GDT: Avalanche @ Predators: 11-18-17: 6 PM MT Girard vs Turris

[CobraAcesS]

Landeskog - MacKinnon - Rantanen
2nd OA 2011 COL - 1st OA 2013 COL - 10th OA 2015 COL

Wilson - Kerfoot - Compher
7th OA 2008 NSH - 150th OA 2012 NJD - 35th OA 2013 BUF

Nieto - Soderberg - Comeau
47th OA 2011 SJS - 49th OA 2004 STL - 47th OA 2004 NYI

Andrighetto - Toninato - Yakupov
86th OA 2013 MTL - 126th OA 2012 TOR - 1st OA 2012 EDM

Girard - Johnson
47th OA 2016 NSH - 1st OA 2006 STL

Zadorov - Barberio
16th OA 2013 BUF - 152nd OA 2008 TBL

Bigras - Mironov
32nd OA 2013 COL - 101st OA 2015 COL

Varlamov
23rd OA 2006 WSH

Bernier
11th OA 2006 LA

vs

Kyle Turris 3 GP 1G 2A


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Lineup & injury info at the end of the BSN article on Girard. This is something that's common with Dater these days. Girard enjoying new home, excited to take on former team

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[RoyIsALegend]

Is Varly confirmed?

 

[CharlesPuck]

Wow. We have only drafted 3/12 forwards and 2/6 Dmen.

 

[landy92mack29]

Landy was 2nd ovr in 2011

 

[tigervixxxen]

Fun theme! So we are responsible for the top line and the third pair, sounds about right!

 

[Pierce Hawthorne]

Are those lines confirmed? If so I'm a big fan.

Wilson should be playing with a lot of confidence after his big game on Thursday. I can see that line playing extremely well and working as a decent 2nd scoring line for us.

Cant imagine we'll see the Yak/Sven/Toninato line getting many minutes.

 

[JoemAvs]

Nice GDT. Love the theme.
3 guys that went 47th overall. Interesting.


As a guy that is way too interested in the draft, I have to point out that Landesgod went ahead of Huberdeau in 2011 and was the 2nd overall, though .


Lineup looks as expected although Zadorov - Barberio makes me shudder. Barbie right now is the guy I wouldn't mind forgetting at a gas station while travelling with the team bus...

 

[Duchene2MacKinnon]

Man, that "defensive" crop is brutal. The bottom 4 is going to get eaten alive.

 

[RoyIsALegend]

Cant imagine we'll see the Yak/Sven/Toninato line getting many minutes.

Sven's going to be hoping we get our fair share of PPs.

 

[Balthazar]

Man, that "defensive" crop is brutal. The bottom 4 is going to get eaten alive.

Imagine you're the other team's coach and you look at that defense while prepping for the game. Must be hard not to feel confident.

 

[Pierce Hawthorne]

Meh, the Defense faired pretty good against Washington.

Mironov had a strong game for his standards. And Zadorov was really good as well.

If those two can build off of last game I think they'll be fine.

 

[Pokecheque]

Hope some guys get healthy so Barberio or Mironov can sit. The problem with having both of them in the lineup is that it kinda hurts Bigras. They can't possibly put him on the 2nd pairing because then the 3rd one is Barberio-Mironov (yikes) and since they stuck Bigras with Mironov they'll likely severely limit Bigras's minutes.

Regardless I'm really looking forward to Toninato, even though I'm not a huge fan of that "4th" line. I feel like they could mix things up a little between Kerfoot's line and Toninato's and achieve a little better balance. But whatever, I just want to see what the kid can do.

 

[Raucherhusten]

Imagine you're the other team's coach and you look at that defense while prepping for the game. Must be hard not to feel confident.

Man, that "defensive" crop is brutal. The bottom 4 is going to get eaten alive.

The same D just beat the Ovechkin Capitals and looked pretty good all game long. And who knows, maybe Barrie is back ...

 

[Pierce Hawthorne]

Hope some guys get healthy so Barberio or Mironov can sit. The problem with having both of them in the lineup is that it kinda hurts Bigras. They can't possibly put him on the 2nd pairing because then the 3rd one is Barberio-Mironov (yikes) and since they stuck Bigras with Mironov they'll likely severely limit Bigras's minutes.

Regardless I'm really looking forward to Toninato, even though I'm not a huge fan of that "4th" line. I feel like they could mix things up a little between Kerfoot's line and Toninato's and achieve a little better balance. But whatever, I just want to see what the kid can do.

Mironov was pretty easily the better Dman of the two the other night.

Bigras is the weakest link on that Dcore. He shouldn't be in the NHL right now. I mean Mirnov probably shouldn't either, but Bigras even more so is looking really, really bad as of late.

 

[Pokecheque]

I'll admit Bigras looks bad out there right now. Unfortunately I do actually think the coaches have mishandled him a bit. But I think putting him out there with Mironov is making things way worse because you simply have no idea what he's going to do positionally or with the puck. And sometimes I think he doesn't truly know either. He wasn't horrible last game, in fact I won't argue with anyone who says it might've been his best game of the year. Still a long, long way from actually being good.

 

[McMetal]

Mironov was a mixed bag last game, which means it was by far his best showing. Maybe he is settling in, I certainly hope so. As for Bigras, he needs to just play through these mistakes. With Lindholm and Nemeth out they have little choice but to play him, and honestly that's the best thing right now.

Benching him won't make him a better defenseman. That would only make sense if we had playoff expectations for this season and couldn't afford to have him cost us points in the standings. What do the Avs honestly have to lose by giving him a chance to work through the rough patch? As of now, he's not even taking ice time away from other defensemen who could use it.

 

[dahrougem2]

Fun fact: Sven Andrighetto is currently 14th in career points amongst skaters from the 2013 draft, and will probably pass Nichuskin this year for 13th. Of those players, the only player with less games played than Andrighetto is Anthony Mantha.

 

[UncleRisto]

Thanks for including both the draft pick lineup and the names. Nicely done.

 

[Piestany88]

Landeskog - MacKinnon - Rantanen
3rd OA 2011 COL - 1st OA 2013 COL - 10th OA 2015 COL

Wilson - Kerfoot - Compher
7th OA 2008 NSH - 150th OA 2012 NJD - 35th OA 2013 BUF

Nieto - Soderberg - Comeau
47th OA 2011 SJS - 49th OA 2004 STL - 47th OA 2004 NYI

Andrighetto - Toninato - Yakupov
86th OA 2013 MTL - 126th OA 2012 TOR - 1st OA 2012 EDM

Girard - Johnson
47th OA 2016 NSH - 1st OA 2006 STL

Zadorov - Barberio
16th OA 2013 BUF - 152nd OA 2008 TBL

Bigras - Mironov
32nd OA 2013 COL - 101st OA 2015 COL

Varlamov
23rd OA 2006 WSH

Bernier
11th OA 2006 LA

vs

Kyle Turris 3 GP 1G 2A​

Landy went 2 overall in 2011 but nice gdt

 

[CobraAcesS]

Landy was 2nd ovr in 2011

Thanks guys, went over it a couple times. Funny I missed one of the most obvious lol.

 

[CobraAcesS]

Thanks for including both the draft pick lineup and the names. Nicely done.

Yeah when others have done themes like that, there were ones I had to look up. So that was an easy choice for those of us lesser than Darren Pang.

 

[CobraAcesS]

Are those lines confirmed? If so I'm a big fan.

Wilson should be playing with a lot of confidence after his big game on Thursday. I can see that line playing extremely well and working as a decent 2nd scoring line for us.

Cant imagine we'll see the Yak/Sven/Toninato line getting many minutes.

I got them from the end of Daters blog on Girard. BSN. I'll add a link as a reference. I've gotten used to him adding stuff like that lately.

Fun theme! So we are responsible for the top line and the third pair, sounds about right!

Doesn't it lol? We have developed quite a few more than we drafted though. It would look better if you included guys that spent at least some time in our system or at an age cutoff, but that just sugar coats it lol

 

[Foppa Frossa]

I expect Nashville to have a much better idea of what they're facing in Girard. Wouldn't be surprised if he takes a step back tonight, but hopefully he proves me wrong.

 

[Balthazar]

Odds lines for tonight games on ESPN:
Ottawa is -185 at home vs Arizona
Nashville is -205 vs AVS

So Arizona have a greater chance to beat the Sens than we have to beat the Preds.

 

[AvHooligan]

Ill be at Bridgestone repping the Avs at tonight's game. Do you think it would be distasteful to bring a sign that says "Thanks for Girard"