Pre-Game Talk: Week of All Stars (Nsh, Min, ASG@SJ)

[thethirdhockeyman91]

mackinnon def has booze in his coffee cup

 

[wayninja]

Don't get me wrong, I love ROR... but I'm just not sure what everyone else is seeing right now making them salivate so much.

Nhl’s New puck tracking technology. Glow puck 2.0

Reminds me of what Fox did around the turn of the century with that yellow streak.

 

[CobraAcesS]

So what we've learned here today? MacK is the reason we suck in OT.

 

[AvsFan29]

So what we've learned here today? MacK is the reason we suck in OT.

We're good as long as we don't have to defend, and goals against don't matter.

It was nice to see Landy / Rants tear it up though. Dubnyk and Wheeler were brutal in the second game.

 

[forsbergavs32]

I'd pay St. Louis top dollar to bring ROR back

 

[Nalens Oga]

Don't get me wrong, I love ROR... but I'm just not sure what everyone else is seeing right now making them salivate so much.

He was playing actual defence unlike most of the other forwards so he looked better in comparison. Plus he was one of the guys skating really hard, so were a few others like Tavares lol.

Doubt the Blues trade him now after just acquiring him.

 

[The Kingslayer]

I'd pay St. Louis top dollar to bring ROR back

All day. I loved ROR.

 

[Pokecheque]

Yeah, yeah, of course y'all would take him back in a heartbeat. But he ain't comin' back. Not now, not ever.

 

[dahrougem2]

Yeah, St. Louis isn't trading him to a division rival unless it's a big time overpayment. I love ROR the player; pretty indifferent on ROR the person, but he's not coming back.

 

[Ivan13]

I’ve finally seen a Leafs fan proposal tilted heavily in our favor:

Zadorov + Kerfoot

Kadri + Gardiner + Bracco

Too bad Dubas won’t be offering that

 

[mjlee]

Landy and EK have actually been friends for a few years.

 

[UncleRisto]

Saw some of the Star Spangled Banner from the game on Twitter. I'm not even American by any stretch but f***er you're not supposed to do that with anthems and that should be obvious.

 

[Ducks76]

Last place in the passing comp. Missed a ton of the mini nets, just over and over again. I mean, it's whatever, just a skills comp, but no bragging rights either.

This it isn t important! He was very good in All Star Games. He scored much goals. Great job by Rants.

 

[Ducks76]

Rants and Landy very impressive!

 

[21]

Landeskog and ROR together again, a powerful, strong and hardworking duo. This is how they would have looked in Colorado at their peak. They first played together in NHL as teenagers, right?

 

[Cousin Eddie]

If we weren’t willing to pay a protected 1st, a 2nd from a draft 3 years away, two contract dumps and an average prospect to get ROR from Buffalo we sure aren’t going to overpay to take him from a division rival who isn’t looking to move him.

 

[CobraAcesS]

If we weren’t willing to pay a protected 1st, a 2nd from a draft 3 years away, two contract dumps and an average prospect to get ROR from Buffalo we sure aren’t going to overpay to take him from a division rival who isn’t looking to move him.

Yeah, I pine at the idea of having traded for him before STL did, but I don't think for a second it would happen now. Especially since STL won't be blowing it up, and we're in their Division.

I do feel like it is reasonable for me to be frustrated that we didn't pay that price for him though. Even if I'm not sure if the relationship could have been repaired. I also don't think it is the players who would have had a problem with it.

Seeing that yesterday was just very bitter sweet.

 

[Cousin Eddie]

Yeah, I pine at the idea of having traded for him before STL did, but I don't think for a second it would happen now. Especially since STL won't be blowing it up, and we're in their Division.

I do feel like it is reasonable for me to be frustrated that we didn't pay that price for him though. Even if I'm not sure if the relationship could have been repaired. I also don't think it is the players who would have had a problem with it.

Seeing that yesterday was just very bitter sweet.

Yep I was devestated when we didn’t make a better offer than STL in June.

 

[Foppa Frossa]

If ROR is so good then why does he keep getting moved around to different teams?

 

[Foppberg]

If ROR is so good then why does he keep getting moved around to different teams?

Because he wants to help as many organizations as possible. He's a very charitable guy.

 

[TruePowerSlave]

If ROR is so good then why does he keep getting moved around to different teams?

How does getting moved to different teams make any difference? A bunch of HHOF players have been traded multiple times, even in their primes.

 

[Foppa Frossa]

Two teams now have established that ROR is not an absolutely essential part of their roster.

 

[CobraAcesS]

Two teams now have established that ROR is not an absolutely essential part of their roster.

I know, we had so much success without him.

 

[TruePowerSlave]

Two teams now have established that ROR is not an absolutely essential part of their roster.

And both teams look like total idiots for doing so, especially Buffalo

 

[Avs_19]

In addition to the Rantanen-Landeskog duo, St. Louis Blues center Ryan O'Reilly also had a big night under the watch of his former Avalanche teammate. O'Reilly, who played for Colorado during MacKinnon's first two NHL seasons, had seven points in the two games.

"I'm gonna throw O'Reilly in there, right? It was the whole Colorado mafia," Maurice said. "That was the best part of the All-Star Game for me, the way those guys interacted."

Maurice is just rubbing it in too and bringing back all the feelings. Avs aren't getting O'Reilly back but if it did ever happen, it'd be because of his relationship with MacKinnon, Landeskog, and Barrie. Also, the money because he loves his money.