GDT: R2G3 | Dallas Stars @ Colorado Avalanche | 10pm ET 8pm MT | Series tied 1-1

[SB]

I just can't fathom keeping Ross Colton for 4M beyond this season. You can't match him up against the other team's best because he stinks defensively and has poor IQ. He doesn't kill penalties and Bednar even sends him to serve delay of game minors. He doesn't play PP because the top guys play so long on PP1.

Most of all, he injures his own teammates!!! WTF did he do to Kivi tonight? After Girard and Parise already, and who knows who else. Sheesh.

 

[NorthernAvsFan]

Mitts has a point tonight with that great play off the wall if Val buries his wide open chance.

Bednar has a point. The Avs had plenty of opportunities in the 1st 40 and didn’t capitalize.

Doesn’t excuse the piss poor effort in the 3rd though.

 

[Avs_19]

Can we get Landeskog and Drouin in and Cogs and Parise out?

 

[UncleRisto]

Watch the play and tell me who you think was responsible for that goal? The guy standing there and tapped it in? Or the one that skated through 2 players, deked a 3rd and got the shot off that got the goalie out of position?

I haven't argued that MacK didn't create the goal. Rantanen doesn't score we put it on Rantanen. Rantanen does score, he didn't score well enough.

 

[nammerus]

The worst part of this all is the Avs just absolutely wasted two mildly above average efforts from Georgiev. What a travesty.

 

[chet1926]

I refuse to give up, I believe we are going to win the series. I refuse to believe they will just quit.

 

[Alienblood]

Holy shit, even Bednar and I watched two different games with the same outcome. That is not how this game unfolded for me.

Makes you wonder about how he sees things.

 

[chet1926]

I haven't argued that MacK created the goal. Rantanen doesn't score we put it on Rantanen. Rantanen does score, he didn't score well enough.

I don't care that he scored, he played like horseshit.

Facts are facts a tap in goal generated completely by another player doesn't change how poorly he played.

 

[Avs_19]

Oh, he heard it.

 

[The Kingslayer]

I refuse to give up, I believe we are going to win the series. I refuse to believe they will just quit.

This core made Martin Jones look like Hasek. They are very capable of dropping the next three like they did against Vegas.

 

[Moosehead1]

The worst part of this all is the Avs just absolutely wasted two mildly above average efforts from Georgiev. What a travesty.

He’s putting in work and giving this team a chance to win man. Good on him.

 

[CharlesPuck]

I haven't argued that MacK didn't create the goal. Rantanen doesn't score we put it on Rantanen. Rantanen does score, he didn't score well enough.

Apparently any winger can score that yet our other 8 wingers choose not to tonight.

 

[UncleRisto]

I don't care that he scored, he played like horseshit.

Facts are facts a tap in goal generated completely by another player doesn't change how poorly he played.

I know. But then why is no one else scoring?

The worst part of this all is the Avs just absolutely wasted two mildly above average efforts from Georgiev. What a travesty.

The worst part of that worst part is the effort wasn't above average, it was bad and he was much worse than the other goalie.

 

[Alienblood]

At least in that timeframe he's got 12 assists. That's a 54 point pace which is basically what he's been the last two seasons. He also does play fantastic defensive hockey.

I just can't fathom keeping Ross Colton for 4M beyond this season. You can't match him up against the other team's best because he stinks defensively and has poor IQ. He doesn't kill penalties and Bednar even sends him to serve delay of game minors. He doesn't play PP because the top guys play so long on PP1.

If you want a 13 minute center who plays exclusively even strength go find one in UFA for 1-2M cheaper than Colton.

Colton isn't even really a Center. 4 mil for a converted hopeful to be center

 

[SB]

Watch the play and tell me who you think was responsible for that goal? The guy standing there and tapped it in? Or the one that skated through 2 players, deked a 3rd and got the shot off that got the goalie out of position?

See, I'm wondering if this is a thing. Is there a rift? Mikko is scoring mucho points but not hardly doing anything else ... it's always been that way a bit, but not last season of course, but this one ... eek. But he also seems to be super crabby, just his personality (cue Finnish jokes), I don't know, if we all notice it, his laziness must annoy his teammates even more?

Blah blah blabber blah I have no clue but thinking out loud and nodding at Ismo. Mikko has been such an enigma to me. He is impossible to figure out. I keep trying.

 

[Bender]

Oh, he heard it.

I understand that Bednar wants Mack and Rants to figure it out together but he's up against the wall now.

He's going to have to play Mack with Nuke and Lehks and put Rants with Mitts. Give Mack the two best 2-way wingers and forecheckers.

 

[dahrougem2]

I don't care that he scored, he played like horseshit.

Facts are facts a tap in goal generated completely by another player doesn't change how poorly he played.

I mean I'm not going to give Mikko credit for a good game because he obviously was quite bad but that goal doesn't happen if Mikko doesn't go to the net hard and take a Star with him. Look at where MacKinnon's shot is going. Well wide of the net.

 

[nammerus]

I know. But then why is no one else scoring?


The worst part of that worst part is the effort wasn't above average, it was bad and he was much worse than the other goalie.

When I say above average, I mean..in relation to his other efforts. Not to other goalies. Everyone knows he’s a shit goalie.

 

[sethro109]

I haven't argued that MacK created the goal. Rantanen doesn't score we put it on Rantanen. Rantanen does score, he didn't score well enough.

If he scored a goal by whizzing it by the goal tender, or got an assist by making a great pass, we would only be bitching about his effort, but at least he'd still be contributing. Tapping in that goal doesn't mean shit when you just put out that type of effort. Unless he's injured, there's no excuse for him to be this lazy. He's not skating, hitting or hustling for anything. He hasn't been great in these playoffs, but tonight he was a complete liability. That's not normal for him. He's been off all season, but tonight he was extra shitty. We can't afford for our top line winger to be killing plays like he has. I have no doubt in my mind that a good amount of MacK's frustration is coming from Mikko right now. He's actively hurting his team and the coach still won't split them up.

 

[Avs9296]

See, I'm wondering if this is a thing. Is there a rift? Mikko is scoring mucho points but not hardly doing anything else ... it's always been that way a bit, but not last season of course, but this one ... eek. But he also seems to be super crabby, just his personality (cue Finnish jokes), I don't know, if we all notice it, his laziness must annoy his teammates even more?

Blah blah blabber blah I have no clue but thinking out loud and nodding at Ismo. Mikko has been such an enigma to me. He is impossible to figure out. I keep trying.

Ya telling his goalie "shut the f*** up. I'll f***ing kill you" may not be the most mentally stable thing in the world.

If he played on a Canadian team and they caught that on camera it would have been a media fiasco.

 

[sethro109]

See, I'm wondering if this is a thing. Is there a rift? Mikko is scoring mucho points but not hardly doing anything else ... it's always been that way a bit, but not last season of course, but this one ... eek. But he also seems to be super crabby, just his personality (cue Finnish jokes), I don't know, if we all notice it, his laziness must annoy his teammates even more?

Blah blah blabber blah I have no clue but thinking out loud and nodding at Ismo. Mikko has been such an enigma to me. He is impossible to figure out. I keep trying.

I really hope there's some excuse we find out about at the end of the season for Mikko's play this year. I just don't know what happened to him.

 

[the_fan]

We’re just missing Landy big time. He’s made for games like this against teams like Dallas. At least losing Landy came with winning the cup

 

[Avs_19]

I’m more pissed at the top players for the PPs than anything else. Those were squandered opportunities. They did create some chances at 5v5.

I think the Stars did a pretty good job of preventing MacKinnon from getting the puck, which led to the other four players just repeatedly turning it over on the PP. Then MacKinnon prevented himself from getting the puck when he just went and sat on the bench 30 seconds in.

 

[SB]

Ya telling his goalie "shut the f*** up. I'll f***ing kill you" may not be the most mentally stable thing in the world.

If he played on a Canadian team and they caught that on camera it would have been a media fiasco.

Well, I guess we will actually know when it's time to put up or shut up as his contract comes up ....

 

[Balthazar]