NOLA1128
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Oh well, down to earth.
Really need Blacky back. Obviously, Wedgewood (FORGIVE ME, I HAVEN'T SLEPT IN TWO DAYS) has been lights out all season, but it's clear we don't trust Miner to spell him even on a road stretch like this.
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It'll be nice to get back to our barn for a couple of weeks and hopefully get healthy. We're definitely missing Blacky (oopsies, put Wedgie first), Taser and Cap.
Also, thank you Dallas for deciding to give us some space in the standings as we go home for seven games battered and bruised from this trip.
Also, thank you Dallas for deciding to give us some space in the standings as we go home for seven games battered and bruised from this trip.
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Oh no. Landeskog had to be helped off the ice- slid into a crossbar lower rib/ kidney area. Pretty brutal.
Definitely didn't look good at all, but sounds like the worst outcomes were avoided with him not being ruled out for the Olympics at this point.
He and Toews are clearly missed right now, but such is hockey and we've been crazy lucky with injuries this year.
Would be awesome to get 2 points out of this one and come back 4/6 on the road trip. This one could have some fireworks this final 20 (and maybe +5)
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30-2-7.
Correction. 31-2-7 :cheers:
re: NHL 2025-2026 Thread
Posted by NOLA1128 on 1/1/26 at 8:14 am to metallica81788
Glad I called that and laid a good bit of money on it to happen.
30-2-7 :cheers:
EDIT: and more importantly starting to finally get some distance from Dallas. 10 point lead with a game in hand
30-2-7 :cheers:
EDIT: and more importantly starting to finally get some distance from Dallas. 10 point lead with a game in hand
Potentially a good break for the Avalanche with Blackwood (not surprising despite how good he's been) and Wedgewood (surprising) not making Team Canada. A good rest and no risk injury outside of ice time/life for the best goalie tandem in hockey.
Toews said that his availability will be dependent on the birth/health of his fourth child and wife after delivery.
Kinda expecting an insanely motivated Avalanche team tonight against Doug Armstrong's Blues and then that Lightning game against Cooper. Possibly the little shot in the arm needed at the end of that road trip.
Toews said that his availability will be dependent on the birth/health of his fourth child and wife after delivery.
Kinda expecting an insanely motivated Avalanche team tonight against Doug Armstrong's Blues and then that Lightning game against Cooper. Possibly the little shot in the arm needed at the end of that road trip.
re: Calipari is right. Under the new NCAA determination a drafted NFL player could come back.
Posted by NOLA1128 on 12/31/25 at 5:51 am to PrimeTime Money
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And hopefully it’s like a 40 year old QB who can’t make it in the NFL anymore and still has a year of eligibility left goes back to college and leads a team to a national championship.
Now that would be a mockery.
Aaron Rodgers has two years of eligibility left under the Pavia JUCO rule lol
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The upcoming Canes/Panthers/Lightning 3 game road trip in 4 days is gonna be extremely tough. Everyone is gunning for them now and those are some tricky teams squeezed together .
Absolutely. The schedule does, undoubtedly, loosen up from there though to the Olympics break as that is really the only stretch of 3-4 games that could be highlighted as treacherous.
A very favorable 7-game homestand following those 3 road games. Only one B2B (OTT then MTL on the road), and it's not hard to picture a scenario where the Avs are at or approaching 90 points by the break. :pimp:
Which is insane and one would think there would be separation from Dallas at that point, but - hockey is hockey so who the hell knows!
29-2-7 :cheers:
28-2-7 :cheers:
This team is insane
This team is insane
re: NHL 2025-2026 Thread
Posted by NOLA1128 on 12/27/25 at 11:40 pm to metallica81788
Until the 3rd, my guy. Can’t count this team out.
Gutting out the point regardless of result
Gutting out the point regardless of result
re: NHL 2025-2026 Thread
Posted by NOLA1128 on 12/27/25 at 12:56 pm to Paul Allen
In all honesty, it’s been dead since last year’s move to pinned threads at the bottom of the page. I think it was Metallica asking for it to go back to the top especially with Four Nations getting the hype it got.
Unfortunately, hockey is an afterthought to most posters here (which makes sense), but would definitely get more traffic and more viewership if this wound up top of page 1 on the MSB.
Unfortunately, hockey is an afterthought to most posters here (which makes sense), but would definitely get more traffic and more viewership if this wound up top of page 1 on the MSB.
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Peaking too early. 1st round elimination on the way
Absolutely impossible to know, particularly when health matters once spring rolls around. It'll also come down, quite a bit actually, to how things look after the Olympic break and whether the Avalanche are still in a battle with Dallas for the division (as I expect), or if they've got enough room to rest some guys here-and-there (looking at Landy, for example, who I'm still amazed hasn't had a night off yet).
Not only that, but it is really hard to imagine this is the "peak" for the Avalanche with the PP being as bad as it is (it can't stay this bad forever, can it?) and LOC still not having played a game yet this year.
Having the best 1/2 punch in net, by far, in the league sure doesn't hurt, and that stretches back to last season when the trades were made.
Lots of hockey left to play, but there's still a chance the Avalanche have better hockey in front of them with this team than behind them (not talking record, but overall play - they've won more "ugly" games than I can remember since he Cup run - largely due to Blacky/Wedgie)... and that's scary.
27-2-7. :cheers:
2 regulation losses at Christmas is…. Insane….
Wedgewood for Team Canada has to be a thing
2 regulation losses at Christmas is…. Insane….
Wedgewood for Team Canada has to be a thing
re: NHL 2025-2026 Thread
Posted by NOLA1128 on 12/21/25 at 11:16 pm to metallica81788
26-2-7 :cheers:
It’s a great time to be an Avs fan
It’s a great time to be an Avs fan
I think that was confirmed on that last shot.
Thank you for memories, 7!
Thank you for memories, 7!
re: NHL 2025-2026 Thread
Posted by NOLA1128 on 12/19/25 at 10:41 pm to GeauxPanthers2
25-2-7 :cheers:
I think that’s the hard part. Of course, if an opportunity comes we’ll upgrade, but this team is pretty well set at this point.
It’ll be interesting in a couple of weeks when LOC is back. I get really excited at the idea of a Brindley/Kelly/LOC 4th line in spots given how we move Drury around for face off purposes.
It’ll be interesting in a couple of weeks when LOC is back. I get really excited at the idea of a Brindley/Kelly/LOC 4th line in spots given how we move Drury around for face off purposes.
24-2-7 :cheers:
This really is getting ridiculous. A real chance for the Avs, with health luck, to have 80+ points before the Olympic break. Basically just need to break a little over .500 to make that happen.
This really is getting ridiculous. A real chance for the Avs, with health luck, to have 80+ points before the Olympic break. Basically just need to break a little over .500 to make that happen.
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I understand the stat, but at same time I wonder why they needed the game winning drive in first place
Because a team starting a rookie QB, outside of injury, is a damning sign of a not-so-good roster overall.
re: NHL 2025-2026 Thread
Posted by NOLA1128 on 12/13/25 at 10:55 pm to metallica81788
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Man the Central is an arms race now
I think the Avs are in a good spot to wait (talking long term roster, not just points right now). No one is deeper. No one has the tandem of goaltenders.
Think if we make a trade it’s Sammy + LOC or Kivi (probably Kivi) to get a better two-way blue liner with Malinski…. And that’s about it for the Avs.
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