ljb4
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Undefeated with Kaut in the line-up.7 straight
GDT: GAME LXV: RIVALRY NIGHT! Aves vs. Wungs
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Metallo
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Eagles win over the Red Wings so they are relegated to the AHL.
He's starting to look like the real menace on the team, not Zadorov
jaems
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Drai can have the Hart, Mac wants the Conn Smythe.
SirLoinOfCloth
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Hutchinson said he likes coming to a team that is winning. #leafsdiss
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Done like dinner
Bill Peckerskull
Fargin' Icehole
Metallo
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Avsboy
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He never had much of a chance. Injuries sapped the team of offensive firepower. McDavid and Drai have each other. Pasta has Marchand. Panarin is on fire but NYR won't be in the playoffs.
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I wonder if getting out of the scoring race affects his game.
He does seem to hit a wall near the end of each season though...last year he couldn't get to 100 pts because of that wall.
Avs_19
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Draisaitl already has it all but locked up at this point. I don't think it would've even mattered if MacKinnon had capitalized on some of those great chances as of late. Draisaitl deserves it.
El Travo
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MacK was able to overcome it earlier in the year, asking him to carry the entire offense twice is a bit much. It's a huge benefit that he can play well defensively now and the rest of the team has really come together.
Avs44
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To be honest, I think Draisaitl has also just played his way into it. He's now at 107 points.
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MacKinnon played 23 minutes once again tonight.
We are burning him out. Period.
We are burning him out. Period.
LOFIN
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It's not a likely scenario, but entirely possible. Especially if they get Shestjorkin back faster than they thought.
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Love how the commentators were saying how brave the Redwings were tonight. Okay, they fought until the end.
Yet we had 8 players, yes...EIGHT out of the line-up or starting that normally would.
Kaut, Kamenev, O'Connor, Barberio, Hutchinson....tip your collective hats boys. All stepped up. All wore that jersey with pride and passion.
This my friends, is what culture is built upon.
Yet we had 8 players, yes...EIGHT out of the line-up or starting that normally would.
Kaut, Kamenev, O'Connor, Barberio, Hutchinson....tip your collective hats boys. All stepped up. All wore that jersey with pride and passion.
This my friends, is what culture is built upon.
El Travo
Why are we still here? Just to suffer?
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Yeah, MacK fell off offensively and Draisaitl kept on rolling. If MacK could have kept going despite all the injuries again he'd still have a solid case.
Northern Avs Fan
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Hard not to see this game as anything, but a positive. I mean, they had what, 7 key players missing.
Bednar and the veteran leadership on this team deserve a lot of credit for getting the team to play hard every night.
During the win-streak there really hasn’t been a lot of skill on the ice. MacK, Makar, Girard, Landy. That’s about it. There are other good players, but it’s just been a commitment to continually bust ass every single night.
Bednar and the veteran leadership on this team deserve a lot of credit for getting the team to play hard every night.
During the win-streak there really hasn’t been a lot of skill on the ice. MacK, Makar, Girard, Landy. That’s about it. There are other good players, but it’s just been a commitment to continually bust ass every single night.
Agreed. But honestly not all his fault. Teams are literally saying let's not let MacKinnon beat us. Just watch a PP from tonight. Red Wings wouldn't even let him sniff the puck, they were so overplaying him if we any semblance of a quality shooter on the other side we probably score about 2-3 pp goals tonight. Not saying he is playing his best hockey right now but I'm sure he is frustrated since there is absolutely no room for him out there since there aren't any other real consistent threats out there with him. Could have easily had 3 points tonight had his shot not rang off the iron, and nuke missed an open net.
When you are playing as an AHL team with no real threats outside of one guy it's not to difficult to double and triple team him. Until we start getting some guys back it's going to be more of the same.
LOFIN
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Like they say in The Sopranos: "whaddyagonnado". We have to put that firepower up there. Even when MacK is not scoring, he's still effective most nights.
Metallo
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I know where you are getting at but Kamenev sucked and has been sucking for a while. No tip of the hat for him.
wayninja
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I wonder if the same is true of Makar. He played almost 25 minutes last game. Wonder if he's injured or if he's on maintenance.
Lol, he's that bloke who looks like he doesn't know he's a tool, but unbeknownst to him he totally is one.
Avsboy
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Mack has yet to lead the league in points. He came extremely close this year. I think if he had another top talent next to him most of the season (Rantanen uninjured and not flopping all over the place) he can win the Art Ross one season. Kuch and Drai have had more star power with them over the last 2 seasons, but Mack is certainly on their tier.
