Gatorbait19
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GDT: SCF G4: Avalanche @ Lightning (COL (now) Leads 3-1) : 8pm ET
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That's true, the second after we win (if we win), HFAvs will already be worried about screwing up the off-season and missing the playoffs next season due to Newhook not being ready to be 2C or something
Soedy
All Hail Cale
Also, trade Landy because he hoisted the cup wrong.
The Kingslayer
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I would probably skip tomorrow then if I were you....This year, we have not win series clinching game at home ice. I sure hope to see that tomorrow
I been happy this entire time. This has been a fun playoffs for me. Shame you guys cant enjoy it.
UncleRisto
Not Great, Bob!
The Kingslayer
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The avs can be a lottery team next yr so long as they win the cup this yr.
Richard88
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Cumulative 5v5 Corsi paints the picture of a pretty one-sided final so far:
Riley Nash (15mins played in 2 games) is the only Tampa player over 50% in Corsi.
Riley Nash (15mins played in 2 games) is the only Tampa player over 50% in Corsi.
Richard88
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Just re-watched the OT period. That was some dominant one-sided hockey, reminiscent of the OT against Nashville where the Avs just put the hammer down and willed themselves to the win in dominant fashion. Tampa simply had no answers other than plucky chances of the rush. Stranger things have happened but it's hard to see past the Avs closing this out at home where they'll have fast ice again and a pumped up crowd.
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Mark this date in your calendar boys and girls. The day AVS won back the Cup ! I expect nothing but a win. We'll come out like an absolute viper ready to strike.
I'm surprised they actually won a game tbh.
They day AVS smashed apart a dynasty.
I'm surprised they actually won a game tbh.
They day AVS smashed apart a dynasty.
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ten years gone
Today is indeed the day !
The Anthem singer will not be sporting blue lipstick and the Grail will be in the house !
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It is astonishing the difference between how this team play in OT 5v5 vs 3v3. Although they were better this year it is still night and day.
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I haven't posted anything yet about game 4, so I'll just say this: f*** John Cooper and his whining.
Time for a real team (all due respect to Montreal, but Dallas can f*** off too) to show Tampa what a real cup champion looks like.
Time for a real team (all due respect to Montreal, but Dallas can f*** off too) to show Tampa what a real cup champion looks like.
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My 16 month old son gets a kick out of Byram's shots. Must be kid friendly. He ain't scoring lol.
The Kingslayer
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Hooo boy. Well this is going to be a memorable day but not the one you want. Kucherov gets a hat trick in a 3-2 Bolts win. Series will go 7.
It aint happening. Atleast not tonight. Maybe next yr when he figures out not to shoot at peoples ears.
Whose winning tonight?
This is what Alex Killorn woke up saying.
klozge
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It's all because of the refs, Kadri's dirtiness, injured goalies some rounds ago and blatant cheating, though. Avs still suck. I read it on the main boards, so it must be true.
Crazy to think the Blues would've already won if 4 if Kadri didn't run Binnington like that. Getting real sick of this bush league bullshit.
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"Ehhhhh he could've closed the gap and bumped him--dude was coming into the zone ALONE. Also hated that Nuke just stood there and kinda just flailed his stick. Nothing kills me more than watching a defenseman back in all the way past the hashmarks. You HAVE to make a move sooner than that.
Again, Darcy has to have that but none of these bad goals he's given up are 100% on him. The only one he gave up this year that I'd pin on him entirely was that horrid bad-angled softie he gave up on Joe Veleno way early this season against the Red Wings. And he knew it too."
While this is a valid take in a way.
This concept that any "shot" can be saved by a goalie is not correct IMO. While I see it as a soft goal my issue is this type of goal could have been avoided by better team defensive play. Our D played that way too soft. We let him skate unimpeded from inside his blue line to inside our face off circle and get a shot on the goalie with no one getting close enough to him to touch him with their stick. I am sorry you can not allow NHL quality players (Hedman is third in scoring for TB) time and space to shoot the puck that close in. Sure it was a back hand but he had time to think, plan and make his shot. It wasn't sliding along the ice but lifted slowly up over pad level perfectly targeted. This was not an easy save, just like the game winner in OT was not an easy save because it was a little off speed and poked up into a spot that the goalie could not reach it with the glove. Personally I give this 70 D 30 goalie.
I am still of mixed mind on the non call with the OT goal. IF I was a TB fan I want that called. I haven't broken down the play but IF Kadri was the one who entered the ice for Mckenon then yeah that is a legit too many men on the ice... but also if TB had a ton of people on the ice as well???? Then I could see a non-call as the ref saw both teams were slow getting off the ice and their was zero advantage one way or the other.
My take on the shot blocking. I really think that it is working for TB and. It was clear we were outskating them game 4 badly and out playing them but all the shot blocks were disrupting our flow. The other aspect of this series that is concerning to me is that time and time again TB has done a better job of getting players unmarked disrupting DK in the crease. While we have practically had zero unmarked presence in the crease. This has lead to TB getting a lot of rebound goals.
Again, Darcy has to have that but none of these bad goals he's given up are 100% on him. The only one he gave up this year that I'd pin on him entirely was that horrid bad-angled softie he gave up on Joe Veleno way early this season against the Red Wings. And he knew it too."
While this is a valid take in a way.
This concept that any "shot" can be saved by a goalie is not correct IMO. While I see it as a soft goal my issue is this type of goal could have been avoided by better team defensive play. Our D played that way too soft. We let him skate unimpeded from inside his blue line to inside our face off circle and get a shot on the goalie with no one getting close enough to him to touch him with their stick. I am sorry you can not allow NHL quality players (Hedman is third in scoring for TB) time and space to shoot the puck that close in. Sure it was a back hand but he had time to think, plan and make his shot. It wasn't sliding along the ice but lifted slowly up over pad level perfectly targeted. This was not an easy save, just like the game winner in OT was not an easy save because it was a little off speed and poked up into a spot that the goalie could not reach it with the glove. Personally I give this 70 D 30 goalie.
I am still of mixed mind on the non call with the OT goal. IF I was a TB fan I want that called. I haven't broken down the play but IF Kadri was the one who entered the ice for Mckenon then yeah that is a legit too many men on the ice... but also if TB had a ton of people on the ice as well???? Then I could see a non-call as the ref saw both teams were slow getting off the ice and their was zero advantage one way or the other.
My take on the shot blocking. I really think that it is working for TB and. It was clear we were outskating them game 4 badly and out playing them but all the shot blocks were disrupting our flow. The other aspect of this series that is concerning to me is that time and time again TB has done a better job of getting players unmarked disrupting DK in the crease. While we have practically had zero unmarked presence in the crease. This has lead to TB getting a lot of rebound goals.
It goes both ways.
You can't let the goalie off the hook entirely. Literally any shot that gets on goal is the result of some kind of defensive breakdown. No team, no matter how good, is going to give up zero shots in an NHL game. At some point, the opposition will break through the layers of defense and get a quality scoring chance. That's what the goalie is there for. He needs to come up with the save. Sometimes it needs to be a BIG save, not just a routine one, one that an average goalie would not have.
I will give Darcy credit, that first period he was under siege he only gave up one, and I'm not about to fault him on a goal where his helmet was literally knocked off and the defense in the slot area was beyond atrocious. We can also credit him for not letting the second goal derail his game, but we can still acknowledge that it was a shot he should have had. Both things can be true.
That said, I would like to see a tighter defensive game overall by the Avs. They were way too sloppy in that first period especially. A couple egregiously bad turnovers occurred, at least one by MacKinnon, and another by Byram. Kuemper bailed both of them out.
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