Comments on: Recap: Avalanche 4, Rangers 3 (OT)

By: Mike @ MHH

Mike @ MHH — Sat, 22 Dec 2007 20:51:02 +0000

Great game. The only negatives that I took away was at least one time when Liles showed a little panic with the puck as he skated out in front of the net, which resulted in a turnover. That was in the closing seconds of the 2nd and Boots was forced to make a great save.

Wolski looked great, adding more fuel to the fire that ANYBODY (except Bruno apparently) looks good with The Duke and SoS.

King Henrick was unreal in the 1st period. If Boots framed the point he singlehandedly earned from the Ducks game, I’m sure Henrick will hang that one from the mantle when he gets back to the Big Apple. That 1st period looked like a couple of others the Avs have had this season, except in those instances, they were up 2 or 3 goals going into intermission. Lundqvist was having none of it though. He’s a stud, that’s for sure.

By: David Driscoll-Carignan

David Driscoll-Carignan — Sat, 22 Dec 2007 18:34:50 +0000

Interesting observations of Hensick, Selanne - I’ll have to watch him more carefully, I guess.

and yeah, nice to hear the PC rocking. Too often this year it’s come across as rather tame on TV.

By: David Driscoll-Carignan

David Driscoll-Carignan — Sat, 22 Dec 2007 18:30:04 +0000

almost every Ranger shot was a very good quality shot

I agree. those were some well-placed shots.

By: Selanne

Selanne — Sat, 22 Dec 2007 18:26:47 +0000

That was the first avs game i’ve been to this year, and it had a great atmosphere. The whole building was pretty energized, something that I think has been sorely lacking at home games this year.

I do, however, have to disagree with you on Hensick. I thought that was his worst game of the year. From my perspective (third deck, right behind the goal that the Avs attacked twice; I had great view of the GTG and GWG) he looked awful. Constantly a step behind the play, and his passing was atrocious. His passes were very slow and weak, leading to at least three neutral zone interceptions, and at least once at our own blue line. He may have been pretty good in offensive zone, but his play was sorely lacking in the other two zones.

By: Americanario

Americanario — Sat, 22 Dec 2007 16:56:02 +0000

It was a good game for the Colorado Monsters. Budaj was good despite the low shot total, almost every Ranger shot was a very good quality shot and Budaj had to be strong. I liked the energy, especially early on as Mcleod and McCormick seemd unafraid to hit any Ranger they crossed paths with. Even Hejduk fed off of it and made a couple of hits/checks along the boards. I was hoping Jones would record his first NHL point. He played well during his limited time.
Hannan is certainly picking up his game and even Skrastins stayed on his feet, which late in the game allowed him to break up an odd man chance by the Rangers.
Great read and jump into the play by Finger on the game winning goal. Even better read by Wolski to get back to his feet and go to the net for the tip in.
I miss the RPM line, but I agree that Wolski is much better suited to play with Milan and Paul (WoMP line???) than Brunno is (AMP). It showed with how those three teamed up on the first two goals. They just fed off each other and worked the puck for the great chances that became goals.