Want a reality check? When do you guys think was the last time that the AVS were the best team on the ice? I think it might be vs Dallas 16 games ago.
Here's the last games:
WPG - no
MTL - no
BUF - no
CAR - no
STL - no
SJ - no
WPG - no
EDM - maybe? I don't remember that game well for some reason
VAN - no
STL - no
MTL - no
TOR - no
NYR - no
SJ - no
ANA - no
DAL - yes
AVS have stopped playing well a long, long time ago way before Mack's injury.
I mean this is just categorically false. We were definitely the better team against MTL the second time, BUF, and EDM. And I thought we were even with CAR, TOR, and ANA. Not much of a reality check.Want a reality check? When do you guys think was the last time that the AVS were the best team on the ice? I think it might be vs Dallas 16 games ago.
Here's the last games:
WPG - no
MTL - no
BUF - no
CAR - no
STL - no
SJ - no
WPG - no
EDM - maybe? I don't remember that game well for some reason
VAN - no
STL - no
MTL - no
TOR - no
NYR - no
SJ - no
ANA - no
DAL - yes
AVS have stopped playing well a long, long time ago way before Mack's injury.
Its ok to disagree without acting like an absolute jackass.LOL you're out to lunch on that one. As per usual. Not sure why you feel the need to **** on the Avs every post these days with false information but you do.
We were the better team outright in 7/16 of those games. DAL, ANA, NYR, STL(The first time), VAN, EDM, and MTL(The second time).
Also, in the TOR, CAR, and BUF games they were all very even.
It's almost as if, unless we completely dominate a team from start to finish, then we play a bad game in your eyes. That's just not true at all.
That and generally when you get outshot and outcorsied you're getting outplayed. Not always, but the vast majority of the time. Its easy to be biaised when you watch the game as a fan.Avs PP has been dead for the last 12-13 games. That contributes to the feeling that they don't create a lot of scoring chances.
Its ok to disagree without acting like an absolute jackass.
Avs PP has been dead for the last 12-13 games. That contributes to the feeling that they don't create a lot of scoring chances.
The Avs PP seems to have an identity crisis w/o MacKinnon. It seems like they plugged in Compher into MacKinnon's role for a number of opportunities and I am not sure that was/is the best plan.
Its ok to disagree without acting like an absolute jackass.
I mentioned that last night as well. For the most part they just decided to slide Compher into that role and do everything the same. You can't overhaul the whole system but it's surprising to see them not make any real adjustments, at least that I saw, to try and make up for not having their best player.
I also think they need to have the Barrie/Girard conversation. Barrie might not like it but they should really consider putting him on the second PP unit.
They had Barrie on the second unit for several games when he came back. Girard was on the first unit. The PP went ice cold, so they switched it up and put Barrie back on the top unit.
It’s tough to point to Barrie or Girard as a reason the PP sucks. Barrie was getting a lot of shots through last night; Girard is good at keeps. They have some of the same deficiencies: losing puck battles and struggling to get back in time when the play is going the other way. It’s just easy to point to one of them as the problem when the whole thing has gone cold and was cold no matter which unit Girard or Barrie were on.
You know when the top unit went cold? When MacKinnon got injured.
Good news is MacKinnon's back tomorrow.
Bad news is they recalled Hammond because Bernier is out with a head injury. It was clear he wasn't right as soon as he got hit. Concussion spotters need to do a better job of concussion spotting.
Good news is that we don't have any back2backs anytime soon. Let's just hope Varlys groin is up for the task.
I'm ready for the storybook finish and Mack leading us to the playoffs. Lets go!
PS when did I end up the board optimist?