Series Talk: WCQF: (C3) Colorado Avalanche vs (C2) Winnipeg Jets | Avs Win 4-1

[RoyIsALegend]

After we dispatch of the jets look at the goalies in the West we have to deal with. Name one goalie we could meet before Bob who is as good as Helly. Or a D core.

Vegas have quite easily the best D in the league.

Hanifin - Pietrangelo
McNabb - Theodore
Martinez - Whitecloud

Yikes.

 

[LOFIN]

Vegas have quite easily the best D in the league.

Hanifin - Pietrangelo
McNabb - Theodore
Martinez - Whitecloud

Yikes.

lol. It's pretty good, but I'm hard-pressed to call it "the best in the league" when they don't even have a true star #1 D-man. No, Pietrangelo ain't it.

 

[RoyIsALegend]

lol. It's pretty good, but I'm hard-pressed to call it "the best in the league" when they don't even have a true star #1 D-man. No, Pietrangelo ain't it.

Strongly disagree.

No coach in the league has an issue rolling out Pie for 26-30 minutes a night in the playoffs.

Cup champion acting as a #1 on TWO different teams.

 

[sethro109]

 

[the_fan]

Vegas have quite easily the best D in the league.

Hanifin - Pietrangelo
McNabb - Theodore
Martinez - Whitecloud

Yikes.

Avs match that easily with a better top pair in Toews and Makar. Vegas has a better player on the 2nd pair in Theodore compared to Girard or Manson, 3rd pair is pretty even as long as JJ continues to play a simple mistake free hockey. We might actually have a better player on 3rd pair in Walker if he gets going and look like he did in few games after the trade.

Makar>>>Pietrangelo
Toews>Hanafin
Theodore>>>Girard
Manson=>McNabb
Walker=>Martinez
Whitecloud>>JJ

 

[Pierce Hawthorne]

Vegas have quite easily the best D in the league.

Hanifin - Pietrangelo
McNabb - Theodore
Martinez - Whitecloud

Yikes.

Meh, its Top 3-5 but I wouldn't say its the best. I'd take our group over that group pretty easily tbh.

Makar >> Pietrangelo
Toews > Hanifin
Manson << Theodore
Girard = McNabb
Walker > Martinez
Johnson < Whitecloud


The biggest difference is our #1 and #2 versus theres. Huge gap overall between those guys. Vegas has better depth but not enough to makeup for the difference at the top.

 

[dahrougem2]

Boy that could have been very bad for Dillon. He had so much adrenaline he probably didn't even realize he was cut until getting up.

 

[LOFIN]

The biggest difference is our #1 and #2 versus theres. Huge gap overall between those guys. Vegas has better depth but not enough to makeup for the difference at the top.

This. I mean Pietrangelo is a great D-man. He's not close to the top guys.

Saying Vegas has the best D-corps is like saying Carolina has the best forwards. I mean they are pretty deep, but as good as Sebastian Aho is, he doesn't touch the top forwards in the league.

 

[the_fan]

Vegas is more of playing solid structured team defense rather than having high end d-men.

I mean guys like McNabb, Whitecloud would be average players on other teams. They just fit in real good in Vegas system and style they play

 

[Balthazar]

Vegas' defense is greater than the sum of its parts.

In fact that's the case for the whole Vegas team because of the way they play.

All the Avs fans should become Dallas fans tonight.

 

[LOFIN]

Vegas' defense is greater than the sum of its parts.

Yes, 40 million somehow ends up like 50 million

 

[Pierce Hawthorne]

This. I mean Pietrangelo is a great D-man. He's not close to the top guys.

Saying Vegas has the best D-corps is like saying Carolina has the best forwards. I mean they are pretty deep, but as good as Sebastian Aho is, he doesn't touch the top forwards in the league.

League wide you mean? Because he's definitely the 2nd best Dman out of the group, well ahead of Toews.

He's probably around the 10th best in the league I would say. Nowhere close to Makar, but certainly a #1.

 

[LOFIN]

League wide you mean? Because he's definitely the 2nd best Dman out of the group, well ahead of Toews.

He's probably around the 10th best in the league I would say. Nowhere close to Makar, but certainly a #1.

Sure. He's the Sebastian Aho of D-men. A clear #1 guy, but still not close to the top players.

I mean I guess a lot of teams don't really have a true #1 by this definition. Pietrangelo for sure is better than the Riellys and Nurses and whatnot out there.

 

[UncleRisto]

All the Avs fans should become Dallas fans tonight.

No thank you.

 

[Bill Peckerskull]

 

[LOFIN]

No thank you.

I'd rather have Dallas beat out Vegas, and then us beating Dallas. Just a much better matchup for us.

 

[UncleRisto]

I'd rather have Dallas beat out Vegas, and then us beating Dallas. Just a much better matchup for us.

I guess that's true.

 

[Balthazar]

No thank you.

I'd rather have Dallas beat out Vegas, and then us beating Dallas. Just a much better matchup for us.

I guess that's true.

Its not even about that though, you should all be Dallas fans because no one wants Vegas to sweep the Stars and then be fresh and well rested for round 2.

That series is supposed to be a war and so far it's not.

 

[RoyIsALegend]

Somebody needs to finish the job on Dillon if he plays next game.

 

[dahrougem2]

People seriously underrate Pietrangelo. He's as bonafide a #1D as it gets.

He's a whiny bitch and a pathetic loser who takes cheap shots on guys (slash on Draisaitl last year was an all time cowardly play) but he's a #1D no doubt.

You beat Pietrangelo by hitting him. All defensemen hate getting hit but him moreso than others.

 

[Balthazar]

Pietrangelo is the #1D that all the GM's dream of.

Leader, can eat a lot of minutes, good offensively and defensively, decent size, some grit, winner pedigree, name it.

 

[Ceremony]

Pietrangelo is a giant whiny bitch



f***ing bring him on and let's see Makar make him shit his pants again.

 

[LOFIN]

Pietrangelo is the #1D that all the GM's dream of.

I'm pretty damn sure that GM's dream of Makar, Hughes, Fox instead of Pietrangelo as their #1D

 

[sethro109]

 

[dahrougem2]

Insanely stupid. Why are the Jets starting after the Canucks?

EDIT: Nvm read that wrong. Thought it was 8:30 MT time. So 7:30. Not bad?