Pre-Game Talk: Week of a Canadian Roadie, @Leaves, @Sens, and @Habs

[RoyIsALegend]

@LTCPain75 fyi we've been covering it here for the past couple of hours

 

[UncleRisto]

Landy just barely clears "skate or do anything". Mostly he can just go to the toilet by himself.

 

[LTCPain75]

@LTCPain75 fyi we've been covering it here for the past couple of hours

And I didn't bother to look in this thread before I started a new thread on Landeskog's return. Report my thread to the mods and they can delete it if necessary.

 

[RoyIsALegend]

And I didn't bother to look in this thread before I started a new thread on Landeskog's return. Report my thread to the mods and they can delete it if necessary.

Of course not lol, it’s all good. Hype hype hype hype!

 

[RoyIsALegend]

Landy just barely clears "skate or do anything". Mostly he can just go to the toilet by himself.

Miles Wood can help him.

 

[UncleRisto]

Miles Wood can help him.

Wood makes going to the toilet so much more difficult.

 

[The Moops]

The final episode, the 5th episode, will have Landeskog announcing he's returning for game 1 of the playoffs.

Book it.

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How do I watch this shit? I don't have TNT or TruTV... I thought it'd be on Max, but I'm not seeing it on the app anywhere

 

[BrickNHL]

So that counts out Tucker Poolman then?

 

[LTCPain75]

Is Wood injured, or just a healthy scratch lately?

 

[BrickNHL]

Is Wood injured, or just a healthy scratch lately?

Healthy scratch

 

[S E P H]

Going from not playing in three years to the first line is not going to happen.

 

[RoyIsALegend]

Going from not playing in three years to the first line is not going to happen.

Nobody believes that is happening, Debbie.

 

[Ararana]

Is Wood injured, or just a healthy scratch lately?

His pride in def injured.

 

[the_fan]

Is Wood injured, or just a healthy scratch lately?

Healthy injury

 

[RoyIsALegend]

Bednar post-practice media availability:

 

[flyfysher]

Compare this 2025 Avs team to the Avs 2022 team. What do you see? Think back on all of the roster turnovers this season. 2022 was a team of destiny. This 2025 team, if they win the sc, will be known for overcoming adversity time and again.

Injury, underperforming players, addiction, contract issues, etc. I have to hand it to CMac. The Avs are as competitive now as I could have hoped for.

 

[Richard88]

Landeskog- MacKinnon- Neĉas
Lehkonen- Nelson- Nichushkin
Colton- Coyle- Drouin
Kelly- Drury- O'Connor
Kiviranta

vs

Landeskog - Mackinnon - Rantanen
Lehkonen - Kadri - Nichushkin
Burakovsky - Compher - NAK
Cogliano - Helm - O'Connor
Newhook

Basically the differences are:

Necas vs Rantanen
Nelson vs Kadri
3rd line of Colton-Coyle-Drouin vs Burakovsky-Compher-NAK
Kelly/Drury vs Cogliano/Helm
Kiviranta/Wood/Vesey vs Newhook

Very comparable I'd say.

Kadri was younger and a PPG center at the time, and Rantanen was also over PPG in the playoffs which Necas hasn't done yet, which probably tips it in favour of the 2022 group on paper. Landeskog was PPG in 2022 as well even though he was playingthrough pain, whereas now he's a big quesiton mark.

This years 3rd line seems stronger than the cast of misfits from the 2022 line. Drouin is similar to Burakovsky for that role, though Burakovsky had that crazy elimination game clutch ability. Helm and Cogliano's veteran leadership were invaluable, but in terms of sheer quality Drury and Kelly are at least even there. Then the depth 13-15th forwards is deeper now than then too.

 

[the_fan]

Compare this 2025 Avs team to the Avs 2022 team. What do you see? Think back on all of the roster turnovers this season. 2022 was a team of destiny. This 2025 team, if they win the sc, will be known for overcoming adversity time and again.

Injury, underperforming players, addiction, contract issues, etc. I have to hand it to CMac. The Avs are as competitive now as I could have hoped for.

If Landy comes back and gives us any kind of production (which I believe he will) this will probably be a deeper forward group than the 22 team. Also assuming Nelson starts producing like a 2C. Blueline was deeper in 22 than now. Goaltending wash or perhaps better now for the playoffs if Blackwood gives us above 905 or 907 save percentage which Kuemper had

 

[expatriatedtexan]

Nah, Lehky still in blue. Landy just jumping in for some drills with them.

It’s like when four or five guys wear the fourth line jerseys and rotate around.

Yeah, but what I'm keying in on is that Landy was not wearing a red jersey.

 

[LOFIN]

Yeah, but what I'm keying in on is that Landy was not wearing a red jersey.

He never has

 

[expatriatedtexan]

He never has

I know. I'm just trying to up the hype factor.

 

[the_fan]

vs

Landeskog - Mackinnon - Rantanen
Lehkonen - Kadri - Nichushkin
Burakovsky - Compher - NAK
Cogliano - Helm - O'Connor
Newhook

Basically the differences are:

Necas vs Rantanen
Nelson vs Kadri
3rd line of Colton-Coyle-Drouin vs Burakovsky-Compher-NAK
Kelly/Drury vs Cogliano/Helm
Kiviranta/Wood/Vesey vs Newhook

Very comparable I'd say.

Kadri was younger and a PPG center at the time, and Rantanen was also over PPG in the playoffs which Necas hasn't done yet, which probably tips it in favour of the 2022 group on paper. Landeskog was PPG in 2022 as well even though he was playingthrough pain, whereas now he's a big quesiton mark.

This years 3rd line seems stronger than the cast of misfits from the 2022 line. Drouin is similar to Burakovsky for that role, though Burakovsky had that crazy elimination game clutch ability. Helm and Cogliano's veteran leadership were invaluable, but in terms of sheer quality Drury and Kelly are at least even there. Then the depth 13-15th forwards is deeper now than then too.

Lehky is much more offensively productive now than in 22. If Nelson starts producing like a real 2C and we get Landy back, this year’s forward group will be deeper overall than the 22 forward group. Val is also little better offensively now than in 22

 

[Avsfan1921]

Nobody believes that is happening, Debbie.

Not true, I think Bednar is just crazy enough to do it!

 

[MaKarter]

Landy just barely clears "skate or do anything". Mostly he can just go to the toilet by himself.

Thanks Colleen Flynn

 

[Balthazar]