Pre-Game Talk: Week of a real hockey schedule (@Buf @Ott @Cbj @Min)

[Ararana]

I don't think it matters which goalie we get tomorrow, both of them are having crazy good seasons. Maybe Korpo will have some rust coming back from injury.

 

[henchman21]

I'd much, much rather face Korpi than Elvis. Elvis still has some inconsistency to his game, but when he's playing well, he's damn near unbeatable.

 

[Bill Peckerskull]

 

[henchman21]

Someday... maybe someday... somebody will realize that Columbus is just a solidly built team and are good. Not contending good (yet), but good

 

[the_fan]

If your name is Elvis you just gotta be good

 

[Spleenless Wonder21]

Elvis will almost certainly start tomorrow. Grinding your #1 goalie into the ground is the Tortalorian Way.

 

[Pierce Hawthorne]

Someday... maybe someday... somebody will realize that Columbus is just a solidly built team and are good. Not contending good (yet), but good

It is a tad bit funny at this point. 99.9% of people just refuse to acknowledge it.


I'll tell you one thing, the Atlantic Lottery Corporation here in Atlantic Canada hasn't acknowledged that the Jackets are a good team yet, and I have taken full advantage of that lately.

 

[McMetal]

Someday... maybe someday... somebody will realize that Columbus is just a solidly built team and are good. Not contending good (yet), but good

But... I read their obituary last summer after Panarin and Bob left...

 

[Tweaky]

Honestly, Elvis is the leading contender to take the Calder from Makar, if he remains the starter the rest of the season.

 

[UncleRisto]

Honestly, Elvis is the leading contender to take the Calder from Makar, if he remains the starter the rest of the season.

They'll never give it to a goalie.

 

[avsfan9]

Honestly, Elvis is the leading contender to take the Calder from Makar, if he remains the starter the rest of the season.

Honestly, if they make the playoffs and he gets a good amount of starts and another couple of shutouts he probably deserves it.

 

[AvsCOL]

Honestly, Elvis is the leading contender to take the Calder from Makar, if he remains the starter the rest of the season.

Let’s not forget that Elvis is almost 26 years old. While he technically qualifies for the Calder, I don’t see him receiving a ton of votes for that reason. People were fuming when Panarin won it at 24.

 

[Cousin Eddie]

Columbus are the closest thing we’ve witnessed to Roy’s 13/14 Avalanche team. They have better defenseman and goaltending (I say defenseman instead of “defense” because Colorado’s team defense was better) but less high end skill.

 

[rmthomson21]

Let’s not forget that Elvis is almost 26 years old. While he technically qualifies for the Calder, I don’t see him receiving a ton of votes for that reason. People were fuming when Panarin won it at 24.

If they just chase him tonight, the boys have a chance to do some real damage to Elvis's push

 

[Soedy]

They'll never give it to a goalie.

Steve Mason.

 

[Cousin Eddie]

I think the small body of work will prevent Elvis from winning even if he continues like this. They won’t give it to a goalie with 40-45 games played.

He could definitely be widely considered the “most impressive rookie” but nobody is getting a Calder trophy with half a season of work.

 

[UncleRisto]

Steve Mason.

And he's not the only one either, but I meant this season.

 

[Soedy]

And he's not the only one either, but I meant this season.

Oh my bad, sorry. Yeah will be Makar or Hughes.

 

[UncleRisto]

Oh my bad, sorry. Yeah will be Makar or Hughes.

No, I said it all stupid.

 

[Chiarelli]

sweet we get to light up the hot goalie stealing the spotlight from makar

 

[Ceremony]

We used to talk about how the 2009 draft impacted the Avs so greatly, how about 2013? Not only by drafting but through trades/signings too the Avs end up with

- 2 of the best, most dynamic and skilled players in the NHL
- used Bigras to acquire the best +/- man in the NHL
- Nathan MacKinnon

Wow thats crazy

Don't forget Andrighetto and all the joy he brought us

 

[Cousin Eddie]

Hate to do this against my favorite team but if anyone likes value bets go hard on CBJ tonight.
Odds will favor the Avs because of their record and it factors the back to back. What it won’t factor is that the first half of the back to back was against an AHL team who posted 15 shots.

On the other hand the Avs had an 11 game break, played the flyers and then two other awful teams. They’ve essentially played one good team in the last 4 weeks lol. If Columbus comes out flying the Avs probably won’t even know what to do tonight.

 

[Bill Peckerskull]

 

[Bill Peckerskull]

 

[AvsFan29]

Why the hell is Franky not getting any starts?