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March 27th, 2008
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03.27.08Arnason and the luck of the drawDespite the title, this actually has nothing to do with faceoffs. Tyler Arnason isn't very good at them (46.6%) and probably won't ever be very good at them. Enough said. But there is something that Arnason is surprisingly good at: drawing penalties. Behind the Net has tracked which players are best at drawing penalties and Arnason is tops on the Avalanche with 21. And, since Arnason refuses to touch opposing players, he doesn't take many penalties. He has just 5 penalties taken compared to 21 drawn, a +16 differential. Here's how the forwards stack up (at least the 12 Gabe has ...
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03.27.08Recap: Avalanche 6, Canucks 3In 2006, the Colorado Avalanche finished the season with 95 points, good enough for 7th place in the Western Conference. In 2007, the Avs again finished with 95, but, of course, that was one point too few. This year, the Drive for 95 is once again vital. If the Avalanche reach 95 points, they are in the playoffs no matter what the Predators and the Oilers do the rest of the way. Actually, 94 is probably enough; if we're tied at 94 with Nashville, we should get in based on the 4th tiebreaker - goal differential. But "Drive for 94" ...
