Comments on: Recap: Coyotes 4, Avalanche 3 (OT) http://inthecheapseats.com/avs-recaps/02-05-2008/recap-coyotes-4-avalanche-3 Your NHL 3rd jersey source (with some Colorado Avalanche stuff mixed in) Fri, 12 Mar 2010 04:30:32 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 By: Americanario http://inthecheapseats.com/avs-recaps/02-05-2008/recap-coyotes-4-avalanche-3#comment-2834 Americanario Thu, 07 Feb 2008 12:55:30 +0000 http://inthecheapseats.com/avs-recaps/02-05-2008/recap-coyotes-4-avalanche-3#comment-2834 you guys are hilarious...Skrastins not withstanding. you guys are hilarious…Skrastins not withstanding.

]]> By: Selanne http://inthecheapseats.com/avs-recaps/02-05-2008/recap-coyotes-4-avalanche-3#comment-2827 Selanne Thu, 07 Feb 2008 01:18:32 +0000 http://inthecheapseats.com/avs-recaps/02-05-2008/recap-coyotes-4-avalanche-3#comment-2827 ...Skrastins not withstanding. …Skrastins not withstanding.

]]> By: David Driscoll-Carignan http://inthecheapseats.com/avs-recaps/02-05-2008/recap-coyotes-4-avalanche-3#comment-2825 David Driscoll-Carignan Thu, 07 Feb 2008 00:04:59 +0000 http://inthecheapseats.com/avs-recaps/02-05-2008/recap-coyotes-4-avalanche-3#comment-2825 I think my head just exploded I think my head just exploded

]]> By: Mike @ MHH http://inthecheapseats.com/avs-recaps/02-05-2008/recap-coyotes-4-avalanche-3#comment-2824 Mike @ MHH Wed, 06 Feb 2008 22:57:50 +0000 http://inthecheapseats.com/avs-recaps/02-05-2008/recap-coyotes-4-avalanche-3#comment-2824 That is not maybe the best thing I've ever come up with, Skrastins not withstanding. It <strong>IS</strong> the best thing I've ever come up with, Skrastins not withstanding. That is not maybe the best thing I’ve ever come up with, Skrastins not withstanding. It IS the best thing I’ve ever come up with, Skrastins not withstanding.

]]> By: Dario http://inthecheapseats.com/avs-recaps/02-05-2008/recap-coyotes-4-avalanche-3#comment-2823 Dario Wed, 06 Feb 2008 21:52:58 +0000 http://inthecheapseats.com/avs-recaps/02-05-2008/recap-coyotes-4-avalanche-3#comment-2823 Is that not maybe the best thing you've ever come up with Mike? Skrastins not withstanding (SNW) of course. I think you have something.(SNW) Is that not maybe the best thing you’ve ever come up with Mike? Skrastins not withstanding (SNW) of course.

I think you have something.(SNW)

]]> By: Mike @ MHH http://inthecheapseats.com/avs-recaps/02-05-2008/recap-coyotes-4-avalanche-3#comment-2822 Mike @ MHH Wed, 06 Feb 2008 21:32:57 +0000 http://inthecheapseats.com/avs-recaps/02-05-2008/recap-coyotes-4-avalanche-3#comment-2822 My wife rarely agrees with you, Skrastins not withstanding. This will never get old. My wife rarely agrees with you, Skrastins not withstanding.

This will never get old.

]]> By: Joe http://inthecheapseats.com/avs-recaps/02-05-2008/recap-coyotes-4-avalanche-3#comment-2821 Joe Wed, 06 Feb 2008 21:22:07 +0000 http://inthecheapseats.com/avs-recaps/02-05-2008/recap-coyotes-4-avalanche-3#comment-2821 Mike, you're a pretty funny guy, Skrastins not withstanding. Mike, you’re a pretty funny guy, Skrastins not withstanding.

]]> By: Mike @ MHH http://inthecheapseats.com/avs-recaps/02-05-2008/recap-coyotes-4-avalanche-3#comment-2820 Mike @ MHH Wed, 06 Feb 2008 18:40:53 +0000 http://inthecheapseats.com/avs-recaps/02-05-2008/recap-coyotes-4-avalanche-3#comment-2820 'Skrastins not withstanding' should be your sig, Dario. It's usable in almost any situation. "Thanks to these fertitility drugs, we should be having a baby in no time, Skrastins not withstanding." "I don't see why everybody thinks the Patriots were cheating, Skrastins not withstanding." "Obama is a much more polished public speaker than Hillary, Skrastins not withstanding." You try it! ‘Skrastins not withstanding’ should be your sig, Dario. It’s usable in almost any situation.

“Thanks to these fertitility drugs, we should be having a baby in no time, Skrastins not withstanding.”

“I don’t see why everybody thinks the Patriots were cheating, Skrastins not withstanding.”

“Obama is a much more polished public speaker than Hillary, Skrastins not withstanding.”

You try it!

]]> By: Dario http://inthecheapseats.com/avs-recaps/02-05-2008/recap-coyotes-4-avalanche-3#comment-2817 Dario Wed, 06 Feb 2008 15:43:19 +0000 http://inthecheapseats.com/avs-recaps/02-05-2008/recap-coyotes-4-avalanche-3#comment-2817 I was upset with the makeup slashing call on Richardson that preceded the cross check by Clark for the 5v3. That call was clearly a makeup call. I don't know what Q is so upset about, he puts Arnason out for faceoffs all the time. He has to know that Arnason is going to lose even if he doesn't get kicked out. Is he more upset that Arnason is so passive in the faceoff circle that he never gets kicked out so he never knows what to do if he's not losing them? Are we to expect so little of a professional hockey player that we can't ever imagine that they might have to cover a man off a faceoff? One dimensional players do this all the freaking time. It doesn't matter if their names are Svatos, Arnason or Hensick. Somehow it's OK that these guys can be one deminsional while players like Sakic, Hejduk, and Statstny work hard on defensive aspects of their game. Anyone on the team but those three guys wouldn't have let that play happen (Skrastins not withstanding). I was upset with the makeup slashing call on Richardson that preceded the cross check by Clark for the 5v3. That call was clearly a makeup call.

I don’t know what Q is so upset about, he puts Arnason out for faceoffs all the time. He has to know that Arnason is going to lose even if he doesn’t get kicked out. Is he more upset that Arnason is so passive in the faceoff circle that he never gets kicked out so he never knows what to do if he’s not losing them? Are we to expect so little of a professional hockey player that we can’t ever imagine that they might have to cover a man off a faceoff? One dimensional players do this all the freaking time. It doesn’t matter if their names are Svatos, Arnason or Hensick. Somehow it’s OK that these guys can be one deminsional while players like Sakic, Hejduk, and Statstny work hard on defensive aspects of their game. Anyone on the team but those three guys wouldn’t have let that play happen (Skrastins not withstanding).

]]> By: Selanne http://inthecheapseats.com/avs-recaps/02-05-2008/recap-coyotes-4-avalanche-3#comment-2814 Selanne Wed, 06 Feb 2008 01:23:23 +0000 http://inthecheapseats.com/avs-recaps/02-05-2008/recap-coyotes-4-avalanche-3#comment-2814 Also, on the Budaj play, I was originally very pissed that it looked like he made no effort to move to move across the crease. But, after watching the replay (and from my own experience as goaltender last year), he was actually in a really hard position to move left off the post AND get his left pad down to the ice, OR to dive left onto his torso to block the goal with his body. He was in position at tight to the right post, exactly halfway to the ice. The position is great for face-offs, because it has the short side extremely well covered, and allows you to quickly go straight down or straight up, depending on whether the shot is along the ice, or elevated. However, your vertical maneuverability in that position severely compromises your lateral ability to move. Being angled toward the face-off, knees bent and with your right foot on the post, your ability to push off while simultaneously going down makes you push out and slide your leg out and away from the net, not right along the goal line, which is what would have been needed to prevent the goal once Vrbata had the puck. It would have been possible to slide out and block the cross-crease pass, if it is close enough to the goalie, but then you are out of position. The other option, to dive left with your torso onto the ice, is almost impossible in the position, where your knees are bent so much. Not only is it also difficult to dive along the goal line, the moderate angle of the knees makes the probability for injury very high, as you have move in a way that the joint does not bend, and thus there is a great chance of tweaking either the left knee or left hip. So yeah, I was pissed, but it would have been worse had he gotten injured and still not been able to stop the puck. Also, on the Budaj play, I was originally very pissed that it looked like he made no effort to move to move across the crease. But, after watching the replay (and from my own experience as goaltender last year), he was actually in a really hard position to move left off the post AND get his left pad down to the ice, OR to dive left onto his torso to block the goal with his body. He was in position at tight to the right post, exactly halfway to the ice. The position is great for face-offs, because it has the short side extremely well covered, and allows you to quickly go straight down or straight up, depending on whether the shot is along the ice, or elevated. However, your vertical maneuverability in that position severely compromises your lateral ability to move. Being angled toward the face-off, knees bent and with your right foot on the post, your ability to push off while simultaneously going down makes you push out and slide your leg out and away from the net, not right along the goal line, which is what would have been needed to prevent the goal once Vrbata had the puck. It would have been possible to slide out and block the cross-crease pass, if it is close enough to the goalie, but then you are out of position. The other option, to dive left with your torso onto the ice, is almost impossible in the position, where your knees are bent so much. Not only is it also difficult to dive along the goal line, the moderate angle of the knees makes the probability for injury very high, as you have move in a way that the joint does not bend, and thus there is a great chance of tweaking either the left knee or left hip.

So yeah, I was pissed, but it would have been worse had he gotten injured and still not been able to stop the puck.

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