GDT: Sabres @ Avalanche | Wednesday January 20 2016 | 8PM MT | The Return of Jame Mcginn

[Cousin Eddie]

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Wednesday | January 20, 2016 | 8:00MT


The return of

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"It feels like forever ago that I was here," O'Reilly told the Sabres website Tuesday. "It's amazing, I feel like this is the city where I turned into a man kind of, coming in so young and all the experiences I had here."

Lineups

Crease Owners

The Former Faces of the City

Golden Together

Until....




Now here we are 7 months later and one of the biggest fan favorites the Avalanche have ever had is back in Denver, ready to face off against his former squad.

Go AVES.

I'm out, coffee break!!

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[RoyIsALegend]

Welcome back, Ginner!

 

[Rumplesnipeskin]

Thanks for the GDT, I'm sure the reception will be mixed but I hope the fans give O'Reilly a bit of recognition for his time in CO. I also hope Zads is motivated to come out and beast it. Maybe toss Grigs in a position to do the same, I'm sure he'd have some extra fire in his game.

 

[Iceberg]

Nice GDT!

I miss McGinn.

Curious to see how "Fired up Grigorenko" looks like! I bet this is Roy testing his will.

 

[Cousin Eddie]

Thanks for the GDT, I'm sure the reception will be mixed but I hope the fans give O'Reilly a bit of recognition for his time in CO. I also hope Zads is motivated to come out and beast it. Maybe toss Grigs in a position to do the same, I'm sure he'd have some extra fire in his game.

I just hope the fans give O'Reilly an applause at first. What they do after is completely fine but he needs an applause at first because he was just a phenomenal Av, regardless of how things turned out.

If the fans want to boo him every time he touches the puck after that (which will be a lot) I'm honestly fine with it.

 

[NateTheGreat]

As much as the ROR fiasco was a headache for all us Avs fans, whenever he stepped onto the ice all of that stuff seemed irrelevant. I hope he gets cheered tonight because he put in the work to become the hockey player he is today. I think it will be best for both parties to get this game over with and finally have some closure on the whole situation.

 

[UncleRisto]

Nice.

I wonder how much money ROR has to put on the board.

 

[tigervixxxen]

The Roy interview so far this morning Completely sucks. Sigh.

 

[Lonewolfe2015]

When did Martinsen become a ghost?

 

[The Mars Volchenkov]

Tanguay on the top line because Nate likes playing with him. Hmmmmm.

 

[tigervixxxen]

These guys are just so dumb.

"Iginla is just ageless out there"

Nothing about our young defensemen

"have they provided a spark?" "Yes, they are playing well".

Wow, informative.

 

[Gigantor The Goalie]

Blame Nate

 

[NothingLikeAnEJ]

Excited to see Dutchy and Mack match up with ROR. Should be an entertaining one tonight.

 

[The Mars Volchenkov]

Another awful interview. Interesting things happened in the last week, and it was all ignored.

 

[tigervixxxen]

Mack likes Grigo too. I'm not going to beat that drum but it's obvious he likes that type of linemate.

Oh now they are talking about the least documented feud in history

 

[tigervixxxen]

Another awful interview. Interesting things happened in the last week, and it was all ignored.

Just completely baffling. Makes me want to throw my phone out the window.

Dreessen couldn't even say Rantanen's name. Plus what's the point in asking about him again until he plays? At least Roy said it's still under consideration.

 

[Cypher]

Dutch and ROR will drop the gloves off the opening face-off....

Or ateast they better

 

[Cousin Eddie]

Thought we were in for a great interview when they asked about Bigras and Zads right away but there was no follow up to "they provided a spark" and the rest of the interview was pretty dull.

I laughed when they asked Roy if he wishes ROR was still on this team and his immediate response was "Not at all."
Also Roy was confused when they brought up problems between Duchene and O'Reilly. Said he's never seen any issue at all.

 

[Foppa Frossa]

Huge game for both sides. If the Avs win, they can move within a point of MIN for the 1st wildcard slot, if BUF wins, they'll only be 7 points out of the playoffs.

 

[RockLobster]

Thought we were in for a great interview when they asked about Bigras and Zads right away but there was no follow up to "they provided a spark" and the rest of the interview was pretty dull.

I laughed when they asked Roy if he wishes ROR was still on this team and his immediate response was "Not at all."
Also Roy was confused when they brought up problems between Duchene and O'Reilly. Said he's never seen any issue at all.

Because I get the sense that it was always just the DP/Chambers who were making this out to be a bigger deal than it really was.

 

[ColoradoSportsFan]

Just completely baffling. Makes me want to throw my phone out the window.

Dreessen couldn't even say Rantanen's name. Plus what's the point in asking about him again until he plays? At least Roy said it's still under consideration.

Then why do you all still listen. All you ever do is complain about it.

 

[tigervixxxen]

Is Roy going to talk about it if they had problems, no. But if people want to "report" on this "feud" now the time is to pony up some details.

 

[LazRNN]

The morning show is a football show. Unfortunately it still will be when football is over. We don't get good options sports media wise in Denver.

I did think it was interesting that Roy politely disagreed with the Iginla is ageless comment. Though I'm not sure why Tanguay is any different. Iginla can shoot and Tanguay can pass.

 

[tigervixxxen]

Then why do you all still listen. All you ever do is complain about it.

We'll be happy to stop writing about it. You know, to help you guys who can't listen but I'll be happy to stop bothering. Maybe someone besides TMV can write about it for a change too.

 

[Tweaky]

Nice GDT, but I would like to respectfully suggest a different song: