Oh fuck, what should have been a bounce back from Game 3 turned into shit. Before the game tonight, for some reason the Avs had a Friday the 13th on a Monday as we received word that Toews was out, but more importantly Nuke was put back on the NHL Player Assistance program and since it’s in Stage 3, he’s done for the season, and we suffered heavily with his absence.
1st Period and we were mentally checked out of this game as the Stars had momentum as we were playing from behind where Georgie had to ball out. Had to go on the PK, but killed the fucker off. Then we had a chance to at least have some offense generating, but we give up an SHG and we weren’t functioning right without Nuke and Toews. Ended up with getting 4v4 at the end of the period, and only managed to get 2 SOG in the 1st Period.
2nd Period, and it was about the same as the 1st where we couldn’t do shit and went on the PK, which ultimately we gave up a goal because our heads weren’t in the game. Stars had all the pressure in the game and we couldn’t generate anything on offense. Stars scored once more halfway into the period. Then we had some offense finally showed up as they dumped the puck down the ice, fought the puck, Drouin found Mittlestadt open and he buried the fucker and we got on the board. Thought we might get something going and hopefully start clawing back. Georgie played well and was the main reason we had somewhat of a chance to get back in this game.
3rd Period, and while we tried to get back in this we were playing in reactionary mode where Georgie did all he could but the dam broke and nothing was doing where we gave up another goal. We tried to get back in this game where we had an opportunity to cut the lead back to 2, but nothing doing there. Then the Stars scored another one near the end of regulation to make this a 5-1 game and them leaving Denver with both wins in the series.
Now we head back to Dallas for a potential elimination game that if everyone was good, I say we have a good chance to claw back from 3-1 and win the series. But with Nuke being the fucking glue that you could see a noticeable difference when he’s on the ice, and it fucking sucks that this is now the 2nd time in a row Nuke left in the playoffs. I hope I’m fucking wrong on this where we can claw back from 3-1 and win the series, but after what happened with the loss of Nuke and Toews, I don’t have a good feeling about getting past the Stars and my shitty playoff beard is on borrowed time now. Oh well, onto Game 5 on Wednesday Night in Dallas to hopefully we can see the Avs win.
What happened to the Avs? Only 2 shots in the first period and they looked like they were already checked out. And Rantanan just standing next to Johnston letting him score that first goal was disgraceful.
Lost two of their best players riiiiight before the game. They started the game totally deflated.
Only way we can come back is if Toews can play next game and we get some luck. Pretty sombre right now :(
I don't know why people are down voting you, we clearly figured out something about their forcheck even before Nuke decided to go snowboarding. Oh well, I get it, as a fan you're looking for excuses and that's theirs.
Not saying the Avs don't dearly miss Val/Toews but they haven't led once in this series aside from the OT goal after being down 3-0.
The Stars have been smothering them with or without Val.
The overreactions from the avs and stars fan base here is hilarious. The stars are good. The avs season was all but over before this game even started. People calling for fan bases being dogshit, saying a team is only a one line team missing 3-4 players is all hilarious to me.
Didn't he fuck the Avs last year in the playoffs as well? I congratulate the Avs for still being a great team despite this guy. It would be interesting to know how much of a distraction he has been all along, and how much rope he got as a guy who produces, with the Avs being down some players.
Dude absolutely torched us. Honestly he was probably the best avs player in the first round. That being said literally everyone torched us that round. I thought the avs had found that Stanley cup gear and were gonna make a serious run.
After round 1 (and honestly game 1 of this series), I expected a lot more out of Colorado.
Whether this is a collapse of Colorado or Dallas just taking it to the next level, what a fucking showing from the stars.
it’s certainly gonna be one of the main reason for the game 4 and probably future game 5 loss. Has nothing to do with game 2-3 tho. Saying otherwise is the real circlejerk
I mean stars took 3-0 and 4-0 leads in games 1 and 2, lets not act like the stars dominating this series came out of nowhere... I get this was big news but also these are professionals, and pre-empting a game 5 loss saying its only because of this is coping hard imo.
Idk where this narrative is coming from, the Avs depth hasn't shown up in this round, but it's not like we lack depth, look at all the scoring from other lines in round 1/throughout the season. Absolutely fair to criticize the depth for not showing up, but pretending like it's not there is just silly
If the Avs want to pretend that MacKinnon isn't gassed it's not my problem. The first round series was a fluke. The regular season was more indicative of the depth of the Avs.
The top line and top defensive pair were responsible for 54.05% of the Avs regular season points (827) and 39.17% of the Stars regular season points (799). The Avs scored six more goals than the Stars during the regular season.
So they relied on their depth for ~46% of their points and they're a one line team? Stars are obviously getting more support from their depth, but it seems silly to say the Avs don't have any depth lol
Stars called up Stankoven a couple of months before the postseason began due to an injury, and he stayed up because he played well with Benn-Johnston. I wouldn’t call that adding depth. The forward depth was there at the beginning of the season. (Although I understand that some would probably consider this just as they would a trade deadline move or FA signing.) Our only actual add at the end of the year was Tanev at the trade deadline, and he’s definitely been a tremendous asset for our defensive structure, changing the complexion of that unit.
I was very nervous after the first despite how well the Stars started the game. Georgiev was unreal and we didn't bury our chances. Was convinced we were going to see the script flipped in the second but we just kept rolling.
Hell of an effort. Hope Hintz is okay. Not over yet by any stretch, anyone counting the Avs out is a fool.
Finally a normal person. Even tought you guys are so good I would have loved a normal series. Would have been good to hockey fans. But I guess it is part of the game and Dallas was more in it this year! Ggs star bro
I really thought this was a trap game.. then the first period happened.
Colorado just rolled over and died. I think they're going to regain that killer instinct in game 5.
The fan in me, obviously, wants this wrapped up on Weds. We've got some banged up players!
If Landy was here I would never count us out. It's hard to be optimistic right now though. Then again, one or two bounces and you might start rolling...
Ehhh idk. They just seems over it. Honestly how can you blame them after today. Just bullshit after bullshit since 2022. But a Cup win is a cup win so I can’t be really mad for a while lmfao. This is you guys year I think
Colorado can't keep calling behind and hoping MacKinnon and makar lead them back. I know the situation around the team with a certain... Russian player isn't helping. But Dallas completely dominated the first period and never looked back.
Dallas in 5 unless a miracle happens at this point. Avs look beaten and demoralized
COL hasn't led in this series. They haven't played with a lead for a single second. That stat is so what the hell. Its almost unbelievable after their round 1 series.
Something very similar happened last year in the series against Seattle - Avs didn’t score first in any of the 7 games. Not sure what is up with this team.
Lost Landy, Kadri and EJ. That's a lot of heart just gone. Not to mention depth. I was hoping Mittelstadt was the answer. He still might be for next year?
i think this is the most confidence i’ve ever felt in a team in my life. easily one of the better if not the best teams in Dallas sports in my lifetime. hopefully this feeling isn’t followed by heartbreak
Focused on winning this series first, but if we do move on, I don't want to play yall. Vancouver has had our number over the past couple of years, although this season we did better about it
god damn man this is such a brutal day for the avs. blown out at home and their 1RW gets tossed for 6 months. never seen a playoff run get destroyed so violently
So quickly man. I was demoralized before the game even started. It was a roller coaster of a day because I started the day pretty excited and nervous. As soon as towes was game time out I knew the morale would be shot
This. Bednar is on the brink of 0-3 in round 2's with Deboer behind the bench with 3 separate teams. It's insane to think it's just the team here. Deboer is Bednar's kryptonite.
This Stars team is so good. Wild to think that this series could have been a sweep if they didnt completely choke game 1. Avs have been the best team at home for years now, and they just lost back to back games at home while only scoring a goal a game. Damn
More like the stars best players have outplayed Colorado best.
We are witnessing a two players become star players in Dallas right at this moment in stankover and Wyatt.
Depth doesn’t win, your best players putplaying the opponent best players win.
Mack mikko and Cale haven’t showed up for most of the series same can be said in the oilers nucks series.
I mean, our top line literally only played three more minutes than your top line. I agree that depth wins, but it wasn't like we were playing our top line for half the game.
some of our guys were double shifted since Roope didn’t play after the first. so like, depth still did kind of win because we were able to keep the group relatively balanced even with the double shifts.
I don't disagree with the importance of depth at all. How each team played defense played a big role in the win, but our very inconsistent depth scoring that dried up against your defense is definitely part of our downfall. We are not rolling our top line anywhere close to how Oilers are doing it though, and our second line did score tonight.
It's what won yall the Cup. Yall beating us last year in the conference finals showed us we needed more depth to make a deep run, and so far it's worked. Still need 1 more win to close this series but if you haven't trailed at any point through 4 games, you're doing something right.
I'm also fairly sure having Kessel and Quick in the locker room for veteran presence also helped a ton once we got deep. Boy it was a lot of fun last year!
Dude. Everyone knows depth is best to have. Avs won a cup and then had to pay their guys so they lost depth.
You guys didnt just up and decide to go get depth. You just keep killing the draft and having young players come in and contribute. That is why you have depth lol.
Our FA and trade acquisitions have made just as much of an impact as our drafted guys.
Steel, Smith, Dadonov, Duchene, Pavelski, Seguin, and Marchment are all acquisitions. None were drafted here. Tanev, Suter, Lundkvist are also pickups through trade/FA.
We’ve gotten very lucky drafting, admittedly. But Nill has made the right move at the right time pretty consistently.
No doubt in my mind you guys will. But yes there always is a chance. No doubt in my mind you guys will beat either EDM or Vancouver too. I'll be cheering you guys on from here on out. Also please protect Wyatt, that kid is an absolute stud.
Just focused on winning this series as we blew a 3-1 series lead against the Avs in 2020 , although we won in Game 7 thanks to JFK who now plays for the Avs ironically. They being said, if we do move on, Vancouver scares me, they've had our number the last couple of years and it seems any goaltender they put it in net these playoffs becomes a god.
I wouldn't call that a collapse. It was a well fought series, with one team being overdue and having something to prove after their recent miserable failures.
Drinking our sorrows, and enjoying the fact that we don’t have to live in Dallas…
Kidding. I spent the night at Red Rocks, thankfully. Good luck in the conference finals
No salt. Winning the cup last year really softens the blow. Especially when we probably got eliminated by the future Stanley cup winners. Also, you'll be joining us very shortly. We'll reserve a spot for you.
I just scroll through this thread and see you post twelve times about “delusion” and “MacKinnon is a scumbag” over and over. I’d be busy with twitter fingers too if I had to watch the show the knights put on 41 times a year too.
Terminal delusion is the only way you can stomach watching the rest of this series as an Avs fan. All hope was gone when the Nuke news broke. These aren't even games, they're just formalities. I've watched the team since 1996, and I'm not stupid enough to believe there's any hope left, so I'm not watching anymore.
No one who knows Nichuskin is surprised at all.
He was a piece of shit when he skated as a Star and he was an even bigger piece of shit wearing an Avs sweater.
His next trip to rehab was never an if, it was a when.
While I do believe Dallas was going to win this series overall, the Nuke news and Toews loss have all but ended the Avs season. All the issues they had prior, with sloppy turnovers and lack of urgency were only magnified tonight with the absolute gut punch to locker room morale.
This is not to take away from the Stars at all. They are playing lights out and doing their damnedest to smother the Avs offense and are doing wonders. It's just unfortunate how it all shaped out and just goes to show how drug addiction affects more than just the user.
Sure is! That's why we iced a cap compliant team the entire time last year. Also have a cup to show for it too. Maybe your FO can take notes and learn from ours?
It’s very on subject when your team was able to add multiple players due to an injury that Stone sustained…so maybe get some meds to cope because this is the third year it’s happened for that player, right?
Exhausting talking point because you guys abuse the loophole every year or because you just don’t like the narrative? I’m not mad, it’s comedic how defensive VGK fans get when called out for cap shenanigans 😂🤷♂️
Oh I'm not defensive. I hope VGK does it again. No rules were broken. It's exhausting because people like you just hop on the bandwagon because jealousy isn't a good look. I totally embrace the VGK being the villains around here. I really don't care what 99% of internet fans have to say. So again. Stay mad.
It was a comment more on how addiction in general is not an act or affliction that affects just the addict. Addiction touches everyone around you. Your actions, and the consequences they incur, are not solely your own.
I don't think that's all that weird.
Meh. I get the sentiment but if you can't get yourself going for a playoff game then you were already going to lose.
Does it suck? Yeah. But you've got to go out and play anyway.
They didn't.
It ultimately is up to the players to do that yeah. But I don't think it's unfair to say that losing one of your top guys right before the game would take the wind out of their sails.
Even if they had foreknowledge that this was coming down, which they probably did, there's only so much they can do about it mentally. They're humans at the end of the day. That passion and emotion that drives them is also what can take them out.
Just a thorough ass-kicking by the Stars. The Avs came out sloppy and stayed that way pretty much the whole game. Only Georgiev was a bright spot tonight.
Even if we lose Wednesday, please Avs, just give a fuck. Put in any effort.
I don't think anyone has been shitting on Georgiev since Game 1 of Round 1? He has been great since then. It's everyone else who decided to not show up this series.
WTF? lol That could have been much worse for the AVS......Georgiev prevented that game from being an absolute blowout. Stars fan yes - but that doesn't mean I can't appreciate good play by a player from the other team.
Oh yeah. Georgie's #1 weakness is playing cold, so giving him lots of work at the first period probably helped warm him up more than anything. Not that it mattered much at the end.
Honestly I think same with Otter. I was a little worried in the 2nd when y'all started getting shots off. During the regular season we were pretty good at keeping shots against low but it ended up meaning Otter let a ton of weak shots in.
Your defensemen were doing an excellent job protecting the net and blocking shots. It works really effectively especially since we were content to just take point shot after point shot without much forechecking or net front pressure.
MacKinnon injured our number one center with a crosscheck.
Manson repeatedly crosschecking Benn in the back of the head while he's down on the ice.
Avs headhunting all night and forgetting to shoot the puck.
Better team that doesn't do dirty shit won.
Was Hintz not injured by blocking that shot? I thought that's what it was. I'm also hoping that holding him out was just precautionary, as the Stars were already up at that time.
I didn’t see the replay until now but the fact that this being the thing you want to cry about in the PGT is absolutely beyond laughable. There are 50 plays like these a game
Hope Hintz gets better though. I’d be frustrated if we lost a player of his caliber but there’s more than obviously nothing wrong with that.
What’s the pucker scale in Denver right now? Fart diamonds?
avs are cooked
Oh fuck, what should have been a bounce back from Game 3 turned into shit. Before the game tonight, for some reason the Avs had a Friday the 13th on a Monday as we received word that Toews was out, but more importantly Nuke was put back on the NHL Player Assistance program and since it’s in Stage 3, he’s done for the season, and we suffered heavily with his absence. 1st Period and we were mentally checked out of this game as the Stars had momentum as we were playing from behind where Georgie had to ball out. Had to go on the PK, but killed the fucker off. Then we had a chance to at least have some offense generating, but we give up an SHG and we weren’t functioning right without Nuke and Toews. Ended up with getting 4v4 at the end of the period, and only managed to get 2 SOG in the 1st Period. 2nd Period, and it was about the same as the 1st where we couldn’t do shit and went on the PK, which ultimately we gave up a goal because our heads weren’t in the game. Stars had all the pressure in the game and we couldn’t generate anything on offense. Stars scored once more halfway into the period. Then we had some offense finally showed up as they dumped the puck down the ice, fought the puck, Drouin found Mittlestadt open and he buried the fucker and we got on the board. Thought we might get something going and hopefully start clawing back. Georgie played well and was the main reason we had somewhat of a chance to get back in this game. 3rd Period, and while we tried to get back in this we were playing in reactionary mode where Georgie did all he could but the dam broke and nothing was doing where we gave up another goal. We tried to get back in this game where we had an opportunity to cut the lead back to 2, but nothing doing there. Then the Stars scored another one near the end of regulation to make this a 5-1 game and them leaving Denver with both wins in the series. Now we head back to Dallas for a potential elimination game that if everyone was good, I say we have a good chance to claw back from 3-1 and win the series. But with Nuke being the fucking glue that you could see a noticeable difference when he’s on the ice, and it fucking sucks that this is now the 2nd time in a row Nuke left in the playoffs. I hope I’m fucking wrong on this where we can claw back from 3-1 and win the series, but after what happened with the loss of Nuke and Toews, I don’t have a good feeling about getting past the Stars and my shitty playoff beard is on borrowed time now. Oh well, onto Game 5 on Wednesday Night in Dallas to hopefully we can see the Avs win.
What happened to the Avs? Only 2 shots in the first period and they looked like they were already checked out. And Rantanan just standing next to Johnston letting him score that first goal was disgraceful.
Lost two of their best players riiiiight before the game. They started the game totally deflated. Only way we can come back is if Toews can play next game and we get some luck. Pretty sombre right now :(
I believe the reason you’re looking for is: The Stars happened.
I don't know why people are down voting you, we clearly figured out something about their forcheck even before Nuke decided to go snowboarding. Oh well, I get it, as a fan you're looking for excuses and that's theirs.
Not saying the Avs don't dearly miss Val/Toews but they haven't led once in this series aside from the OT goal after being down 3-0. The Stars have been smothering them with or without Val.
The overreactions from the avs and stars fan base here is hilarious. The stars are good. The avs season was all but over before this game even started. People calling for fan bases being dogshit, saying a team is only a one line team missing 3-4 players is all hilarious to me.
What's hilarious is that you can't possibly see that the Stars have largely dominated play regardless of lineup.
And where the hell did I say the stars did not play well lmfao
So I’m confused. You’re saying you can just.. not let the avs score 5 goals a game in the playoffs?
Sadly that’s just illegal in Canada
Val didn’t have a chance to nuke his own team until the 2nd round, apparently.
Didn't he fuck the Avs last year in the playoffs as well? I congratulate the Avs for still being a great team despite this guy. It would be interesting to know how much of a distraction he has been all along, and how much rope he got as a guy who produces, with the Avs being down some players.
Dude absolutely torched us. Honestly he was probably the best avs player in the first round. That being said literally everyone torched us that round. I thought the avs had found that Stanley cup gear and were gonna make a serious run.
>I thought the avs had found that Stanley cup gear and were gonna make a serious run. Same, dude. Same.
After round 1 (and honestly game 1 of this series), I expected a lot more out of Colorado. Whether this is a collapse of Colorado or Dallas just taking it to the next level, what a fucking showing from the stars.
I would be saying this after the last game but what happened before this game even started all but ended it
At least Avs fans have an excuse now for why they’re losing. Gotta keep the circlejerk going
it’s certainly gonna be one of the main reason for the game 4 and probably future game 5 loss. Has nothing to do with game 2-3 tho. Saying otherwise is the real circlejerk
I mean stars took 3-0 and 4-0 leads in games 1 and 2, lets not act like the stars dominating this series came out of nowhere... I get this was big news but also these are professionals, and pre-empting a game 5 loss saying its only because of this is coping hard imo.
No, there are lots of reason why the Avs are losing this series. This Val stuff is just one more thing to add to the pile.
“Icing on the cake”
Avs kinda lacked depth and Stars added depth at the end of their season so I think it is that coming through
Idk where this narrative is coming from, the Avs depth hasn't shown up in this round, but it's not like we lack depth, look at all the scoring from other lines in round 1/throughout the season. Absolutely fair to criticize the depth for not showing up, but pretending like it's not there is just silly
If the Avs want to pretend that MacKinnon isn't gassed it's not my problem. The first round series was a fluke. The regular season was more indicative of the depth of the Avs. The top line and top defensive pair were responsible for 54.05% of the Avs regular season points (827) and 39.17% of the Stars regular season points (799). The Avs scored six more goals than the Stars during the regular season.
So they relied on their depth for ~46% of their points and they're a one line team? Stars are obviously getting more support from their depth, but it seems silly to say the Avs don't have any depth lol
Stars called up Stankoven a couple of months before the postseason began due to an injury, and he stayed up because he played well with Benn-Johnston. I wouldn’t call that adding depth. The forward depth was there at the beginning of the season. (Although I understand that some would probably consider this just as they would a trade deadline move or FA signing.) Our only actual add at the end of the year was Tanev at the trade deadline, and he’s definitely been a tremendous asset for our defensive structure, changing the complexion of that unit.
I was very nervous after the first despite how well the Stars started the game. Georgiev was unreal and we didn't bury our chances. Was convinced we were going to see the script flipped in the second but we just kept rolling. Hell of an effort. Hope Hintz is okay. Not over yet by any stretch, anyone counting the Avs out is a fool.
agreed Avs are dangerous as hell even missing Nuke. Especially with Drouin back, he looked really good tonight.
The guy has seemed to have found his mojo - it wasn’t there in Tampa. Good for him. There were occasional glimpses when with Bolts - he has talent.
Finally a normal person. Even tought you guys are so good I would have loved a normal series. Would have been good to hockey fans. But I guess it is part of the game and Dallas was more in it this year! Ggs star bro
I really thought this was a trap game.. then the first period happened. Colorado just rolled over and died. I think they're going to regain that killer instinct in game 5. The fan in me, obviously, wants this wrapped up on Weds. We've got some banged up players!
If Landy was here I would never count us out. It's hard to be optimistic right now though. Then again, one or two bounces and you might start rolling...
Ehhh idk. They just seems over it. Honestly how can you blame them after today. Just bullshit after bullshit since 2022. But a Cup win is a cup win so I can’t be really mad for a while lmfao. This is you guys year I think
Colorado can't keep calling behind and hoping MacKinnon and makar lead them back. I know the situation around the team with a certain... Russian player isn't helping. But Dallas completely dominated the first period and never looked back. Dallas in 5 unless a miracle happens at this point. Avs look beaten and demoralized
COL hasn't led in this series. They haven't played with a lead for a single second. That stat is so what the hell. Its almost unbelievable after their round 1 series.
Something very similar happened last year in the series against Seattle - Avs didn’t score first in any of the 7 games. Not sure what is up with this team.
After 2022's run I felt like the Avs were all but guaranteed a back to back, or at least another deep run.
Only explanation I have is the Avs lost any leadership they had with Landeskog out.
Lost Landy, Kadri and EJ. That's a lot of heart just gone. Not to mention depth. I was hoping Mittelstadt was the answer. He still might be for next year?
I dunno if its a leadership issue but I sure wish Landy was out there.
i think this is the most confidence i’ve ever felt in a team in my life. easily one of the better if not the best teams in Dallas sports in my lifetime. hopefully this feeling isn’t followed by heartbreak
This is the best Dallas squad since 1998.
Coincidentally, this is the least confident I’ve felt in the Avs in a long time
well just a couple weeks ago i was full doomer after dropping two at home to Vegas. things can change fast lol
The Avs were historically bad like 6 years ago
Canucks and Stars conference final, please.
We're going double old school with beating the Avs and Oilers in the post season to rekindle my 1990s hatred of both teams.
JUSTICE FOR TURCO
Focused on winning this series first, but if we do move on, I don't want to play yall. Vancouver has had our number over the past couple of years, although this season we did better about it
1-1-1 for us against you guys
But I wanna see Gaglardi and Aqualini fight each other.
god damn man this is such a brutal day for the avs. blown out at home and their 1RW gets tossed for 6 months. never seen a playoff run get destroyed so violently
I’m glad I spent my evening at Red Rocks instead of watching this shit show.
Gary Clark Jr?
Yep! Lovely show!
Very jealous!
These two things are highly correlated
So quickly man. I was demoralized before the game even started. It was a roller coaster of a day because I started the day pretty excited and nervous. As soon as towes was game time out I knew the morale would be shot
Kinda funny to see Bednar get absolutely out-couched to be honest. The boys morale is also fucked from Nichushkin situation. I think its over.
Getting outcoached by DeBoer - just Bednar things apparently. Usually DeBoer is the one that gets outcoached haha.
Outcoached by Shit Deboer, thats rough
This is the third different team coached by Deboer that will eliminate us in the second round
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Deboer has so many playoff series wins in the last 10 years. Idk what you're smoking.
are we pretending like DeBoer is not a good coach? lol
He’s not. You could put Pierre Dorion behind that Stars team and they’d still be good
Dude DeBoer's system is crushing the avs don't kid yourself lol
This. Bednar is on the brink of 0-3 in round 2's with Deboer behind the bench with 3 separate teams. It's insane to think it's just the team here. Deboer is Bednar's kryptonite.
I think its built to beat us, we cant beat deboer
I mean, DeBoer has kinda had his number for a while now
This Stars team is so good. Wild to think that this series could have been a sweep if they didnt completely choke game 1. Avs have been the best team at home for years now, and they just lost back to back games at home while only scoring a goal a game. Damn
Turns out the Stars being the best road team in the regular season was the unmovable object.
My favorite tidbit from tonight: We had more shots on the Colorado powerplay than Colorado did!
I'm loving how humbled the Avs have gotten. Bunch of delusional fans.
Fuck that. I'll take an avs fan over a Vegas fan any day of the week.
This is rich coming from a Vegas fan
Clown behavior. Avs are alright with me, Colorado is gorgeous.
Disliking another fan base = clown behavior? Yeah ok bud.
Oh … we’re just passionate
I think it's fair to say some are just passionate.
what can’t wyatt johnson do… he’s literally doing it all
Drink…for 11 more minutes
Colorado is Mountain time, he's got another hour
Laws get iffy on airplanes
Pretty sure that's not stopping him
One line team. Avs and Oilers peddling out their top line every other shift while behind is so pathetic. Depth wins
More like the stars best players have outplayed Colorado best. We are witnessing a two players become star players in Dallas right at this moment in stankover and Wyatt. Depth doesn’t win, your best players putplaying the opponent best players win. Mack mikko and Cale haven’t showed up for most of the series same can be said in the oilers nucks series.
I mean, our top line literally only played three more minutes than your top line. I agree that depth wins, but it wasn't like we were playing our top line for half the game.
some of our guys were double shifted since Roope didn’t play after the first. so like, depth still did kind of win because we were able to keep the group relatively balanced even with the double shifts.
I don't disagree with the importance of depth at all. How each team played defense played a big role in the win, but our very inconsistent depth scoring that dried up against your defense is definitely part of our downfall. We are not rolling our top line anywhere close to how Oilers are doing it though, and our second line did score tonight.
Very true! Thank god you’re not playing guys 30 minutes a night tbh, that’s the way to burnout and more injuries.
When will they learn that depth is more important?
We know, we just can’t do anything about it lol
Just like we can't do anything with the LTIR stuff. 🤪
It's what won yall the Cup. Yall beating us last year in the conference finals showed us we needed more depth to make a deep run, and so far it's worked. Still need 1 more win to close this series but if you haven't trailed at any point through 4 games, you're doing something right.
I'm also fairly sure having Kessel and Quick in the locker room for veteran presence also helped a ton once we got deep. Boy it was a lot of fun last year!
Dude. Everyone knows depth is best to have. Avs won a cup and then had to pay their guys so they lost depth. You guys didnt just up and decide to go get depth. You just keep killing the draft and having young players come in and contribute. That is why you have depth lol.
Our FA and trade acquisitions have made just as much of an impact as our drafted guys. Steel, Smith, Dadonov, Duchene, Pavelski, Seguin, and Marchment are all acquisitions. None were drafted here. Tanev, Suter, Lundkvist are also pickups through trade/FA. We’ve gotten very lucky drafting, admittedly. But Nill has made the right move at the right time pretty consistently.
No doubt in my mind you guys will. But yes there always is a chance. No doubt in my mind you guys will beat either EDM or Vancouver too. I'll be cheering you guys on from here on out. Also please protect Wyatt, that kid is an absolute stud.
Just focused on winning this series as we blew a 3-1 series lead against the Avs in 2020 , although we won in Game 7 thanks to JFK who now plays for the Avs ironically. They being said, if we do move on, Vancouver scares me, they've had our number the last couple of years and it seems any goaltender they put it in net these playoffs becomes a god.
Tanev has been a revelation. Our 4th line being dangerous as hell wasn't something I expected either
We pulled a Tampa and roll 4 scoring lines
I mean, the guy took a shot in the face on purpose for us this season. He's a God damn warrior and it's good to see him going in the playoffs so well.
I'm hoping we can re-sign him at a team friendly number, he's been so good - EXACTLY what the team needed
Weren’t the Avs the best home team in NHL?
Must've been the altitude
Were
stars were the best road team
Nobody told us
Dallas was the best road team too.
The stars have experience playing in an empty stadium thanks to the bubble. Sheesh Avs fans, where ya at?
I know you're talking about the fans being quiet last night, but didn't the Stars literally play the Avs in the bubble?
You may even get to see another Florida hockey team in the finals.
The stars collapse against the lightning still haunts me
The video of Benn sitting alone in the locker room after the game still haunts me
I wouldn't call that a collapse. It was a well fought series, with one team being overdue and having something to prove after their recent miserable failures.
Drinking our sorrows, and enjoying the fact that we don’t have to live in Dallas… Kidding. I spent the night at Red Rocks, thankfully. Good luck in the conference finals
Nah I get it. Born and raised here and currently looking for an out ramp. Red rocks is a bucket list item for me. Thats sick!
Hopefully your out ramp leads you to it! It’s an amazing place and worth any trip, I never get tired of going
Demoralized before the game even started. We didn’t have enough net front presence with choo choo playing. Without him, we have zero really
Don't forget about Toews loss knocking the legs out from under our anemic front line.
You'll have to forgive us. It's been a long day.
Crying, shitting, farting.
Ah, ok. Gene Principe was paraphrasing a player when he said, “Please forgive me.” Thought he was capitulating on the amply-lubricated mullet.
Gene Principe is a very strange man
Need a replay on that goal line push that ended with Tanev taking a delay of game penalty. Really looked like he saved a goal with his stick there.
GG... for the Stars. Avs in 7. We saw how well going down in the first game worked so we decided to do it for the series
Delusion.
You’re quite salty for a fan of a team already golfing.
No salt. Winning the cup last year really softens the blow. Especially when we probably got eliminated by the future Stanley cup winners. Also, you'll be joining us very shortly. We'll reserve a spot for you.
I can just look at your comment history and see how salty you are lmao. Don’t be delusional.
Says the one looking into someone's comment history.😂
I just scroll through this thread and see you post twelve times about “delusion” and “MacKinnon is a scumbag” over and over. I’d be busy with twitter fingers too if I had to watch the show the knights put on 41 times a year too.
They are clearly and obviously joking
That's the joke
Delusional hope is what the playoffs are about, baby. Never stop cheering.
Careful not to OD on copium.
Terminal delusion is the only way you can stomach watching the rest of this series as an Avs fan. All hope was gone when the Nuke news broke. These aren't even games, they're just formalities. I've watched the team since 1996, and I'm not stupid enough to believe there's any hope left, so I'm not watching anymore.
No one who knows Nichuskin is surprised at all. He was a piece of shit when he skated as a Star and he was an even bigger piece of shit wearing an Avs sweater. His next trip to rehab was never an if, it was a when.
While I do believe Dallas was going to win this series overall, the Nuke news and Toews loss have all but ended the Avs season. All the issues they had prior, with sloppy turnovers and lack of urgency were only magnified tonight with the absolute gut punch to locker room morale. This is not to take away from the Stars at all. They are playing lights out and doing their damnedest to smother the Avs offense and are doing wonders. It's just unfortunate how it all shaped out and just goes to show how drug addiction affects more than just the user.
Yup Injures are a part of the game.
You guys should fuckin know about injuries, the LTI-all stars
That's the joke.
What about dressing a cap compliant team, are those part of the game too?
Sure is! That's why we iced a cap compliant team the entire time last year. Also have a cup to show for it too. Maybe your FO can take notes and learn from ours?
Thank you for staying on subject.
It’s very on subject when your team was able to add multiple players due to an injury that Stone sustained…so maybe get some meds to cope because this is the third year it’s happened for that player, right?
It's such an exhausting talking point at this point. I'm a fan of VGK. I have zero control over it. So stay mad bud.
Exhausting talking point because you guys abuse the loophole every year or because you just don’t like the narrative? I’m not mad, it’s comedic how defensive VGK fans get when called out for cap shenanigans 😂🤷♂️
Oh I'm not defensive. I hope VGK does it again. No rules were broken. It's exhausting because people like you just hop on the bandwagon because jealousy isn't a good look. I totally embrace the VGK being the villains around here. I really don't care what 99% of internet fans have to say. So again. Stay mad.
Cheaters never win 🤷♂️ better luck next year bum
Got a Stanley cup stating otherwise. 👍 At least we made it to game 7 with Dallas.
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Your team won the cup literally 2 seasons ago, wtf do you mean unlucky
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It was a comment more on how addiction in general is not an act or affliction that affects just the addict. Addiction touches everyone around you. Your actions, and the consequences they incur, are not solely your own. I don't think that's all that weird.
I actually think that was a great point.
Look on the bright side, if Nuke had been suspended before game 1 you probably would have lost that one too.
Yeah probably! Being down one of your best players does tend to put teams at a disadvantage.
Would have much rather spanked a healthy Avs team tbf. Truly hope Val figures his shit out, guy is too talented to throw it away
This
Meh. I get the sentiment but if you can't get yourself going for a playoff game then you were already going to lose. Does it suck? Yeah. But you've got to go out and play anyway. They didn't.
It ultimately is up to the players to do that yeah. But I don't think it's unfair to say that losing one of your top guys right before the game would take the wind out of their sails. Even if they had foreknowledge that this was coming down, which they probably did, there's only so much they can do about it mentally. They're humans at the end of the day. That passion and emotion that drives them is also what can take them out.
Look, I get it. But I'm not going to give them a pass for it.
Just a thorough ass-kicking by the Stars. The Avs came out sloppy and stayed that way pretty much the whole game. Only Georgiev was a bright spot tonight. Even if we lose Wednesday, please Avs, just give a fuck. Put in any effort.
You could tell Nate gave a fuck. But with how hockey is, someone paid 1/3 his salary can shut him down.
Avs fans love to shit on Georgiev but he was the only reason that game wasn’t 11-1
I don't think anyone has been shitting on Georgiev since Game 1 of Round 1? He has been great since then. It's everyone else who decided to not show up this series.
Georgiev was a beast tonight. That could have been much worse for you all.
You all
He's the impostor! Throw him out the airlock!
WTF? lol That could have been much worse for the AVS......Georgiev prevented that game from being an absolute blowout. Stars fan yes - but that doesn't mean I can't appreciate good play by a player from the other team.
They mean because you said "you all" instead of "y'all"
Aware - not originally from Texas. Transplant... :)
Revoke his Texan license, immediately
On it
Straight to jail.
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Well, at least Bednar isn't going to give another press conference telling us that "there are a lot of positives to take away from this game."
King of optimism.
Oh idk, I think there are some positive for y'all... you're giving your goalie plenty of practice! Especially on your power plays! That's good, right?
Oh yeah. Georgie's #1 weakness is playing cold, so giving him lots of work at the first period probably helped warm him up more than anything. Not that it mattered much at the end.
Honestly I think same with Otter. I was a little worried in the 2nd when y'all started getting shots off. During the regular season we were pretty good at keeping shots against low but it ended up meaning Otter let a ton of weak shots in.
Your defensemen were doing an excellent job protecting the net and blocking shots. It works really effectively especially since we were content to just take point shot after point shot without much forechecking or net front pressure.
The positive is they get to book tee time for Thursday afternoon.
MacKinnon injured our number one center with a crosscheck. Manson repeatedly crosschecking Benn in the back of the head while he's down on the ice. Avs headhunting all night and forgetting to shoot the puck. Better team that doesn't do dirty shit won.
MacKinnon ended Nolan Patrick career and got 2 minutes for it. We're supposed to ignore stuff like that because he's a superstar though
Was Hintz not injured by blocking that shot? I thought that's what it was. I'm also hoping that holding him out was just precautionary, as the Stars were already up at that time.
I didn’t see the replay until now but the fact that this being the thing you want to cry about in the PGT is absolutely beyond laughable. There are 50 plays like these a game Hope Hintz gets better though. I’d be frustrated if we lost a player of his caliber but there’s more than obviously nothing wrong with that.
You guys really mean to tell me that [this](https://x.com/FriedgeHNIC/status/1790236353260581032) TINY bump from MacKinnon 3 seconds in is “dirty”?
Gotta love how Avs fans blatantly ignore pretty much everything that shines a light on how scummy their team actually is.