Pre-Game Talk: Week of Rest (@DAL)

[Cousin Eddie]

Avs have their mid-season break and their only game will be in Dallas next Saturday. With no practices and limited news I guess we can consider this a week long pre-game thread for the matchup vs the Stars.

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[The Mars Volchenkov]

Please tell me this is the last time they play Dallas this year.

 

[McMetal]

I'll move this in here, seems like they want the guys to get playing time during the break, which seems like a cheap way to circumvent the bye week, but it will probably be good for them. I wonder if any of them will be called back up for Dallas. Varley, Compher and Ghetto we're both expected to be back after the break, which would push Hammond and Greer out, but it seems like Mironov might get another shot, because Barrie still is not going to be back anytime soon and they might want another D up.

 

[tigervixxxen]

Please tell me this is the last time they play Dallas this year.

It is. 5 times in basically the first half is ridiculous.

I would also think Mironov is coming back.

 

[Balthazar]

I just hope that this year's schedule in general was just a big fat mistake and they won't screw up like that ever again. Nothing was done right.

 

[The Mars Volchenkov]

No one seemed to notice Barberio missed the entire third period last night. Miro will be back.

 

[Avs_19]

Makes sense to send those guys down when there's nothing going on with the Avs.

Hopefully Compher will be good to go because the Kerfoot line has been bad and Greer doesn't seem ready to me. IMO, he has looked worse in his callups this season than he did last season. He just turned 21 a few weeks ago so I don't think there's anything wrong with him spending more time in the AHL.

 

[McMetal]

No one seemed to notice Barberio missed the entire third period last night. Miro will be back.

They were just resting their top defenseman in a blowout game.

 

[Rumplesnipeskin]

No one seemed to notice Barberio missed the entire third period last night. Miro will be back.

No wonder the breakouts were so fluid

 

[dahrougem2]

Makes sense to send those guys down when there's nothing going on with the Avs.

Hopefully Compher will be good to go because the Kerfoot line has been bad and Greer doesn't seem ready to me. IMO, he has looked worse in his callups this season than he did last season. He just turned 21 a few weeks ago so I don't think there's anything wrong with him spending more time in the AHL.

That's how I've felt, too, during his call ups. He looks slower - much slower. Not every prospect will make it early, I think he can still use the AHL full time for the rest of the year.

 

[Foppberg]

Maybe he tried to bulk up too much, taking away from his speed? Similar to MacKinnon a few years ago?

 

[Pokecheque]

A shame, I used to absolutely LOVE Dallas/Colorado tilts. Just two teams that didn't give a damn about defense going at it. But yes, I'm glad this is over.

The schedulers are just awful quite frankly. Halfway through the season and the Avs are almost finished playing the division rival Stars, have barely played the rest of the Central it seems like, and haven't played teams like the Sharks (not that I'm looking forward to them though) at all.

 

[Cousin Eddie]

Just looking at some stats. We may see some star of the week honors for the Avs for the past week. Bernier was arguably the best goalie in the league during the week and Mikko was tied for the league lead in points with 8 in 3 games.

 

[Grackle Party]

Ill be live, in person at the Dallas game. Flying out to go with two of my buddies. 1 Avs fan 1 stars fan. Hope to catch an Avs W!

 

[Ararana]

It already feels like it's been 82 years since the Wild game

 

[Cousin Eddie]

Bernie 2nd star of the week.

 

[Freudian]

Please tell me this is the last time they play Dallas this year.

San Antonio Rampage play Texas Stars 14 times this season.

 

[Foppa Frossa]

Hopefully JTComphs and Varly will be back with a vengeance. I thought I remembered reading something about JTC coming back after the bye week.

 

[McMetal]

Hopefully JTComphs and Varly will be back with a vengeance. I thought I remembered reading something about JTC coming back after the bye week.

That's what I expect too. Ghetto should be back as well.

 

[Foppberg]

What was Compher's injury again? upper body?

 

[CobraAcesS]

If Bernier has a strong finish to the season. I wonder if they actually give him an extension. He might be the player they over pay a bit to reach the cap floor if he continues this way. He'd have a real shot next year at solidifying himself as a starter if Varly's groin continues to burn out.

 

[Bubba Thudd]

Was it revealed that Varly's latest issue is once again his groin? Or his hip? Or something else?

 

[CobraAcesS]

Was it revealed that Varly's latest issue is once again his groin? Or his hip? Or something else?

I think we're assuming right now.

 

[Raucherhusten]

Was it revealed that Varly's latest issue is once again his groin? Or his hip? Or something else?

Bednar said "something muscle related" - so no groin/hip thingy.

 

[UncleRisto]

Was it revealed that Varly's latest issue is once again his groin? Or his hip? Or something else?

They only told us it's a lower-body muscle injury so I'm assuming it's cremaster spasms.