Post-Game Talk: Avs @ Kings. 3-2 SOL. Close, but no cigar.

[Hans Landaskog]

lol what?! two 1st stars?

 

[KingSizeKirby]

Giggy played great tonight.. But boy does he suck at shootouts. But all in all this was a great game tonight!

 

[The Shermanator]

Sami gets the 1st star!

 

[AslanRH]

Exactly. Who cares if they show heart now. It's too late.

At some point they have to learn what it takes to not be a cellar team.

 

[ANewHope]

No it isn't. It makes me want to get a megaphone and scream in there faces:

"Why the hell did you not do this 20 ******* games ago???"

I'm sure if it was a regular season we would have seen a better effort, felt like they knew the season was over and because of that always started off slow. Now they seem to be giving it 100%. Team is bad and has some major holes, isn't last place or even one of the 3 worst teams in the league as the record shows.

Love seeing them win so whatever, we are screwing are future and kissing Jones, Mac, Drouin goodbye tho which is rough after suffering threw this terrible year. Won't be getting much of a reward for watching this garbage.

 

[AvsRobin]

Giguere really sucks in the SO's.

Oh well. Move on. 7 games left.

 

[S E P H]

You always hated them

I don't hate them, I don't care about them and I prefer German teams to be honest. BUT I do love Messi though, amazing, amazing player.

 

[Freudian]

Most of the AHL players did well today.

 

[Pierce Hawthorne]

Can we sell all of our loser points? We don't want em.

 

[TheTechNoir]

Carter is pretty good.

Had a feeling we'd go to extra time and lose in ot or so after tying it.

Carter used the exact same move last shoot-out he was in, his execution was nicer last time but still nailed it. He used to be brutal on breakaways, seems he's improving in that regard. If he cuts down on how many wide open nets he misses and continues improving his breakaway skills he will be able to really put up crazy goal scoring numbers.

 

[Foppa2118]

I said it earlier in the thread, and a few times over the years, but the only thing holding Dutchy back from stardom is his shot accuracy.

He tried to go 5 hole in the SO, but hit the right pad. Had Quick beat because he didn't even move, but he shot it right into his pad.

 

[AvsRobin]

Avs, Flames and Florida all on 32 points now.

 

[S E P H]

We're still 30th due to playing one more game.

 

[The Shermanator]

If we weren't tanking 3/4 points on a back to back against the Ducks and Kings would be great.

 

[AvsRobin]

O'Reilly is 0+1 in his last 9 games.

 

[Foppa2118]

Ha, I'm not the biggest Dater fan, but I thought this was a good exchange.

"adater ‏@adater 35m
Moronic fans in LA boo a goalie who is hurt.

EAsports ‏@Erizzle05 31m
@adater Im a Philly fan and I've cheered numerous injuries, not just booed, so don't get all upset about this

adater ‏@adater 30m
@Erizzle05 cuz you're a moron"

 

[AvsWraith]

Luckily, the rest of our schedule is teams that should kick our ***, save for Edmonton. If those teams come out like Anaheim did yesterday, we are in serious trouble.

 

[Mr Serious]

Luckily, the rest of our schedule is teams that should kick our ***. If those teams come out like Anaheim did yesterday, we are in serious trouble.

That's what we thought about ANA and LA...

Plus the other teams in the bottom on the league have harder opponents for their remaining games.

 

[Iceberg]

Quick sign Sacco to an extension! We have 3 points in the last 2 games

No rush, he already has one year left on his current deal. He will be back.

 

[The Mars Volchenkov]

I guess we'll really know how the organization feels about O'Brien if Johnson is out next game and they end up calling up an AHL defenseman to play.

 

[PeterTheGreat]

Id just like to say Stefan Elliott played his best game ever in the NHL. Yep, even better than those few games last year when he was scoring. His DEFENSE tonight was actually very good. Was playing physical (for his size and style) and assertive. Made some nice stick plays and that play on Carter in OT was awesome.

I think he's starting to put it together and understand what he can and can't do at this level. Much like Barrie did about 15 games ago.

 

[AslanRH]

Ha, I'm not the biggest Dater fan, but I thought this was a good exchange.

"adater ‏@adater 35m
Moronic fans in LA boo a goalie who is hurt.

EAsports ‏@Erizzle05 31m
@adater Im a Philly fan and I've cheered numerous injuries, not just booed, so don't get all upset about this

adater ‏@adater 30m
@Erizzle05 cuz you're a moron"

Good job Dater.


#thingsI'veNeverSaid

 

[Pierce Hawthorne]

I guess we'll really know how the organization feels about O'Brien if Johnson is out next game and they end up calling up an AHL defenseman to play.

Lets bring David Koci back.

 

[The Mars Volchenkov]

Id just like to say Stefan Elliott played his best game ever in the NHL. Yep, even better than those few games last year when he was scoring. His DEFENSE tonight was actually very good. Was playing physical (for his size and style) and assertive. Made some nice stick plays and that play on Carter in OT was awesome.

I think he's starting to put it together and understand what he can and can't do at this level. Much like Barrie did about 15 games ago.

Commented on it in the Elliott thread, but I agree. His defense was light years ahead of where it's been in the past, and he's far and away the best defenseman on the team at getting the puck through to the net.

 

[S E P H]

50 hits for Avs. kings had 34.

Ducks in a barrel.