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Post by andrew8798 on Mar 12, 2014 20:22:29 GMT -5
Rich Peverley (heart) will not be available for the remainder of the 2013-14 campaign.
The season-ending heart procedure that Rich Peverley will undergo was something he's been planning to do for a while.
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Post by Orange on Mar 12, 2014 23:42:30 GMT -5
Avs get a big time 3-2 win over the Blackhawks tonight, which allowed them to pass Chicago in the Central Division.
Avs tearing it up lately!
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Post by AFN: Judge Shred on Mar 13, 2014 0:21:41 GMT -5
Avs get a big time 3-2 win over the Blackhawks tonight, which allowed them to pass Chicago in the Central Division. Avs tearing it up lately! I barely get any games broadcast here. The Hawks should be the ones I do, but nooo. I have been watching clips though, and the Avs are just so damned exciting to watch. Varly got his 100th win, only the fourth Russian born goalie to do so, which seems so unreal.
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Post by AFN: Judge Shred on Mar 13, 2014 0:29:06 GMT -5
I just watched Roy's pre-game, and some one has been practicing his English.
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Post by Orange on Mar 13, 2014 16:53:57 GMT -5
Avs get a big time 3-2 win over the Blackhawks tonight, which allowed them to pass Chicago in the Central Division. Avs tearing it up lately! I barely get any games broadcast here. The Hawks should be the ones I do, but nooo. I have been watching clips though, and the Avs are just so damned exciting to watch. Varly got his 100th win, only the fourth Russian born goalie to do so, which seems so unreal. They really are; I don't know what the hell went right all of a sudden, but they're shaping up quite nicely. For you dudes that know way more about hockey than I do (unlike football where I follow everybody, I only follow the Avs), given the competition this team will face in the playoffs (I'm assuming they'll make the playoffs), how far can the Avs go? Is this a Stanley Cup team, or are they a couple years off? My gut tells me this group can go deep, especially with Varley in net; dude's a monster goalie and the best I've ever personally seen since I didn't watch Roy play.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 13, 2014 17:25:25 GMT -5
I barely get any games broadcast here. The Hawks should be the ones I do, but nooo. I have been watching clips though, and the Avs are just so damned exciting to watch. Varly got his 100th win, only the fourth Russian born goalie to do so, which seems so unreal. They really are; I don't know what the hell went right all of a sudden, but they're shaping up quite nicely. For you dudes that know way more about hockey than I do (unlike football where I follow everybody, I only follow the Avs), given the competition this team will face in the playoffs (I'm assuming they'll make the playoffs), how far can the Avs go? Is this a Stanley Cup team, or are they a couple years off? My gut tells me this group can go deep, especially with Varley in net; dude's a monster goalie and the best I've ever personally seen since I didn't watch Roy play. The Stanley cup playoffs is the hardest sporting event to predict outside of March Madness. It could be a team currently 7 points out of a playoff spot. But honestly I think youth and inexperience will cause an early exit since that's a safe indicator unless Giguere or Varlamov enter beast mode
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Post by Deleted on Mar 13, 2014 17:29:47 GMT -5
Also heavy grinder fundamental teams tend to do better then skill teams in the playoffs since they don't get worn and bruised out
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Post by AFN: Judge Shred on Mar 13, 2014 18:40:57 GMT -5
If they stay healthy, and other teams keep sleeping on them, they can go pretty deep. The fact they don't have one superstar and rather have half a dozen guys finding the back of the net helps. I don't see them making the Cup finals, but division is possible, but not likely. That said, they play really well against the Hawks, if the Ducks don't shape things up, there is another team they can take. Their biggest problems will be the Kings, Blues, and Sharks. The Kings defense is just insane.
They don't have the grit nor the experience for a Cup, but the again the Canadiens teams Roy won with had nothing but Roy. And Those old Edmonton teams were young too.
Depending on the first round match up, I think second round is reasonable.
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Post by HMARK Center on Mar 13, 2014 21:46:03 GMT -5
Avs have the talent to go far this year, but the West is an absolute war zone this season of elite clubs. A whole bunch of potential Cup winners will be headed home in the first round, and it'll be because they're getting knocked out by teams just as good as they are. There's every chance you'll have something like Blackhawks vs. Blues, or Sharks vs. Kings, and instantaneously two legit contenders will be out in this new divisional format.
Makes me glad the East is such a crapshoot this season; Boston's the only team that legitimately scares me there.
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Post by AFN: Judge Shred on Mar 13, 2014 22:42:24 GMT -5
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Post by Deleted on Mar 13, 2014 22:45:56 GMT -5
It's amazing. The Oilers of the 80's was the greatest dynasty in hockey history. The Oilers of the 00's are possibly the most pathetic hockey franchise in history. Well 4 goals in the third period from the St. Louis Blues is better then seven goals in the third period by The Islanders.
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Post by Unocal 76 on Mar 13, 2014 22:55:57 GMT -5
It's amazing. The Oilers of the 80's was the greatest dynasty in hockey history. The Oilers of the 00's are possibly the most pathetic hockey franchise in history. Well 4 goals in the third period from the St. Louis Blues is better then seven goals in the third period by The Islanders. Maybe the Oilers of the 2010s- Edmonton from 2000-2006 was still pretty respectable.
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Post by AFN: Judge Shred on Mar 13, 2014 22:56:02 GMT -5
It's amazing. The Oilers of the 80's was the greatest dynasty in hockey history. The Oilers of the 00's are possibly the most pathetic hockey franchise in history. Well 4 goals in the third period from the St. Louis Blues is better then seven goals in the third period by The Islanders. Chin up, friend! Rest assured they will win at least one game that screws a good team out of a playoff berth.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 13, 2014 23:02:04 GMT -5
It's amazing. The Oilers of the 80's was the greatest dynasty in hockey history. The Oilers of the 00's are possibly the most pathetic hockey franchise in history. Well 4 goals in the third period from the St. Louis Blues is better then seven goals in the third period by The Islanders. Maybe the Oilers of the 2010s- Edmonton from 2000-2006 was still pretty respectable. Yeah but that was mostly because of Glen Sathers draft picks and signings and trades were decent. Since Lowe took over only 3 appearances in the post season thanks too Sather mostly. Plus the 05-06 team was one of the most underachieving regular season teams ever!
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Post by AFN: Judge Shred on Mar 13, 2014 23:05:02 GMT -5
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Post by Deleted on Mar 13, 2014 23:12:15 GMT -5
Like I said this is the worst most depressing season ever for an Oilers fan. This is the year when everyone realized the rebuild failed completely and we are rebuilding the rebuild. On paper this team blows out the 2009-2010 team out of the water with the *1st line often being Dustin Penner, Shawn Horcoff, and -35 Patrick O' Sullivan and had more IR hours then any other team in history) yet they are still worse. Your franchise is f***ed when you can't fire the worst f***ing coach of all time because you fired too many coaches in a span of few years. Edit: I also love how Hemsky has pretty much acknowledged all the problems in Edmonton and been doing great in Ottawa so far. I love how Smid and Bryz and Cogliano have also said they were surprised on how intense practices are on other teams. And Smid plays on the 28th placed Flames and Cogliano plays for the 1st place Ducks. So everyone is doing it better .
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Post by triplethreatmark on Mar 14, 2014 1:22:17 GMT -5
Freakin' Leafs ruining our 8 game winning streak...
In all seriousness though, we couldn't finish tonight outside of the 1st period and Jim Reimer was an absolute beast coming in relief of Bernier. Full marks to Reimer and the Leafs tonight.
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Post by Ben Wyatt on Mar 14, 2014 11:42:25 GMT -5
I'm pretty convinced we're gonna see a 'Hawks/Bruins rematch.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 14, 2014 12:04:32 GMT -5
I'm pretty convinced we're gonna see a 'Hawks/Bruins rematch. Bruins maybe, but the Hawks has some competition in the West with the Blues, Avs and Ducks. And who knows, this may be the year of the San Jose Shahahahahahaha I'm sorry I can't finish that sentence with a straight face.
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Post by HMARK Center on Mar 14, 2014 13:53:37 GMT -5
Welp, every game is important in the East now, but the Devils have their most important weekend of the year beginning tonight in Sunrise, then tomorrow in Tampa. 4 points likely puts them in a playoff spot, and they really, really should beat the Panthers.
Well, that, and they have to play Boston on Tuesday, so I them getting points now before that likely disaster.
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