Pre-Game Talk: (12/4/22 - 12/10/22) Week of pain and suffering, and now who's hurt?

[SuperJoe]

Similar line up as Wednesday, time to hammer hard on the rangers

 

[Pokecheque]

I didn't recognize the guy but they had a former player on NHL Tonight earlier this week and Martin Kaut's name came up. The guy half-jokingly said he had a bone to pick to Kaut because apparently when he was still playing, Kaut hit him and injured his ribs. So, see? He ain't so soft.

 

[BobRossColton]

Give Nuke another maintenance day.

 

[henchman21]

I would go all in on Horvat if I were them. The center depth is weak. Stastny, Kotka, and Staal are not 2C material.

I think they'll grab a center (my guess is Toews)... but while Kotka isn't producing numbers, but he's been pretty solid between Necas and Svech (not as much when Necas gets swapped for Jarvis or TT). There is a solid underlying production and they have been snakebit a bit offensively. Even if the production comes, he's really more of a 3C caliber guy masquerading as their 2C.

Stastny has mostly been playing wing. Stepan is their 4C.

 

[Bill Peckerskull]

George's confidence will be completely shot after he gets blasted tonight for 6 or 7. Would have rather had Frankie played this one.

 

[Balthazar]

Yea I don't know how I feel about Georgiev tonight. He was so pumped after the last NYR game...

 

[RECKLESS]

No worries Frankie will be in net. After the first four against.

 

[forsbergavs32]

Did…did they just call Brad Hunt a high impact player?

 

[sethro109]

I really thought he would get claimed. I thought he was playing pretty good before he got sick. I also thought he was far from our worst player the last two games. I bet he gets another look before the normal troops are back.

George's confidence will be completely shot after he gets blasted tonight for 6 or 7. Would have rather had Frankie played this one.

At least MacDonald won't have to cover down low and can yolo all he wants on the wing.

 

[shadow1]

Brad Hunt looked bad in the pre-season. I'm not sure how he's looked with the Eagles, but I'm optimistic he can provide something on the back end. Englund and MacDonald have been struggling mightily the last couple games.

 

[henchman21]

Brad Hunt looked bad in the pre-season. I'm not sure how he's looked with the Eagles, but I'm optimistic he can provide something on the back end. Englund and MacDonald have been struggling mightily the last couple games.

Hunt has been one of the best players in the AHL. He's not a good defensemen, but when he is on, he can move the puck and provide offense.

 

[Bill Peckerskull]

 

[The Moops]

Woof

 

[The Kingslayer]

One line team

 

[expatriatedtexan]

One line team

One line team? I wish...this is now a one man team.

 

[The Kingslayer]

One line team? I wish...this is now a one man team.

Cogs-Compher-LOC

Best line

 

[Metallo]

Could we be the team that gets Berube fired with a win today?

 

[TruePowerSlave]

Could we be the team that gets Berube fired with a win today?

A win? That's just outrageous

 

[Metallo]

A win? That's just outrageous

That's the mood in STL:



I'm not saying that we are going to win, but if we did, it might be the final blow because they loss to us, an injury riddled team.

 

[Pokecheque]

I'm not saying that we are going to win, but if we did, it might be the final blow because they loss to us, an injury riddled team.

To be fair, they were in an even deeper hole at the close of 2018, and we know what happened after that.

That said, thrilled if indeed a banged-up Avs team put another nail in their coffin today.