GDT: Avalanche at Stars (Game 5): Do We Really Have To?

[dahrougem2]

Very small.

With their season on the line that's probably the best the Avs can play against the Stars. Doubt the Stars played their best game though.

We know the Avs can obviously still play better than what they showed tonight.

They finally started winning battles and chances opened up in the middle of the ice.

Dallas isn't some behemoth. They can be beat. There's a reason they had to go 7 games against Vegas when Oettinger was playing out of his mind.

Combine that with an injured Hintz, a clearly not 100% Tanev, and now Seguin going off with what looked like an injury and all of a sudden Dallas is losing regular bodies.

 

[BobRossColton]

Hope trenin can return, don't want Wagner.

 

[Bill Peckerskull]

we're still alive

 

[StLAvsFan]

What a revelation; get a f*****g lead for once...and good things often follow!

 

[Vaslof]

Just goes to show that things open up when you aren't trailing.

And we didn't even get to play that long with the lead lol. Got it so late it was almost right to turtle mode.

 

[katfude]

WOOOOOOOO

and I repeat

WOOOOOOOOOOOOO

 

[The Kingslayer]

Dropping 3 at home would be something. They won tonight so them might aswell win the next one too

 

[NOTENOUGHRYJOTHINGS]

Drouin Lehk MacK is a line that can actually retrieve the puck.

Mittelstadt with goals two games in a row.

Some positives. But Toews is obviously concussed and scared. And they're going hard after Makar trying to pick the head.

Someone should see if Heskainens head is impervious to elbows.

 

[CharlesPuck]

Love the early ending time too. Got a 6am wake up call to watch Rory destroy Valhalla.

 

[expatriatedtexan]

Friday, homie.

I think he lives on the other side of the international date line.

[edit...that would only work if the earth spun in the opposite direction. ]

 

[S E P H]

How did we look in the first two periods? I came at the start of the third and I thought we didn't look too bad. Defensively though, this team still scares me to death where any Dallas shot looks like it could go in.

 

[littletonhockeycoach]

why do we always make that excuse for him when he is sucking

I'm not willing to admit that he has a lazy streak.

 

[wayninja]

We know the Avs can obviously still play better than what they showed tonight.

They finally started winning battles and chances opened up in the middle of the ice.

Dallas isn't some behemoth. They can be beat. There's a reason they had to go 7 games against Vegas when Oettinger was playing out of his mind.

Combine that with an injured Hintz, a clearly not 100% Tanev, and now Seguin going off with what looked like an injury and all of a sudden Dallas is losing regular bodies.

Dallas gets in a team like the Avs' head with their huge, smothering style. That sets up everything they do from there.

I know avs are trying to "stay calm", but that isn't really the right strategy as you just get strangled slower. Avs need to be intense and ramp up the intensity in battles like they did tonight and in game 1. That opens things up and sets up avs for chances.

 

[Colorado Avalanche]

Canes are in the same situation as the Avalanche and based on moneypuck they have roughly 26% to go through. We need a miracle but yeah.. let's go

 

[TheGrimReaper]

stars in 5

 

[BobRossColton]

I'm still ready for some stable linemates for Casey

 

[henchman21]

Does Kovy draw back in, or Wagner if Trenin can't go?

Wags

 

[Colorado Avalanche]

What a revelation; get a f*****g lead for once...and good things often follow!

I would like to see lead early and smash these ******.

 

[Vaslof]

Canes are in the same situation as the Avalanche and based on moneypuck they have roughly 26% to go through. We need a miracle but yeah.. let's go

We've doubled our odds with this win, so that's cool.

 

[NOTENOUGHRYJOTHINGS]

I'm still ready for some stable linemates for Casey

Rantanen used to be stable on his skates.

Actually that's a lie. He never was.

 

[AvsFan29]

Glad they at least showed up and put in the effort

 

[Boulder Avalanche]

The most Avs thing of winning this series then being swept by the Nucks is still on the table.

 

[dahrougem2]

Dallas gets in a team like the Avs' head with their huge, smothering style. That sets up everything they do from there.

I know avs are trying to "stay calm", but that isn't really the right strategy as you just get strangled slower. Avs need to be intense and ramp up the intensity in battles like they did tonight and in game 1. That opens things up and sets up avs for chances.

Dallas isn't really huge, though. They just play INSANELY defensive then turn on the counter attack. They hardly throw hits anymore. If not for Benn they'd have less than 10 hits a night in all likelihood.

It's the Avs who have to continue playing big, physical hockey. Chances were created tonight because Stars defensemen felt the pressure and wanted nothing to do with it - Tanev especially. Even Heiskanen when he goes back is looking over his shoulder constantly and if there's anyone, he's rimming the puck. More often than not the Avs are stealing it or stopping Dallas wingers on the boards.

It has to continue. The Avs have to forecheck like hounds and punish, punish, punish.

 

[StLAvsFan]

Drouin Lehk MacK is a line that can actually retrieve the puck.

Mittelstadt with goals two games in a row.

Some positives. But Toews is obviously concussed and scared. And they're going hard after Makar trying to pick the head.

Someone should see if Heskainens head is impervious to elbows.

Exactly. Everyone's talking about running Benn's ass, when in reality, it should be Heiskanen the Avs target every chance they get. Mash him!

 

[Snow Arc]