Pre-Game Talk: Week 6: @Seattle, Anaheim, @Dallas. Things might get ugly.

[Avs9296]

JJs been the least of our defensive woes this year relative to expectations.

He's doing his job just fine out there imo. Biggest culprits are Toews and Makar relative to expectations but also Manson and G for overall play.

 

[expatriatedtexan]

If it makes you feel any better, Dostal is barely a backup, he's more like a 1B-type. Gibson has played 9 games, Dostal 7. I imagine Dostal will take over sooner or later, that could obviously happen even sooner if they end up trading Gibson, which should happen at some point this season.

According to this place, Gibson supposedly been on the verge of being moved for about 4 seasons now.

 

[Ararana]

JJs been the least of our defensive woes this year relative to expectations.

He's doing his job just fine out there imo. Biggest culprits are Toews and Makar relative to expectations but also Manson and G for overall play.

Analytically, JJ has outplayed Toews for most of the early season.

That one has been a been a bit shocking.

 

[Tommy Shelby]

Oh what could have been...

They also could have drafted Sharangovich or Ersson instead of an overaged career ECHLer Saigeon.

 

[Vaslof]

Local team won 9-1, if the inverse curse continues, we're about to get whooped by the mighty sucks of anaheim

 

[forsbergavs32]

Gonna be home in like 20 minutes, I’ll throw together a GDT then.

 

[Bill Peckerskull]

Who's slacking off on the GDT?

Edit: NVM. I found the culprit

 

[MacKaRant]

Yeah anything better than 0-3 getting shutout in all 3 games is a blessing as far as I'm concerned.

Nailed it

 

[Bill Peckerskull]

NVM

 

[forsbergavs32]

Things certainly got ugly tonight

 

[Ararana]

Analytically, JJ has outplayed Toews for most of the early season.

That one has been a been a bit shocking.

Trends still trending , even on the opposite end of the spectrum

 

[Bill Peckerskull]

 

[GeoRox89]

Why?

 

[expatriatedtexan]

Why?

My only guess is that it had something to do with Caleb Jones' status being Emergency Loan, rather than assigned to the NHL per capfriendly.

I don't understand the semantics of that difference. We're already using LTIR and both players make equal money, so it's probably got nothing to do with it but we've sort of have a glut of dmen called up right now. Capfriendly shows 9 dmen up, although they are still confusing Kurtis MacDermid with a defensemen.

 

[Pokecheque]

Might also be a waivers thing. They want to stretch that 30 days out as long as they can, so I guess it makes sense they’d call up another guy (and isn’t Ahcan exempt?) while sending Jones down.

 

[Bill Peckerskull]

 

[Bill Peckerskull]

 

[sethro109]

Could Manson join our LTIR roster? Then we keep Lehky there, trade for Kadri and Zads, Sign Kane and enter the playoffs with like $20 million over the cap when they all come back.

 

[missionAvs]

I'm f***ing pissed. I thought today was hockey day. I hate this scheduling. At this point, I'd welcome a back to back lol.

 

[Foppa2118]

I'm f***ing pissed. I thought today was hockey day. I hate this scheduling. At this point, I'd welcome a back to back lol.

Haven't really looked at the schedule, but all these days off feel like they may come to bite us in the second half of the season. I'm worried a packed schedule may lead to injuries at the worst time right before the playoffs.

 

[missionAvs]

Haven't really looked at the schedule, but all these days off feel like they may come to bite us in the second half of the season. I'm worried a packed schedule may lead to injuries at the worst time right before the playoffs.

Dude I just need my fix. I might re-watch game 6 vs Tampa again tonight.

 

[expatriatedtexan]

Haven't really looked at the schedule, but all these days off feel like they may come to bite us in the second half of the season. I'm worried a packed schedule may lead to injuries at the worst time right before the playoffs.

This year we have a slow start to the schedule due to NHL incompetence. Last season we had a slow start to the schedule due to NHL incompetence in addition to the Global Series. The two years before that were pandemic driven anomalies.

I haven't bothered to really look back pre-pandemic, but I sort of recall that we don't often have a game on opening nights. I can't remember any other seasons seeming to take this long to get started though.

I believe the inability to play consistently (or practice consistently from what I hear) is probably what is taking so long for this team to gel. They need minutes on the ice together in game situations.

Dude I just need my fix. I might re-watch game 6 vs Tampa again tonight.

That 3rd period. *chef's kiss*

 

[The Kingslayer]

JJs been the least of our defensive woes this year relative to expectations.

He's doing his job just fine out there imo. Biggest culprits are Toews and Makar relative to expectations but also Manson and G for overall play.

agreed. i would scratch manson over jj

 

[missionAvs]

agreed. i would scratch manson over jj

I'd scratch both over big Z. Bring him home.

 

[AllAboutAvs]

I'd scratch both over big Z. Bring him home.

The Avs might be waiting that he turns 29 before bringing him back.