GDT: WCQF: Game 5 - Colorado Avalanche @ Dallas Stars | 7:30 MT

[Balthazar]

Please explain to me how the vaunted DeBoer is responsible for Blackwood giving up two abhorren goals against and putting the Avs behind the 8-ball immediately?

Through 40 minutes the Avs out-chanced the Stars 29-21 and had more high danger chances 13-8. The xGF was 2.92-2.52 Avs in all situations.

The score was 5-2.

Nothing. Absolutely nothing about that indicates DeBoer was going some amazing job.

You're right.

We just happen to lose to him all the time, even when his roster is vastly inferior.

It's just bad luck.

 

[The Moops]

That first goal Blackwood let in really ****ed with the team.

If they can't overcome a goal in the first minute mentally, then they are losing game 6

 

[Vaslof]

Conservative government or it’s all shit, IMO.

Canadian hogs are extra cucked for bowing down to a guy who wants to invade their country lol

 

[expatriatedtexan]

Can someone send the refs this video

NHL refs have been trained to not call penalties for gourmet shots or Inglewood Jacks. You really think they're going to call a simple cross-check?

 

[littletonhockeycoach]

Last minute of play and DeBoers puts Benn and Marchment out on the ice.......

 

[RoyIsALegend]

If they can't overcome a goal in the first minute mentally, then they are losing game 6

We already lost game 6.

 

[Snow Arc]

 

[dahrougem2]

You're right.

We just happen to lose to him all the time, even when his roster is vastly inferior.

It's just bad luck.

You love to leave out any and all context when it comes to DeBoer.

All you look at are results. Which is fine, you're entitled to do that.

 

[JoeSakic13]

Love how Bitchel throws 4 hard crosschecks and all the penalties are even

4 cross checks means 4 penalties.

What? You expected them all to be called on Dallas?

 

[TheGrimReaper]

decided 100% by officials

 

[drhiii]

Cyanide tablets and seppuku knives being distributed at the exits...

 

[AvsWraith]

No grit or anything from Nuke.
Cale's just not here.
PK is bad. PP is worse.

 

[HockeyFan100]

Even if they win game 6 they sure as hell are not winning game 7. This is the Avs, game 7s are automatic Ls as far as I am concerned

 

[dahrougem2]

No grit or anything from Nuke.
Cale's just not here.
PK is bad. PP is worse.

Makar being a complete ghost this series has utterly destroyed the Avs.

We knew Dallas was missing Heiskanen, we didn't know the Avs would also be missing Makar.

 

[ASmileyFace]

Avs in 7.

 

[Duchene2MacKinnon]

Maybe Bednar will actually stick up for his team and all the cheap shots his team has taken tonight for a change. Doubtful.

I mean if they lose this series does he survive? He may need to fight for his job at this point

 

[Vaslof]

Cyanide tablets and seppuku knives being distributed at the exits...

hope they can send a few by mail, would be a lot more cheerful here

 

[twostroke2023]

Well. At least this game established cross checking is perfectly fine. The more times the better apparently

 

[Foppa2118]

You're right.

We just happen to lose to him all the time, even when his roster is vastly inferior.

It's just bad luck.

You know what's not a coincidence? That no one can explain how this loss was Bednar's fault.

 

[AvsWraith]

Refs are gonna f*** us, we know this, but you gotta get that kill there when the comeback was started. You gotta have it.

 

[AegonLeConqueror]

Well. At least this game established cross checking is perfectly fine. The more times the better apparently

Unfortunately Bednar will tell the players that physicality is a big no-no!

 

[SoundwaveIsCharisma]

Well, I refrained from posting and that did f*** all, guess I'll bitch a bit. Holy shit the defensive coverage is awful around the Avs net. Dallas tries to get everything into the center of the ice and tries to crowd the net. Meanwhile, the Avs spend 80-90% of their time throwing the puck around the perimeter. That goes for both offensive and defensive set ups.

Girard could not have played that 2 on 1 any worse, he wasn't taking the passing lane or the shooting lane, he was just standing around being useless. Makar has been as bad as I've ever seen him play, truly a baffling series for him. We've got too many guys that just aren't willing to make that extra effort to make impactful plays. Oettinger is basically allowed to see every puck, and the Avs make one of the poorest efforts at fighting for loose pucks. They make the obligatory poke at the goalie, but there's not a meaningful attack there.

The special teams are garbage. When they lose this series the entirety of the coaching staff needs to be scrapped. Their time is done, their effectiveness is dead.

 

[Forceberg]

It's going to be Blackwood, you don't start an unproven/unready goaler in game 6.

Next year he is not.

 

[JoeSakic13]

decided 100% by officials

Except the first 3 goals which had nothing to do with penalties…..

 

[bromando]

Avs have been the better team this series and could have swept with a couple things going differently. Stars took the closest games and that’s the difference. At a minimum, we ought to be the ones up 3-2. Win the game in Denver and then deal with your demons in Dallas.