GDT: R2 G3: Avs @ Golden Knights 10 ET/8 MT *Who Will Be Tonight's Hero?*

[NOTENOUGHJTCGOALS]

I think we can come to an agreement that Grubauer stole game 2. 1 game out of 6 so far.

that works out to...(whips out calculator)...less than half.

I don't do advanced stats.

 

[RockyMtnRedhawk]

Ohhhh...definitely do NOT want Sherwood in there. Vegas would eat that guy for breakfast, especially in a last-change situation.

He led the league in Corsi % among players with at least 15 games played this season. His upside is certainly limited, but he's a solid 4th line player. I don't expect him to be in the lineup because we've gotten no indication that he's in consideration at this point, but I certainly DON'T think he'd get exposed in a possession game against Vegas.

 

[willy702]

Not just that, but any time the Avs have gone into Vegas it has been littered with Avs fans. It's nice to see that for a change when we go into Vegas/Arizona and have a loud, vocal fanbase.

Hard to get tickets in Vegas for non-season ticket holders. They don't release many to the general public and the Knights put insane restrictions on selling or even transferring tickets to others. Not to say there won't be a few, but its nothing like it used to be or how it still is in Glendale.

 

[Pokecheque]

He led the league in Corsi % among players with at least 15 games played this season. His upside is certainly limited, but he's a solid 4th line player. I don't expect him to be in the lineup because we've gotten no indication that he's in consideration at this point, but I certainly DON'T think he'd get exposed in a possession game against Vegas.

I've just seen way too many horrible defensive zone turnovers to trust him. I'll admit I was way too harsh on him earlier, but...ehhhhh I think there's a reason they tried the untested rookie first.

 

[tshack]

"That's enough Fleury, we have to go now!"

Thank you internet.

 

[Avs_19]

They’re gonna make us wait until about 15 mins before game time for the lineup, aren’t they? That’s a very short period to complain about who is/isn’t in.

Hopefully Byram plays.

 

[SaltySkywalker]

You can't expect to win the cup if you need your goalie to steal half the games.

Your best players need to be your best players. That's on MacK and Makar to be much better.

LOL.

 

[The Kingslayer]

easy money tonight. No way the Knights go down 3-0. Zero percent. Wont happen. Bet the house on Vegas. Hopefully Avs take game 4 and 5.

 

[TheGrimReaper]

we should hopefully see a FAR better effort tonight from the boys , with the barn to capacity and the energy level off the charts! Just because it's their rink doesn't mean we can't feed off of that as well. Sometimes it tastes better humiliating a foe in front of their whole village!
Hero - Cale Makar

 

[dahrougem2]

5-1 Vegas, Avs outshoot the Golden Knights 36-25. Fleury steals one.

 

[SaltySkywalker]

easy money tonight. No way the Knights go down 3-0. Zero percent. Wont happen. Bet the house on Vegas. Hopefully Avs take game 4 and 5.

I've found that it's been very misleading talking about Vegas, as in the sports betting, when talking about this series.

 

[The Kingslayer]

So did Colorado really see the absolute best Vegas has to offer in G2, or is there another level? Obviously I was happy, beyond happy, that the Avs won G2, but I think most of us could see that was an absolute theft by Grubauer.

They cannot come out and play the same way they did from about the time it was 1-1 in the 1st through the rest of the game. Do not come back to Colorado with a tied series, that's my hope.

Wasn't their best. They played 40 minutes. If they had a better first period who knows. Regardless they are going to need to play at the level they did periods 2 and 3 if they are going to win tonight. Or they are going to need MAF to stand on his head and steal one like Gru did last game.

 

[The Moops]

I suck at making pre-game predictions, but I Bura has to get one at some point. Law of averages or something

 

[Forceberg]

Win this game or the next. MIN won in Vegas, so can the AVS.

GO AVS.

 

[The Kingslayer]

If we win one of the next two games the series is over. Why not make it tonight?

Series aint over till they take 4 just ask the Leafs this year. ...or the Avs in 03....or the Avs in 98.

 

[The Kingslayer]

I suck at making pre-game predictions, but I Bura has to get one at some point. Law of averages or something

He had a lot of chances last game and made some dumb plays along with it. He keeps shooting one is bound to go in. Hopefully tonight. Need donskoi to get going too. Everytime the Avs used to play the Sharks Donskoi would destroy us. Be nice if he helped us a little more.

 

[the_fan]

I'd say Avs lose this and win the next one in Vegas

 

[The Kingslayer]

5-1 Vegas, Avs outshoot the Golden Knights 36-25. Fleury steals one.

not sure abuout 5-1 but I feel like the Avs get shut out because Fleury plays out his mind. something like 3-0.

 

[LTC Pain]

not sure abuout 5-1 but I feel like the Avs get shut out because Fleury plays out his mind. something like 3-0.

Make sure you post a pic of yourself in a Golden Knights jersey tonight

 

[MarkT]

5-1 Vegas, Avs outshoot the Golden Knights 36-25. Fleury steals one.

not sure abuout 5-1 but I feel like the Avs get shut out because Fleury plays out his mind. something like 3-0.

Get out of here with that bullshit. Fluery ain't shutting no one out!

 

[AvBuff]

I dunno. I think the VGK's were so slow, inept and gassed in Game 1 that the Avs were a bit slow to react to the increased energy in Game 2. If you spend 8 innings facing Jamie Moyer and then face Aroldis Chapman in the 9th, you're gonna whiff.

Sorry for the baseball analogy, but it's the best I could do. I think the Avs will be better tonight.

 

[The Kingslayer]

Make sure you post a pic of yourself in a Golden Knights jersey tonight

Oskar Lindberg jersey is dusty but i'll bring her out.

 

[The Kingslayer]

Get out of here with that bullshit. Fluery ain't shutting no one out!

Going be a shutout tonight for sure. No way the Avs score one on Fleury and if they do NBC will cut the feed right before the puck goes in and wont resume until league officials change the score. MAF is already the first star of this game.

 

[The Kingslayer]

I dunno. I think the VGK's were so slow, inept and gassed in Game 1 that the Avs were a bit slow to react to the increased energy in Game 2. If you spend 8 innings facing Jamie Moyer and then face Aroldis Chapman in the 9th, you're gonna whiff.

Sorry for the baseball analogy, but it's the best I could do. I think the Avs will be better tonight.

Never thought of it that way but yah that's possible. I don't even think Vegas was that bad in Game 1 its just the Avs were playing the very best they could. Said it before but when the Avs are playing at their very best they are next to impossible to beat.

 

[Freudian]

Can't go 16-0 if you lose a game so I don't really see Avs losing this.