WCQF: Winnipeg Jets Vs. Colorado Avalanche (COL lead 3-1)

[Mad Dog Tannen]

Yep. Time for some nasty trash talk:

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Yeah, I went there. Things just got real, yo.

(If I went too far the 'report' button is at the bottom left. I leave myself at the mercy of the mods. Great bunch, those HF Mods.)



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I just learned the Avs retired their first mascot cause everyone was mistaking it for a Yeti - it was supposed to be a hot Denver woman. Poor mascot got cancelled for objectification of Colorado women and replaced with a more realistic depiction of Denver ladies. Bernadette….apparently not a St. Bernard!

Colorado mascots. So confusing!

 

[thethirdhockeyman91]

Jets in 6. Avalanche don’t look right lately.

 

[a mangy Meowth]

Here's the NHL's top four goalies with a minimum of 20 games played:

Can you do it with minimum 13 games played? Just for fun

 

[Mad Dog Tannen]

I didn't say the Jets had average goaltending. I said that even if they Jets only get average goaltending from Helle and Broissoit it is still miles better than the Avs goaltending. Sorry that it didn't come across clearly.

Stumpytown….more like stumpy-clown!! Burn!

Go Jerts Go!

 

[Spilot23]

If Avs lose this series it will 100% because of the refs ! Just sayin.

 

[Finnflash]

As a jets fan. I’ve always liked the Avs but I’ll try some trash talk.

Honestly I can’t.

Between smoking dope and drinking craft beer there are more similarities between winnipeg and Colorado than not. Minus the scenery and good wifi

 

[JetsWillFly4Ever]

Home ice advantage should help. Hard match Lowry to Mackinnon at 5v5. Ehlers line should feast and Scheifele's line can hold their head above water.

If the Avs can get Mackinnon vs. Scheifele consistently we'll be in trouble.

Special teams will be huge too, Jets need to stay out of the box. Our penalty kill is atrocious and well our PP is just as bad.

I've got the Jets in 7. Need Helle to be at his best.

 

[TheDeuce]

Can you do it with minimum 13 games played? Just for fun

Broissoit sits at #2 after Frederik Anderson.

That was fun!



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[Spilot23]

Home ice advantage should help. Hard match Lowry to Mackinnon at 5v5. Ehlers line should feast and Scheifele's line can hold their head above water.

If the Avs can get Mackinnon vs. Scheifele consistently we'll be in trouble.

Special teams will be huge too, Jets need to stay out of the box. Our penalty kill is atrocious and well our PP is just as bad.

I've got the Jets in 7. Need Helle to be at his best.

Same for us brother ! Our PK is absolutely horrendous no one is clearing the crease and there's always someone open for a cross pass. We will need Mittelstadt and Nichushkin to step up. They have been very underwhelming the last couple games. If the 2022 Makar-Toews show up damn I'll like our chances I think it would help our defense but also our goalie.

 

[TheDeuce]

Home ice advantage should help. Hard match Lowry to Mackinnon at 5v5. Ehlers line should feast and Scheifele's line can hold their head above water.

If the Avs can get Mackinnon vs. Scheifele consistently we'll be in trouble.

Special teams will be huge too, Jets need to stay out of the box. Our penalty kill is atrocious and well our PP is just as bad.

I've got the Jets in 7. Need Helle to be at his best.

I don't know how much of a role home ice advantage has played in the past when the two teams are roughly equal but looking at Colorado's home ice record vs their road record makes me feel a bit of relief that the Jets secured second place.

Colorado's home record: 30-9-1. Almost gaudy.
Colorado's away record: 19-16-6. AKA 19-22. Almost grody. Not grody to the max, but grody nonetheless.

But it's the playoffs. It's a whole new hockey game.


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[StumpyTown]

Stumpytown….more like stumpy-clown!! Burn!

Go Jerts Go!

Yeah. That makes about as much sense as your motto "Make like a tree and get outta here". Not sure what that was about.

 

[TheDeuce]

Same for us brother ! Our PK is absolutely horrendous no one is clearing the crease and there's always someone open for a cross pass. We will need Mittelstadt and Nichushkin to step up. They have been very underwhelming the last couple games. If the 2022 Makar-Toews show up damn I'll like our chances I think it would help our defense but also our goalie.

Yeah, that was a huge surprise for me watching the Jets - Avs game. Our pp actually clicked while I thought the Avs had a solid pk as per this article:

Why the Colorado Avalanche’s penalty kill has been so good

The Avalanche are perfect on the penalty kill since the March 8 Trade Deadline.

www.dailyfaceoff.com

I'm betting the Avs will go back to their shutdown pk play once the playoffs start though. That 7-0 game was an outlier in every possible way.



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If Avs lose this series it will 100% because of the refs ! Just sayin.

Tell me you're a closet Canucks fan without telling me you're a closet Canucks fan.


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[a mangy Meowth]

Broissoit sits at #2 after Frederik Anderson.

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That was fun!



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Thanks! Oh look, there's our guy too.

 

[Spirits]

Home ice advantage should help.

It doesn't matter where this series is played, the Jets are going to win this. The Avalanche are going to beat themselves like they have for the last 7-8 games. Sieve in net, series over.

 

[Spirits]

Flukey cause MacKinnon didn’t play for 1 or 2 games? What are you talking about?! lol.

The cope is delicious.

The first game in Denver MacKinnon had a goal and an assist - involved in both goals in a 4-2 loss

The next game in Winnipeg MacKinnon had 2 assists on both Avs goals in a 6-2 loss to the jets

The third game was 7-0 but mackinnon was there, even though it didn’t seem like it.

Every game the Jets get better at beating the Avs and making MacKinnon less relevant.

What’s the next score gonna be 8 to -1 Jets? MacKinnon scores an own goal?

Can’t wait to find out!

Go jets go - beat them in 4giev!

Congrats on the cup.

Colorado is still obviously a cup favorite but this is probably their worst match up

And their second worse match up is any team that shoots pucks at nets.

 

[Mad Dog Tannen]

 

[Praetorian Caps]

Hard to bet against the Avs, but the Jets seem to know how to play them well. Should be an awesome series, psyched for this one

Same a

Jets went 3-0 against the Avs this season.

7-0
6-2
4-2

They won both games in Denver and outscored the Avs by 13 in 3 games.

Because they dominated Colorado in the season I got to go with Winnipeg in this.

 

[eviohh26]

If Avs lose this series it will 100% because of the refs ! Just sayin.

Garbage goal. Foot was clearly in the crease.

 

[Mad Dog Tannen]

How many AVS fans does it take to change a lightbulb?

3

1 to hold the lightbulb, and 2 to turn the ladder.

 

[Avsfan1921]

How many AVS fans does it take to change a lightbulb?

3

1 to hold the lightbulb, and 2 to turn the ladder.

Does Winnipeg even have electricity?

 

[Do or Die]

Time for the trash talk.....

These Colorado sportsmen who call themselves "fans" display uncouth behavior, as well as great disdain for some common curtsies and discourse. There appears a need for serious chastisement......

 

[Avsfan1921]

Time for the trash talk.....

These Colorado sportsmen who call themselves "fans" display uncouth behavior, as well as great disdain for some common curtsies and discourse. There appears a need for serious chastisement......

Ok now you’ve crossed a line sir.

 

[CaptainUgly]

If LA upsets Dallas do they play the winner of DEN/WIN ?

 

[Avsfan1921]

If LA upsets Dallas do they play the winner of DEN/WIN ?

I dunno man. I’m too old to understand the seeding anymore. Just go 1 vs 8 and so on. Reseed so highest plays lowest each round lol.

 

[Jixer19]

If LA upsets Dallas do they play the winner of DEN/WIN ?

If the wildcard team plays a team from the other division, they are then in that division, so yes they would face whoever wins out of Avs/Jets