Pre-Game Talk: Week of Hopefully Home Wins (Tues vs. NYR, Thur vs. EDM, Sat vs. DAL)

[RoyIsALegend]

After a 2-2 week with wins over Florida and Minnesota and losses against Chicago and Winnipeg, we return home for a 5 game homestand.

Three games this week:

Tues vs. New York Rangers @ 7:00 PM MST
Thurs vs. Edmonton Oilers @ 7:30 PM MST
Sat vs. Dallas Stars @ 2:00 PM MST

News since last night's loss to Winnipeg:

- Felhaber, Innala and Miner have been re-assigned to the Colorado Eagles.
- Wedgewood activated off IR.
- Nichushkin, Wood, Ivan, Kylington, and Wedgewood all skated this morning in Denver.

Rest of the team, including Girard who has missed the last two games, are travelling back home and will not practice today. Ludvig is back up from his conditioning stint with the Eagles and will be practicing with the team tomorrow.

Tomorrow's practice should be a good indication of who's coming into the lineup on Tuesday.

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[RoyIsALegend]

We currently have 11 forwards + 8 defensemen + 2 goalies active on the roster.

Forwards (11):

Artturi Lehkonen​

Casey Mittelstadt​

Joel Kiviranta​

Jonathan Drouin​

Juuso Parssinen​

Logan O'Connor​

Mikko Rantanen​

Nathan MacKInnon​

Parker Kelly​

Ross Colton​

Valeri Nichushkin (injured but not on IR)​

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Defensemen (8):

Cale Makar​

Calvin de Haan​

Devon Toews​

Keaton Middleton​

John Ludvig​

Josh Manson​

Sam Malinski​

Samuel Girard (injured but not on IR)​

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Goalies (2):

Mackenzie Blackwood​

Scott Wedgewood​

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Injured Reserve:

Gabriel Landeskog (Knee - Last seen skating Jan 6)​

Ivan Ivan (Upper Body - Skated today Jan 12)​

Miles Wood (Upper Body - Skated today Jan 12)​

Oliver Kylington (Upper Body - Skated today Jan 12)​

Tucker Poolman (Head - will never play again)​

 

[forsbergavs32]

Guesses:

Nuke is in tomorrow
Prisch gets called up for tomorrow
Girard comes back against Dallas
Ivan Ivan and Wood come back next week
Ivan Ivan is sent down
Mittelstadt will be in the lineup the whole time but won’t play

 

[Bill Peckerskull]

I bet Nuke isn't in tomorrow, because they don't play again until Tuesday...

 

[Bill Peckerskull]

I guess Nuke and Ivan both play Tuesday. G is out till Saturday, if he even plays. Wood won't play at all this week.

 

[forsbergavs32]

I bet Nuke isn't in tomorrow, because they don't play again until Tuesday...

Tomorrow, Tuesday, same thing

 

[the_fan]

Until they fix the light mode on this site, Avs gonna be losing games

 

[AllAboutAvs]

Tomorrow, Tuesday, same thing

If you would have said he will play on the 2nd day of the week then you would have been wrong as we all know Monday is the 2nd day. Tuesday is the 3rd day.

 

[Gruyeriev]

When was the last time Ludvig actually played? I legit can’t remember.

 

[The Kingslayer]

That loss to the Hawks sucks alot more today. No reason the Avs should be losing to that team. Just beat Edmonton please.

 

[Tralfamadore]

W L L

 

[dahrougem2]

Just beat the Oilers for me

 

[the_fan]

Tomorrow, Tuesday, same thing

I agree. They both start with T

 

[RECKLESS]

Make a true statement with three wins this week.

On a random rambling sidenote, the HFBoards lightmode is growing on me. Kinda like when we had to buy albums and even if you didn't like it on first listen, you spent time with it because you already used good money on it. Then it started to grow on you and you ended up loving it. Van Halen III is the perfect example for me. When I met Gary Cherone I told him I love VH3 and he kindly replied; "Thank You. You must be the only person in the world!"

 

[AllAboutAvs]

It would be nice if we could select the background color. That way you could still be on light mode but have a background that is not as bright. Normally I prefer to have the text in black. I find it easier to read than white text but it is very uncomfortable to do here on this site due to the brightness of the background.

 

[Tommy Shelby]

I'm gonna guess Ludvig gets in for a couple of games since they wanna see how he plays after his "conditioning"

 

[RoyIsALegend]

Innala back up and time for another debut with Jason Polin replacing Felhaber.

Polin is a 25 year old, 6'0" 198 pound, right handed shot with 9 points in 21 games for the Eagles this year.

I guess nobody returns tomorrow. So much for 7-10 days for Nuke...

 

[Tommy Shelby]

Everyone gets a game but Matthew Phillips and Foudy. F*** those guys

 

[dahrougem2]

Innala back up and time for another debut with Jason Polin replacing Felhaber.

Polin is a 25 year old, 6'0" 198 pound, right handed shot with 9 points in 21 games for the Eagles this year.

I guess nobody returns tomorrow. So much for 7-10 days for Nuke...

Polin likes to play physical so I'm thinking he gets a game and Bednar banishes him to the Netherrealm.

 

[the_fan]

Val is gonna go from day to day to out for months

 

[Avsfan1921]

Val is gonna go from day to day to out for months

How long is the next infraction? My guess is his “injury” lasts about that long

 

[Pierce Hawthorne]

2-0-1


- 5-2 W vs NYR
- 2-1 OTL vs Edmonton
- 4-2 W vs Dallas

 

[RoyIsALegend]

Ivan goes down to the AHL for the first time all season.

Might be to get a few games in after coming back injury, but we’ll see.

 

[expatriatedtexan]

I like the return of Jason Polin. He only adds to the lack of NHL talent on the roster as well as the chaos we are capable of bringing.

 

[sethro109]

I really hope it's just a few games for conditioning. He's a lot better than Polin, Innala and Felhaber.

Ivan goes down to the AHL for the first time all season.

Might be to get a few games in after coming back injury, but we’ll see.