Pre-Game Talk: Week of falling out of the playoffs (Van)

[AvsFan29]

Oilers don't play till Saturday aswell so Edmonton radio talking non stop about who they can fleece at the trade deadline to get them over the top and push for playoffs lol.

They should try and make a trade with Edmonton, they're probably the easiest to fleece. Oh wait

 

[S3rkie]

Man this team is straight up trash after a long break. We're going to get gaggled by the Canucks

At least it will be fun watching Pettersson get another 5 pts, and listen to everyone mention how Makar better be worth it.

 

[Ivan13]

I understand, I just don’t like it.

Hey, at least we can say we went unbeaten for a week and a half.

 

[Foppa2118]

I be more upset if we were on a winning streak lol

Yeah, that's how it usually seems to work with this team. This is the rare time where the extended time off is actually perfectly timed.

Plenty of time for a mental reset and for everyone to renew strategy and get on the same page in practice when they come back. As annoying it is to not have Av games for so long.

 

[Balthazar]

Oilers don't play till Saturday aswell so Edmonton radio talking non stop about who they can fleece at the trade deadline to get them over the top and push for playoffs lol.

Maybe they could start by hiring a GM.

 

[the_fan]

Coming back from a long break...what could possibly go wrong?

If I'm doing the math right, the last time they had a long break was a 5 day break, they came back and went winless in 5 games or so before winning a game, so after a 9 day break, they should go winless in 9 games?

I dont even wanna think about it, but it might get uglier than already is.

 

[sethro109]

Weren't they going to call Jost back up? Not that I want that to happen, but wasn't that "the plan"?

 

[henchman21]

Weren't they going to call Jost back up? Not that I want that to happen, but wasn't that "the plan"?

Probably Friday... if they go down that path.

 

[Foppberg]

I really hope they don't.

 

[S3rkie]

I really hope they don't.

I kinda hope he finishes the year out down there. But doubt that happens.

 

[henchman21]

I really hope they don't.

Me too... but this is the Avs. Succeed shortly after being drafted and/or early in your ELC or risk being given up on.

 

[Bubba Thudd]

Me too... but this is the Avs. Succeed shortly after being drafted and/or early in your ELC or risk being given up on.

(I gave that a "like", but I want to clarify -- I "liked" the comment because that's how the Avs operate...not because I like that attitude from the Avs)

 

[Foppa2118]

Me too... but this is the Avs. Succeed shortly after being drafted and/or early in your ELC or risk being given up on.

What are the examples of this? I don't see any except Bigras and Bleackley and both made plenty of sense to move on from.

They kept Hishon for 6 years and Siemens for 7 years after being drafted.

 

[Metallo]

I hope the break is long enough for them to forget how to play shitty hockey.

 

[the_fan]

The Avs have like the worst schedule an NHL team can have. They've already had couple of 4 or 5 days off and now 9 days off. What is this, a beer league hockey schedule?

 

[The Merchant]

Well considering the Avs have the worst record in hockey since December and are very clearly not a bottom-feeding team on paper, something's gotta give. They pull their heads outta their asses and they'll make the playoffs

 

[TruePowerSlave]

If we had average goaltending the Avs would would have a winning record in the past 2 months. Its quite obvious what the issue is and the only thing the skaters can try to do is score 4+ goals every single game to give them a chance. Its impossible to play a perfect defensive game from start to finish.

 

[BKarchitect]

Expecting to be down 2-0 within the first 10 minutes on goals by Tyler Motte and Jay Beagle...

 

[AvsFan29]

If we had average goaltending the Avs would would have a winning record in the past 2 months. Its quite obvious what the issue is and the only thing the skaters can try to do is score 4+ goals every single game to give them a chance. Its impossible to play a perfect defensive game from start to finish.

If they had average goaltending, they would be solidly in the top 3, and we'd be talking about home ice advantage.

Huge mistake squandering so many points.

 

[AvsFan29]

The Avs have like the worst schedule an NHL team can have. They've already had couple of 4 or 5 days off and now 9 days off. What is this, a beer league hockey schedule?

We actually got lucky with our break. MacKinnon should be back to 100% by Saturday. If he hadn't broken anything, it's probably just bruising / swelling / soreness.

I agree our schedule was ridiculous earlier in the season. B2b games, 4 days off, b2b games

 

[Foppberg]

 

[Raucherhusten]

If this is the graphic we see after the draft lottery i'm very, VEERYYY fine with it.

But god damn that's depressing.

 

[The Kingslayer]

Make me wanna vomit

 

[the_fan]

Yeah, that's how it usually seems to work with this team. This is the rare time where the extended time off is actually perfectly timed.

Plenty of time for a mental reset and for everyone to renew strategy and get on the same page in practice when they come back. As annoying it is to not have Av games for so long.

That's one way to look at it, another way would be, how annoying it's been watching Av games for the last couple of months

 

[Balthazar]

So for the last TWO MONTHS we've been as bad as we were in the 48 pts season.