Post Game Talk: Post Game Colorado Avalanche Vs Minnesota Wild Jan. 19/2013 7:00PM MST.

[Unaffiliated]

Originally Posted by Freudian

Am I doing it right?

[Avs_19]

Barrie isn't ready. Not even close.

The Wild were a bit lucky but we probably deserved to lose.

On to the next one.......hopefully with O'Reilly in the line up.

[iAvs]

Originally Posted by Foppa2118

That's why WIlson doesn't belong on the top pairing. Just totally took himself out of the play, and let the guy have a bunch of open ice to work with.

I like Wilson, but he isn't consistent enough to be a top pair Dman.

[WornWithPride]

Originally Posted by RobinDIF

Hate to say it... but our lineup looks so weak without O'Reilly. So many name you dont want to see there...

And also, Duchene and Landeskog just doesnt seem to find chemistry. Couldnt last year either when they tried em out.

Game 1. Lets see it some more before we call it and change things up. I say leave it so long O'reilly's not here.

[RockLobster]

Originally Posted by RobinDIF

Hate to say it... but our lineup looks so weak without O'Reilly. So many name you dont want to see there...

And also, Duchene and Landeskog just doesnt seem to find chemistry. Couldnt last year either when they tried em out.

Unless I'm mistaken, Landeskog was paired with O'Reilly early on in training camp and never really left that line. I don't recall Landeskog being tried out with Duchene

[Mouse21]

Wish I wasn't a fan of this team.

[skip2mybordeleau]

yay! seth jones!

[Unaffiliated]

Originally Posted by Avs_19

Barrie isn't ready. Not even close.

The Wild were a bit lucky but we probably deserved to lose.

On to the next one.......hopefully with O'Reilly in the line up.

These are precisely my sentimonies.

[RobinDIF]

Originally Posted by RockLobster

Unless I'm mistaken, Landeskog was paired with O'Reilly early on in training camp and never really left that line. I don't recall Landeskog being tried out with Duchene

I think they was for like 3-4 games. My mistake if I'm wrong.

[Goulet17]

Originally Posted by Connolly2Duchene

yay! seth jones!

We may be bad enough to miss the playoffs, but I doubt we are in the running for Mackinnon or Jones, even with the revised lottery weighting.

[bohlmeister]

Yeah. That defense is not good enough. I think the forwards are fine.

Johnson is not a PP guy. They need to get an offensive d-man that can log big minutes.

[The Shermanator]

By the beard of Zanon we are awful.

[avsman]

Sacco out O'Reilly in

[the_fan]

Did Avs win a faceoff in this game?

[The Shermanator]

Originally Posted by SuperJoe

Nice rush by EJ and wrist shot in the chest

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[BoxOfChocolates]

That game was well worth the 9 month wait. Same feeling as last year when the Avs came out flat against the Red Wings.

[Goulet17]

Originally Posted by bohlmeister

Yeah. That defense is not good enough. I think the forwards are fine.

Johnson is not a PP guy. They need to get an offensive d-man that can log big minutes.

The defense needs help, but the first two lines did not supply much offense tonight and we lack forward depth.

[SuperJoe]

Originally Posted by Avs_19

Barrie isn't ready. Not even close.

The Wild were a bit lucky but we probably deserved to lose.

On to the next one.......hopefully with O'Reilly in the line up.

Yep on Barrie, and I don't think we see ROR anytime soon

[iAvs]

Originally Posted by Avs_19

Barrie isn't ready. Not even close.

The Wild were a bit lucky but we probably deserved to lose.

I think the Wild, once they gel a bit more, will be the team to beat in the division.

We look a lot like before; show signs of being a really good team... only to follow it up with lazy play and foolish mistakes.

The Avs were unlucky tonight, but you also got that gut feeling the wheels would come off once they gave up those 2 quick goals. GOTTA SCORE EMPTY NET GOALS.

[Kloparren]

Originally Posted by falconski

and that's game, our top 9 (not including Mitchell) better show up better than they did tonight

If Mitchell's in our top 9 then we're in trouble.

Damn good day for a few recent ex-Avs so far.

[Bender]

Originally Posted by Avs_19

If Sacco wants a faster defenseman who can create some offense, might as well give Hunwick a shot.

It's only the first game of the season but Barrie looks like the same guy from last season.

He's still only a 21 year old kid playing a difficult position. He's looking alright but some plays leave you scratching your head though.

Originally Posted by iAvs

The team lacks depth. Blame that on the FO for penny pinching.

And I agree, this game shows we need RoR on this team. But, we knew that already.

Yes, clearly we need Paul Martin at $5M and Matt Carle at $5.5M...they will make the difference.

EVERYONE agreed we had a hole in the #2 spot and essentially the #3 spot on our defense. The first game comes and our guys get exposed...is anyone really surprised??

Our FO will address those holes when the opportunity arises but throwing a bunch of money at UFAs is not the answer.

[Unaffiliated]

Originally Posted by The Shermanator

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[WornWithPride]

Originally Posted by Goulet17

We may be bad enough to miss the playoffs, but I doubt we are in the running for Mackinnon or Jones, even with the revised lottery weighting.

That's the problem with this team. We're too good for the lottery, but not good enough to be a perennial playoff team. We got Duchene and Landy, we need one more.
Either way, EDM will end up in 9th place, and will win the lottery again anyways.

[avsfan09]

Queue the over-reaction from Bi-Polar fans.

[Avs_19]

Duchene won over 50% of this faceoffs. Always a good thing.

I thought Mitchell looked pretty good as well.

EJ played well and is the only one of our defensemen who didn't do something incredibly stupid. Unless I missed it.