Post-Game Talk: Avalanche @ Lightning 1/25/2014 7PM EST: Battle of Young Sami VS. Old Sami.

[Hans Landaskog]

O'Reilly - Duchene - McGinn
Landeskog - Stastny - Mitchell
Talbot - MacKinnon - Parenteau
McLeod - Cliche - Bordeleau

Helda - Johnson
Benoit - Holden
Barrie - Guenin

Sami Aittokallio


Palat - Johnson - St. Louis
Killhorn - Filppula - Purcell
Brown - Thmopson - Kucherov
Malone - Crombeen

Sami Salo - Hedman
Carle - Gudos
Brewer - Barberio
Aulie

Bishop

Tonight's players to watch in this West vs. East battle to the best Finnish!

In the west corner, the up and coming Finnish goaltender, wearing the away whites. Sami.... Aittokalioooo!!!

In the East corner, the old man with a bomb from the point, in the home blues. Sami Salo!

Hopefully this is the Sami we see

and not this one....

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[tigervixxxen]

Nice GDT!

And to answer the Q from the PGT yes it's confirmed Tanguay is getting a rest.

 

[Gigantor The Goalie]

Tampa fan here, just wondering what the story is on Aittokallio? Is he looking to be a good goalie or anythinhg yet?

NHL potential, 2nd NHL career start, decent in the AHL and hoping for big things from him. He's like a raw Varlamov. Very athletic but doesn't know how to control his motions quite yet.

 

[tigervixxxen]

Yeah talented but raw. He's not ready for the NHL yet so I don't know what to expect. He is still very young. He seems to rise to the occasion though. We are all excited to see him.

 

[Avs_19]

I can't believe I'm saying this but I'm very happy to see Guenin back. Wilson has been a disaster.

 

[RockLobster]

Scouts for Tonight's game:

Scouts from the following five NHL teams are here for #Avs-Lightning tonight...

Two from the Columbus Blue Jackets (second night in a row, including John Davidson), two from the Detroit Red Wings, and one each from the Chicago Blackhawks, Pittsburgh Penguins and New York Rangers.
One piece of gossip I picked up: John Mitchell's name has been in play of late. Doesn't mean anything will happen.

 

[Lonewolfe2015]

Keep his name in play... please keep his name in play.

 

[tigervixxxen]

Moser says Guenin is in for Wilson

 

[UncleRisto]

Moser says Guenin is in for Wilson

Wouldn't have guessed before the season that that'd be an upgrade.

 

[Hans Landaskog]

I can't believe I'm saying this but I'm very happy to see Guenin back. Wilson has been a disaster.

Yup, glad to see that as well.

Lineups have been adjusted accordingly.

 

[tigervixxxen]

Good luck Sami! Happy for our Fin Avs fans too

 

[Freudian]

I miss Sarich a bit. He's slow, but at least he can complete a pass and doesn't brain cramp as much as others.

 

[Ceremony]

Go Sami go!

 

[UncleRisto]

Good luck Sami! Happy for our Fin Avs fans too

I want him to have a good game so bad.

 

[JWK]

Yeah...McNab is going to have issues with pronouncing Sami's name.

 

[Avs71]

Could you imagine a Hedman-Johnson pairing.

 

[Avsboy]

Hedman just out-Malkined Malkin

 

[The Mars Volchenkov]

Mitchell wastes no time ****ing up.

 

[Holyhell]

Ugh... Mitchell.

 

[Frenchy]

J Malkin got owned by Hedman on that play

 

[Ceremony]

These Lightning jerseys are ugly.

 

[JLo217]

Yay! Mitchell is back.

 

[Aves Fren]

Great start. Malkin flashing the skills already.

 

[Avsboy]

Parenteau gets two minutes for skating in a bad direction

 

[Freudian]

See that dangle, scouts? There's more where that came from.