GDT: Game 1: Mild @ Avalanche - 7PM - HOCKEY IS BACK

[JoeSakic13]

If this was 2017, JT's shot would have somehow been saved.

 

[Balthazar]

Girard is the D who finished the game with the most TOI.

 

[Avs425]

Can’t wait for Russo’s hot takes on this game. Was it their b team again?

I think he is eating some humble pie after getting roasted on twitter for the Landy hit on staal tweet

 

[WarriorOfGandhi]

I love you all

 

[Cousin Eddie]

Girard is the D who finished the game with the most TOI.

I thought he got an apple on the Soderberg goal. Guess not.

 

[The Merchant]

lol Niederreiter tries so hard to not get rocked...and gets rocked

 

[CobraAcesS]

Have to be impressed with the Avs this game. Yeah there was going to be a push from the Mild in the third, but they eventually got control back and kept their composure.

Varly really impressed me keeping his composure with that little action. I've been hard on him in the past for when he gives up goals and his ability to stay focused in games where he isn't seeing a lot of shots.

I thought Wilson was better than what the comments here seemed to show, but he can't finish plays. Be it a bad pass, or a bad shot, he just kills all the effort and good he did when the puck comes off his stick. Jost probably should have had a goal tonight if it wasn't for Wilson's bad passes. Kaut is going to be really f***ing nice as a PWF that can actually shoot and complete a pass to compliment a line in the future. Kaut as the third wheel with whoever we draft and Jost is going to be really important as another Landeskog type of player for his line. That line does need that big body for sure.

No one was bad bad, but the top line could have been better. Girard deserved more love on the stat sheet for sure.

Nemeth & Z was much better than Nemo and Cole would have been. Love Cole's game, just the small things at the right times.

We've got so much jam in the bottom nine, but so little finish.

 

[Avs44]

Top line looked sort of out of sync individually tonight. Still some good looks, pretty confident they'll get it together.

Someone buy this team a damn non-top line top six forward who can score.

 

[Tommy Shelby]

Girard is the D who finished the game with the most TOI.

Lil Sam's gonna establish himself this year, I can feel it.

 

[Balthazar]

Guys like Russo and Dater receive tons and tons of hate tweets from fans of opposing teams. Without even looking I'm sure AVS fans trolled him hard after his Landy comment.

 

[Avs91]

Why no MacKinnon interview?

 

[JoeSakic13]

Why no MacKinnon interview?

He took 8 shots tonight and was busy taking a 9th with one of the ice girls

 

[The Kingslayer]

Nate doesn't want to talk to Lauren.

Confirmed. Smashed.

 

[Nalens Oga]

I thought Wilson was better than what the comments here seemed to show, but he can't finish plays.

Wait Wilson played!?

 

[Sea Eagles]

Top 10 this season in the NHL. Here we come. Lots of size, grit, speed.

Second line being sorted, we are a Cup threat in the next few years.

The Wild are a very big, talented team we shut down tonight.

 

[Goulet17]

40-21 shot advantage, but perhaps more importantly, a 29-13 5v5 shot advantage. Fairly dominant performance in that respect. It was strange for me to watch the Avs-Wild after the last several years and not see the Wild pin the Avs in their own zone for a large part of the game.

 

[Quicklime]

Well played!!!

 

[Foppa2118]

Varly with a real solid game. Especially in the 3rd. Deserves the next start IMO.

Cole quietly with a real solid game himself. Doing the heavy lifting physically in the trenches in front of the net and in the corners.

 

[Foppberg]

Girard is the D who finished the game with the most TOI.

I love that balance. 5 guys with 19+ ? Yes please. No more giving Nick Holden and Matt Hunwick 25+ minutes.

 

[Avalanche]

You guys remember when Homer was a boxer on The Simpsons?

 

[the_fan]

Great win!

 

[The Kingslayer]

I thought he got an apple on the Soderberg goal. Guess not.

He should. The puck went off the Wild guy to Nieto to Soda.

 

[GirardSpinorama]

Cole made a couple of bad passes, but overall did a lot in front of the net. He just needs to be paired with a high IQ mobile d who can do as much puck moving as possible.

Can't complain about any of the lines really. Wilson played well even though he can't finish. Kerfoot and Jost definitely improved from last season, its obvious even without the points. Soderberg has always been underrated and did not lose a step it seems. Girard will be a top four dman this year, at AGE 20!

I'm not just excited about our top line (which didn't look amazing and still gets a goal), but I honestly don't have a single player on this roster right now that I dread seeing.

 

[JoeSakic13]

You guys remember when Homer was a boxer on The Simpsons?

You guys remember game 3 vs. San Jose in 2010?

 

[The Kingslayer]

We have something really special with Girard.