GDT: 2021-22 Colorado Avalanche Preseason Thread

[Muffin]

Guess Maltsev is coming back up or are they just gonna play Macdermaid at forward?

 

[The Abusement Park]

Them and majority of analysts at NHL.com also has the Avs winning with either MacKinnon or Makar for the Conn Smythe. No team is going to win when so many media pundits take one club and are always 98% wrong about it.

I am guessing that if Panthers get solid goaltending, they're my Cup favourites. Even if Ekblad isn't anything special for a top-pairing defender and their defensive core is more in the middle of the pack depth-wise, I absolutely take their forward core as the best in the league (yes even over the Islanders).

Huh? The Islanders forward core is like at best around top 10? It’s incredibly deep but they lack high end talent. The Panthers forward core is like significantly better that the Islanders.

 

[Bill Peckerskull]

Guess Maltsev is coming back up or are they just gonna play Macdermaid at forward?

Oof. 0-2 start to the year wouldn't be ideal. Kuemper and the boys better step up big time

 

[Avsboy]

Guess Maltsev is coming back up or are they just gonna play Macdermaid at forward?

Might as well spread the pain and play MacDermid

 

[The Abusement Park]

Guess Maltsev is coming back up or are they just gonna play Macdermaid at forward?

We still got the Mac attack in the line up baby. Just this one literally attacks you.

 

[Bill Peckerskull]

Odd that Landy wasn't on any PP unit. He at practice today?

 

[Ararana]

Oof. 0-2 start to the year wouldn't be ideal. Kuemper and the boys better step up big time

The first two games are against CHI and STL. Not exactly huge threats.

 

[MaKarter]

Posting this for all you Compher lovers.

If they are going to play O'Connor at C they should just throw the 29 MacK jersey on him and let him pretend to be Nate for a couple games.

 

[dahrougem2]

The first two games are against CHI and STL. Not exactly huge threats.

Chicago is markedly improved and St. Louis will want revenge for last season. Not easy games at all.

 

[henchman21]

Posting this for all you Compher lovers.

This is a Cup level lineup.

 

[Balthazar]

Vancouver.

Yea them it was nearly all the team at the same time though.

 

[The Abusement Park]

This is a Cup level lineup.

Definitely not a cause for concern at all.

 

[Muffin]

Definitely not a cause for concern at all.

Should just yolo Newhook on the top line and see what happens.

 

[Avsboy]

Should just yolo Newhook on the top line and see what happens.

Agreed, especially with Compher on the 2nd line

 

[The Abusement Park]

Should just yolo Newhook on the top line and see what happens.

Should just yolo Newhook on the 2nd line imo.

 

[Muffin]

Should just yolo Newhook on the 2nd line imo.

But that puts Kadri on the first line and I don't think they've ever looked good together. I remember Jost actually looking decent when Mack was out the last few games at the end of the year on the top line.

 

[Avs_19]

Game one and my new favourite player MacDermid is already in the lineup. Great start.

 

[Northern Avs Fan]

Only the Avs could have this bad of luck lol

 

[TruePowerSlave]

Posting this for all you Compher lovers.

Absolute beauty 4th line

 

[Bill Peckerskull]

Chicago is markedly improved and St. Louis will want revenge for last season. Not easy games at all.

People are vastly underrating the Hawks this year. They will be a handful, especially with Flower in net, the return of a healthy Towes, and a much better D corp. Give them a competent goalie last year and they make the playoffs quite easily, IMO.

St. Louis is better up front and has a healthy Parayko added to an already stingy D.

Avs without Mack is not good, and now a questionable scoring top 9 has even more pressure on it. The D corp and Kuemper will have to play well to win either of those, IMO.

 

[The Merchant]

 

[henchman21]

People are vastly underrating the Hawks this year. They will be a handful, especially with Flower in net, the return of a healthy Towes, and a much better D corp. Give them a competent goalie last year and they make the playoffs quite easily, IMO.

St. Louis is better up front and has a healthy Parayko added to an already stingy D.

Avs without Mack is not good, and now a questionable scoring top 9 has even more pressure on it. The D corp and Kuemper will have to play well to win either of those, IMO.

Yeah I think the Hawks are a team that could really surprise. They aren't contenders again (yet), but they could really cause some trouble. They defense is real solid top to bottom, the center depth is good (not great) if Toews and Dach are healthy, and Flower stabilizes the net. TJ is looking real good there so he might be in for a rebound year between Kane and Cat.

 

[S E P H]

If people think the Stars are a playoff team, then Blackhawks are and you can make a sound argument that they are much better. I am not a believer in Dallas though, they will be in the hunt because they're healthy and can stay close in games, but I just don't get the love they're getting in that "Who Makes the Playoffs from the Central" thread on the main board.

 

[henchman21]

If people think the Stars are a playoff team, then Blackhawks are and you can make a sound argument that they are much better. I am not a believer in Dallas though, they will be in the hunt because they're healthy and can stay close in games, but I just don't get the love they're getting in that "Who Makes the Playoffs from the Central" thread on the main board.

After the Avs and Jets, the Central is a shitshow... anybody other than Arizona has a chance. I think Minny will be the 3rd team, but they could easily have things go sideways too.

 

[S E P H]

After the Avs and Jets, the Central is a shitshow... anybody other than Arizona has a chance. I think Minny will be the 3rd team, but they could easily have things go sideways too.

I wouldn't say they are as bad as the shitshow Pacific because I think a lot of teams will be very close together and I think every team has the ability to trouble the top two clubs (Avs/Jets as you wrote) in the division, but it will also be a bloodbath of mediocre levels. Whatever the case is, I suggest five clubs from the playoffs will be coming from the Central. I do think a lot of us are underrating the Blues though, they have all the prime pieces and the only worry is if Binnington can be above-average for good chunks of the season.