Pre-Game Talk: This week on the Avs vs.NSH(Monday 7:00PM) vs.LA(Wednesday 8:00PM) vs.WSH(Friday 7:00PM) Return of the Coke king of Colorado.

[John Mandalorian]

People are really starting to mythologize Annunen more than a little bit. Go take a look at his last three starts. He even manages a win there but steadily got worse as time went on.

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Justus of the Crease will get starts. But we all know he ain't the starting goalie, and shouldn't be the starting goalie.

Did it ever occur to anyone that Bednar also has to be concerned about Annunen's confidence going out the window too? I don't get the impression he's as fragile as Georgie but he's still a really young goalie who's barely made it into the NHL. And as has been pointed out ad nauseam, he ain't lookin' good in practice either.

“In the land of the blind, the one-eyed man is king”...Annunen seems like Odin about now.

 

[lionsDen]

“In the land of the blind, the one-eyed man is king”...Annunen seems like Odin about now.

 

[expatriatedtexan]

When healthy [insert mando laugh-cry meme] who's our 4th line C, Ivan or Parker? I feel liek Parker would be more effective on the wing, but Bednar's got him centering the 3rd mostly.

 

[Pokecheque]

Didn't someone say Jussi Parkkila has been asking for Bednar to give Annunen more starts? I don't know how to explain Bednar's love for Fourgiev anymore, he literally doesn't even listen to his goalie coach.

To paraphrase Henchy from earlier, it’d make sense for the goalie coach to want to see the top goalie prospect in more NHL game situations. But I don’t think this is a situation where the man with big hair is pounding the table for Justus to play and the man with long hair just ignoring him outright.

 

[forsbergavs32]

To paraphrase Henchy from earlier, it’d make sense for the goalie coach to want to see the top goalie prospect in more NHL game situations. But I don’t think this is a situation where the man with big hair is pounding the table for Justus to play and the man with long hair just ignoring him outright.

Hopefully not, if they're fighting that situation could get a bit hairy

 

[Pokecheque]

Hopefully not, if they're fighting that situation could get a bit hairy

I very much doubt there’s any sort of infighting going on amongst the coaches.