GDT: Aves @ Duckes | 8pm MT | The Mother of All Emergency Threads

[chet1926]

Twas a bit of a slew foot from my recollection. He came in and gave the back of carlssons skate a boot

That's fair, just didn't remember it being much. And was scrolling Twitter saw he got a fine and I was kind of shocked.

 

[sethro109]

Apparently Colton got a 5k fine for his trip last night. Anyone got a replay of that? I didn't even think anything of that. If anything I thought it was a weak call when I was watching it live so I kind of want to see it again.

It was all around stupid. It was away from the puck too which just makes it worse. I don't know why he lost his cool, here's the only video I can find of it.

 

[Balthazar]

It was all around stupid. It was away from the puck too which just makes it worse. I don't know why he lost his cool, here's the only video I can find of it.

Yea I don't like it

On a young rookie star to boot

 

[SB]

Funny....... I am impressed by the Duck's roster and thought they played pretty darn well. Tremendous scoring, speed, skill and intensity. And their coach has done a darn good job putting it together. Once Gibson woke up, he was unbeatable. These guys are going to be a force to deal with in just one more year.

But sure, let's just blame it all on the Avs and dismiss the team they played against. Typical HF non-objectivity.......

You could see this in the horrible shootout attempts: they were already beaten, didn't know what to do. So they did nothing.

 

[littletonhockeycoach]

A lot of blame (rightfully so) being pointed at Bednar and his deployment of forwards.

Only two other forwards played more than 13 minutes last night outside of the top line: Drouin at 14 and Wood at 13.

If Bednar doesn't trust his other three lines in a meaningless game against a below-average team in December, how is he going to possibly guide this team through a playoff grind?

He needs to start giving minutes to these guys. The middle of the season is not about winning at all costs. He needs to find something that works and continue feeding lines 2-4 consistent minutes.

This team is going to be a 1st round exit due to sheer exhaustion if Bednar continues down this path. He did it last season out of necessity with injuries.

He is doing it by choice this season.

Not surprised. That's his MO. Frankly, the Ducks outplayed/out hustled the Avs when the battles really mattered in the 2nd and 3rd. And Gibson displayed his chops.