Pre-Game Talk: Week of Anxiety (LA, NAS, STL, @CHI)

[Avsboy]

Barrie had a surprising PP cannon last night. If he can develop that, and make smart passes on the PP, he'll do real well offensively.

 

[dahrougem2]

This is extremely random but I'm up late at night. I have documents saved on my computer which detail line combos/stats/etc for the Avs throughout the last few years which I personally keep track of, and I got a kick looking at the line combinations on the final game of each season since 2011-2012. Here's 12-13, which I found absolutely hilarious given the defensive pairings, there was a time when Sacco had both Barrie and Elliott above EJ
Crazy how much this organization has changed in 3 years. Only 7 players remain on the team today.
12-13:
McGinn-Stastny-Hejduk
Mitchell-Duchene-Parenteau
McLeod-O'Reilly-Landeskog
Bordeleau-Malone-Kobasew

Zanon-Barrie
Hejda-Elliott
O'Brien-Johnson

 

[LieutenantDangle]

This is extremely random but I'm up late at night. I have documents saved on my computer which detail line combos/stats/etc for the Avs throughout the last few years which I personally keep track of, and I got a kick looking at the line combinations on the final game of each season since 2011-2012. Here's 12-13, which I found absolutely hilarious given the defensive pairings, there was a time when Sacco had both Barrie and Elliott above EJ
Crazy how much this organization has changed in 3 years. Only 7 players remain on the team today.
12-13:
McGinn-Stastny-Hejduk
Mitchell-Duchene-Parenteau
McLeod-O'Reilly-Landeskog
Bordeleau-Malone-Kobasew

Zanon-Barrie
Hejda-Elliott
O'Brien-Johnson

god i miss hejduk

 

[Kschey]

god i miss hejduk

Not necessarily 12-13 Hejduk though.

Sucks not having EJ available for tonight. He always looks even better against St Louis, and this is such an important game tonight.

 

[freeboy]

I was hopiong mini would lose but they won 3 2 and chico beat peng 3 2

at least NAsh lost last night and not in ot..
Go avs ... big win season is upon us now

 

[The Mars Volchenkov]

Roy essentially just said we aren't going to see Rantanen in the NHL this year.

Roy also confirms interest in Drouin.

He also managed to curse a few times on the radio and Mike Evans panicked.

Likes Grigorenko with the two old guys, so we'll see if that sticks a while.

 

[freeboy]

confirms interest in Drouin

seriously ?
The last thing we need

 

[Ararana]

Rantanen wont get called up for the last stretch of the season. What kind of crap is that! I guess that probably goes for Zadorov as well. Oh well, I'll be patient. Roy obviously knows better than I do.

 

[Rumplesnipeskin]

confirms interest in Drouin

seriously ?
The last thing we need

Yeah a young offensive player with a boatload of talent and potential who can be had at a reduced price (understand it will still be high) because he has requested a trade... definitely stay away from that one

TMV thanks for the bullet points, you are quite literally my primary source for radio updates since I can't listen myself.

 

[Ararana]

Not to mention Mack needs another buddy on the team to replace ROR. One little Barrie isn't enough

 

[hockeyfish]

It's a bit frustrating because Rantanen, Zadorov, and Bigras would all improve the team now. Lets hope it pays even bigger dividends down the line.

 

[The Mars Volchenkov]

Nobody asked how they're going to replace Johnson on the blueline in the short term, but I guess we'll find out in a few hours anyway.

 

[Freudian]

There are a lot of bodies/contracts/minute eaters on the Avs, so having the kids play big minutes in the AHL isn't the worst thing.

They are still developing properly down there and Avs window isn't open yet.

Ideally Rampage get healthy and go on a playoff run.

 

[tigervixxxen]

This is extremely random but I'm up late at night. I have documents saved on my computer which detail line combos/stats/etc for the Avs throughout the last few years which I personally keep track of, and I got a kick looking at the line combinations on the final game of each season since 2011-2012. Here's 12-13, which I found absolutely hilarious given the defensive pairings, there was a time when Sacco had both Barrie and Elliott above EJ
Crazy how much this organization has changed in 3 years. Only 7 players remain on the team today.
12-13:
McGinn-Stastny-Hejduk
Mitchell-Duchene-Parenteau
McLeod-O'Reilly-Landeskog
Bordeleau-Malone-Kobasew

Zanon-Barrie
Hejda-Elliott
O'Brien-Johnson

Ha, that's great, thanks for sharing. I wasn't as deeply involved back then so I didn't know lines and pairs. It's one reason why I like to have lineups in the GDT so we can look back at that stuff. See, Mitchell was always a second line player!

 

[Cousin Eddie]

It's a bit frustrating because Rantanen, Zadorov, and Bigras would all improve the team now. Lets hope it pays even bigger dividends down the line.

I really think it will.

 

[The Mars Volchenkov]

We all know that if Roy called these guys up right now or in the near future, they would play 10-12 minutes a night and we'd all be *****ing about that. It's best to leave them down there. San Antonio is about to get Noreau, Cliche, and Rantanen back this weekend. Hopefully they can get their season back on track.

 

[tigervixxxen]

It's a bit frustrating because Rantanen, Zadorov, and Bigras would all improve the team now. Lets hope it pays even bigger dividends down the line.

He specifically said he wants those three to get a full year in the minors. Who knows what happens at the very end of the season though. I don't mind the plan but I also don't like that much roster uncertainty going into next year.

Roy knew everything about Rantanen at WJC, he knew how Rants got his points, loved his net front presence. Called him a great leader.

I wanted them to ask about the new guy but they didn't. Roy did say EJ is not going on IR.

 

[Ararana]

Loosing EJ right now sucks. Especially now that it's in our control to tie with Nashville for the final wild card over the next two games.

 

[StayAtHomeAv]

I really don't get the point in keeping Rantanen down. Obviously everyone can learn and improve further, but he seems to be getting to that point that he is just too good for that level. What exactly is the main development area with him? Zadorov is there to work on his D and develop the mental aspect of the game. Everberg is developing his offensive game. Bigras is getting more physical mature. Etc etc etc.

 

[tigervixxxen]

I really don't get the point in keeping Rantanen down. Obviously everyone can learn and improve further, but he seems to be getting to that point that he is just too good for that level. What exactly is the main development area with him? Zadorov is there to work on his D and develop the mental aspect of the game. Everberg is developing his offensive game. Bigras is getting more physical mature. Etc etc etc.

Roy kind of mentioned it but for him it's more getting used to the NA game, the travel, things like that. I still think a few injuries to forwards and they might look at it differently. Rendulic and probably Everberg are next in line but after that might get too tempting.

 

[henchman21]

There is no harm in keeping Rantanen down for a while longer. If the Avs are in a playoff push and feel they need some more secondary scoring, I'd be surprised if they don't give him a look before the deadline to see if he can fill that role for 'free.'

 

[freeboy]

Yeah a young offensive player with a boatload of talent and potential who can be had at a reduced price (understand it will still be high) because he has requested a trade... definitely stay away from that one

TMV thanks for the bullet points, you are quite literally my primary source for radio updates since I can't listen myself.

or
Another young talented forward not ready for the NHL to add to our ever growing pool of not yet ready for prime time players?
SERIOUSLY
We dont need him, we need a d man...
our defense is the issue
so, if in the best case you add this guy and he is a selfish star, who then wants star money? I do not think you are looking at the big picture here...

 

[Avs71]

Hoping for a big game from Martinsen tonight. Super talented Blues defence core needs to feel the wrath of his forecheck. Give one of them the same treatment Muzzin got on Monday.

Has anyone called Martinsen Andre the Giant yet? I like Golden Tangerine more(TPS), but Andre the giant is fitting too.

 

[ArWKo]

Judging from their GDT the Blues fans are pretty despondent about their team's play currently, so hopefully we'll give them cause to be even more so tonight. Here's to hoping that the Avs keep up their above average play against the Central.

With regards to Zads/Bigras/Rantanen...I'd definitely love to get a look at all three this season (closer to the end of things, especially if we're clearly out of the playoff picture), however I won't be totally torn up if we don't, especially if they are all playing well for the Rampage.

However I'll be pretty disappointed if we don't start next season with at least 2/3 if not all 3 up for the big club.

 

[StayAtHomeAv]

There is no harm in keeping Rantanen down for a while longer. If the Avs are in a playoff push and feel they need some more secondary scoring, I'd be surprised if they don't give him a look before the deadline to see if he can fill that role for 'free.'

Obviously there is no harm. But I'm just curious how much he will benefit from staying down.