Pre-Game Talk: Week of We Talkin' 'Bout Practice, Man...

[RoyIsALegend]

Dallas playing Petrovic over Dumba. Seems like they want to go giant Dmen and see if they can slow us down. Bichel 6'7" and Petrovich 6'5" should be interesting...

They’re going to be flipping pucks high in the air out of their zone all game long. We need to pounce on those and come right back on the attack.

Only Harley and Ceci(somewhat) can make a pass.

 

[dahrougem2]

I would rather Malinski play his off side. Very mobile skater and while not ideal, probably better than EJ there.

 

[RoyIsALegend]

Uhm no, he wasn't.

Oh, he changed it. He originally had Malinski-EJ. Or Jesse is just an idiot like usual.

No need for the “uhm no” part btw, passive aggressive stuff.

 

[Raucherhusten]

So, we have no idea if Landy plays or not, or how the lines look if he plays (or not), or if Lindgren is good to go (or not) ... and neither does Dallas.

We are comming for you DeBoer! What a waste of 10 days mother*ucker!

 

[RoyIsALegend]

Fully healthy roster!

 

[Bill Peckerskull]

 

[the_fan]

Option in the series still keeps us guessing when will Landy actually play, but I guess it’s good to hear

 

[RoyIsALegend]

Wearing a suit at practice!

Coach Bednar full media availability after today’s practice:

 

[Pierce Hawthorne]

If he's an option he should be going game 1 but I'm guessing they might still feel he needs to actually get more acclimated with the NHL pace first perhaps. And they're probably gonna do the Game 3 thing instead to hopefully get a huge emotional bump on home ice.


Personally I'd play him game 1. I saw enough with the Eagles that I think he's an upgrade over most of our bottom 6 already today, but I also trust the team to go win both games in Dallas anyway so lets see how it goes.

 

[Ceremony]

Start him in game 3 when you can control the line matches. If we have a bad first two games he can provide a boost, if we win the first two games the boost will see the foot on the throat and the Stars completely destroyed before we get the brooms out for game 4.

 

[dahrougem2]

I get wanting to debut on home ice but:

1) Landy getting two road games in likely makes him feel way more comfortable for game 3 at home

2) If you are worried about line matching him on the road and want to control that at home, that to me means he isn't ready to play. If he's playing, it's gotta be full-go. None of this attempt to hide him BS. That hurts us.

 

[avalanche_country]

I get wanting to debut on home ice but:

1) Landy getting two road games in likely makes him feel way more comfortable for game 3 at home

2) If you are worried about line matching him on the road and want to control that at home, that to me means he isn't ready to play. If he's playing, it's gotta be full-go. None of this attempt to hide him BS. That hurts us.

I agree. I also think he’d have less nerves going into his first home game since 2022 with a game or two already played in Dallas.

 

[Bill Peckerskull]

 

[Foppa2118]

While that’s a positive sign, he’s also been on the “fourth” pairing with Middleton.

Bednar doing a weird EJ-Malinski third pairing with two righties. I guess the idea is EJ even on his off side is better than playing Middleton.

I don’t think Lindgren will be ready for game 1.

Seems like Lindgren is good to go, but if they're in this situation, they should be playing Malinski on the left side not EJ.

The better puck handler and skater is usually better on his off side.

Not sure why they didn't experiment with this during the regular season or the last few meaningless games.

 

[RoyIsALegend]

Seems like Lindgren is good to go, but if they're in this situation, they should be playing Malinski on the left side not EJ.

The better puck handler and skater is usually better on his off side.

Not sure why they didn't experiment with this during the regular season or the last few meaningless games.

It looks like Malinski and Middleton are the healthy scratches.

Pairings today:

Toews - Makar
Girard - Manson
Lindgren - Johnson
Middleton - Malinski

Vogt got them right, it was Montano with his daily screw up reporting EJ-Malinski together.

 

[Balthazar]

If you are worried about line matching him on the road and want to control that at home, that to me means he isn't ready to play.

That's clearly what they are worried about, what else could it be? He's not in pain and at this point it's not a couple more practices with the team on the road that will make a difference.

If he starts on game 3 it's because they want to control the line matchups with Landy.

 

[forsbergavs32]

It looks like Malinski and Middleton are the healthy scratches.

Pairings today:

Toews - Makar
Girard - Manson
Lindgren - Johnson
Middleton - Malinski

Vogt got them right, it was Montano with his daily screw up reporting EJ-Malinski together.

and you gave me shit for leaving Malinski out

 

[Foppa2118]

It looks like Malinski and Middleton are the healthy scratches.

Pairings today:

Toews - Makar
Girard - Manson
Lindgren - Johnson
Middleton - Malinski

Vogt got them right, it was Montano with his daily screw up reporting EJ-Malinski together.

Not totally surprised Bednar may go with EJ. Both have arguments IMO.

I am a bit surprised they didn't go G-EJ and Lindgren-Manson. Seemed like they were interested in that before Manson got hurt.

That said, I keep wondering if Bedsy is throwing out smokescreen with these lines and Gabe's jersey color. Would be a gamble not practicing the lines you're gonna use in the playoffs though.

 

[RoyIsALegend]

and you gave me shit for leaving Malinski out

My man, you had Keaton Middleton playing.

You deserve to be shamed through the streets like Cersei.

 

[forsbergavs32]

My man, you had Keaton Middleton playing.

You deserve to be shamed through the streets like Cersei.

I’m getting old, you’re lucky I didn’t think Sandis Ozolinsh was playing.

 

[BrickNHL]

Vogt got them right, it was Montano with his daily screw up reporting EJ-Malinski together.

I enjoy seeing your daily bashing of Montano. I appreciate a fellow hater

 

[CobraAcesS]

I enjoy seeing your daily bashing of Montano. I appreciate a fellow hater

It's like a secret society with no secrets, and that anyone can join.

Welcome lol



The dude is more of a content creator than a reporter. Megan isn't even allowed to wear pants in the winter just to get him clicks.

 

[AllAboutAvs]

It's like a secret society with no secrets, and that anyone can join.

Welcome lol



The dude is more of a content creator than a reporter. Megan isn't even allowed to wear pants in the winter just to get him clicks.

I don't get your point with this statement.

 

[expatriatedtexan]

The Avs would have won more cups with Duchene as captain instead of Landeskog

Uh, WTF @Richard88! Did you get into my stash?

 

[CobraAcesS]

I don't get your point with this statement.

Neither do I, but that's going around. I figured I'd join the fun lol.