GDT: Aves VS. Penguins 12-11-17 -- 5PM MT

[Vaslof]

EJ going for the head block

 

[Sam Spade]

Why did the Avs announcer say the word "shutout"?

 

[forsbergavs32]

You're the 1st one to mention it in the whole thread.

Edit: You jinxed him

Yup, that one is on me

 

[Avalanche]

Good win

 

[The Kingslayer]

A win. You guys can thank me later for picking a bunch of Pens on my draftkings

 

[Alexmandu]

THat works for me

 

[RoyIsALegend]

Gritty win, held on. Pens were the better team, but who cares. Bernier with a great game.

 

[Avs44]

Not always pretty defensively, but I thought they did a good job boxing the Pens out overall. Nice win. Sometimes have to win the ugly grindy ones.

 

[Foppberg]

Gritty win, held on. Pens were the better team, but who cares. Bernier with a great game.

Seemed pretty even to me. They seemed almost drowsy and not really in this game though.

 

[Vaslof]

Gritty win, held on. Pens were the better team, but who cares. Bernier with a great game.

Were they? Don't think they played better than us. Basically a perfect road game if not for that one sequence in the third where Avs couldn't get the puck out of their zone.

 

[S E P H]

JT Compher is becoming Michael Grabner, nnnnnnnnnnnnnooooooooooooooooooooooooo

 

[Pierce Hawthorne]

Outside of about 1, 2 minute period in that 3rd period, the Avs did a really fantastic job defensively at limiting grade A scoring chances, and not letting the rebounds get back to Pens players in tight.



Pens had 40+ shits but like Bernier said, Avs did a good job at allowing him to see the shots and a lot of those shots came from the point.


Good, hard road win.

 

[Cousin Eddie]

Feel bad for Bernier. 11 seconds, man.

 

[DanishAvsfan]

Did Barrie get hurt at the end?
Also I think Chambers just called Carl Soderberg Cody.

 

[forsbergavs32]

I thought we played pretty well, even game

 

[The Kingslayer]

JT Compher is becoming Michael Grabner, nnnnnnnnnnnnnooooooooooooooooooooooooo

More like Maxim Afinogenov lol I assume ur talking about how JTC cant finish

 

[The Kingslayer]

Only thing that sucks is Kerfy got hurt and Mackinnon didnt get a legit point.

 

[Balthazar]

It's hard to get excited when you look at the standings. We're already stuck in the worst place in hockey: almost sure not to make the playoffs and almost sure not to get a top 5 pick.

 

[S E P H]

More like Maxim Afinogenov lol I assume ur talking about how JTC cant finish

Sort of that, but more how many breakaways he gets in a game, but how little he scores on them. Maybe that's what you mean as well, Lol.

It was a gritty win as TPS said above. Jost, EJ, and Barrie all looked great. Rantanen, I swear was legitimately drunk today. Worst Avs player by far. Great game for Bernier, that second for him is looking nicer as of now. MacKinnon was all pro.

 

[Balthazar]

Rantanen, I swear was legitimately drunk today. Worst Avs player by far..

Theres someone who say that after every game.

 

[dahrougem2]

I think Compher will start scoring more. Maybe it won't happen right away, but the guy is too good to not score. I think he's going to be a consistent 20-25 goal scorer in this league.

Any update on Kerfoot?

 

[ASmileyFace]

Avs were a couple posts away from winning this one 4-1. Crazy.

 

[Cousin Eddie]

Compher's shooting percentage is respectable. He's also scored on a couple of breakaways too. I tend to favor Compher as much as possible lol, but I'm not concerned about his finishing ability. It'll likely improve with experience too.

The fact that he gets so many breakaways is impressive on it's own. Once he figures it out the goals become gravy.

Now please send Tyson Jost down.

 

[Freaky Styley]

2 of the ugliest wins I've seen in a while. Avs have no pace to their game when the top line isn't on. It's almost as if most of the team doesn't want to touch the puck or try to make a play. Seem disinterested already. Not sure what happened because a few weeks ago, before the Duchene trade and shortly after, they were actually playing some pretty solid system hockey. The fact that they've fallen apart after a losing streak tells me they aren't responding the Bednar and he needs to go sooner than later, especially with quality coaches (SUTTER!) on the market.

 

[Perratrooper]

I think Compher will start scoring more. Maybe it won't happen right away, but the guy is too good to not score. I think he's going to be a consistent 20-25 goal scorer in this league.

Any update on Kerfoot?

MacK wasn't great at breakaways at first either, I hate faith in JTC. He's still a rookie, I have faith.