Avs44
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- May 16, 2011
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They tried Girard on the #1 powerplay tonight. Think it was the Avs’ third powerplay, after the first two did nothing, so Bednar tried taking Barrie off. Girard overplayed it at the blue line, tried to force a pass, turned it over, set up a nearly odd man rush for Chicago shorthanded, and then while coming back on defense batted it straight to the top corner of the Avs net, forcing the save of the night from Varly. When you hash things up that badly you don’t get an immediate redo. Girard can’t replace Barrie on the top unit. His shot is a muffin — and pkers know it — and he’s not the right puck distributor for MacK and Rants. Those two want the puck, but G tends to overplay his hand and do too much himself, e.g. trying to spin off the pker up high. Girard is not right for that role right now whatsoever. I think some posters are confusing Girard’s skill with the puck with the skills necessary to efficiently move the puck around to MacK and Rants while simultaneously posing a genuine threat from the point.