GDT: Game 57: Avs @ Senators | Thursday, February 11th, 5:30pm MT | Fade to Black

[Avalanche]

Wasn't surprised Jesse was there. Ottawa is only a 45min drive from here in Cornwall.

 

[Tweaky]

My issue with Blake getting the minutes is that they seem to be coming from Grigs in this one. Grigs is pretty decent on the back end, why cut his time when he is playing well. No issue with the big guys getting a "rest" game to start 3 games in 3.5 days.

 

[The Kingslayer]

My issue with Blake getting the minutes is that they seem to be coming from Grigs in this one. Grigs is pretty decent on the back end, why cut his time when he is playing well. No issue with the big guys getting a "rest" game to start 3 games in 3.5 days.

I dont like it either Tweak. Grigs hasnt looked out of place one bit on that top line and it wouldnt hurt to give him more ice.

 

[shadow1]

Comeau deserves those minutes. The only consistently good line the Avs have had all season has been Comeau + Soderberg + X.

I really hope Rantanen gets the call soon. Watching MacKinnon with McLeod and Tanguay is painful, as is Mitchell with Duchene.

Mitchell has seemed really off the last 10-15 games. Not a liability but completely invisible.

 

[tigervixxxen]

Like I said, Comeau had over 5 minutes pp and pk time. You could say why didn't soda have more but it wasn't by much.

 

[dahrougem2]

Like I said, Comeau had over 5 minutes pp and pk time. You could say why didn't soda have more but it wasn't by much.

He was still 2nd in 5v5 ice-time though.

I don't mind if he's playing a lot 5v5 and PK, but I'm not a big fan of his on the PP. However, it's the best we've got now, so it'll have to do.

I'm more content having Comeau play these minutes instead of Mitchell though, as #7 has looked like a brutal 4th line plug for the last month-plus

 

[InjuredChoker]

Nope they're happy about that

for real? i remember them thrashing phaneuf like no other when he was a leaf some time back.

i guess changing the sweater changes that much then...

There isn't anything remotely special or good about the Senators aside from Karlsson. I think some really good points / critiques can be made about the Avs and where they are going, but the Sens don't look like an organization that has much to be excited about. They've been wallowing in mediocrity for a long time, and that trend looks to continue. If they want to take potshots to placate their ego's after a loss, let 'em knock themselves out.


And to be fair, we take our fair share of potshots at teams like the Wild At least we have a reason to dislike them though I guess.

i guess that's a pretty damn good point since i didn't even think of us taking shots at other teams and i just took a shot at them couple of hours ago.

 

[tigervixxxen]

I don't think we really say the Wild are garbage if we lose to them, most people say they are a very tough team for us to beat. The team we dump on the most is probably the Leafs.

 

[dahrougem2]

I'll dump on the Wild win or lose. Their fans think they're entitled to something and believe their players are all saints when they don't realize just how sneaky-dirty players like Koivu, Parise, Suter, and Granlund are.

 

[tigervixxxen]

We don't like them but does anyone say things like "I can't believe we lost to that terrible team"? No.

 

[Pierce Hawthorne]

That was an interesting game to say the least.


The lines were crazy. I get the reasoning behind it, but man you're putting Mackinnon in a tough spot to break out of his funk playing on a line with McCleod.


Just goes to show we really need Rantanen up here. We dont have the offensive depth to be shuffling lines and trying to spread the offense like that. Fortunately our PP was really clicking tonight.

 

[Colorado Avalanche]

Wow Soderberg. He is actually putting up career numbers. So many people said we made terrible off-season signings with Soderberg, Beauch and Comeau.. Haha. I knew Soderberg would be at least decent. He looks like legit top-6 player. He's been really good since those first 5-10 games where he struggled.

I would even say Comeau is upgrade over McGinn and he will probably end up costing less than him.

Beauch is obvious upgrade over Hejda. Although I loved Hejda, but he should have never played top-pairing minutes(on a good team). Perfect second pairing defenseman though.

 

[tigervixxxen]

Soda has 40 points now, if Mack and Duchene don't pick it up he's going to take the team lead soon.

 

[Colorado Avalanche]

Soda has 40 points now, if Mack and Duchene don't pick it up he's going to take the team lead soon.

That's crazy. Although even Iginla outscored them last season.

 

[Nzap]

Like I said, Comeau had over 5 minutes pp and pk time. You could say why didn't soda have more but it wasn't by much.

He shouldn't really be on the PP with his whiffing 1-timers, but the point stands.

 

[Cousin Eddie]

Roy said again that Grigorenko is playing very well. He also said the team played well, though.

Well he's half right anyway. Grigs is looking real good out there. Still doesn't use his body as much as I'd like but he makes space and time out of nothing which is a huge help to Duchene (and Mackinnon when he's there) since they are two guys who always seems to rush the play. Soderberg, Rantanen and Grigorenko are three similar players but of course all are at different levels. Grigorenko lacks the skating ability of the other two and of course Rantanen will exceed both probably within a year.

 

[UncleRisto]

Think they'll stick with the weird lines to end the game or go back to the old ones?

 

[tigervixxxen]

Think they'll stick with the weird lines to end the game or go back to the old ones?

Didn't they last the whole game? Yes I think so, at least for the weekend. Roy said he did it to be able to roll 4 lines with basically a 3 in 3.

 

[UncleRisto]

Didn't they last the whole game? Yes I think so, at least for the weekend. Roy said he did it to be able to roll 4 lines with basically a 3 in 3.

Right. Did Roy say anything about the goalies?

 

[tigervixxxen]

Right. Did Roy say anything about the goalies?

Yeah, he's going with Varly

 

[UncleRisto]

Yeah, he's going with Varly

Of course he is.

 

[Hesher]

Big 2 points but they didn't look too good 5on5. The new lines are a mess.

 

[AvsGuy]

I wonder if we'll ever see one complete great season from either MacKinnon or Duchene. Neither guy can even seem to keep it together for 20ish games, and Roy's really not helping.

 

[tigervixxxen]

Nobody stays hot for a full year, not sure what exactly you expect.

 

[CobraAcesS]

We don't like them but does anyone say things like "I can't believe we lost to that terrible team"? No.

Yeah we do, when we're pissed off that we didn't pick up points against teams at the bottom of the standings.

There has been plenty of comments about the points lost against teams like TOR, and CAR. We don't attempt analyze their team down to the gnats ******* though, and rip them apart to make ourselves feel better.

I don't think anyone has said something like that about a team above us in the standings though lol.