-Today Cody McCormick was put on waivers. Comments? He's someone we it wouldn't hurt to lose, though he's not too bad a player.
-Did anyone read Adam Foote's comments at the end of the TSN article about the Avs' loss to Columbus? "The first time my family came back (to Colorado) was this trip,'' Foote said. ''Colorado is tattooed in my heart. But it's part of the game (moving on) and things happen for a reason. A big part of my life is Colorado. You never know, I've got a shot to do it here right now. But one day I might bring my family back here.'' Read into it what you will, but I sure hope he has aspirations of playing here again soon. I still think he's arguably the best defensive defenseman in the league today, or at least top 5. Granted, the Jackets will probably never want to let him go now (besides he's their captain), but with his lack of scoring and his -15 rating, who knows. Besides, with the rising of the cap limit (w00t!), the Avs may have the room. Still, I'm not getting my hopes too high.
-Yes, the goaltending is as bad as ever. Budaj has potential, but this is not his year to be #1. And you know how I feel about Theodore. Not long ago he finally had a good, solid game for once. Then he flopped the very next game. Typical. Both of our goalies have been very inconsistent. We need to do everything we can to drop Theo and bring in a solid, bonafide #1 netminder. Our season's falling apart, largely due to goaltending. The time for playing around and experimenting is over. It's time to put together a winning team, from the goaltending out.
-Defense still has a gaping hole left by the departures of Foote and Blake, and the Avs are paying for it. We need another solid d-men. But first, we need to solve our 8 d-men problem.
-Offense has fallen to pieces, but it's not for lacking of good forwards. It's lack of motivation, and I blame Quenneville for a lot of this. He's not getting the team motivated, and he's obviously not disciplining them either, or they'd skate like they meant it. Sure, we got 41 shots (or something like it) on net last game, but we weren't crashing the net or playing with any fire. We completely threw away that 5 on 3 power play and from there on the game went out like a dead match. If Quenneville doesn't get his act together and fast, it's time for a coaching change. We also could probably consider bringing in a good player who's a leader and a motivator. I don't expect to find another Ray Bourque, but we need someone to fire this team up.
-Did anyone read Adam Foote's comments at the end of the TSN article about the Avs' loss to Columbus? "The first time my family came back (to Colorado) was this trip,'' Foote said. ''Colorado is tattooed in my heart. But it's part of the game (moving on) and things happen for a reason. A big part of my life is Colorado. You never know, I've got a shot to do it here right now. But one day I might bring my family back here.'' Read into it what you will, but I sure hope he has aspirations of playing here again soon. I still think he's arguably the best defensive defenseman in the league today, or at least top 5. Granted, the Jackets will probably never want to let him go now (besides he's their captain), but with his lack of scoring and his -15 rating, who knows. Besides, with the rising of the cap limit (w00t!), the Avs may have the room. Still, I'm not getting my hopes too high.
-Yes, the goaltending is as bad as ever. Budaj has potential, but this is not his year to be #1. And you know how I feel about Theodore. Not long ago he finally had a good, solid game for once. Then he flopped the very next game. Typical. Both of our goalies have been very inconsistent. We need to do everything we can to drop Theo and bring in a solid, bonafide #1 netminder. Our season's falling apart, largely due to goaltending. The time for playing around and experimenting is over. It's time to put together a winning team, from the goaltending out.
-Defense still has a gaping hole left by the departures of Foote and Blake, and the Avs are paying for it. We need another solid d-men. But first, we need to solve our 8 d-men problem.
-Offense has fallen to pieces, but it's not for lacking of good forwards. It's lack of motivation, and I blame Quenneville for a lot of this. He's not getting the team motivated, and he's obviously not disciplining them either, or they'd skate like they meant it. Sure, we got 41 shots (or something like it) on net last game, but we weren't crashing the net or playing with any fire. We completely threw away that 5 on 3 power play and from there on the game went out like a dead match. If Quenneville doesn't get his act together and fast, it's time for a coaching change. We also could probably consider bringing in a good player who's a leader and a motivator. I don't expect to find another Ray Bourque, but we need someone to fire this team up.