Vaslof
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I liked Zadorov getting big hits without chasing them. Just turning into a cinder block and letting physics have it's way with opponents.
Not only did I start the thread, but I even subtly dropped Jack Hughes name in the OP while also finishing my post with the photo of Matt Duchene as a kid in his Avalanche jersey.
I'll take him back with open arms as long as he publicly says he was wrong to request a trade and never should have left.
So what you are saying is Sakic should sign him at or below the "Duchene cap"? Agree!!!!If Duchene settles for $6M/year to fit in on a contending team, I wouldn't be surprised if he wins a cup. Penguins might be past their prime in 19/20 though.
I wouldn’t put Jost at C either.
Jost rarely wins any board battles and gets pushed around a lot. He's not a 4c. He needs to put up offensive numbers or he needs to be traded. Or grow 4 inches and gain 40 pounds lolMuch better suited to a 4C role than Kerfoot is, that’s for sure. Soda should be 2C and Compher should be 3C.
Call him a black hole offensively all you want, but Jost is extremely responsible defensively and doesn’t make those types of turnovers.
The Avs are probably at least a year ahead of schedule on their rebuild. We weren't expecting to have this much success. The team isn't built to contend yet. We have major assets that haven't played an NHL game yet, and a potential top pick that hasn't even been selected lol we're going to have to be patient and enjoy the success we've had.Avs have deliberately not spread out scoring. Their three best forwards are on the same line (and only a nut would complain about that) and Sodaberg is being asked to take on the shutdown responsibilities.
That leaves the rest to fend for themselves and they are not, at this point, well equipped to do so. That doesn't mean Avs have to start making big trades to fix what isn't really broken. Avs are on purpose an unbalanced team. There are reinforcements coming in the next couple of seasons. Kaut. Bowers. Timmins. Makar. Hughes.
I too would love to see Jost, Andrighetto and Kamenev take a step forward. I think there is a good chance they will eventually. But the ice will be tilted against them regularly. We just have to hope the first line, goalies and special teams will be good enough to make the team good even with these weaknesses in the bottom nine.
The Avs are probably at least a year ahead of schedule on their rebuild. We weren't expecting to have this much success. The team isn't built to contend yet. We have major assets that haven't played an NHL game yet, and a potential top pick that hasn't even been selected lol we're going to have to be patient and enjoy the success we've had.
I highly doubt sakic starts trading prospects and picks to try and throw together a 2nd line in hopes to make it to second round.
The rebuild was started all the way back in 2009. It's been almost a decade until we're consistently looking good and outplaying the competition.The Avs are probably at least a year ahead of schedule on their rebuild. We weren't expecting to have this much success. The team isn't built to contend yet. We have major assets that haven't played an NHL game yet, and a potential top pick that hasn't even been selected lol we're going to have to be patient and enjoy the success we've had.
I highly doubt sakic starts trading prospects and picks to try and throw together a 2nd line in hopes to make it to second round.
The rebuild was started all the way back in 2009. It's been almost a decade until we're consistently looking good and outplaying the competition.
It's the first time it's seemed like we've hit "mid rebuild". Our window will be opening soon, and we're already scaring teams all around the league. Good times.There has been false starts on the backs of great goaltending, dead ends and a lot of spinning the wheels.
The last 2-3 years is when it's starting to feel like the first successful rebuild, even though we are benefiting from what came before (EJ, Mac, Landeskog, Barrie, Varly and the trade returns on Duchene/O'Reilly)
I don't think it would be wise to risk ruining the team's chemistry. Maybe at the end of his career.It’s gonna be insane in here when we sign Duchene 7/1
6m x 6I don't think it would be wise to risk ruining the team's chemistry. Maybe at the end of his career.
I liked Barrie much more than I did in the last three or four games. He was terrible in the first half of the game but he showed some fight in the 2nd half. Plus, he was much better offensively and especially on the PP than in the prior games. His size combined with the current much slower speed still concerns me, though.I don't think Barrie is off to a great start, but it's not easy to get all those 'easy' points he's getting. Moving the puck quickly and accurately on the PP is a skill and he's very good at getting especially MacKinnon the puck quickly so MacKinnon has a good shooting or passing lane. On the Rantanen goal he did a great job adjusting his grip to control and move the puck quickly.
I miss him jumping up in the slot like he used to, but it's possible Bednar doesn't want him to do that as often.