Calvert has been fine, I can't really complain to much about what he has brought to the table.
GDT: Game 58: Avs vs Blues | 1 PM MT | February 16, 2019
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Calvert isn’t real skilled, but by God, he works his a** off every shift. If you could transplant Calvert’s drive into the rest of the Avs players, this team would be rolling right now, instead of floundering around like they are.
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Ghetto/Jost/Kerfoot/Nemeth/Barrie/Bourque/Varlamov—-All need to be gone!
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I still want him shipped out of here. This time to Austria
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Meh, I thought he held on to the puck way to much in most situations. He will make a nice play then immediately negate all of it by usually just skating into traffic. He's the hockey equivalent of a dog who chases cars, if they ever caught it, they wouldn't know what to do with it.
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I always read their posts as more of a loving, defensive mother-type. Definitely a relation of some sort though.
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We got lucky with his production last year. Considering we traded that useless plug for him, it was a nice surprise. But that ship has sailed, and he shouldn't be on this roster.
You aren't taking a serious run at the playoffs with Andrighetto / Bourque / Nemeth in your line up
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I'm just about done with Barrie. He causes so many of our goal against right now. That second goal...oh man! That is basic defensive assignment right there...and nothing. He just let him slide right to the net...yeah slide not even skate. The problem with Barrie is that Bednar can't bench him because he needs his offense to try to tie it up.
Jost is an other one that had a bad game.
Too bad for Varly he had a very good game again.
Jost is an other one that had a bad game.
Too bad for Varly he had a very good game again.
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Yeah, because the players on our first line are so terrible. It's funny how the Bednar crowd always finds excuses no matter what's happening on the ice.
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UncleRisto
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This kinda throws the whole prevailing narrative (which I also bought into) of If-they-only-had-league-average-goaltending-! into the dumper. Can't win if you don't score.
0-for-23 on the power play. That's inexcusable.
Bednar low-key (as he does everything) called out the Roomies line twice during his presser. Also doesn't appear pleased with Mikko.
0-for-23 on the power play. That's inexcusable.
Bednar low-key (as he does everything) called out the Roomies line twice during his presser. Also doesn't appear pleased with Mikko.
What a stupid and frustrating game. Avs didn't look bad, but every single prime scoring chance the effin' player missed the net.
Everyone looked kind of dumb today, Landeskog with a low percentage shot on a 3-on-2, Rantanen didn't even get a shot on his breakaway, and I thought MacKinnon should have beat Allen on the outside instead of trying to go 5-hole.
Blues played a good road game, they have the strengths and weaknesses to be a very good road game, but Avs should've done more with their chances.
I got another aspect which i hate about Barrie, the dude is so gun-ho and reckless for the sake of offence that he CONSTANTLY runs around the defencive zone to try and press the game that it often leads him out of position. This out of position makes it really tough because the other players are trying to cover for him leading other players open like Blues first goal. Barrie caught in no man's land which makes EJ go on his side to cover for him where Landeskog goes down low to cover for EJ leaving Tara****ingsenko wide open. Absolutely unacceptable.
I thought EJ and Nieto have been the Avs two best players lately, which isn't going to get you many wins. Nemeth and Rantanen in particular have been dreadful.
Everyone looked kind of dumb today, Landeskog with a low percentage shot on a 3-on-2, Rantanen didn't even get a shot on his breakaway, and I thought MacKinnon should have beat Allen on the outside instead of trying to go 5-hole.
Blues played a good road game, they have the strengths and weaknesses to be a very good road game, but Avs should've done more with their chances.
I got another aspect which i hate about Barrie, the dude is so gun-ho and reckless for the sake of offence that he CONSTANTLY runs around the defencive zone to try and press the game that it often leads him out of position. This out of position makes it really tough because the other players are trying to cover for him leading other players open like Blues first goal. Barrie caught in no man's land which makes EJ go on his side to cover for him where Landeskog goes down low to cover for EJ leaving Tara****ingsenko wide open. Absolutely unacceptable.
I thought EJ and Nieto have been the Avs two best players lately, which isn't going to get you many wins. Nemeth and Rantanen in particular have been dreadful.
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Makes sense. They were the Avs worst line and Rantanen got worse and worse as the game went on.
He had Greer and the 4th line out there in the closing minutes. If that wasn't a sign...
Don't have any idea what the organization's goal is with Jost. I don't care if Wilson's injured or sick or just plain sucks, they should've called up someone else, OR made a deal for a depth forward instead of calling him back up to do what he's done the whole season...nothing.
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Yeah, this isn't helping anyone. As I said earlier, watching him on the PP was especially rough. He kept bobbling the puck on what should've been simple plays. That's not a skating or strength issue, which is what makes the whole thing more concerning and frustrating. Even on the one good scoring chance he had he waited and waited until he ran out of room and it was broken up. He has zero confidence out there.
