GDT: 4/18/22 - Capitals @ Avalanche

[Ararana]

THE COLORADO AVALANCHE

VS

THE WASHINGTON CAPITALS

Nuke - MacKinnon - Rantanen
Lehkonen - Compher - Burakovsky
Newhook - Meyers - LOC
Cogliano - Sturm - NAK

Byram - Makar
Girard - Manson
J. Johnson - MacDermid

Kuemper
Francouz

Out: Toews, EJ, Landeskog, Kadri, Murray



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[Balthazar]

I find it weird that Toews is sitting for 4 games. I don't mind it that much, but 4 games? If there's no injury why not just rotate who's sitting from one game to the other?

 

[wayninja]

Helm in for Cogliano

 

[MacKaRant]

Will we be getting a sneak peak at the next Avs starting goaltender in this matchup against our official goalie farm team? Stay tuned to find out!

 

[Pokecheque]

Helm in for Cogliano

That's good news. Frankly the PK suffered a bit with Helm out.

 

[SaltySkywalker]

That's good news. Frankly the PK suffered a bit with Helm out.

Who is everyone preferring right now between Cogs and Helm? Not saying I dislike Helm, but I've rather liked Cogliano.

 

[Pokecheque]

Who is everyone preferring right now between Cogs and Helm? Not saying I dislike Helm, but I've rather liked Cogliano.

If I have to choose I'd say Helm--he's still the better PK guy and no one challenges point shooters better than he does.

That said, Cogliano-Helm-O'Connor is a very solid 4th line. Not great defensively but that's three guys who can actually score, unlike Jost.

 

[the_fan]

Mikko has a chance to get to 100 points. Let's go!!!

 

[Tralfamadore]

Reading it on paper playing without Toews, Landy, Kadri and EJ seems like it should be an insurmountable task but they'll probably win anyway. The roster still looks good without them.

 

[forsbergavs32]

I completely forgot about Murray until I read through the OP

 

[avsfan9]

Will we be getting a sneak peak at the next Avs starting goaltender in this matchup against our official goalie farm team? Stay tuned to find out!

Could actually see the avs trading for Samsonov if Kuemper doesn’t work out in offseason

 

[John Mandalorian]

I have a bad feeling that a Tom Wilson-caused injury is coming.

 

[Anders Cain]

Mikko has a chance to get to 100 points. Let's go!!!

You better ask sir avsguard if he thinks mack and makar will attempt some subterfuge on regards to mikkos run for 100 pts.

If they're not on board then he won't hit 100. Greedy bastards..

 

[SaltySkywalker]

Washington Crapitals.

 

[McMetal]

I hope we beat the pants off Washington tonight so they play nice and angry against Vegas on Wednesday.

 

[Ararana]

Byram on the top pairing was wishful thinking on my part, it will probably be JJ. But Byram was running QB on PP2 at morning skate with Toews out.

 

[The Moops]

Epic GDT

 

[Pokecheque]

I have a bad feeling that a Tom Wilson-caused injury is coming.

If so, I never want to hear about goons being a "deterrent" ever again.

I find it weird that Toews is sitting for 4 games. I don't mind it that much, but 4 games? If there's no injury why not just rotate who's sitting from one game to the other?

Because there obviously IS some kind of injury.

 

[missionAvs]

Epic GDT. We're winning this one. 5-2 Caps.

 

[BrickNHL]

EJ, Toews, and Cogliano all with nagging injuries. According to Bednar, they’d be playing if it was the playoffs

 

[Ararana]

Apparently the Capitals can clinch a playoff spot with a win tonight. If the Avs can give them a L they'll probably be extra motivated against their next opponent... *checks notes*... Las Vegas.

EDIT: They've already clinched. They tweet I read must have been old.

 

[Pokecheque]

Fully expecting a loss here, and that's perfectly fine.

 

[Avsboy]

Apparently the Capitals can clinch a playoff spot with a win tonight. If the Avs can give them a L they'll probably be extra motivated against their next opponent... *checks notes*... Las Vegas.

They've already clinched

 

[Gruyeriev]

14-18-4 against the Caps since 1995.
I never like playing them.

 

[Ararana]

There's probably zero coincidence MacDermid is playing tonight.

Keep Wilson away from BB4 please.