Wednesday, October 21, 2009

Avs PK Fails, Lose to Wild in Shootout, 3-2


This one was particularly disappointing for me because I’ve watched the 6 of the 7 previous Wild games (as my wife is a big Wild fan), and outside of a great 10 mins against Anaheim in game 2, they have looked horrible.  Granted, all of the horrible hockey has been a lengthy road trip that sort of snowballed on Minnesota - but right or wrong, I expected the Avs to get up on this team early and shut down the Wild - kinda like the game in Toronto.  

  • All that being said, Colorado got a point out of a road game that could have gone either way - remember: every point is big.  
  • I’m convinced that Andy is now our only penalty killer.  Otherwise, we had 4 pylons out there all night long.
  • It’d be one thing to take some penalties and put a good PP on the ice because the Wild were pressuring us, but too many mental errors -- 2 too many men penalties and then the one that really killed us - the Wolski delay of game.  
  • If you were watching the Altitude broadcast, you saw something extremely rate in the 3rd period when McNab made critical (but justified) comments about a specific Avs player (Wolski) as it happened.  
  • I was really hoping Wolski could make up that penalty a little bit by scoring in the shootout.
  • 2nd Period wasn’t quite as good as McNab and Haynes were saying - the Wild (Havlet (x2), Zanon and Shultz) had a bunch of golden chances and just missed the net.
  • When Liles comes back, Clark better sit.  
  • I hope I’m wrong, but prepare for McLeod to be out for a long time.  Eye injuries are nasty - at this point, I just hope its not career threatening.  

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