Foppa2118
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Great win. Varly faced a lot of shots but wasn't really tested too hard until the second half of the game where he really made some strong stops. As Roy said about Brodeur a shut out's a shut out, and a 54 save shut out is pretty damn impressive, even if 2/3 of the shots were low percentage chances.
Don't like seeing Varly stretching as much as he was though. Hopefully it's just a little tightness at most, but there was a play earlier in the game where he looked like he tweaked something that had me worried even before I saw flexing as much as he was in the 3rd.
Dutchy is just a wreck. Had some glorious chances only to not get shots on net. Then when he sees Hossa high stick the puck and just standing over it playing chicken, he skates up, stops, and then slaps the puck down ice for a faceoff. All he's got to do is not touch the puck and they get a faceoff outside the zone. Now they have a dangerous draw in their own zone at the end of the game with the goalie pulled. I can't figure out for the life of me what the hell he was thinking there.
O'Reilly and Mitchell both played really strong two way games. I'm not really a big fan of his, but that pass by Mitchell off the boards to Mack for the goal was a thing of beauty. Hilarious that Talbot had the best chance you could possibly get there and he just barely scored with the puck trickling over the line. That's how bad his shot is.
It's no shock to me that this team is finally playing well once they had a good defensive presence up the middle in the top 6 with O'Reilly playing his strong game for the first time this season. It's such a crappy situation that's developed with him, because they probably have to trade him no matter what, but he's such a perfect #2 center to throw out for matchups.
Speaking of match ups, Roy was in matchup overdrive tonight. He doesn't usually play that game, but he really kept Nate away from the tough matchups because Q was getting Kane and Toews out there against him every chance he had. Some smartass in the crowd was trying to confuse the team by whistling like Roy does, but he couldn't figure out how to do it like he did.
Great to see Nate get a goal and a nice assist from his strong skating effort to chase down that Mitchell pass for the 2 on 1. Not sure how the hell that idiot Oduya didn't get a penalty by yanking him out of the scrum by his helmet and then ripping it off him and laughing at him.
Very strong game overall. A few hiccups there but nothing too crazy, and you have to expect the Hawks to get their chances. You're not going to dominate them defensively, but the Avs did a pretty strong job despite the misleading amount of shots on net.
Don't like seeing Varly stretching as much as he was though. Hopefully it's just a little tightness at most, but there was a play earlier in the game where he looked like he tweaked something that had me worried even before I saw flexing as much as he was in the 3rd.
Dutchy is just a wreck. Had some glorious chances only to not get shots on net. Then when he sees Hossa high stick the puck and just standing over it playing chicken, he skates up, stops, and then slaps the puck down ice for a faceoff. All he's got to do is not touch the puck and they get a faceoff outside the zone. Now they have a dangerous draw in their own zone at the end of the game with the goalie pulled. I can't figure out for the life of me what the hell he was thinking there.
O'Reilly and Mitchell both played really strong two way games. I'm not really a big fan of his, but that pass by Mitchell off the boards to Mack for the goal was a thing of beauty. Hilarious that Talbot had the best chance you could possibly get there and he just barely scored with the puck trickling over the line. That's how bad his shot is.
It's no shock to me that this team is finally playing well once they had a good defensive presence up the middle in the top 6 with O'Reilly playing his strong game for the first time this season. It's such a crappy situation that's developed with him, because they probably have to trade him no matter what, but he's such a perfect #2 center to throw out for matchups.
Speaking of match ups, Roy was in matchup overdrive tonight. He doesn't usually play that game, but he really kept Nate away from the tough matchups because Q was getting Kane and Toews out there against him every chance he had. Some smartass in the crowd was trying to confuse the team by whistling like Roy does, but he couldn't figure out how to do it like he did.
Great to see Nate get a goal and a nice assist from his strong skating effort to chase down that Mitchell pass for the 2 on 1. Not sure how the hell that idiot Oduya didn't get a penalty by yanking him out of the scrum by his helmet and then ripping it off him and laughing at him.
Very strong game overall. A few hiccups there but nothing too crazy, and you have to expect the Hawks to get their chances. You're not going to dominate them defensively, but the Avs did a pretty strong job despite the misleading amount of shots on net.
