Pre-Game Talk: 2020-21 Colorado Avalanche Preseason Thread

[AvsFan29]

Yeah, it's probably not covid related since Landeskog was with Bura and Mikko just the other day....


But that in and of itself is probably even more concerning if you ask me. Are you telling me we're not even two days into training camp, and our starting goalie, two Top 6 forwards, and one Top 4 Dman are dealing with some sort of injury already?



Because if that's the case, we might as well start looking ahead at the 2021 draft and that 1st overall pick already

We’d honestly still make the playoffs without all 6 of them lol

 

[Avsboy]

So our second line, starting goalie and defenseman...

Johnson is done at hockey. He's held together by old yarn and duct tape at this point. Grubauer's groin is probably ruined. Timmins, Byram and Francouz can replace 'em. Wondering what's wrong with Landy and Saad.

 

[Tralfamadore]

It's definitely not covid related then but I don't think it's an injury thing either. Not sure what to think.

 

[S3rkie]

Johnson is done at hockey. He's held together by old yarn and duct tape at this point. Grubauer's groin is probably ruined. Timmins, Byram and Francouz can replace 'em. Wondering what's wrong with Landy and Saad.

Wasnt Saad just involved in media stuff yesterday? So he's most likely not covid related either.

Unless there was some crazy specific contact tracing with an employee that only interacted yesterday with 5 players which seems far fetched that it would be so contained.

 

[TruePowerSlave]

I doubt they will ever be fully healthy, its the Avalanche way. Might wanna start looking into getting more durable players.

 

[Foppa2118]

I doubt they will ever be fully healthy, its the Avalanche way. Might wanna start looking into getting more durable players.

I think part of it is the constant skating needed to play Bednar's system. These guys need to be in elite shape both for durability sake and so they don't get too fatigued. When you get tired you get injured.

I wonder if these guys tweaked their groin a bit and they're just being cautious? We've been seeing this happen the last few years in camp. Part of it is because Bednar insists on doing that crazy skating drill right off the bat to see where their fitness level is at.

If you're not in great shape and have all the muscles loosened up, it can lead to groin injuries.

 

[Bill Peckerskull]

All of those guys, minus Saad that we know about, had a pretty major injury the playoffs. Perhaps they are still not right, or Bednar gave them a day after all the testing yesterday?

He said in the PC yesterday he was going to give guys time off this year and use the taxi squad as much as they could.

 

[The Abusement Park]

Yeah, it's probably not covid related since Landeskog was with Bura and Mikko just the other day....


But that in and of itself is probably even more concerning if you ask me. Are you telling me we're not even two days into training camp, and our starting goalie, two Top 6 forwards, and one Top 4 Dman are dealing with some sort of injury already?



Because if that's the case, we might as well start looking ahead at the 2021 draft and that 1st overall pick already

Should’ve gone harder for Hall...

 

[Foppa2118]

All of those guys, minus Saad that we know about, had a pretty major injury the playoffs. Perhaps they are still not right, or Bednar gave them a day after all the testing yesterday?

Just the other day he said everyone was healthy though. Unless the tweet below was incorrect.

That's why I'm thinking they might be minor groin injuries. Or just some tightening of the muscles they're being cautious about.

 

[Bill Peckerskull]

Just the other day he said everyone was healthy though.

That he knew of. Testing yesterday could have revealed some stuff he didn’t know about.

It's also possible guys pulled/tweaked something yesterday during testing.

 

[TruePowerSlave]

What a schedule. There are a few instances where the Avs don't face a good team for nearly a month.

 

[Mighty Makar]

This is f***en lovely!

 

[henchman21]

What a schedule. There are a few instances where the Avs don't face a good team for nearly a month.

And since you said that, you know they will struggle.

 

[UncleRisto]

P.S. yes I do feel bad for you guys across the pond but I know that even East coast games don’t work for you lol.

West coast games are much better than east coast games.

 

[AvsFan29]

What a schedule. There are a few instances where the Avs don't face a good team for nearly a month.

We’re going to see quite a few blowouts

 

[tigervixxxen]

I thought I read the league changed its tune and was going to report the players who have covid issues like other leagues. This unfit to play shit needs to go away.

I think the league will release names of anyone tested positive. We’ll see when they put out their report.

I’m not sure if I saw EJ at media day. Landy, Grubi and Saad were there.

 

[Foppa2118]

We’re going to see quite a few blowouts

I think that may be a theme for all the games with the condensed schedule. We're going to see a lot of situations where one team is a lot fresher than the other.

 

[Vaslof]

I did not realize the season is starting so soon. What a lovely surprise!

 

[AvsFan29]

I think that may be a theme for all the games with the condensed schedule. We're going to see a lot of situations where one team is a lot fresher than the other.

We play 40 games against bad teams lol

 

[Balthazar]

f*** this unfit to play bullshit. This needs to go.

Also it's possible that these 5 guys tested positive for covid this morning and don't have any symptom yet.

 

[tigervixxxen]

Btw, the Avs threw in the lines from today in one of their articles

Forwards
95 Andre Burakovsky - 29 Nathan MacKinnon - 96 Mikko Rantanen
13 Valeri Nichushkin - 37 J.T. Compher - 72 Joonas Donskoi
17 Tyson Jost - 91 Nazem Kadri - 61 Martin Kaut
11 Matt Calvert - 41 Pierre-Edouard Bellemare - 44 Kiefer Sherwood

Defensemen
7 Devon Toews - 8 Cale Makar
49 Samuel Girard - 22 Conor Timmins
27 Ryan Graves - 28 Ian Cole
9 Dennis Gilbert

Goaltenders
39 Pavel Francouz
32 Hunter Miska

GROUP 2

Forwards
18 Mike Vecchione - 15 Sheldon Dries - 25 Logan O'Connor - 36 T.J. Tynan
12 Jayson Megna - 14 Shane Bowers - 70 Nick Henry - 10 Miikka Salomaki

Defensemen
34 Jacob MacDonald - 5 Dan Renouf
58 Peter Tischke - 88 Kyle Burroughs

Goaltender
30 Adam Werner

 

[Ararana]

17 Tyson Jost - 91 Nazem Kadri - 61 Martin Kaut

Naz woke up this morning not realizing he was about to get catfished.

 

[Balthazar]

95 Andre Burakovsky - 29 Nathan MacKinnon - 96 Mikko Rantanen
13 Valeri Nichushkin - 37 J.T. Compher - 72 Joonas Donskoi
17 Tyson Jost - 91 Nazem Kadri - 61 Martin Kaut
11 Matt Calvert - 41 Pierre-Edouard Bellemare - 44 Kiefer Sherwood

lol @ the middle 6.

 

[tigervixxxen]

Naz woke up this morning not realizing he was about to get catfished.

At least it was Kaut lol

 

[the_fan]

Maybe those 5 players not necessarily tested positive for Covid but have been exposed to people who have the virus. Dont they also have to do a quarantine just for being exposed?