Pre-Game Talk: Week a Mile High (BOS, ANH, @DAL)

[Raucherhusten]

Why are so many ppl here try to convince the rest of us that Bosten is such a BAAAAD team? Last time i checked they made the Playoffs last season, still have 2 top notch defensive youngsters, still have with Marchand one of the Top 10 goalscorers of the league aaaaaand so on. If you add "Patrice" to that group this is still a DAMN good hockey club which got dominated by the Avalanche twice in a row. So please cut the BS - the way we played the last 2 games we would have beaten pretty much ANY team in the NHL. Let's just hope they continue to play the way they did for a little longer.

 

[StayAtHomeAv]

Why are so many ppl here try to convince the rest of us that Bosten is such a BAAAAD team? Last time i checked they made the Playoffs last season, still have 2 top notch defensive youngsters, still have with Marchand one of the Top 10 goalscorers of the league aaaaaand so on. If you add "Patrice" to that group this is still a DAMN good hockey club which got dominated by the Avalanche twice in a row. So please cut the BS - the way we played the last 2 games we would have beaten pretty much ANY team in the NHL. Let's just hope they continue to play the way they did for a little longer.

Because they are bad with their centers missing. Their ability down the middle is the strength of that team now that the D has regressed the past few years.

 

[henchman21]

Boston looks like a team that could end in the bottom 5 to me, but their injuries are likely a large part of that. The Avs played well and have looked good the past 2 games. That is pretty promising, but let's just not over do it. This team is young and will naturally be inconsistent. There will be times they look great and times they look horrid. And remember... last season started 3-1 too.

 

[Cousin Eddie]

I don't think Anaheim are as great as others make them out to be but I realize they're likely still pretty strong. In saying that they're in big time injury trouble right now and if the Avs going to steal a win or two from them this year, tomorrow night is as good an opportunity as they'll get.

Hope they come out flying and don't take how bad Boston are for granted.

It's not about how bad Boston are on paper. It's about how bad Boston looked in those two games against the Avalanche. The Bergeron/Pasta/Marchand line was the best in hockey last year and they wouldn't have been a playoff team without it. Without Bergeron right now that line doesn't exist and the fire power is definitely lacking.

I'm not saying Boston is going to be awful all year, but the team that played against the Avs over the last two games is about as bad as anyone the Avs will play this year.

 

[Raucherhusten]

It's not about how bad Boston are on paper. It's about how bad Boston looked in those two games against the Avalanche. The Bergeron/Pasta/Marchand line was the best in hockey last year and they wouldn't have been a playoff team without it. Without Bergeron right now that line doesn't exist and the fire power is definitely lacking.

I'm not saying Boston is going to be awful all year, but the team that played against the Avs over the last two games is about as bad as anyone the Avs will play this year.

Maybe. But the same Patriceless team was able to beat last years Finalist a few days earlier. So maybe, just maybe, it's not only that the Bruins didn't brought their A-game but the AVs did?

And what is your explaination if they beat the Ducks tomorrow? That they missing 2 defencemen ???
And what if they win @ Dallas too - that's probably because they have their number anyway and it doesn't mean a thing because of that.

For me the main reason that they beat the Bruins twice is that they played two damn good games. Period.

 

[Cousin Eddie]

Maybe. But the same Patriceless team was able to beat last years Finalist a few days earlier. So maybe, just maybe, it's not only that the Bruins didn't brought their A-game but the AVs did?

And what is your explaination if they beat the Ducks tomorrow? That they missing 2 defencemen ???
And what if they win @ Dallas too - that's probably because they have their number and it doesn't mean a thing.

For me the main reason that they beat the Bruins twice is that they played two damn good games. Period.

I didn't say the reason they beat the Bruins is because the Bruins are bad. I was simply making it known that the Bruins were bad and what they've run into the last two games shouldn't be expected as the norm. Hence my quote about not taking it for granted.

You're taking what I actually said and running to hell with it. Don't do that, it's irritating.

 

[Avs71]

If we ever needed to sum up EJ in one play, I think this might be as good as it gets.

 

[Cousin Eddie]

When Duchene is traded, if Kerfoot and Yakupov continue to Gel together, can we call them KY Jelly?

 

[Raucherhusten]

I didn't say the reason they beat the Bruins is because the Bruins are bad. I was simply making it known that the Bruins were bad and what they've run into the last two games shouldn't be expected as the norm. Hence my quote about not taking it for granted.

You're taking what I actually said and running to hell with it. Don't do that, it's irritating.

You said, and i quote: "but the team that played against the Avs over the last two games is about as bad as anyone the Avs will play this year". This pretty much screams WORST TEAM EVAAA and beating the WORST TEAM EVAAA doesn't mean a thing. And I'm simply not down with that.

 

[henchman21]

If we ever needed to sum up EJ in one play, I think this might be as good as it gets.

Picture perfect defense right there!!

 

[UncleRisto]

When Duchene is traded, if Kerfoot and Yakupov continue to Gel together, can we call them KY Jelly?

Obviously. That's not far-fetched.

 

[Avs71]

Picture perfect defense right there!!

He somehow turned friction off.

I figured out how to make GIFs really easily, so if anyone ever has any requests to see something from an Avs game in a gif, I'll do my best to get to it as soon as possible.

 

[StayAtHomeAv]

You said, and i quote: "but the team that played against the Avs over the last two games is about as bad as anyone the Avs will play this year". This pretty much screams WORST TEAM EVAAA and beating the WORST TEAM EVAAA doesn't mean a thing. And I'm simply not down with that.

No where in that quote does he say anything about them being bad being the reason we beat them.

 

[CobraAcesS]

When Duchene is traded, if Kerfoot and Yakupov continue to Gel together, can we call them KY Jelly?

That would go right along with a KY Celly too.

 

[Cousin Eddie]

You said, and i quote: "but the team that played against the Avs over the last two games is about as bad as anyone the Avs will play this year". This pretty much screams WORST TEAM EVAAA and beating the WORST TEAM EVAAA doesn't mean a thing. And I'm simply not down with that.

Ok cool the Bruins are great.

Obviously. That's not far-fetched.

True. Screw it I'm using it already. "KY Jelly and Dutchy". It's what great novels are made of.

 

[Cousin Eddie]

That would go right along with a KY Celly too.

Niiiice.

 

[CobraAcesS]

If we ever needed to sum up EJ in one play, I think this might be as good as it gets.

EJ using that reach

(Holy shit that needs to be coached out of him)

Also, how the hell has EJ not even gotten a secondary assists yet? It seems impossible that someone is on the ice that much and does not have a point.

 

[Pokecheque]

This is who played game 1 last year.

Landeskog MacKinnon Iginla
Söderberg Duchene Grigorenko
Bourque Colborne Bourque
Martinsen Smith Comeau

Zadorov EJ
Beauchemin Barrie
Tyutin Weircioch

Yowza...

 

[CobraAcesS]

Yowza...

It's weird.. It's like one lineup is an AHL team, include guys who got put through waivers for the purposes of a buyout, and the other is an NHL team.

Edit : I think only one of those players is in the NHL currently right?

 

[Pokecheque]

Why are so many ppl here try to convince the rest of us that Bosten is such a BAAAAD team? Last time i checked they made the Playoffs last season, still have 2 top notch defensive youngsters, still have with Marchand one of the Top 10 goalscorers of the league aaaaaand so on. If you add "Patrice" to that group this is still a DAMN good hockey club which got dominated by the Avalanche twice in a row. So please cut the BS - the way we played the last 2 games we would have beaten pretty much ANY team in the NHL. Let's just hope they continue to play the way they did for a little longer.

They're not bad by any means, but they are a team currently missing their best defensive player and best player period, and they don't currently have the depth to mitigate that kind of loss.

Also, I'm not convinced Bruce Cassidy is a good coach. His last run in Washington was a disaster, though he was given a very old and poorly-built team back then. He could prove his worth much like Mike Sullivan did in Pittsburgh, but right now I don't like what he's doing.

 

[McMetal]

It's weird.. It's like one lineup is an AHL team, include guys who got put through waivers for the purposes of a buyout, and the other is an NHL team.

Edit : I think only one of those players is in the NHL currently right?

Wiercioch and Beauchemin both have NHL contracts, but yeah, the rest of that list is out of the league...

 

[LieutenantDangle]

If we ever needed to sum up EJ in one play, I think this might be as good as it gets.

What’s shocking is how effective he is on his belly. Like more often than not, his salmon flops result in breaking up a scoring chance. It doesn’t really show in this gif, but he actually pokes the puck away at the end

 

[AvsMakar08]

You said, and i quote: "but the team that played against the Avs over the last two games is about as bad as anyone the Avs will play this year". This pretty much screams WORST TEAM EVAAA and beating the WORST TEAM EVAAA doesn't mean a thing. And I'm simply not down with that.

Then tomorrow when we win against Anaheim even more people will start to complain that we again beat a weaker team.

 

[dahrougem2]

It's weird.. It's like one lineup is an AHL team, include guys who got put through waivers for the purposes of a buyout, and the other is an NHL team.

Edit : I think only one of those players is in the NHL currently right?

Beauchemin is back with Anaheim because they love him for some reason, and Wiercioch is in Vancouver because they'd like to suck this year

 

[StayAtHomeAv]

Then tomorrow when we win against Anaheim even more people will start to complain that we again beat a weaker team.

Nobody is complaining.