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Postgame Avs-Canucks, that’s 7-0 outscored in last two third periods
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(Steve Bosch, Vancouver Sun)
Other than that Mrs. Lincoln, how did you enjoy the play?
The Avalanche definitely are this week’s winner for “Team that collapsed like a souffle after a big noise in the kitchen” in the third period.
Four goals tonight in the third,...
Liles and Galiardi back tonight, and no suspension for Wilson
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Good medical news has emerged from General Motors Place here in Vancouver. Let me proclaim to the world that John Liles and T.J. Galiardi will return to the Avalanche lineup tonight against the Canucks team that laid an 8-2 thumpin’ on the tangled up in blue third-jersey clad...
So long Twitter
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I never liked writing things in under 140 characters anyway. Couldn’t stand writing abbreviated words like “abt” for about or “2″ for too or two. And I didn’t like the “na na, na na na” aspect of how many followers one had. Nobody in...
Foote doesn’t practice, and should Ryan Wilson be suspended?
2 days ago by
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(Denver Post file photo)
Greetings from really rainy Vancouver. Another fun travel day for the big redhead here. Had to drive from Edmonton to Calgary (three hour drive) for my flight to Vancouver (don’t ask).
Doesn’t look like captain Adam Foote is going to be in the...
Budaj in net tonight against Oil; Footer a game-time decision
3 days ago by
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Good medical news for your first-place Avalanche, as there is a chance Adam Foote (jaw) will play tonight. He’ll be a game time decision. I don’t have any more concrete info on the condition of the jaw.
Peter Budaj will get start No. 2 on the season. I think it’s...
Postgame Avs-Flames
4 days ago by
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Great win for the visiting lads tonight. Just when you think they’re going to slide away, they come up with a win like that against a real good team. Strong games by Wilson, Hannan, Stastny, Duchene, O’Reilly, Jones, Stewart, etc.
Flames can’t be happy losing this...
Foote out with jaw injury
4 days ago by
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Greetings from Calgary, where I’m using a loaner laptop because mine has nothing now but green and yellow stripes down the side of the screen and that’s it. Cell phone is inactive too, because it’s approximately $900 an hour to use data roaming in Canada. Actually...
Forsberg staying put
5 days ago by
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Bob McKenzie, excellent man, excellent reporter for TSN of Canada, got a quote from Vancouver GM Mike Gillis saying that Peter Forsberg told them he won’t play for them or any other NHL team this season.
Not a big surprise, of course. It just never seems to work out with Foppa...
Stastny on the hot seat
6 days ago by
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The numbers really aren’t bad at all. 20 games for Paul Stastny this season, 18 points. Nearly a point a game in the modern NHL is good, no matter how you slice it.
But we all know it hasn’t quite been what we expected from No. 26. The heightened expectations that come...
Preissing in, and why Sacco calls tonight a “must win”
7 days ago by
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Tom Preissing, who tied Nick Lidstrom for the NHL’s plus-minus award (+40) in 2006-07, will indeed make his Avalanche debut tonight against the Canucks at the Can.
I believe Ryan Wilson will be the guy who sits because of his return, but am not positive. I had an article on...
Hejduk back tomorrow
8 days ago by
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Milan Hejduk skated today on a line with Duchene and, barring any setbacks to his back overnight, will return to the lineup against the Canucks in a game Joe Sacco called a “must win.”
Tom Preissing also may make his season debut, but Sacco said he’s still deciding...
Foppa to just skip it and play for Modo?
8 days ago by
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Word is bubbling up from Sweden that Peter Forsberg may just skip the NHL thing altogether this year and play for his longtime SEL team, MoDo. He’s meeting with the MoDo GM Fredrik Andersson today, and Andersson said he has “high hopes” Foppa will sign with MoDo....
Avs third jerseys – tangled up in blue
9 days ago by
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(Denver Post photo, John Leyba)
I don’t care what anybody says – and that’s more than a few anybodies, if my inbox is to be believed: I love ‘em. I absolutely love the Avs’ new third jerseys. I would wear one in a heartbeat, if being seen in one might...
Postgame Avs-Blackhawks – what was Sacco thinking with Tucker, poll question on shootouts and the greatest national anthem ever
10 days ago by
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Now that’s a national anthem.
A lot of you may have heard about the stirring anthem to Chicago Blackhawks games – a tradition that got started somehow in a playoff series against Edmonton in the 1980s – but never experienced it. Click on the video above, and you...
Matt Duchene video – he’s not worried
10 days ago by
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Interesting little talk with Duchene this morning in Chicago, where he talks about his mini-slump and the overall play of the team as he gets ready to face the Hawks in a couple hours.
Hejduk not skating
10 days ago by
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No hejduk at the morning skate here in chicago. Presumably that means he’s out tonight. Dave Bolland out 3-4 months for Chicago, big loss.
From the Windy City, My Kinda Town
11 days ago by
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Ever want to see what two Cheebuguz look like from the Billy Goat Tavern in Chicago, the one made famous by John Belushi on Saturday Night Live? Now you do. Those cheebuguz from about four hours ago have since gone through my digestive system, and I’ll leave it at that.
That...
Hejduk doesn’t skate; Tucker back tomorrow
11 days ago by
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Milan Hejduk didn’t skate today, but the Avs aren’t ruling him out for tomorrow in Chicago. Guess that’s the good news, though usually when a guy doesn’t practice the day before, the Avs never play him the next day.
Darcy Tucker, however, will make his return...
Forsberg doesn’t know what to do
12 days ago by
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(Denver Post file photo)
That’s the latest I’ve heard anyway, which could change by the time I finish posting this blog about the mysterious one, Peter Forsberg.
Foppa played three games for Sweden in the Karjala Cup and didn’t suffer any great pains from his notorious...
I rule this KISS Dojo
13 days ago by
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Reading through my first Chuck Klosterman book last week (”Killing Yourself to Live”), and I got a slight impression that Mr. Klosterman was under the impression that he is the foremost KISS authority, at least among the men of letters such as he and I have become.
I must...
From the sick bed
13 days ago by
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Been sick all weekend, and apologies if some of this reads like a fever dream, but thought I’d at least throw out a quickie blog before all the cold medicines float me away into what no doubt figures to be a fitful night’s slumber. Hope I didn’t catch the pig flu...
Friday quick hits
15 days ago by
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Anybody happen to catch the storystory on denverpost.com today about the Avs’ own executive VP at a loss to explain the lousy attendance so far? Needless to say, there is some nervousness over at the Burgundy and Blue offices about this issue.
I’m sick today and heading...
You’ve certainly spoken
16 days ago by
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A record number of comments to my question last night of “where were you?” to the Avs-Coyotes game.
So, thanks for that. Lots of interesting responses. Money, of course, was a top reason listed as to why people aren’t showing up as much right now, and I can certainly...
Postgame Avs-Coyotes – where were you tonight?
17 days ago by
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(flickr.com)
OK, first the caveats:
1. I know it’s still a bad economy.
2. I know it was a last-place team last year.
3. I know they probably aren’t as good as their record right now.
4. I know it was a Wednesday night in early November.
5. I know it was the Phoenix Coyotes...
Two minutes with Cody McLeod
18 days ago by
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A brief talk on video here with Cody McLeod, who talks about the fear of possibly losing an eye, and his decision NOT to wear a protective visor after the three or four weeks he’s been told he MUST wear one, starting with Wednesday’s game with Phoenix:
And a little time...
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