-Mikko Koivu gets some love.
-Mark Kiszla is at it again. Man, Stephane Veilleux is getting hammered in the media- I'm not saying he should have ran Paul Stastny into the glass, but for someone to tell me that Ian Laperriere or Cody McLeod wouldn't be running people if the Avs were down 4 goals is pure ignorance.
-Alot of talk about how The D core need to regroup and play better. Looks like Erik Reitz, a veteran of 6 NHL games, is in tonight for sure. Reitz has said his ankle is good to go, but you have to question how rusty he is since he hasn't played in nearly 6 weeks. If he is up to speed, I do like his mobility and he does play with a bit of sandpaper, and has some decent offensive acumen.. The times I have seen him, he does wander a bit like Sean Hill to make a hit, but I think if it gets drilled in his head that he has to stay at home we could be in good shape; at least we got a pair of fresh legs on the back end. Still a risky proposition.
Russo also insinuated that there were to be some changes at forward; Lemaire said Reitz is in for Petteri Nummelin, although there is a chance that Nummelin could be moved to forward. I've said it before, and Russo is on the bandwagon, but I'd like to see Benoit Pouliot get some shifts...like I said before, he can play any forward position, can skate, shoot, and score.
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2 called shenanigans:
A couple of points.
first, many (most?) Avalanche fans ignore pretty much everything Kizlsa has to say. Most of us first heard of the earlier pile of drivel when the Min blogs started picking it up. Otherwise, we don't read him at all.
As to your comment on Lappy and McLeod. I've watched just about every game that both players have played since joining the Avs - that's a couple hundred for Lappy, not so many for McLeod. Down 4 goals, Lappy would certainly ask someone on the other team if they want to fight. Often, he'll find someone to oblige him but not always. Either way, that's generally it. He'll jaw at players and do little things to get under their skin (holding the stick of Gaborik, for example). But, he flat out does NOT do the things that Veilleux did. He can be annoying, but he's generally pretty clean about it. I know that may be tough for Wild fans to swallow, but it's true. Remember, Ian Laperriere has (and is) very critical of Sean Avery, and that goes back to when they played together. Even when they were teammates, Lappy didn't like the cheap stunts that Avery pulled. So to say Lappy would do the stuff that Veilleux is not just incorrect, it's really about as far from the truth as possible.
McLeod? He's probably more likely to do that sort of stuff, although we have yet to see him lose it quite on that level. Avs bloggers have called out McLeod in the past for being VERY selective about his fights (he'll gladly fight a smaller player, but the big boys? not so much). Would it shock me to see him pull a Veilleux? No, but again he hasn't done that yet (at least in the NHL).
Well DD summed up my feelings nicely.
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