GDT: #47 - 01/20/18 | rangers @ avalanche | 3:00 - MSG

[Riche16]

Well this should be interesting... played like crap against Buffalo and eeked it out...

The injuries piling up.

This trip is going to be sort of like falling down a flight of stairs slowly but breaking things all the way down

 

[Oscar Lindberg]

I have this feeling that MacKinnon and Rantanen are gonna light the team up today

They have been so good lately

 

[Ratelleitlikeitis]

With the game tomorrow having a later start time I would prefer Hank to start both.

Ondrej 6-2-3 in 11 games versus Avs

 

[Siddi]

Ondrej 6-2-3 in 11 games versus Avs

I would still prefer for Hank to start with there being some extra time for recovery between games.

 

[Ori]

Mackinnon has nearly twice as many points as our top scorer.... Would be nice to have an elite forward for once. Sigghhh

Chemistry is important especially in hockey.

 

[nyr2k2]

I look forward to seeing the defense get buttf***ed by MacKinnon and the Finnish dude.

 

[Fataldogg]

I would still prefer for Hank to start with there being some extra time for recovery between games.

This. Every point matters. It's a dog fight for that last wild card spot. You always start the goaltender who gives you the best chance to win if it's this tight. He leads the league in starts. Hasn't shown signs of slowing down.

 

[GeorgeKaplan]

I have this feeling that MacKinnon and Rantanen are gonna light the team up today

They have been so good lately

Wathed an Avs-Golden Knights preseason game and they were all over the place, went over to my fantasy hockey league and saw both were on waivers, picked both up and they've been carrying my team the past month or so

 

[UncleRisto]

We've gotta lose eventually. Holden from Paul Carey GWG.

 

[chosen]

Wathed an Avs-Golden Knights preseason game and they were all over the place, went over to my fantasy hockey league and saw both were on waivers, picked both up and they've been carrying my team the past month or so

MacKinnon was on waivers?

Are there only two teams in the league?

 

[GeorgeKaplan]

MacKinnon was on waivers?

Are there only two teams in the league?

There's 8, but just speaking for myself since I didn't draft him either, I thought the Avs were going to be as much of a dumpster fire as they were last year and MacKinnon certainly wasn't very good last year either.
It was a real weird draft though, I think I got Karlsson in the 2nd round and someone else got Ovechkin in the 4th I think

 

[Samuel Culper III]

Mackinnon has nearly twice as many points as our top scorer.... Would be nice to have an elite forward for once. Sigghhh

Mackinnon has 3 more assists than our top scorer has points... and 22 goals.

 

[chosen]

There's 8, but just speaking for myself since I didn't draft him either, I thought the Avs were going to be as much of a dumpster fire as they were last year and MacKinnon certainly wasn't very good last year either.
It was a real weird draft though, I think I got Karlsson in the 2nd round and someone else got Ovechkin in the 4th I think

Was Kreider drafted?

 

[Ori]

Was Kreider drafted?

Chris Kreider?
1st rd, 19th overall pick in year 2009.

 

[Irishguy42]

Chris Kreider?
1st rd, 19th overall pick in year 2009.

Talking about in fantasy hockey. Not real life lol

 

[Irishguy42]

 

[Avsavsavsavsavs]

Is Holden really a first pairing D for you guys? I have a soft spot for him but most Avs fans hate him.

 

[Irishguy42]

Is Holden really a first pairing D for you guys? I have a soft spot for him but most Avs fans hate him.

He's a dork. I like him.

But I'd like him more if he wasn't first-pairing on this team.

 

[Irishguy42]

So...Pavelec vs the Kings tomorrow?

 

[Avsavsavsavsavs]

He's a dork. I like him.

But I'd like him more if he wasn't first-pairing on this team.

He seems good for the locker room as well. I think he got a lot of flak for the shitty seasons under Roy, but he makes a solid bottom pairing guy.

 

[Irishguy42]

 

[Irishguy42]

He seems good for the locker room as well. I think he got a lot of flak for the ****ty seasons under Roy, but he makes a solid bottom pairing guy.

Yeah, I've only seen great things from him in locker room interactions. He seems like he has a great/goofy personality.

When he has been used on the bottom pairing and given appropriate minutes, he's been good. It's just being forced into a role he's not great at is...rough.

 

[smoneil]

While Grabner will be a big loss, I liked what I saw out of Catenacci when I saw him last month. Seemed like a prototypical energy guy. He was EVERYWHERE when he was on the ice and tilted the ice towards the other team's goal on almost every shift. I don't know much about him other than that, but his name stood out because of that energy.

 

[Irishguy42]

 

[Pavel Buchnevich]

Is Holden really a first pairing D for you guys? I have a soft spot for him but most Avs fans hate him.

Yes, and he's exposed on it. We aren't a good team, you guys are probably better than us.