GDT: This one might have more flair ;) Hurricanes vs Avalanche 11AM MST

[AvsFan29]

On the MacKinnon goal, Rantanen back-heels it to him (not sure if it's intentional or not), but shouldn't he get an assist?

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Yeah he should get an assist

 

[missionAvs]

On the MacKinnon goal, Rantanen back-heels it to him (not sure if it's intentional or not), but shouldn't he get an assist?

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I know MacK finished there but I don't know how there was no penalty going to be called on Rants being dragged down there.

 

[Balthazar]

Lose the corsi, win the game. Just like the (not so) good ol days

Game definitely had a 2013-14 vibe to it. Especially the Mack goal after getting thoroughly dominated for like 5 min straight.

 

[forsbergavs32]

Didnt even realize there was a matinee game. Maybe we wont be so bad on the road this year. But yeah, I agree with scrambling the bottom 9, it's just not working.

 

[klozge]

Ah ****, Matthews will be up to 20 after tonight.

Who cares?

 

[Spleenless Wonder21]

Oh, & I guess we beat Carolina, so

 

[cgf]

If it gives you 5 or 6 on 4 perhaps. But 6 on 5 is just not a big enough advantage to risk a game for most coaches. Quick way to find themselves outta the league.

Just my opinion.

Usually, but if you've got a strong set of blueliners and a magician like Aho, that let you dominate possession as much as they often do; while struggling to score as much as they do...it just feels like something worth trying when they can get a line mismatch.

It could turn out to be a disaster even if you had Roy drilling the 6-on-5 unit, but I think it could be something interesting for a team like the canes...and I can envision it working so well for some teams that soon we see them pulling their goalie every time they get a line mismatch & pin that overwhelmed line in its own zone.

 

[Foppberg]

Game definitely had a 2013-14 vibe to it. Especially the Mack goal after getting thoroughly dominated for like 5 min straight.

Not really. Only if you look at the box score.

 

[AvsFan29]

We didn't play great at all, but Carolina played worse, and we had the better goalie. The best teams in the league pull off wins even when they aren't playing their best. I'm happy to get the 2 points and have the top line pad their stats.

 

[dahrougem2]

What a deceiving game. The Hurricanes are a hard working but very limited team outside of Aho, Terevainen, and Svechnikov. So many north-south players with little skill and everyone just shoots from everywhere. Never once did I feel like we were going to lose this game or even allow the Hurricanes to tie it.

Good game from Grubauer. Showed Bednar he can have confidence in going back to him.

5-1-2 to start the season. Excellent.

 

[Balthazar]

Not really. Only if you look at the box score.

What do you mean not really? We couldn't get the puck out of the zone.

 

[klozge]

Game definitely had a 2013-14 vibe to it. Especially the Mack goal after getting thoroughly dominated for like 5 min straight.

The Canes dominated nothing today. They did what the Avs allowed them to do. I'm serious when I say I still feel more adrenaline from the SCVI session I had before the game than I felt during the hottest phase the Canes had in this game. They were not good enough to compete today.

 

[Tralfamadore]

Rants did get the apple after all.

 

[The Pwnerer]

5-1-2 on the backs of our 1st line continuing to torch the league. Just wait until the secondary scoring starts to come in. We still a lot of areas to improve on but this is a heck of a start.

 

[missionAvs]

Rants did get the apple after all.

Saw that as well. MacK and Rants sitting with 14 points so far to start the season. Awesome.

 

[Murzu]

We got a team

Ottawa has a team too

 

[Tralfamadore]

5-1-2 on the backs of our 1st line continuing to torch the league. Just wait until the secondary scoring starts to come in. We still a lot of areas to improve on hut this is a heck of a start.

How long do we have to wait doe?

 

[missionAvs]

Bednar with the laugh in the PG Interview when asked about Landy having the hot stick. He's losing his touch.

 

[Foppberg]

What do you mean not really? We couldn't get the puck out of the zone.

During that 5 minute span sure. But it didn't have a 2013-14 vibe to me at all, we didn't play great but Carolina played worse.

 

[klozge]

Sakic and Bednar need to have a talk about Barrie imo. I prefer Barberio over him right now.

 

[Balthazar]

Here it is. That timing.

 

[AvsFan29]

Sakic and Bednar need to have a talk about Barrie imo. I prefer Barberio over him right now.

Barrie and Jost. Was also MacKinnons worst game I've seen him play since last season. It was bad by MacKinnon standards. He killed the play on 3 power plays with stupid board moves.

 

[AvsMakar08]

Or if Bowers/Kaut/Timmins pan out. Nothing but good things ahead.

I am hoping that this team will finally start to be contenders next season, but don't tell anyone. Sea Eagles can confirm this.

 

[Murzu]

Yeah Barrie isn't playing too well. But he'll pick it up eventually.

 

[Avs44]

How long do we have to wait doe?

It's something that Sakic should be more aggressively addressing. If he wants to wait until the off-season, see where the pick(s) end up, and bring Makar into the lineup - fine. Not the biggest fan of standing pat this past offseason, but I get the logic. But our top line is a top three group in the league IMO if they keep this up. And MacKinnon is on the best non-ELC contract in the league for this season + 4 seasons after it. They need to start going for it each and every single year - and by 'going for it' I don't mean just making the playoffs and being satisfied with that. MacKinnon's emergence, and that of Rantanen incidentally, should be moving up the timeline on everything. You don't get star players hitting / just entering their primes - especially on a contract like MacK's - very often. Every year not in the playoffs pushing for a cup should be regarded as a waste. And no, I'm not advocating doing something completely stupid and trading away all of the teams youth this season. Just that there should be limited patience with our bottom nine group not up to snuff.