GDT: Game 68 - Avs @ Sharks - Doo Doo Doo - 8PM

[xbestboybandever]

Not great, but a win is a win right now. For what it’s worth, I think connauton has played better than expected.

 

[Spleenless Wonder21]

I don't really want to argue about it but I think the last goal was bad, but the other 2 were on our poor defense. Looking at his stats he's been more consistent than Grubauer in nearly as many games played. I'm happy to have both, but it seems like people complain about Francouz if he isn't absolutely perfect or doesn't go full Patrick Roy every night. Just seems to me like some are just looking for any little thing to blame him on.

I don’t have a problem with Frankie, or Grubauer, or you lol. I’m just pointing out that imo Francouz gets a lot more leeway, which, as the backup is understandable.

 

[wayninja]

90 points - matching last years total with 14 games remaining.

Bookmarked.

 

[forsbergavs32]

I don’t have a problem with Frankie, or Grubauer, or you lol. I’m just pointing out that imo Francouz gets a lot more leeway, which, as the backup is understandable.

I get you, the arguing part wasn't directed at you

 

[Northern Avs Fan]

 

[AegonLeConqueror]

Anyone saying MacK is a product of Rants can take a seat!

He’s obviously a product of Namestnikov

 

[the_fan]

Good win. But was Girard missing in this game or I'm tripping? I was watching in a restaurant wasnt really paying close attention

 

[Spleenless Wonder21]

Anyone saying MacK is a product of Rants can take a seat!

He’s obviously a product of Namestnikov

 

[Northern Avs Fan]

It’s going to be a tough race for the Central title.

Looking at the Blues schedule, they could easily win their next four games.

 

[CobraAcesS]

Good win. But was Girard missing in this game or I'm tripping? I was watching in a restaurant wasnt really paying close attention

Wasn't amazing, but he kept the puck moving up ice consistently. Had at least one prime chance you'd like him to put away.

I thought EJ was actually really good. He created some chances which we need.

 

[Metallo]

Summer is not long enough for Sammy.

 

[missionAvs]

It’s going to be a tough race for the Central title.

Looking at the Blues schedule, they could easily win their next four games.

Yeah if things go as they should, I don't see us catching them. At this point, I'm just hoping the boys start shifting to playoff mode and avoid injuries going into the post season. We're most likely getting Dallas.

 

[Balthazar]

Good win. But was Girard missing in this game or I'm tripping? I was watching in a restaurant wasnt really paying close attention

He was pretty quiet, which is usually a good sign for a defenseman playing top pairing minutes.

 

[Avs9296]

Good win. But was Girard missing in this game or I'm tripping? I was watching in a restaurant wasnt really paying close attention

He had a quietly effective game. Got the puck out of our zone efficiently and quickly. Even the commentators were commenting on it.

 

[Mighty Makar]

Summer is not long enough for Sammy.

Let’s hope he has a short summer.

 

[Northern Avs Fan]

Good win. But was Girard missing in this game or I'm tripping? I was watching in a restaurant wasnt really paying close attention

It wasn’t Sammy’s best set of games, but I thought he was better than most of our other defenders.

 

[avsfan09]

Pretty reassuring that Landeskog and Namestikov have stepped up when we were clearly hurting depth wish and worked so well it gives us some nice flexibility line wise.

 

[Spleenless Wonder21]

It wasn’t Sammy’s best set of games, but I thought he was better than most of our other defenders.

As long as he doesn’t get lost en route to the rink from the locker room it’s almost impossible for him not to be. But, I agree he’s been steady.

 

[AvsMakar08]

Why did Nashville trade us such a good dman, Sam Girard. Sakic is going to be a GM of the year.

 

[Pokecheque]

The team is just scraping by right now. Huge props to them for still getting wins, but you can tell the team is lacking talent in a big way.

The top line was awesome, but outside of that, nobody else really played well.

I think we’re fortunate that the easiest portion of the schedule is coming at the time the injuries are at their worst.

Need bodies back. Fingers crossed the Kadri’s and Rantanen’s of the world return next week.

Really? I didn't necessarily get that impression. And the stats seem to suggest as much.

Colorado Avalanche @ San Jose Sharks, 2020-03-08

Avs had a shaky start, then absolutely caved in the Sharks in the 2nd. Right now they're just not getting the saves they need at one end, and they're not putting the puck away at the other, not for lack of trying. But they controlled the latter 2/3rds of this game.

I thought was saw decent efforts from quite a few guys. Not many players are going to stand out in a slogfest like this, and the Avs are definitely lacking creativity and finish. They just...don't have the talent to do what they want to do, so they're making due. But I think they're actually playing relatively well all things considered.

Cole had two dumb penalties but at least looked a fair bit better tonight than he did in Vancouver. EJ was pretty solid as well. Graves was...Graves.

I keep waiting for this mythical unicorn shot that Connauton supposedly has, but all he managed tonight was a big turnover for a breakaway goal.

Glad to see Donk doing that to his old team, it felt a lot worse in the postseason when he was the guy with the GWG for SJ.

 

[Pokecheque]

Why did Nashville trade us such a good dman, Sam Girard. Sakic is going to be a GM of the year.

He had his 2C all lined up in Turris and thought Fabbro would make up for the loss. You can bet he regrets the move now, and he also regrets time before that when he traded a good young defenseman for a center.

The lesson here?
Develop your own damn centers.

 

[PAZ]

Wasn't amazing, but he kept the puck moving up ice consistently. Had at least one prime chance you'd like him to put away.

I thought EJ was actually really good. He created some chances which we need.

Yup, he actually has looked better each game since Makar went down and coincidentally since he's not paired with Girard. Definitely not faulting Girard, but EJ neuters his play too much when he's the second fiddle to Girard. EJ is at his best when he's skating the puck through the neutral zone, he simply can't play the stretch pass game and he looks like a completely different defender when he's trying to do that.

 

[Avs9296]

Gotta give Landeskog some credit. We shit on him hard all season and he deserved it but he's been great the last 10 or so games and he was very very good tonight I thought.

Nice to see the captain play well at the right time.

 

[Northern Avs Fan]

Really? I didn't necessarily get that impression. And the stats seem to suggest as much.

Colorado Avalanche @ San Jose Sharks, 2020-03-08

Avs had a shaky start, then absolutely caved in the Sharks in the 2nd. Right now they're just not getting the saves they need at one end, and they're not putting the puck away at the other, not for lack of trying. But they controlled the latter 2/3rds of this game.

I thought was saw decent efforts from quite a few guys. Not many players are going to stand out in a slogfest like this, and the Avs are definitely lacking creativity and finish. They just...don't have the talent to do what they want to do, so they're making due. But I think they're actually playing relatively well all things considered.

Cole had two dumb penalties but at least looked a fair bit better tonight than he did in Vancouver. EJ was pretty solid as well. Graves was...Graves.

I keep waiting for this mythical unicorn shot that Connauton supposedly has, but all he managed tonight was a big turnover for a breakaway goal.

Glad to see Donk doing that to his old team, it felt a lot worse in the postseason when he was the guy with the GWG for SJ.

Sorry, I was perhaps a bit harsh. I just didn’t see a lot of high danger chances from anyone outside of the MacKinnon line.

I’m definitely happy with the win and the team deserves a lot of credit for grinding out another victory.

 

[the_fan]

8 points on Dallas with 14 games left, that's a good cushion