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[overlords]

Avtsin blocked a shot and fought for a loose puck?

But he's russian!

[vokiel]

The Kraken strikes and scores!

[Marc the Habs Fan]

Very well deserved goal for Avtsin. He needs to bring this effort level every game.

[LaurentHabs]

THE NEXT OVECHKIN!

[EveryDay]

Lefebvre is an idiot.... Avstin is the best player so far for Hamilton

[overlords]

the ironing is delicious

[Treb]

Originally Posted by AJMHABS

Who assisted?

St-Denis.


And Avstin score! 2-1

[WeThreeKings]

That's my boy!!

[AJMHABS]

Originally Posted by overlords

Avtsin blocked a shot and fought for a loose puck?

But he's russian!

Originally Posted by vokiel

The Kraken strikes and scores!

Originally Posted by Marc the Habs Fan

Very well deserved goal for Avtsin. He needs to bring this effort level every game.

Originally Posted by Treb

St-Denis.


And Avstin score! 2-1

Woo, attaboy Avtsin.

[overlords]

avtsin draws a penalty.

[Marc the Habs Fan]

Wow, Bournival was awesome there. AWESOME. Little Gally makes it 3-1 on a rare PP goal.

[overlords]

Gally!

[AJMHABS]

Originally Posted by overlords

Avtsin blocked a shot and fought for a loose puck?

But he's russian!

Originally Posted by overlords

avtsin draws a penalty.

I'm guessing he has been putting in a good effort so far.

[That]

Great play from Bournival there! Nice goal from Gallagher!

It's nice to Avtsin get a goal. He looks good out there.

[overlords]

Originally Posted by AJMHABS

I'm guessing he has been putting in a good effort so far.

He has. The thing with russians is that if they have low hockey IQ, people are pretty quick to jump to that old stereotype of 'lazy heartless russian'. Kinda like Andrei K. He wasn't necessarily 'lazy', he just didn't have too bright a bulb plugged in upstairs.

[AJMHABS]

Nice goal from Gallagher!!

[EveryDay]

very good first period for the pairing Ellis-St-Denis

[overlords]

Originally Posted by EveryDay

very good first period for the pairing Ellis-St-Denis

That pass on the Ellis goal from St-Denis was great.

[AJMHABS]

Originally Posted by overlords

He has. The thing with russians is that if they have low hockey IQ, people are pretty quick to jump to that old stereotype of 'lazy heartless russian'. Kinda like Andrei K. He wasn't necessarily 'lazy', he just didn't have too bright a bulb plugged in upstairs.

I always thought that of him, hopefully he can improve his decision making. He can be a good player if he improves that and his defense, of course. But he has to more to convince me again.

[AJMHABS]

Originally Posted by EveryDay

very good first period for the pairing Ellis-St-Denis

Agreed, they have been rock solid.

[Protest the Hero]

Good to hear Avtsin scored. Hopefully he can keep up the good play. Happy to hear my boy Ellis scored too.

[Et le But]

I refuse to get excited about Avtsin again only for him to do nothing for the next 3 months, but I'm happy for the kid, he needs to play.

The sad thing is despite his obvious issues with NA style hockey, from everything I've seen and heard he's worked harder than fan hero Ian Schultz did. You never heard talk of Avtsin showing up fat.

[overlords]

Haha. Wow stortini. Just wow.

[WeThreeKings]

Originally Posted by Et le But

I refuse to get excited about Avtsin again only for him to do nothing for the next 3 months, but I'm happy for the kid, he needs to play.

The sad thing is despite his obvious issues with NA style hockey, from everything I've seen and heard he's worked harder than fan hero Ian Schultz did. You never heard talk of Avtsin showing up fat.

Everyone's expectations were too high in the first place. They forgot that he was a 19 year old rookie adjusting to N.A. in his first season. Its not like he was a 1st round pick. Give the guy time to develop, not only his game, but socially and culturally as well.

[EveryDay]

biggest deception so far this year is Palushaj....the guy just suck right now