Comments on: Preview: Avalanche at Sharks, Avalanche at Kings

By: Jibblescribbits

Jibblescribbits — Sat, 01 Dec 2007 17:39:32 +0000

I had the same observations Americano. There was a play in the first period (I think) where the Avs were trying to clear and he was along the boards. Instead of letting the puck go (it would have cleared) he looked nervous and accidentally booted the puck out in front of the net. which lead to a scoring chance.

We’ll all chalk it up to nerves

By: Americanario

Americanario — Sat, 01 Dec 2007 14:46:58 +0000

Hensick did play in place of Svatos and it seemed to me that nerves got the best of him as he had a couple of great scoring chances off feeds from Ryan Smyth but either fanned on the shots or completely missed the puck all together. Hopefully he’ll get another shot tonight against LA and the nerves will be lessened, allowing him to notch a goal (or two).

By: Joe

Joe — Fri, 30 Nov 2007 21:36:13 +0000

Sakic will play, but Svatos is out with an apparently more-serious groin issue. So I assume Hensiiick will fill in for him.

By: Jibblescribbits

Jibblescribbits — Fri, 30 Nov 2007 17:06:32 +0000

He better not ride the pine… I desperately want to see his first game.

By: Dario

Dario — Fri, 30 Nov 2007 16:08:36 +0000

Honestly, the best thing for this team is for them at some point to have a loss with Budaj in net. Then have Budaj start the next game. That is when the goalie tandem fiasco will be over and the goalie can relax. A loss is never a good thing but I won’t believe Q is off this insane path until we see a goalie get back to back starts off a loss.

I’m VERY excited to see Hensick. I think he’s the Svats Machine but with way more consistency, way more puck possession abilities and a non-stop motor.

This should be an exiting moment for every Avalanche fan because Hensick is part of the Avalanche future. One day, he could be talked about like Hejduk, Drury, Stanstny etc… Jibble, you should be exited. While most fans won’t recognize it from afar, Hensick will remember that first shift and that first goal for the rest of his life. Now that I’ve built it all up, I hope he doesn’t ride the pine while Smith starts, “I just might light myself on fire”.

I think Hensick can approach that Martin St. Louis level, he has that ability.

By: James

James — Fri, 30 Nov 2007 15:28:34 +0000

Good to see Budaj playing more than a game in a row! Gosh.