Post-Series Talk: Colorado Avalanche defeat the Winnipeg Jets, 4-1

[nyrallday]

I hope people don't actually believe that? Even looking at game 5 he let in 5 goals but you couldn't blame any of them on him, how many of them did he have a chance on?

The guy had a 5.01 GAA and a 0.870 PCT. On what planet does a goalie NOT get blamed even a little bit with numbers like that?

I hope people don't actually believe that? Even looking at game 5 he let in 5 goals but you couldn't blame any of them on him, how many of them did he have a chance on?

Edit. Double post

 

[Muffin]

The guy had a 5.01 GAA and a 0.870 PCT. On what planet does a goalie NOT get blamed even a little bit with numbers like that?

If you watched the series? Go watch the goals in game 5 again and let me know which one he had a chance on?

 

[Royale With Cheese]

The guy had a 5.01 GAA and a 0.870 PCT. On what planet does a goalie NOT get blamed even a little bit with numbers like that?


Edit. Double post

Helle wasn't the true problem this series, but he also didn't really help. He needed to rise above the bad team in front of him and he didn't, simple as that.

 

[NOTENOUGHRYJOTHINGS]

5 GP

Mack - 9 pts
Rantanen - 9 pts
Nichushkin - 7 goals

I know a lot was on the PP, but that is far from shutting them down. They had good periods but also had collapses.

Rantanen goes stretches where he looks very average but puts up points.

Mackinnon isn't like that. We've seen him take over games vs the highest competition. And he put up some opportunistic points at times. Credit to him. But he didn't look like a top 5 player in the game at any point this series. Lowry deserves a lot of credit.

 

[nyrallday]

If you watched the series? Go watch the goals in game 5 again and let me know which one he had a chance on?

Goalies have to make saves

 

[a mangy Meowth]

A run and gun series was always going to go for Colorado. Colorado scored at will all series. Winnipeg would have had a chance in a tighter series. Alternatively, play this series in a more defensive era, Winnipeg would win.

I imagine the Jets would also have won if they were all allowed to bring pistols out onto the ice too

 

[CanadienShark]

It was expected and I like a lot of players on the Avs. Best of luck next round Colorado.

 

[RoyIsALegend]

Mackinnon isn't like that. We've seen him take over games vs the highest competition. And he put up some opportunistic points at times. Credit to him. But he didn't look like a top 5 player in the game at any point this series. Lowry deserves a lot of credit.

Lowry: "I thought we played well. The difference is our line gives up 3 against the MacKinnon line."

He did a good job overall, but yesterday they got torched and that's all it takes. One bad game and the MacK line put up 6 points.

 

[tucker3434]

Can’t be any worse than Kuemper can he? That guy was a momentum killer. Georgie looks pretty solid

Kuemper picked his spots. In the 3 series that he played in 2022, the Avs won an OT game where he had a .920+. Without some occasional excellence out of him, Avs don't win that cup. We're going to need the same from Georgie.

 

[WaitingForThatCab]

Hellebuyck was replacement level or maybe below replacement level in that series. It's true that the entire Winnipeg team got dummied and outclassed by Colorado, but I don't see how you can pretend Hellebuyck isn't part of that group.

He wasn't very good.

 

[Kobe Armstrong]

Jets fatal flaw was not trading PLD for Dvorak + Anderson when they had the chance

Would have put them over the top IMO

 

[King Woodballs]

Defeat is a funny way of spelling embarrassed

 

[Grigowski]

I imagine the Jets would also have won if they were all allowed to bring pistols out onto the ice too

 

[Ragamuffin Gunner]

How is it that every other team realized that playing your starter 60+ times every year didn't lead to PO wins besides the Jets?

 

[Connor McConnor]

Think I was one of the rare few that said Avs in 5. They get a real team in round 2 and both on paper look like potential bad matchups for them

 

[zoA]

Damn, I feel for the Jets fans cause even as a neutral (leaning Avs since I like their team) that was a really frustrating game to watch. I really thought the Jets were better for the first half of the game and then it was just dumb decisions over and over again. The game was there for the taking but it felt like the Jets players just slowly started unravelling.

 

[John Mandalorian]

Rantanen goes stretches where he looks very average but puts up points.

Mackinnon isn't like that. We've seen him take over games vs the highest competition. And he put up some opportunistic points at times. Credit to him. But he didn't look like a top 5 player in the game at any point this series. Lowry deserves a lot of credit.

You’re overblowing this entirely.

 

[GrkFlyersFan]

Maybe Winnipeg should have tightened things up

Well that's my point. They obviously failed to do so. That's why I say they were never going to win this type of series.

 

[LOFIN]

Think I was one of the rare few that said Avs in 5. They get a real team in round 2 and both on paper look like potential bad matchups for them

Dallas is not a bad matchup for Colorado actually, style wise. The Avs have had their number for years now.

Likewise, Vegas has had the Avs number for years now.

 

[CaptainUgly]

What's their asset pool looking like? I imagine they could probably run it back next year with a few good trades to bolster their roster a bit. Of course, any playoff performance will depend on Hellebuyck being better.

Jets have one of the top prospect pools in the NHL. Needless to say there should hopefully be a changing of the guard to more youth in the lineup

 

[CaptainUgly]

Stupidest post of the thread.

Congratulations!

*Most stupid post of the thread

 

[RoyIsALegend]

*Most stupid post of the thread

It’s called a superlative adjective.

The more you know!

 

[sampollock]

darn peg... were do they go from here now... fans did not come out during the season

 

[John Mandalorian]

How is it that every other team realized that playing your starter 60+ times every year didn't lead to PO wins besides the Jets?

What a crazy reply. Both Georgiev and Hellebuyck had at least 60 points. So what’s your point? Are you just focusing on that so you can somehow make this about Boston?

 

[Plastic Joseph]

Rantanen goes stretches where he looks very average but puts up points.

Mackinnon isn't like that. We've seen him take over games vs the highest competition. And he put up some opportunistic points at times. Credit to him. But he didn't look like a top 5 player in the game at any point this series. Lowry deserves a lot of credit.

thats the thing about the uber elite - they can look average and put up 9 pts in 5 gp

Not saying this was his best series, but you can't say he got shut down when he had 9 pts in 5 gp, opportunistic or not