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

[The Abusement Park]

Colorado Avalanche

Should be on the 3rd line - Nathan MacKinnon - Should drive his own line
Shoot the damn thing- Tyson Jost - Cpt. Average
Matt Nieto - Carl Soderberg -1 Mil too much
Supa Star-Grigo 2.0-Bork

Sam Girard- Erik Johnson
Don't give him the puck - Tyson Barrie
Nikita Zadorov - Definitely don't give him the puck

Philipp Grubauer
Semyon Varlamov

Carolina Wet Tornadoes
*lineup taken from daily faceoff

Michael Ferland-The Fin that's not as good as ours- Twovo Tear a vine in
Warren Foegele- Jordan Staal- 3rd pedal in your car
Jordan Martinook- Lucas Wallmark- 2nd OA
The Other McGinn- Clark Bishop- Valentin Zykov

Jaccob Slavin- Neeerrrd
Calvin de Haan- Justin Faulk
Trevor van Riemsdyk- Brett Pesce

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Option 2

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[AvsFan29]

Carolinas special teams are absolutely terrible. Need to have some PP success against them.

 

[VikingAv]

7 PM start for em. Perfect!

Gonna be fun to see Duchene spin around Hanifin

 

[cgf]

MacK-trick time?

 

[The Abusement Park]

MacK-trick time?

Rant trick time.


Doesn’t have the same ring to be fair.

 

[Foppberg]

No Dano?

 

[Spleenless Wonder21]

MacK-trick time?

He overtook Landy as the forums’ 1st line whipping boy against Joisey, so if the fabled HFBoards jinx is alive and well we could be treated to a big night from MacK statistically.

 

[The Abusement Park]

No Dano?

I’m not 100% sure. I haven’t seen anything about him playing today, but if I’m wrong someone let me know.

 

[Foppa Frossa]

All I've seen is that he's been added to the roster.

 

[Avs]

No Dano?

The projected lineup article on the NHL app says Barberio and Dano are expected healthy scratches

 

[Foppa Frossa]

Nieto lives to die another day. Watch him get a goal tonight.

 

[ASmileyFace]

Long. Beach. Native.

 

[S E P H]

We gotta be really careful of Aho - I don't know many of you lot have seen him play, but I caught some Cane games and he was by far one of the best "make something out of nothing" players I've seen besides McDavid and Pastrnak so far.

 

[Foppberg]

 

[Sascha]

no dano

 

[Freudian]

I can watch this. Can't wait to hate on Gabe with the rest of you. I hear some exciting things about Nieto not getting things done as well.

 

[GirardSpinorama]

Why grubs instead of varly?

 

[The Abusement Park]

Why grubs instead of varly?

Played well against the Devils. Plus we gotta save Varlys groin.

 

[Pacman33]

no dano

Ugghhh any dano

 

[HarryLime]

Varly should be getting more starts

 

[Raucherhusten]

These matineeeeeee games are a blessing in disguise for us Europeans. Watching a game and not being dead tired is a nice change of pace i can tell you.

Also: Go Aves!

 

[Raucherhusten]

Varly should be getting more starts

Well no. The fewer he plays the better his chance to survive the season without a major injury. Grubsi is good enough for 25-30 starts this season. We need a healthy Varly for our cup run

 

[tuckfurrets]

We gotta be really careful of Aho - I don't know many of you lot have seen him play, but I caught some Cane games and he was by far one of the best "make something out of nothing" players I've seen besides McDavid and Pastrnak so far.

I'm a Finn and was able to follow Aho's development fairly closely, when he was playing in the WJC super line and the Finnish league. In my mind there was no doubt who the best overall player was and was going to be between Aho, Laine and Puljujärvi, Aho being the clear winner here.

"Making something out of nothing" is a fair description and in my opinion is a product of a player making the right decisions almost 100% of the time. For me, Rantanen and Aho have a lot of similarities in the way their games developed to match the needs of playing on the highest level. Both were not really flashy as youngsters playing in the Finnish league, but I believe their work ethic and hockey IQ have many similarities.

As for tonight's game, I'm just hoping for a fast paced, high scoring entertainment for the whole 60 minutes! Avs 5-4!

 

[AvsFan29]

Makes sense that Dano should maybe practice with the team once before getting thrown into the line up, when we aren't exactly desperate.

 

[Freudian]

Gruby Tuesday. Lauren with the 1960s music references.