[OOT] March 19, just four games.

[DOOM]

Originally Posted by nik-

Preds are dropping like a meteor.

Really makes me wonder if they will consider moving Weber. He doesn't have a NMC or NTC, so 29 teams will be able to make legit offers for him.

They could likely get a good forward + good young d-man and picks/prospects for him.

[Scoreface]

Shorthouse after the game: Eddie Lack doing the Lack dance.

[4oh3]

Originally Posted by Yoho

They won't

Oh I'm aware


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[d_phaneuf]

Originally Posted by Scoreface

Shorthouse after the game: Eddie Lack doing the Lack dance.

he didnt do it but he does this knee kick thing after every win

Shorthouse points it out all the time, talks about it more than necessary

[expatflame]

Love the "What's wrong in Toronto?" clip on TSN after Toronto has lost 3 games in a row. Media love to jump all over Toronto as soon as they start losing. Hopefully, they keep losing and miss the playoffs.

[thefoss1957]

Originally Posted by jschick88

You're right. Maguire said he texted his agent Pat Brisson who said he is probably out 2 weeks.

Out goes Kane, in comes Teravainen who will be in Chicago sometime this week.

The only way this happens is if one of the Dmen, Brookbank or Rozival get waived...To play TT they need to clear cap space for this year.

[thefoss1957]

"What's wrong in Toronto?" ... Doesn't Canadian media understand "Decades of Futility"?

[PeteMoss]

Originally Posted by thefoss1957

The only way this happens is if one of the Dmen, Brookbank or Rozival get waived...To play TT they need to clear cap space for this year.

Can't they just out Kane on LTIR?

[Hockey]

Originally Posted by PeteMoss

Can't they just out Kane on LTIR?

Don't think he would miss enough time to be eligible.


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[codynw]

That Steven Stamkos guy is pretty good at playing hockey, I guess.

[19Yzerman19]

Originally Posted by sun

Feeling for Berra. Not a good first impression.

Originally Posted by PeteMoss

Here some reaction from twitter regarding Berra's debut- http://sfy.co/ccbm

Originally Posted by puckluck2

Berra swimming around.

Originally Posted by FireGilbert

Oh Berra, he bit on the fake pass hard and left an open net for Wheeler. We've seen that before.

Originally Posted by nik-

Berra gonna Berra?

Originally Posted by Red John

Haha at those who were scared Roy saw something in Berra and stole him from the Flames.

Lost his net on the OT winner tonight.

Okay, I didn't watch the game obviously but after reading all the backlash against the guy I went and watched the highlights, and... well let's just say I don't understand all the hate. It wasn't a stellar performance from what I saw but neither did he pull a Dubnyk and straight up lose the game for them, either. The Avalanche blue line was widely regarded as a travesty coming into this season and regardless of where they are in the standings, I'm sorry but these guys just suck at playing defense.

1. Beauty of a snipe from Ladd. You could argue Berra should be out farther but this beats a lot of goalies on a lot of nights. And this is the only goal the whole night that you could argue is entirely his fault. And you'd still be wrong because if Johnson doesn't let Ladd skate right past him there isn't even a chance.

2. Absolute clown defense from Holden on Eric Tangredi, lets the puck go right by him for a tap in. Not Berra's fault at all.

3. Tick tack toe play ending with Evander Kane of all people completely alone in front. Not only does Berra not have any reasonable time to see this coming he's got the other team's best player with a free chance from 5 feet away. Hard to blame him here.

4. Andrew Ladd left all alone in the slot on the PP, and given enough time to turn, pick a spot, and put it in the top shelf. No defender so much as touching him and he had a full steamboat to make this happen.

Note: at this point it's 4-4, and Berra stops Ladd twice on clean chances from ~10 feet following odd man rushes against... what is Colorado doing allowing multiple 2 on 1s and 3 on 2s in a tied third period?? Then he stops a Ladd tip right in front of him off a point shot he couldn't have seen.

Now as for the overtime goal. Berra doesn't look good on this one. He panics, starts scrambling, loses his net. But let's be real: Blake Wheeler skates in slowly, and is allowed by all four Avs on the ice to hold on to the puck for as long as he wants and skate all the way from the left wall to the low right circle before he decides to take a shot. By the time the goal goes in, the only Avalanche skater who isn't lying down on the ice is Gabriel Landeskog, who is instead standing at the near post spinning around in a confused fashion and covering exactly no one. Berra wasn't the only one floundering on this, everyone on that play except Mackinnon should be embarrassed.

Basically the Avs are fun to watch but I have a hard time seeing them doing much in the postseason.

[nik-]

He wasn't even in the conversation of being able to attempt a save on the second goal, and it's not because it was some amazing play. His lateral movement came way to late to even be able to attempt a save. No one knows if he would have saved it, he probably wouldn't have, but a legit goalie at least puts himself in the ballpark of a save.

I would also debate the "snipe". He made himself small and got beat, like we've seen before.

[19Yzerman19]

Originally Posted by nik-

He wasn't even in the conversation of being able to attempt a save on the second goal, and it's not because it was some amazing play. His lateral movement came way to late to even be able to attempt a save. No one knows if he would have saved it, he probably wouldn't have, but a legit goalie at least puts himself in the ballpark of a save.

Um, had he made that save it would have been highlight of the night. It was a cross crease pass for a 2 foot putt into an open side. The only way Berra prevents that from going in is if he deflects the pass - and if he does it's a great play by him. Your defenseman has to prevent his man from getting his stick on that. Here is the goal.



What the hell is he supposed to DO there? He has to cover the near post because the second worst Av on this play, Guenin, lets Wheeler just walk right around the net and if he hadn't thrown it cross crease he could've come out and shot it himself.

I would also debate the "snipe". He made himself small and got beat, like we've seen before.

He could have challenged more, but look at the context. Little comes over his own blue line and O'Reilly makes a poor decision to rush right at him. As a result, the Jets get to blow through the neutral zone at full speed. Johnson doesn't adjust for this and gets beat to the outside, allowing Ladd to get position for a quality free shot from a scoring position.

Multiple Avs defenders screwed up that play, and if Ladd isn't allowed to come across the line with that kind of speed, a) he probably doesn't get that shot off, and b) if he does Berra has more time to react at least. It's not an unsaveable puck, but it's also not a goal that should be called "his fault", his teammates have to have some responsibility for mitigating the quality of a chance like that.

I guess my overall point is that while everyone wants to lay this at Berra's feet the Avs would be much better served to recognize the serious problems revealed last night with respect to their defensive structure, before they end up having to play the Sharks in the postseason and get absolutely crushed.