GDT: GAME LI: Canucks @ Avalanche...wait...there's hockey again?

[Tru]

So much awesomeness in this picture, it needed a quote!!!

 

[hooverdam]

I didn't think Grubauer was that bad against Minnesota. Not bad enough to definitively go back to Varlamov, but that's been the main problem with the tandem all year.

Like, if you have two cars and both are pieces of crap, but you're stuck with one while you can dump the other one for parts, wouldn't you try and make the one you're stuck with work somehow?

 

[Pokecheque]

To me, the more disturbing thing about Grubauer's starts is not his play per se, it's how horrid the team in front of him plays.

 

[S3rkie]

I didn't think Grubauer was that bad against Minnesota. Not bad enough to definitively go back to Varlamov, but that's been the main problem with the tandem all year.

Like, if you have two cars and both are pieces of crap, but you're stuck with one while you can dump the other one for parts, wouldn't you try and make the one you're stuck with work somehow?

I'm wondering if at this point they are trying to get Varly hot for someone desperate to take a flyer on him. But agreed I think Grubs should've gotten the start.

 

[Cousin Eddie]

So excited for Avs hockey again. I’m going to watch an ECHL game before this one so at least I’ll be used to watching bad hockey

 

[The Kingslayer]

To me, the more disturbing thing about Grubauer's starts is not his play per se, it's how horrid the team in front of him plays.

Im not in that room and I have nothing to go off but I dont think the guys in front of him like him all that much and they play that way in front of him haha. I guess they hate Varly too.

 

[Pokecheque]

Im not in that room and I have nothing to go off but I dont think the guys in front of him like him all that much and they play that way in front of him haha. I guess they hate Varly too.

I don't know if it's that or it's that they don't trust him and try and overcompensate. One of the Wylde goals against was the direct result of Kerfoot veering off the guy he was supposed to cover and go after the puck carrier. They just, as a whole, just seemed to really relax and play a smoother game those two times Grubs got pulled and Frankie came in. That's one thing I think the Avs' brass is conveniently ignoring right now, and they shouldn't.

But yeah, maybe they just don't like the guy...

 

[HartKinnon]

To me, the more disturbing thing about Grubauer's starts is not his play per se, it's how horrid the team in front of him plays.

Grubauer has been quite vocal about the team in front of him even though he also has sucked big time. Varly instead takes the blame and doesn't start making excuses.

 

[NOTENOUGHJTCGOALS]

So excited for Avs hockey again. I’m going to watch an ECHL game before this one so at least I’ll be used to watching bad hockey

Finding a new goalie for the Avs?

 

[the_fan]

Those lines are real and not a joke?

Poor MacKinnon is all I can say

 

[dahrougem2]

Lol the Canucks are going to come out soooooo much more eager for this game than the Avs.

5-2 Canucks, Pettersson with 4 points

 

[AvsFan29]

Lol the Canucks are going to come out soooooo much more eager for this game than the Avs.

5-2 Canucks, Pettersson with 4 points

I'm hoping this break helped the Avs pull their shit together. We'll see.

 

[the_fan]

You really see how bad the forward depth is for the Avs when the 1st line is broken up. Now you only have an ok 2nd line with those line combinations. MacKinnon isnt gonna do much with Kerfoot and Wilson on the 1st line, the 3rd line is pretty meh, and the 4th line belongs in AHL.

 

[Pokecheque]

At least they recognized that Kerf belongs on the wing. And I guess the one good thing to come from that line combo will be that he can take important draws instead of MacKinnon.

I remain optimistic until the eventual loss.

 

[Bubba Thudd]

Gonna be a blowout.

 

[S3rkie]

Bad Varly in Western Canada what could go wrong!

 

[Spleenless Wonder21]

Bad Varly in Western Canada what could go wrong!

It’s a home game. Still, the Bionic Groin will likely struggle to cover post to post as he has all year.

 

[Hornstar]

Damn that 3 and 4th line are scary... And not in a good way

 

[Pokecheque]

Technically isn't the game Sunday London Standard Time?!?

Possibly.

 

[S3rkie]

It’s a home game. Still, the Bionic Groin will likely struggle to cover post to post as he has all year.

Aw shit for some reason I thought they were on the road.

 

[missionAvs]

Oh goodness those lines . Can't see them lasting more than 20 lol.

 

[CobraAcesS]

Oh goodness those lines . Can't see them lasting more than 20 lol.

I find it amusing he tries that in a home game. I was calling for it on the road to throw off the other teams line matching. Now when Bednar has last change he f***ing does it, where it makes less sense..

I doubt it lasts the first 10 minutes.

 

[AvsFan29]

I find it amusing he tries that in a home game. I was calling for it on the road to throw off the other teams line matching. Now when Bednar has last change he ****ing does it, where it makes less sense..

I doubt it lasts the first 10 minutes.

It'll last until we start losing. He might be more likely to give it a longer shot this time around. It didn't last long the last time he tried, and you can't get a good idea after 30 minutes.

 

[Avs]

Last game they split up the big line to start the game, weren’t they back together before the end of the 1st?

Also, Avs win 13-0 with an ENG

 

[dahrougem2]

I find it amusing he tries that in a home game. I was calling for it on the road to throw off the other teams line matching. Now when Bednar has last change he ****ing does it, where it makes less sense..

I doubt it lasts the first 10 minutes.

Lol I doubt it lasts two shifts.