Comments on: Stats: Last 10 Games http://inthecheapseats.com/avalanche-stats/01-22-2008/stats-last-10-games Your NHL 3rd jersey source (with some Colorado Avalanche stuff mixed in) Sat, 11 Oct 2008 10:45:12 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 By: Mike @ MHH http://inthecheapseats.com/avalanche-stats/01-22-2008/stats-last-10-games#comment-2667 Mike @ MHH Tue, 22 Jan 2008 23:23:17 +0000 http://inthecheapseats.com/avalanche-stats/01-22-2008/stats-last-10-games#comment-2667 Yeah, even in his heyday Blake couldn't hit water if he fell out of a boat... Glad to see him scuffing the boards in LA instead of here. I miss his veteran presence at the blueline and his penchant for shooting first and asking questions later (my favorite being "Who'd I hit?"), but he seems to have lost a step the last couple of years. Maybe the Avs made the right decision with him. Yeah, even in his heyday Blake couldn’t hit water if he fell out of a boat…

Glad to see him scuffing the boards in LA instead of here. I miss his veteran presence at the blueline and his penchant for shooting first and asking questions later (my favorite being “Who’d I hit?”), but he seems to have lost a step the last couple of years. Maybe the Avs made the right decision with him.

]]> By: David Driscoll-Carignan http://inthecheapseats.com/avalanche-stats/01-22-2008/stats-last-10-games#comment-2665 David Driscoll-Carignan Tue, 22 Jan 2008 21:55:49 +0000 http://inthecheapseats.com/avalanche-stats/01-22-2008/stats-last-10-games#comment-2665 "The one thing Liles has never done with his offense on a regular basis is get his shot on net. He really blisters some shots but a lot of those ring off the back boards for some reason." maybe he took shooting lessons from Rob Blake. “The one thing Liles has never done with his offense on a regular basis is get his shot on net. He really blisters some shots but a lot of those ring off the back boards for some reason.”

maybe he took shooting lessons from Rob Blake.

]]> By: Dario http://inthecheapseats.com/avalanche-stats/01-22-2008/stats-last-10-games#comment-2664 Dario Tue, 22 Jan 2008 21:41:45 +0000 http://inthecheapseats.com/avalanche-stats/01-22-2008/stats-last-10-games#comment-2664 Liles has done a lot better in his own end for sure. He's clearing the puck from his own zone a lot better as well. He can still get caught (ie his "heroic" poke-check to save a 1 on 1 chance in the Columbus game. That was Skrastins-like in the fact that he wouldn't be a hero in the first place if he didn't get caught in a bad pinch). The one thing Liles has never done with his offense on a regular basis is get his shot on net. He really blisters some shots but a lot of those ring off the back boards for some reason. I've said since the beginning of the year that Finger doesn't have a hard slap shot that will intimidate any goaltender. What he does have is an accurate shot that he gets on net and through traffic. This may be the only place where they are ever mentioned in the same breath but Lidstrom does the same thing. His shot is nothing spectacular but he always gets it on net. I think because his shot isn't lightning fast Holstrom has more chances to tips and screens as well. Finger is not too fast, nor too slow..it's juuuuuust right. Liles could easily do the same thing but I think he's aiming for corners or trying to slap shot out of his skates at times. Hejduk is really hot/cold, how many of his four points are off empty net goals or secondary assists? Liles has done a lot better in his own end for sure. He’s clearing the puck from his own zone a lot better as well. He can still get caught (ie his “heroic” poke-check to save a 1 on 1 chance in the Columbus game. That was Skrastins-like in the fact that he wouldn’t be a hero in the first place if he didn’t get caught in a bad pinch). The one thing Liles has never done with his offense on a regular basis is get his shot on net. He really blisters some shots but a lot of those ring off the back boards for some reason. I’ve said since the beginning of the year that Finger doesn’t have a hard slap shot that will intimidate any goaltender. What he does have is an accurate shot that he gets on net and through traffic. This may be the only place where they are ever mentioned in the same breath but Lidstrom does the same thing. His shot is nothing spectacular but he always gets it on net. I think because his shot isn’t lightning fast Holstrom has more chances to tips and screens as well. Finger is not too fast, nor too slow..it’s juuuuuust right. Liles could easily do the same thing but I think he’s aiming for corners or trying to slap shot out of his skates at times.

Hejduk is really hot/cold, how many of his four points are off empty net goals or secondary assists?

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