GDT: Avalanche-Penguins 7:30PM MDT: Changing of the Guard?

[The Merchant]

Quick, someone post this in the main board GDT so Pens fans have one more thing to whine about!

 

[Metallo]

Rantanen
Landeskog
MacKinnon

Ok thanks. Didn’t know it was a thing.

 

[AvsFan29]

Which guy hits 50 first?? Can they do it in 30 games? I have a feeling they can. St Louis and Detroit coming up

 

[drhiii]

What's rather funny is that, after all the missed calls on Rantanen and MacK all night long, the one missed call on Landy at the end is going to let Pens fans in a tiff and they'll use that as an excuse. I expect their board will be filled with complaints about the refs.

As mentioned, was watching in particular all the extracurricular Crosby stuff throughout the game and.. welp... boo friggin' hoo Sid. Mr. Letang. The universe has a way of evening things out eventually.

 

[Metallo]

I felt confident even at 3-3. It’s a nice feeling to have. However, this team still needs to learn to win somewhat. Lock it down when you are up 3-0.

 

[drhiii]

I love reading the Penguins board. Posters ignores the two fluky goals they scored, the million hooks/holds on Mack/Rants, and getting dominated by 40 minutes. Ends up complaining about the lucky goal Landy scored and calls the game 'frustrating' .

Pittsburgh didn't deserve to be in that game, fitting score for how that game played out. Crosby willed that team to a tie and they showed up for the last period, sorry but you don't deserve a point when you got shat on for the first 40 minutes and your comeback came from a broken stick.

Best analysis thus far. Well said. Especially hooks and holds... funny how Pens fans miss those.

 

[Foppberg]

This team makes me bipolar.

If we lost this I'd be so annoyed. But we won so everything is okay.

 

[Perratrooper]

Only caught he last 5-10minutes of the game, but anyone saying Avs only got one call is wrong. There was a delayed penalty on the Jost setup goal.

 

[The Merchant]

This team makes me bipolar.

If we lost this I'd be so annoyed. But we won so everything is okay.

I'm hyped for the win and still annoyed lol

 

[RoyIsALegend]

This team makes me bipolar.

If we lost this I'd be so annoyed. But we won so everything is okay.

That’s the luxury we have as fans, but the reality for the coaching staff is not everything tonight was okay. A 3 goal lead has to be maintained, just can’t allow a natural hat trick to occur. Needed adjustments, and they will know this when they head into the office tomorrow morning.

 

[chet1926]

It was a nice win for sure. But I can't look past how uncomfortable I am with Grubauer in the net. Another game with a sub. 900 save percentage, where his team bails him out with 6 goals scored. I will give credit that he made the saves at the end when he needed to, but he has to be better.

I never feel uncomfortable with Varly in the net, he might not win every game but I know I'm going to get a quality effort. But I'm on pins and needles watching Grubauer eek one out after giving up one or two weak ones every night. I was just expecting much more from him than what we've gotten so far. I know people will say look at his record, and to that I say at some point his record will start to come back to what his numbers are as we aren't going to be able to bail him out offensively every time he starts. Very disappointed in him up to this point.

 

[Foppberg]

That’s the luxury we have as fans, but the reality for the coaching staff is not everything tonight was okay. A 3 goal lead has to be maintained, just can’t allow a natural hat trick to occur. Needed adjustments, and they will know this when they head into the office tomorrow morning.

For sure. Which is a good thing I'm no coach.

 

[drhiii]

It's a leadership quality that the fanbase imitates religiously

Guffaws on that one. Well said.

 

[Nalens Oga]

There was a delayed penalty on the Jost setup goal.

 

[RockyMtnRedhawk]

me

Beat me to it. I was gonna say @Foppberg for sure.

 

[Foppberg]

Not gunna lie.. I'm coming around to RML.

Beat me to it. I was gonna say @Foppberg for sure.

I'm glad to see that I'm becoming known as the Z fan boy.

 

[crue7]

I bet nobody expected us to be where we are right now. I'm calling it now folks...contenders in a couple years. With Makar, Kaut, and Timmins (hopefully) on the way, the future is looking mighty bright.

Imagine Nemeth and barbs being replaced with Makar and Timmins...woahhhhh.

and with us having Ottawa's Number 1 pick this year? Things couldn't be looking better for our future right now

Just need a couple of high scoring wingers and we are in the MONEY

 

[Perratrooper]

Not gunna lie.. I'm coming around to RML.



I'm glad to see that I'm becoming known as the Z fan boy.

Ron-Michael Liles?

 

[Metallo]

It was a nice win for sure. But I can't look past how uncomfortable I am with Grubauer in the net. Another game with a sub. 900 save percentage, where his team bails him out with 6 goals scored. I will give credit that he made the saves at the end when he needed to, but he has to be better.

I never feel uncomfortable with Varly in the net, he might not win every game but I know I'm going to get a quality effort. But I'm on pins and needles watching Grubauer eek one out after giving up one or two weak ones every night. I was just expecting much more from him than what we've gotten so far. I know people will say look at his record, and to that I say at some point his record will start to come back to what his numbers are as we aren't going to be able to bail him out offensively every time he starts. Very disappointed in him up to this point.

I feel the same way. Grubs hasn’t won me over yet.

 

[drhiii]

I'm hyped for the win and still annoyed lol

Yeah.. am exhibiting more emotion way earlier than usual with the Avs. My missus is already in 'here we go' mode. Not even Feb yet.

 

[5280]

Mack's just the man...........his game is going to translate so well in a deep playoff run.

 

[Metallo]

Sad news in Denver tonight:
20 penguins killed by an avalanche.

 

[The Merchant]

Lost in all of this is MacK calling Crosby's hatty "cool" multiple times in the post-game lol like that's a normal thing to do

 

[S E P H]

Okay, the blood has settled and let me say that was an amazing game and the talent in today's NHL shined through. I was having nightmares of Calgary Flames, so the tension was building, but it was nice to see the Avs have a bit more class to finish them off. I still dislike the Pens though.

 

[Foppberg]

Lost in all of this is MacK calling Crosby's hatty "cool" multiple times in the post-game lol like that's a normal thing to do

I love how casual he is in interviews. Just chatting to the person instead of the cliche hockey answers. Always like hearing him.