Aside from Mack and Rants breaking out this season, the one other player I've been very impressed with is Soda. After what went on last season with the reduced role and minutes, it would have been easy for him to mail it in for the rest of his contract or request for a trade. Instead, he turned it around and became our became our best shutdown forward and penalty killer while allowing the top line to get more offensive zone starts! I think he will be an important player in the playoffs
GDT: Game 82: Blues @ Avs |4/7 7pm MT|Just win a game please
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And they both seem to score goals when Avs desperately needs one.
MarkT
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Carl has earned my everlasting respect for this season. No matter where he goes in his career from now on I'll pay attention and wish him well. I don't know if anyone had a worse year on the Avs than him last season, and to become the player he was for us this year shows an incredible amount of character and heart. Heck, he's even learned to hit occasionally, which not even Roy seemed to be able to get him to do. Love me some Soda, and yes he is made for the playoffs.
Avs44
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Agreed, great season for him, and became an absolutely vital part of the team. After the top line pretty easily the most important forward on the club.
SaltySkywalker
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Foppa Frossa
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Woke up and read all 72 pages. Awesome game and so much fun to be in the playoffs again. Even if we don't have any success in the playoffs, it will be something to build on for next year as opposed to just having the goal next season to get into the playoffs.
SaltySkywalker
Bushes of Love
Foppa Frossa
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stupid NHL.tv ending the stream before the jersey ceremony.
KingSizeKirby
PLAYOFFS!?
This. So important to get these guys into the playoffs even if we are serving as the sacrificial lambs to the Preds. Youngest team in the NHL getting big game experience is invaluable IMO.
Just wanted to add one more thing. Favorite moment of the game for me was definitely Girard breaking some ankles and sending Schenn into the boards. I was dying lol.
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Anybody that saw this team celebrate Landy's empty net goal and still thinks that making the playoffs was not important to this team to take the next step is out to lunch. That team needed to experience that feeling just like they need to experience how hard it will be to advance to the next round.
The Kingslayer
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ditto on Soda. I forget he was a healthy scratch to start the season. Soda was awesome all yr and played his ass off.
I laughed for a good 10 minutes on that one, and probably watched the replay at least 100 times. Schenn's knees buckle and he just goes flying, it was pretty epic.
Papa Francouz
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Really good! The guy they cast as Genie was super charismatic. He basically stole the show all by himself, similar to Robin Williams in the original movie. They took some creative liberties to adapt the movie to the stage, but what they were able to do within the limitations of a theater was crazy. There are some seriously talented people out there.
Haha, well... I did bring that idea up with my girlfriend, and she did consider it... In the end, she figured it’d be best to go to the show, though. I was 110% ready to sell the Aladdin tickets online and pick up some cheap Avs nosebleeds, or whatever was available. In the end, it all worked out. The Avs are in the playoffs! And that’s all that matters.
klozge
Avs
I think that had a huge impact on the game for us. If ever there was a game for them to have that kind of result in the dot it was that game. I was really impressed with that. It also shows how much easier we could make it on ourselves if they got closer to the mid line when it comes to winning FOs.
The Kingslayer
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I know people don't like our PBP crew Haynes and McNabb and yes they aren't always the brightest but man can Haynes call a game he was on point last night and it definitely added to the overall fun of the game.
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I guess we should be happy Mikko didn't do a cannonball there.
Congo Jack
is a big fat mess.
I gotta tell ya, them making the playoffs was really needed, it was one of the few things that made me smile yesterday after the Humboldt tragedy.
I really didn't need this hangover tho.
I really didn't need this hangover tho.
klozge
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I absolutely hate Haynes and McNabb but they were awesome last night.
ASmileyFace
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Even after a night of sleep I'm still giddy over this. What a capstone of a game on top of a excellent season. Love you all! 
Freaky Styley
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Ya it's great to celebrate this victory together and a successful season after the hell of last year. I want to give a shoutout to maybe our most unheralded player on the roster, Matt Nieto. The guy knows his role and can play. Has more skill than people think and rarely makes a bad decision with the puck. Amazing waiver pickup who should be a staple in the lineup for the next few years.
