Post-Game Talk: Avs vs Bruins... sigh of relief

[Nzap]

Iggy wasn't too good either.

 

[forsbergavs32]

Just about everyone looked solid...especially Duchene, Barrie, Berra, Holden and Everberg. Looks like the lines are starting to gel some.

I thought Iginla looked a bit better today, he's slowing adjusting, I think he'll be on fire around December.

Tanguay and O'Reilly were the worst forwards IMO...Tangs is too slow and really looks bad in general, maybe he's still not 100% from the surgery over the offseason? Apart from a couple of plays, O'Reilly still looks disinterested to me and isn't playing as well as he can.

After a couple of mistakes to start the game, I thought Stuart was very solid, he was shutting guys down left and right.

It really sucks Wilson got injured again...he was looking much better and now another concussion is gonna set him back majorly or may force him to retire early at some point. Plus with him out, we'll still probably see Guenin playing over Redmond.

Briere and Mack seemed to show a bit of chemistry towards the end, so hopefully that will keep up until we get Malkin and Winchester back.

Overall I'm extremely pleased with today's game and it was night and day from Thursday night.

 

[Avs_19]

Just heard Haynes' call of Briere's goal. The main board will have fun with that one.

 

[ASmileyFace]

Just heard Haynes' call of Briere's goal. The main board will have fun with that one.

I ventured over right after the goal and they already were.

God forbid the team's announcer is happy when his team scores a big goal

 

[Congo Jack]

Varly... couldn't stop a thing.

Stastny was even worse. Never noticed Casper once during that whole game.

 

[dahrougem2]

Stastny was even worse. Never noticed Casper once during that whole game.

I thought Parenteau played well, couldn't notice him making any defensive mistakes out there

 

[GirardIsStupid]

I thought Berra struggled out there in certain aspects. I like him as a goalie. He's better than he was last year. But, his rebound control was not that good. He also seemed to struggle with his centre of balance. He also tended to stay down in the butterfly. Fortunately, he's big. He will stop pucks, regardless, if he doesn't move around too much in net.

 

[Skip2myBordyloo]

Berra also made some key saves that bailed out the team, I'm not going to complain one bit with the effort he put in today, he looks about 1000x better than last year.

 

[freeboy]

Boston doesn't look like themselves.


Ironic that our worst line of the night won the game for us. Berra was great.

Honestly they where not that bad... Chemistry off, they actually looked ok.. the 4th line looked like a forth line..
I love the three scoring lines with Mitchel added we could be an actually team again.. lol
ok'
The good... holden again looks like a future top d man... our guys played tough

The bad, other than the officiating WTF I saw three avs players crossed checked in ONE shift!
The bad for us... Jan Hadja looks like he is done, no speed at all
The Ugly Our forwards getting pushed around by a bigger Bruins team

 

[Bubba Thudd]

I'm going with the name "Everbeast" (credit to Mars, I believe).

 

[Pirate Deadpool]

The above is why it's censored.

I've never checked out the porn on that site. I just go there to find out how to get the HD gamecenter feeds for free with VLC.

I wish that the nhl was more like the nfl as far as contracts go and that you can just cut anyone you want at a moments notice. So much dead weight. First to go would be tangs. He just doesn't have it anymore. I hope that he proves me wrong. I'd love to see Hish or Aggs to get a call up and take his spot. Hopefully Bleakley will be ready and step into a top 9 forward role and eventually be on one of the top 2 lines.

I still wonder what Roy will do when MacKinnon finally gets it going at center. Will he keep him on the 3rd line or move O'Moneybags to wing on one of the top 2 lines? I do feel that besides money, O'Pesos would prefer to play center on a contending team in a 1c or 2c role and like Casper, he knows that Mac and Dutch will hold those two spots. Sadly I still see him leaving. Not just because the avs won't pay him what he THINKS he's worth, but because he wants to be a top 2 center. But any team that can afford his salary demands probably won't be a contender. Maybe I'm wrong about that, but it seems likely that the avs are his best shot to win a cup if he's willing to stick around for the long term.

 

[Nzap]

Iggy postgame comments:

From 2:38 onwards.

 

[MacOfNiagara]

I sat up higher in the corner than I usually do on Saturday and Barrie looked like the most electric player on the ice. Some casual fans were behind me saying "wow who is that" they thought he was a forward.

I posted a few years ago that he reminded me a lot of Karlsson and that I thought he would end up a Karlsson lite. I stand by that statement. Kid is really good.

 

[Foppa Frossa]

Who do you think will replace Wilson in the lineup and why do you think it'll be Guenin?


Hope Redmond gets a shot.

 

[Cousin Eddie]

Avs looked like they showed up today at least. Duchene is a star and shows it every game. He was unbelievable to see in person saturday and looked great again today. I watched the game from the MGM sports book in Vegas with my Mackinnon jersey on. Most people walked by and were confused at what sport was playing but there was one other guy there watching who cheered for te Bruins. We exchanged a few jokes and had some fun. Looking forward to watching tomorrow's game!

 

[IceRat]

kept spoiler free all day and just finished watching the game

- Classic Briere
- Duchene was a beast
- Yogi was spectacular and has looked great in his reg season play time
- We were jobbed on the no goal call
- Wasn't as high on Everberg as most here for the first 2 games but he looked really good this afternoon
- Barrie still skating really good with the puck .... Holden not so much today
- Where was Wilson/what happened .... watched the NESN feed ... never addressed
- Awful bench management with the multiple too many men calls
- Iginla was the worst 60% of water on the ice and that isn't saying much as we have Jan Hejda ... might as well have wore his Bruins sweater from last year in this game cause it looked like he was playing for them
- someone tell Hejda if you are going to do a Bobby Orr impersonation (1st goal against) you should be the one scoring

 

[The Kingslayer]

Even though iginla looked like a lost old man at times today its hard to get mad at him. I have yet to see an interview with him where he isnt smiling. Win or lose he seems to always be smiling. Love seeing that.

 

[The Kingslayer]

I don't know if i should happy or angry that Everberg is the best forward on his line. Everberg does not look out of place thats for sure his linemates look like they should be on a line below his.

 

[Gigantor The Goalie]

Even though iginla looked like a lost old man at times today its hard to get mad at him. I have yet to see an interview with him where he isnt smiling. Win or lose he seems to always be smiling. Love seeing that.

Probably helps out the locker room a lot.

 

[IceRat]

Even though iginla looked like a lost old man at times today its hard to get mad at him. I have yet to see an interview with him where he isnt smiling. Win or lose he seems to always be smiling. Love seeing that.

fail
it is universally known, this is what you should look like when you lose

 

[The Kingslayer]

fail
it is universally known, this is what you should look like when you lose

The way ROR has been playing he should be walking with his head down for the next 3 days.

 

[IceRat]

The way ROR has been playing he should be walking with his head down for the next 3 days.

why did he (try to) pass that damn puck back to the point on the PP when he was in down low ... have to shoot the biscuit from there

still asking what happened to Wilson
don't want to search

 

[Avsboy]

still asking what happened to Wilson
don't want to search

In poetry form:

Puck to the face
Concussion
Head case

 

[IceRat]

In poetry form:

Puck to the face
Concussion
Head case

damn, didn't see it and like I said Bruins announcers didn't acknowledge he was gone
guy can't catch a break

 

[tigervixxxen]

Roy said Wilson hit in the face with the puck and has a possible concussion. I finished watching the first period and I didn't see anything myself.