GDT: GAME XXII - Stars at Avalanche: Exhaustion

[Pokecheque]

COLORADO AVALANCHE

vs.

DALLAS STARS

but first

A NICE AFTERNOON NAP

TIME: 7pm MST...if everyone is awake
PLACE: Pepsi Center, Denver, CO

PREVIEW:
The Colorado Avalanchezzzzz...wh-what? Oh, sorry. *ahem* The Colorado Avalanche head home after sweeping their recent three-game road trip to face off against the Dallas Stars. Both teams will be *yaaaaawwwwnnnn*...excuse me...playing the second of back-to-backs.

AVALANCHE LINEUP (subject to change)
Landeskog - MacKinnon - Rantanen
Jost - Kerfoot - Wilson
Calvert - Soderberg - Dries
Nieto - Kamenev - SLAYER OF PENALTIES

Girard - Johnson
Cole - Barrie
Zadorov - Nemeth

Varlamov

STARS LINEUP (also subject to change)
Benn - Seguin - Radulov
The Roop - Spezza - Shore
Nichushkin - Faksa - Pitlick
Janmark - Dickinson - Lake Como

Lindell - Heiskanen
Bayreuther - Polak
Hanley - Fedun (Who and who....???)

Khudobin (they're not gonna start Bow, are they?)


KEYS TO THE GAME
Stay awake
Kill All Penalties. KILL THEM ALL!!!!
Make sure Lil' Sammy gets plenty of sleep...after the game. I hear singing helps.

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[badboy1994]

Pretty sure bow will be playing,

 

[Nalens Oga]

Momentum killer coming up thanks to the scheduling.

 

[Raucherhusten]

Momentum killer coming up thanks to the scheduling.

HUH ?

 

[Pokecheque]

Neither team has an excuse, they both should be tired, and Dallas also had to travel for this one.

But to be honest I'd much rather see a back-to-back than long gaps between games. That's a way bigger momentum killer IMO.

 

[Raucherhusten]

Both teams are on a back-to-back. The Avs are usually good at home, Dallas pretty meh on the road. They are missing their 1D & 1G and we are healthy. We are rollin right now, they are pretty inconsistent.

Yeah, if we show up we should win this one.

 

[S E P H]

Momentum killer coming up thanks to the scheduling.

Dallas played last night too.

 

[PepsiCenterMagic]

I'll be at the game tonight! Me and my 10 invitees will do our best to be the loudest ones there. I always wanted to turn Pepsi Center into a student section

 

[Mitchgou]

I'll be at the game tonight! Me and my 10 invitees will do our best to be the loudest ones there. I always wanted to turn Pepsi Center into a student section

Nice!!! one day i will go to see them, last time i saw avs playing it was against Hartford heh.

If avs win tonight again we will be in such a good position, guy can hope.

 

[shadow1]

Expecting another 5 goal game from the Avs with Khudobin in net and no Klingberg on the blue line.

 

[klozge]

I hope Compher and Kamenev stay together for a while. Could be awesome for Kam's development and confidence.

 

[The Kingslayer]

Is that actually the Stars d corp? If so. No excuse. They played last night aswell.

 

[The Kingslayer]

Expecting another 5 goal game from the Avs with Khudobin in net and no Klingberg on the blue line.

Klingberg aint exactly Chris Pronger on defense. In fact hes good for one turnover that leads to a goal when he plays us haha.

 

[Foppberg]

Lookin' forward to seeing Miro.

 

[5280]

Lookin' forward to seeing Miro.

...get walked by Mackinnon

 

[missionAvs]

Lookin' forward to seeing Miro.

Ugh what could have been... Another Avs W here would be huge. This is the one back to back where I actually feel a bit confident we can win since Dallas is also playing its second game in two nights.

 

[Colorado Avalanche]

Lookin' forward to seeing Miro.

It would be crazy if we had him.

 

[5280]

Yeah I was hoping we’d get to pick him up, too. Here’s to hoping Makar ends up on the same level or better

 

[AvsFan29]

Bishop is injured. Dallas on a b2b with travel. I have a good feeling about this game. The Avs need to be rock solid at home, and they know it. Tons of home games coming up.

 

[the_fan]

Neither team has an excuse, they both should be tired, and Dallas also had to travel for this one.

But to be honest I'd much rather see a back-to-back than long gaps between games. That's a way bigger momentum killer IMO.

Long breaks are killer for the Avs, they forget how to play hockey for about hand full of games after long gaps. Hope they dont have many more of those. I guess they'll still have that stupid mandatory 5 day break that every team needs to have

 

[AvsMakar08]

Yeah I was hoping we’d get to pick him up, too. Here’s to hoping Makar ends up on the same level or better

Makar will be better.

 

[Pokecheque]

Long breaks are killer for the Avs, they forget how to play hockey for about hand full of games after long gaps. Hope they dont have many more of those. I guess they'll still have that stupid mandatory 5 day break that every team needs to have

It does that to almost every team, every sport. It was a long break in between series that derailed the 2007 Rockies in the World Series (I mean, they still might have lost but they woulda put up more of a fight at least) and it absolutely did in the St. Louis Blues in 2001 when they swept the Stars and had to wait for the Avs to finish off the Kings. Getting overworked is still preferable to getting thrown out of the regular rhythm and routing you get as a player. That's why the back-to-back/long break/back-to-back was so horrible. It somehow managed to create the worst of both worlds.

The only thing advantageous about a long break is that you get to heal up from injuries.

 

[Pokecheque]

Pretty sure bow will be playing,

Then Stars are guaranteed a win. Avs love making backups look good.

 

[CobraAcesS]

This is how it should be with all back to backs. No team should have to play a back to back while the other is rested IMO. One of the dumbest things about the schedule IMO. Also would it be that difficult for them to matchup two teams coming off of long breaks too if the NHLPA is insistent on these longer sections of off days?

 

[Raucherhusten]

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