GDT: WCQF: Game 2 - Avs @ Stars, 7:30 MT - "I've Heard It Both Ways" Edition

[Avs9296]

Steel ran right into Blackwood before that goal. Maybe too much time before the goal but he just stood there and it definitely affected him. Bedsy should have tried with a challenged, why not?

That's no where near goalie interference.

 

[The Merchant]

Dallas deserved to take it after completely throwing the Avs off their game in the 3rd. Blew too many chances early in the game and started to unravel as the game went on with constant bobbled passes and lost board battles. Blacky played out of his mind in OT. He deserved better.

 

[Grigowski]

Well, we wasted a Golden Opportunity there.......

Allthough a Split and winning home ice is not that bad, but we kinda shot us in the foot with this one because someone forgot the basics of hockey in OT.......

 

[NOTENOUGHRYJOTHINGS]

I wonder how the Avs would do against a healthy team that wasn't on a 10 game losing streak heading into the playoffs.

Well the boys got a win and held a lead for parts of a second game.

That's basically our Stanley Cup.

Pack it up and hit the driving range boys! You did your best.

 

[The Shermanator]

Steel ran right into Blackwood before that goal. Maybe too much time before the goal but he just stood there and it definitely affected him. Bedsy should have tried with a challenged, why not?

I assume it was automatically reviewed. They stayed on the bench for a while.

 

[wayninja]

EJ is completely cooked. Manson also had an awful game. People complaining about G but those two were big reasons why we lost

Manson had an awful game? He was our best defenseman by far.

 

[CharlesPuck]

Idk. Hard to be happy with a split when we had a third period lead and an OT PP.

These are the games you can’t let slip away if you wanna go deep in the playoffs.

 

[TheForsbergShow]

Ej could barely move 3 years ago, you can't tell me Malinksi can't provide more than him at this point. That was painful watching him fall and struggling to even get up

 

[Balthazar]

Avs loss AND I have to be tired tomorrow

Same, and there's no chance that I fall asleep in the next 30 min

 

[Metallo]

This one is gonna cost us.

Cost us the sweep which is quite dramatic.

 

[Anders Cain]

I can't believe we gave that donkey 6 years

 

[Tom155]

Necas Nelson Cale practically invisible so far this series

Add nuke to this as well

 

[hawk30]

Good news is it feels like we're playing at about 85% of potential.

Bad news is it feels like we're playing at about 85% of potential.

 

[SuperJoe]

We can't be playing EJ anymore, he's just done, well done

 

[JoeSakic13]

I wonder how the Avs would do against a healthy team that wasn't on a 10 game losing streak heading into the playoffs.

Well the boys got a win and held a lead for parts of a second game.

That's basically our Stanley Cup.

Pack it up and hit the driving range boys! You did your best.

Probably still be tied 1-1.

Feel free to f*** off.

 

[LazRNN]

Oh well. Hopefully we see Landeskog and Malinski in for game 3.

 

[sethro109]

The 3rd period turtle was the reason we lost. Bednar can't coach. His success comes from the unique style he coaches in, and that's it. He can't make any adjustments and his lineup decisions are f***ing pathetic.

 

[SoundwaveIsCharisma]

This honestly feels like the Vegas series all over again. Avs come out hot and win game
1, but by game 2 you could see DeBoer had made changes and they were starting to beat the Avs to the puck and winning battles. Exact same thing this game. Bednar basically made no adjustments until the series was lost. Let’s see if he does anything this time or just repeat history

 

[illegitimate]

ass

 

[Pierce Hawthorne]

Getting mad at Girard on that last goal is comical stuff. He was literally the only guy actually covering his man and taking him out of the play


That goals entirely on EJ and Wood.... Its also one you'd ideally like to see Blackwood get tbh.

 

[dahrougem2]

And don't even get me started on Erik Johnson.

What the absolute f*** are you doing DIVING at the guy like that???? Blackwood is behind you, it's not a f***ing empty net.

Stay on your feet.

If I never have to watch Erik Johnson play another game I will be a happy man.

Get Sam Malinski into this lineup ASAP. That Blackwell goal was actually embarrassing to watch. A 4th liner made Wood and Johnson look like they belong in the minors.

 

[drhiii]

Exactly why EJ is at best a 7th defensemen. Live by your decisions, die by them Bedsy

He's not why the AVs presented shrinkage... p 2 and most of 3 were a collective suck.

 

[Metallo]

It was going to be a close series of close games. Got the split on slush, now let's see how we do on ice.

 

[Avs_19]

Val actually showed up in OT so hopefully that’s a good sign moving forward.

However, his linemates are a different story. Nelson hasn’t met a puck battle he doesn’t like to lose. Drouin has been soft and brutal as well.

 

[The Shermanator]

Are they really going to scratch EJ for Landy's first game back? They should. But they won't.