GDT: The Celestial Guardians vs The Avalanche - 6PM MT

[willy702]

So we love Georgiev and useless Johansen because the entertainment value? Dang. I never those things as a positive.

Don't need to love them. Just need to remember its a long way until the playoffs and things can change between now and April. In the meantime enjoy the entertaining games that come along and get the Avs fired up. You can see a different energy in the team when they face a challenge such as being down 2 goals. The Cup year they could be down 3 or 4 goals and you knew they would find a way to get a shot at a win. Some of that appears to be back.

 

[missionAvs]

@nammerus where are you at brother guy? We all predicted W's in here and were 100% of the time correct every time.

 

[the_fan]

Just got home and watched the game. Whoever thought Avs would lose this game? Never in doubt.

 

[Vaslof]

Looks like the season is back on!

Until the next loss, then it's rebuild time.

 

[Bensch88]

So freaking happy for Drouin right now.

 

[John Mandalorian]

Compare that call to how Moser would’ve done if reversed.

“score”

There were a lot of Avs fans in the croud? Or were Stars fans dealing with their anguish by cheering?

 

[NHLInjuryViz]

My favourite part of this game is discovering the Avs have 10x as many man games lost as Dallas

They’ve got significantly more than the Stars regardless (albeit a big chunk due to Landeskog and Francouz was no surprise) but the 10x is a bit misleading since the Avs seem to be including 80+ games “missed” by Beaucage, Foudy and Wagner while on Season Opening IR, when they weren’t likely to be on the roster anyway.

 

[Nihiliste]

Huge win though and we had the benefit of playing their backup.

RyGeorge continue to be boat anchors. Please save us CMac, the rest of the team could contend if we also get Lehky back

 

[Pokecheque]

Just gonna drop this in here but if I was a Stars fan I would be irate at that Faksa go at the empty net with like 2 minutes left. He could have put the game away on the empty netter but decided to suck.

IIRC he’s been a healthy scratch for a few games this season so I think the team isn’t overly fond of him either.

 

[Metallo]

All these comebacks are great for the team, these shared experience are instilling a belief in the team that they can overcome anything together.

 

[John Mandalorian]

Why was Georgiev facing directly to his left on the first Dallas goal?

All these comebacks are great for the team, these shared experience are instilling a belief in the team that they can overcome anything together.

Or it’s an indication they’re constantly overcoming bad performances by Georgiev.

 

[JLo217]

Like seriously how the f*** was that 4 mins? Complete accident, no blood. Should have been 2, but you know, NHL is going to NHL.

He doesn’t get high sticked if he doesn’t trip JJ… should’ve been no penalty at all.

Also how’d they miss the too man men before Dallas scored goal 4?

 

[niwotsblessing]

He doesn’t get high sticked if he doesn’t trip JJ… should’ve been no penalty at all.

Also how’d they miss the too man men before Dallas scored goal 4?

It should have been a tripping call, and no penalty on JMFJ. Yet as I have previously noted, NHL refs fvcking suck.

Why was Georgiev facing directly to his left on the first Dallas goal?

The puck was behind the net and Colton was trying to bring it out to George's left. Colton lost control of the puck and it slide out to George's right and got popped into the net. That one was on Colton. Who, btw, looked like he is still hurting from taking a shot to his knee a few games back.

 

[SirLoinOfCloth]

It sucked getting the predicted curb stomping. Oh well, on to the next one. The stars have our number.

 

[JLo217]

Who is Georgiev a secret agent for?

 

[John Mandalorian]

It should have been a tripping call, and no penalty on JMFJ.


The puck was behind the net and Colton was trying to bring it out to George's left. Colton lost control of the puck and it slide out to George's right and got popped into the net. That one was on Colton. Who, btw, looked like he is still hurting from taking a shot to his knee a few games back.

The play was to his right though. Nothing on the left. The Stars brought cast did a freeze frame as it went in and Georgiev facing the wrong way was quite noticable.

 

[BaconNater]

With how much the Stars play in OT you would think they would be better at it

 

[nightonthesun]

The play was to his right though. Nothing on the left. The Stars brought cast did a freeze frame as it went in and Georgiev facing the wrong way was quite noticable.

Dude it doesnt have to be his fault every time. Lol. That GA was all Colton. Pick from one of the other 100 things from this season you could justifiably crucify Georgiev for

 

[Avs9296]

The play was to his right though. Nothing on the left. The Stars brought cast did a freeze frame as it went in and Georgiev facing the wrong way was quite noticable.

Ya but he noticed Colton had the puck and was skating behind the net towards his left side so he made his move over. The puck slid off of Colton's stick when he was stickhandling and went right out in front on the right side.

I blame Colton there. Perhaps Georgiev moved over a fraction early but honestly it's hard to blame him there.

 

[Ararana]

With how much the Stars play in OT you would think they would be better at it

If the Stars were good in OT, they wouldn't be the league's loser point queen.

 

[henchman21]

Paging @henchman21 who says Wood is more of a 4th liner than a 3rd liner.

As somebody who has watched him for years... this is not abnormal. People get hyped when they see the tools and the flash... it just never maintains substance.

 

[expatriatedtexan]

He doesn’t get high sticked if he doesn’t trip JJ… should’ve been no penalty at all.

Also how’d they miss the too man men before Dallas scored goal 4?

It should have been a tripping call, and no penalty on JMFJ. Yet as I have previously noted, NHL refs fvcking suck.


The puck was behind the net and Colton was trying to bring it out to George's left. Colton lost control of the puck and it slide out to George's right and got popped into the net. That one was on Colton. Who, btw, looked like he is still hurting from taking a shot to his knee a few games back.

I think what pissed me off the most is that I didn't notice the trip...until they reviewed the play. It was clear as day that JMFJ was tripped yet they went ahead and still called it a double minor.

NHL referees (attempt to) play as much of a role in determining the outcome of a game as the players. I don't think the NHL is staged like wrestling, but the officiating is pretty comparable.

 

[Ceremony]

Three players have won the Hart and the Conn Smythe in the same season.

 

[Pokecheque]

@nammerus where are you at brother guy? We all predicted W's in here and were 100% of the time correct every time.

He's waiting for the next loss like

 

[cinchronicity]

As somebody who has watched him for years... this is not abnormal. People get hyped when they see the tools and the flash... it just never maintains substance.

Just my two cents, but I think the Wood / Colton / LOC line is an example of the sum being greater than the parts. On the whole, LOC and Wood are good 4th liners who can play up - individually - for spot duty. But add Colton to the mix, and I likely am happy enough with that 3rd line for the rest of the season. I would even deploy that line sporadically against the opponent's top line, just to wear them out ( and let Drouin / Mac / Nuke feast on the 2nd line.)