Series Talk: WCSF: Colorado Avalanche (C3) vs Dallas Stars (C1) | Stars win 4-2

[Grigowski]

This game is gonna be very tough for the Avs to win

Leftfield-Prediction:

We are going to take Game 2 in fashion and go for the early kill....

 

[Spilot23]

Keep doing the same thing and finish those hits ! Alot of people said teams like Winnipeg, Dallas and Vegas would bully us and our small dmans. Right now Avs showing they can play their game and outplay them from that.

 

[EdAVSfan]

Feels like if Avs lose tonight, JD might be back in game 3, if we win they’ll probably feel no need to rush him back so maybe game 4 or 5

For Drouin, it wasn’t a muscle tear or injury that required rehab, etc. It was a cut. So it’s really just making sure the cut is healed enough that it won’t re-open.

Once it’s good to go, it’s good to go.

Instead, for kiviranta, it was a legit injury. That one could always be more cautious if necessary.

 

[Bill Peckerskull]

 

[Ararana]

Alot of people said teams like Winnipeg, Dallas and Vegas would bully us and our small dmans.

 

[Foppa2118]

Rantanen plays soooo much better when he's pissed off. You saw it last game after the 1st period debacle. He definitely used his body and would have set up MacKinnon for a nice goal but Nate just missed.

Also remember how he snapped his stick in half in G5 against WPG and then scored two goals?

We need someone to piss Mikko off before each game. Can someone please give Dater his credentials back or something? Or maybe Lehky can talk to his dad and tell him to publically call out Mikko every day "yeah he's producing but still not looking good" or something like that.

This is totally true.

Mikko had one of his best games of the season when he was pissed off after Ismo criticized his summer.

Also had a hat trick the game after he had his tiff with Georgiev.

I think Mikko is more of a hot head than Nate or Georgie at this point. Always barking at the officials, snapping sticks, yelling at teammates. Seems like it brings the best out of him though.

We need to pay someone to just heckle him every game from behind the bench.

 

[Bill Peckerskull]

 

[expatriatedtexan]

Was listening to the talking heads on NHL Radio on SiriusXM this morning. They're starting to eat crow on saying the Avs don't have any depth.

They're going to be eating 215lbs of crow once we activate our 3rd line grinder from LTIR.

 

[Dr Amazing204]

Col takes a 2-0 series lead tonight the Avs and Georgy start out strong for game 2 after the slow start in game 1

Go Avs Go.

 

[Bill Peckerskull]

Of course, we get THAT crew.

 

[Pierce Hawthorne]

Advanced stats we like=good. Advanced stats we don’t like=needs context

This is too good

 

[jaisen73]

Dallas is going to play desperation hockey. Sure, they came back from an 0-2 hole in Round One but veteran players on that team know that is hard to replicate and the fact the Avs played 2 less games up to this point will also become a factor. Not 'must win' for Dallas but not far from it. Survive the first ten minutes, don't count on rallying from 3-0 again (that is also rare), and come back home up 2 games.

 

[forsbergavs32]

Of course, we get THAT crew.

Could be worse, we could get Sean "Prince Valium" McDonough

 

[Balthazar]

So assuming there's no more injury, once Drouin and Kivi are back who get scratched? Wagner and Parise?

 

[5280]

I have no idea what is going to happen in game 2. We might win, we might lose

 

[5280]

Could be worse, we could get Sean "Prince Valium" McDonough

I think Forslund is great. I used to like Eddie O until he started actively rooting against the Avs.

 

[Foppa2118]

I have no idea what is going to happen in game 2. We might win, we might lose

Or the game gets postponed due to a flood of Dallas tears in the building when the Avs take the lead again.

 

[The Moops]

So assuming there's no more injury, once Drouin and Kivi are back who get scratched? Wagner and Parise?

I don't think you bench Parise

 

[Bill Peckerskull]

Could be worse, we could get Sean "Prince Valium" McDonough

Forslund is fine, the other two are awful for reasons overly stated on this site. Why can't we get Kenny and Callahan and send these other f***s to NYC?

 

[RockLobster]

I don't think you bench Parise

I think you rotate out Cogs & Parise tbh. I think some would say Duhaime, but I think we need his size and physical play on the 4th line

 

[EdAVSfan]

So assuming there's no more injury, once Drouin and Kivi are back who get scratched? Wagner and Parise?

Definitely not Parise.

Wagner 100%. Then 1 of Cogliano/Duhaime.

 

[GoNordiquesGo]

Rantanen is this weird big, strong dude who never hits anyone and always seem to overbalance his weight against opponents to protect the puck and cut inside. If he times it well, he is like a mountain that can't be budged, but when he doesn't, he crashes down sprawling like a bambi. And he misses his timing really, really often... It looks a bit like he lacks core strength for his size and tries to compensate by leaning too much into his opponents...

 

[The Moops]

I like Forslund, but I can't stand Eddie O. Hopefully we make him sad tonight

 

[Mighty Makar]

 

[Balthazar]

Definitely not Parise.

Wagner 100%. Then 1 of Cogliano/Duhaime.

Definitely not Duhaime.

Perhaps they rotate the old men but Cogs is a better bottom 6er than Parise.