Pre-Game Talk: Week of Flamers, Queens, and Sharts.

[Bill Peckerskull]

L, OTL, W.

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[Balthazar]

Sutter is literally the scariest thing about facing the Flames in the playoffs. I fear the coach and his system far more than the sum of his lineup.

 

[the_fan]

Sutter's coaching style is effective but not for too long. Eventually players get tired of it. I expect the Flames to start sucking in couple of years and Sutter getting fired

 

[Northern Avs Fan]

I’m going to miss watching Landy while he’s out, he’s been an absolute force this year. It’s time for Mikko Rantanen to find his game.

 

[Balthazar]

 

[dahrougem2]

Sutter is literally the scariest thing about facing the Flames in the playoffs. I fear the coach and his system far more than the sum of his lineup.

Meh, they're 20-8-1 since the new year. They were 16-7-6 before that.

You might be scared of their system but I'm not. They've gotten 11 shutouts this season. Markstrom has 9 of those. It's unsustainable.

Not saying they'll be an easy out, but Sutter doesn't scare me. Markstrom isn't Jonathan Quick, Lindholm isn't Anze Kopitar and Tanev/Andersson/whoever aren't Drew Doughty.

 

[Balthazar]

If the playoffs started tomorrow we'd face Vegas in round 1.

 

[Avsboy]

If the playoffs started tomorrow we'd face Vegas in round 1.

So? Stone is still recovering from his bad back, Pacioretty from whatever is causing him problems. They wouldn't just magically get better tomorrow....or would they?

 

[Balthazar]

Meh, they're 20-8-1 since the new year. They were 16-7-6 before that.

You might be scared of their system but I'm not. They've gotten 11 shutouts this season. Markstrom has 9 of those. It's unsustainable.

Not saying they'll be an easy out, but Sutter doesn't scare me. Markstrom isn't Jonathan Quick, Lindholm isn't Anze Kopitar and Tanev/Andersson/whoever aren't Drew Doughty.

Avs will have the most talented team in the NHL come playoff time. I don't fear lineups, I fear good systems and so should you. Dallas and Vegas kicked us out of the playoffs in the last 2 years and it's not because they had better players.

The Avs lose either when they get outworked or when Bednar loses the X's and O's battle. Those two things are Sutter's speciality.

 

[dahrougem2]

Avs will have the most talented team in the NHL come playoff time. I don't fear lineups, I fear good systems and so should you. Dallas and Vegas kicked us out of the playoffs in the last 2 years and it's not because they had better players.

The Avs lose either when they get outworked or when Bednar loses the X's and O's battle. Those two things are Sutter's speciality.

The Avs lost to Dallas because they had Michael Hutchinson in goal, lost Erik Johnson in game 1 and Gabriel Landeskog for game 7. Don't give me that systems crap with Dallas. The Avalanche were barely 3 minutes and a fluke turnover away from winning that series.

And for the 1,000th time, the Golden Knights "system" is not what beat the Avalanche - it was Philipp Grubauer playing the worst hockey of his Avalanche tenure at the worst possible time. I don't know how we can credit Vegas' system as beating the Avs when games 5 and 6, the Avs were the better team but lost both games.

 

[nammerus]

The Avs lost to Dallas because they had Michael Hutchinson in goal, lost Erik Johnson in game 1 and Gabriel Landeskog for game 7. Don't give me that systems crap with Dallas. The Avalanche were barely 3 minutes and a fluke turnover away from winning that series.

And for the 1,000th time, the Golden Knights "system" is not what beat the Avalanche - it was Philipp Grubauer playing the worst hockey of his Avalanche tenure at the worst possible time. I don't know how we can credit Vegas' system as beating the Avs when games 5 and 6, the Avs were the better team but lost both games.

Guess you forgot about games 2-4 where they were destroyed worse than any Avs team since the mid 2000’s against the Red wings.

Yea..not even one of the worst teams of all time (the 2016-2017 Avs), had a worse 3 game run of xGF% than us in the playoffs last year. Grubauer stole us game 2 and almost won us game 3.

 

[teoberto]

If the playoffs started tomorrow we'd face Vegas in round 1.

Bring it on! If we need to go through them, better facing them in the first round. I actually rather getting Vegas than Dallas.

 

[The Kingslayer]

Meh, they're 20-8-1 since the new year. They were 16-7-6 before that.

You might be scared of their system but I'm not. They've gotten 11 shutouts this season. Markstrom has 9 of those. It's unsustainable.

Not saying they'll be an easy out, but Sutter doesn't scare me. Markstrom isn't Jonathan Quick, Lindholm isn't Anze Kopitar and Tanev/Andersson/whoever aren't Drew Doughty.

Flames in 6

 

[Balthazar]

Guess you forgot about games 2-4 where they were destroyed worse than any Avs team since the mid 2000’s against the Red wings.

Yep. We won game 2 but they dominated us (thanks Gru) and in games 3-4 we got straight up embarassed. Imagine watching that and blaming the goalie.

Game 5 and 6 were close at best.

 

[Avs_19]

Some of you are terrified of everyone. Seattle could sneak in by some loophole and it'd be, "man, I don't want to see them in the first round. With that defense? First round Grubauer in a revenge series? What if Donskoi gets hot? Avs might be in trouble."

 

[The Moops]

Some of you are terrified of everyone. Seattle could sneak in by some loophole and it'd be, "man, I don't want to see them in the first round. With that defense? First round Grubauer in a revenge series? What if Donskoi gets hot? Avs might be in trouble."

 

[GirardIsStupid]

Avalanche going to struggle to win.

 

[wayninja]

It's losses all the way down.

 

[dahrougem2]

Guess you forgot about games 2-4 where they were destroyed worse than any Avs team since the mid 2000’s against the Red wings.

Yea..not even one of the worst teams of all time (the 2016-2017 Avs), had a worse 3 game run of xGF% than us in the playoffs last year. Grubauer stole us game 2 and almost won us game 3.

Cool, so the Avs were better in 3 games and Vegas was better in 3 games. Does the level of dominance really matter from a singular game perspective?

Yep. We won game 2 but they dominated us (thanks Gru) and in games 3-4 we got straight up embarassed. Imagine watching that and blaming the goalie.

Game 5 and 6 were close at best.

Close at best? No.

 

[Balthazar]

Cool, so the Avs were better in 3 games and Vegas was better in 3 games. Does the level of dominance really matter from a singular game perspective?

Close at best? No.

Yes. Slight advantage to Vegas in fact in games 5 and 6...I already posted all the "who should have won" stats. Not digging for those again.

 

[McMetal]

I'll grab the GDT before I head down to Denver for the game.

 

[Bill Peckerskull]

Black and white?

 

[Balthazar]

I'll grab the GDT before I head down to Denver for the game.

How far are you from the arena?

 

[Richard88]

Beat the Flames and they're 10 points behind with a game in hand. That would give us a lot more lee-way the coming weeks to try some rookies out without risking the top seed in the West too much.

 

[McMetal]

How far are you from the arena?

About 40 minutes. I had to make a couple stops on the way though.