Watched "Saving Sakic" tonight. Was okay. I almost reflexively turned it off as soon as Dater popped up a few minutes in
Step 1. Give him some hard drugsDo something to help Georgiev get his confidence back. Send two gorgeous hookers to his hotel room, anything. Whatever it takes
It's very rare for something to be only one player's fault. In this case it was. Georgiev was that bad.How do people not understand that you have another playoff team that is both a higher seed and is trying their best to score that even the best defense is going to allow 20 shots?
We played great. Every statician says we should have only allowed 2 goals. The Avs can score 3 goals all day.
This is solely on Georgie. If you're expecting our defense to be perfect all the time, this isn't the team for you and it's not realistic. Expecting your goalie to do the absolute bare minimum is very realistic. Any AHL goalie would have let in 6 at worst and that gets you OT. Georgie is cooked. The defense was FINE.
Are they NHL backup caliber? Probably not.
But Georgie is throwing up ECHL performances and I am being generous. You can do no worse than him.
Total:
3 on Georgiev.
2 partly on him.
2 not on him.
I suppose the conclusion is that Georgiev had an awful game, but others made defensive mistakes too.
I agree. Hoping for anyone else to start tonight.So the game ends 6-4 at worst. Minus those 3 from Georgie.
Again, Our starter shit the bed and cost us game 1. End of story.
And if he doesnt get his shit together tonight i really fear Mac could go after him and we get a locker-room-brawl.
The NHL network just did a good breakdown on Avs defensive mistakes and goals allowed by Georgiev and it’s the same thing I’ve been saying. The defensive breakdowns are kind of breakdowns which you need a good goalie to make saves, and since we don’t have that goalie, Avs need to stop making those mistakes.
The kind of mistakes they make are easily avoidable. They are lazy brain farts if everyone pays attention to smallest of details, those mistakes won’t happen. They need to avoid those mistakes because they know Georgiev is not gonna stop the puck. That’s the only thing they can do to win this round since we don’t have another goalie option.
There’s literally nothing you can do to win with a goalie who’s as bad as Georgiev was on Sunday. Unless you’re creating a 6 man wall in front of the goalie.Exactly that. You can't turn a Fiat 500 (Georgiev) into a Ferrari. As I've said before,
you have to play differently in front of Georgiev than you do in front of Roy.
Too many men on the ice penalty.There’s literally nothing you can do to win with a goalie who’s as bad as Georgiev was on Sunday. Unless you’re creating a 6 man wall in front of the goalie.
5 skaters + George.Too many men on the ice penalty.
This is such a mess.Puck battle at the boards. Jets take down Rantanen who's slow to get up, touching his face.
Someone covers for him to make it 2v2 at the boards, but Jets win by making the pass.
Only MacKinnon defending the Jets player. He skates by the net, Georgiev extends his leg in time for a save, but he's too far out from the posts and the puck finds space to go in.
My verdict: Partly his fault.
Georgiev never should have cut his hair. His troubles started immediately after
Are we wanting him to have a good time or bad time? I'm confused.I’m ready for us to eat Helly’s ass again tonight.
Any word on the starter tonight?
I would have to imagine it's Georgiev, but on a very short leash. If it doesn't look good, Prosvetov will have the net.Any word on the starter tonight?
And of course we have no idea what Annunene's injury status is.I would have to imagine it's Georgiev, but on a very short leash. If it doesn't look good, Prosvetov will have the net.
It’s a distraction thing. No chance he’ll be able to focus with @RoyIsALegend eating his ass.Are we wanting him to have a good time or bad time? I'm confused.
He's still ill, no doubt about that. He didn't skate yesterday, and they would not have called up Prosvetov if Annunen was healthy enough to even back up.And of course we have no idea what Annunene's injury status is.