Nice to see them snap the losing streak, pretty much the only away game left this season that I thought they could win. Good to see the young guys get ice-time in all situations. Beautiful assist by Horak and nice to see Cervenka score again. Hope Stajan is fine. MacDonald's end to the game was weird, but his post-game interview was normal.
Oh, and here is the whole Giguere rant:
http://blogs.denverpost.com/avs/2013...ractice/12915/
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But that quote about Vegas? That will go down in history I have a feeling. But wait, there’s more:“It’s not constructive. We have to find a way to get out of this losing mentality, you know? It starts with me and the guy beside me and everyone has to do their part.”
Then this, as Jiggy got even more red in the face with anger:“It’s embarrassing. I’m embarrassed to be here right now. It’s not even funny.”
I then asked Jiggy if the true problem with this team is just its lack of focus or preparation or pride or whatever, and he said:“I don’t know what it is. I’ve been around for 15 years in this league and I don’t know what it is. I don’t know why we seem like we don’t care at points. I don’t know, I don’t know we seem like, you know — some guys are fighting to show that they belong in the NHL, some guys are fighting for contracts. And it’s just embarrassing, the way we, you know, the energy we have in the room and the way we approach practices and the way we approach this game. It’s not how you’re going to win any games in this league. I mean, this is a team (Calgary) that we can beat if we set our minds to it, and every day is the same story. I don’t know what to say. I’m beyond words right now.”
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A couple quick thoughts on this, but more tomorrow:
- Jiggy has mentioned a couple of times how poorly he believes his team practices. That seems to fall under the heading of “maybe the team isn’t coached well enough”, as practice is truly the time for coaching in this league. Yet, Jiggy has not criticized Joe Sacco to me, even privately. I think Jiggy is just truly fed up with some of his teammates’ work ethic — or lack thereof.
- If the Avs end up getting rid of Jiggy at all because of this sudden burst of honest, shame on them. He has another year left on his contract, with a no-trade clause. But I doubt the Avs would do that. If they’re smart — no jokes, please — they will admit: Giguere is right, and he’s exactly the kind of guy they need more of around here.
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You gotta love Giguere. Seems like he's pretty much the only player on that Avs team that still has pride at this point.