward back (it will mostly be the center though). That player will likely take the other team's center down low, like normal. Nothing down low will change... the wings will just help stop the cycle and help the 3 low skaters win battles.

It will... pros and cons. The advantage is that it will stop the long breakout passes that the defensemen outside of EJ and Barrie are totally incapable of. There will be a lot more carrying the puck from deep in the defensive zone by the forwards.

 

[Chileiceman]

I'm in Wyoming for the week so I've been able to watch the post-game shows. I like how Rycroft tried to ask McNabb a question about the Fowler goal, asking if Guennin should have done more once Iginla had lost his man. McNabb just said no, it was Iginla's man, nothing Guenin should have done. He said that the breakdowns happen when someone leaves their man to help support another teammate. But I see the problems being that breakdowns happen when one guys gets beat there is no one that leaves their man to take that guy (ie: the Fowler goal).

I really didn't like Roy's press conference, saying that they had chances in the second that they should have scored on which would have made it a different game. You know who had even more chances in the second that they didn't score on, Patty? The Canucks.

I'll be at the Leafs game on Thursday. There better be changes.

 

[NothingLikeAnEJ]

Mac's a 19 year old kid thinking about his hot girlfriend. Roy's trying to wake everyone up.

 

[5280]

Maybe Mack's just worn out mentally He played a lot of hockey last year.

 

[5280]

Sounds like Mitchell isn't practicing.

That's not good.

 

[JoemAvs]

Maybe Mack's just worn out mentally He played a lot of hockey last year.

Maybe.
But I personally believe that the immense hype got to his head a little bit.
Hard to stay grounded as an 18 year old when you are getting such an enormous amount of praise so early.

 

[Nzap]

Sounds like Mitchell isn't practicing.

Hopefully just a maintenance day.

 

[agentblack]

Maybe Mack's just worn out mentally He played a lot of hockey last year.

Probably
Like did he need to play at the Worlds?

 

[5280]

Maybe.
But I personally believe that the immense hype got to his head a little bit.
Hard to stay grounded as an 18 year old when you are getting such an enormous amount of praise so early.

You easily could be right, but for some reason Mack doesn't strike me as that type of person. He seems to scream "I want to win over everything else" to me.

 

[5280]

Probably
Like did he need to play at the Worlds?

I didn't think so.

 

[tigervixxxen]

At this point, the Avs should just have 5 defenders lie down forming a semi-circle around the net.

Serious but probably stupid question. Why don't they do this when there is like a minute left to protect a lead. Not lie down but protect the net.

 

[AslanRH]

Is this a surprise? The Avs forwards supported the D a lot last year, and this year the forwards haven't been helping a whole lot.

Which also led to many of EJ's rushes.

EJ (or Hejda) would chip up the wall to a forward often 1/2 or 3/4 the way to the blue line and then Ej would cut up the center of the ice and take a little touch pass from the forward to escape the zone and then off he'd go.

With the forwards staying so high now, the opposition gets to that chip of the wall quickly (if not first) and that play just doesn't happen anymore.