To be fair, they wrecked us in the season series and looked to be our worse match-up. They were the best defensive team and our goaltending had zero consistency. Throw in Drouin’s late injury and being the road team, and I honestly saw us losing, too.
Avs2022champs
TBH, I was very concerned going into the series, and was even more so after that first game. And going by the season series, they won every game and out scored us something like 17-4. I knew we made good moves at the deadline, but thought this was going to be a tough draw. I am happy to see that they showed they are a force to be reckoned with in the playoffs again. Next round will be tough as Vegas and Dallas are pretty tough too. Hopefully they go 7 and beat each other up. But I have much more confidence in them now that they undeniably slayed a dragon that they could not all year.
Lifebringer7
Hard to blame them, to be honest. Avalanche showed essentially no signs of « turning it on » in April and had been inconsistent all year with the exception of a hot start and a few-week stretch around the trade deadline. Jets have a Vezina winner in net and were numerically the best scoring defense in the NHL. The matchup of styles and the Jets’ home-ice advantage seemed to have the series tilted massively in their favor.
The difference here, obviously is that the Avalanche did turn into their extra gear or two. Immediately after game 82, their offense turned on the afterburners and the goaltending got better after Game 1. These factors, combined with Hellebuyck playing not to his standards, put the Jets at the bottom of a mountain, within striking distance for the Avalanche to utterly flatten them.
Talinn_Makaren
I can honestly say I did no doubt. I was telling my family I fully expect a pile of goals from the Avs and a quick series. I didn’t predict game 1 but it didn’t change my conviction.
Puzzleheaded_Can9159
As they should have. There was no reason for them to pick the Avs. Unless you take a flyer of a chance and say well let’s ignore the last game cause they just didn’t want to get hurt. They have multiple new players and Nuke hadn’t gone through player assistance. If you look at it that way. There’s a chance but it still wasn’t good.
not_taylorswift1213
Shout-out to Tom Gulitti even tho he’s got us losing to Dallas next round
thibs69
up until game 1, this was a 7 game series in my eyes. after the first one I felt way more confident but can’t say I wasnt wishing for dallas / one of the wild cards beforehand
Himalayan_chimney
To be fair the jets seemed like our kryptonite all season. The last game we played before the playoffs they won 7 – 0.
After demolishing them I feel pretty good about our chances though. We’ve got more than enough talent to make a deep run.
keeper13
I think the league wrote us off after a crappy last post season and then not winning the division.. we back and will be relevant until at least Makar plays his last game for us
dwkdnvr
I’ll also admit to being one who was *very* uneasy about this matchup going in. I know it’s a long season and keeping up playoff intensity for 82 games is impossible, but aside from a 10-ish game stretch after the TDL it really didn’t look like we had solved the inconsistencies that had been there all year. Namely soft coverage in the D zone leading to high-danger chances, coupled with goaltending that was average and not bailing us out. And given that the Jets so obviously exploited that in the 7-0 win made it feel like we had a LONG way to go to get back to our playoff form.
Obviously the team ‘magically’ rediscovered it’s commitment to the system, and it really was 2022-esque how they played at a relentlessly high pace in both directions. The Jets just didn’t have the speed on the forecheck to disrupt our D in transition, and that meant that they couldn’t slow us down in the neutral zone. They ended up in no-mans-land being a D-oriented team that just couldn’t play the type of D necessary to shut the Avs down and had nowhere near the offensive talent to push back.
Nobody is going to beat the Avs if you let them play that way. We know Vegas understands the blueprint for slowing us down even if their team composition is a bit different than ’21. Dallas is less clear – they really seem to just be a good deep team that’s ‘good enough’ in all aspects of the game to generally win the exchange; I’m not sure that’ll be good enough against the Avs. Out East I think Fla and Car might be able to do it as well, and Fla in particular may have a goalie that can bail them out even if they break down occasionally.
ChandlerJeep
I’ve got the receipts to say that I had no doubt in our boys. I had them winning in 5 on my bracket 😤
I also had Carolina and Florida winning in 5 as well as the rangers sweep, so I’m 4/4 so far lol
walldorfy
Boys wanted that smoke.
Cogsyyyy
I always liked that Tom Guliti guy (never heard of him)
grumpygazelle
Tom Gulitti is an ally.
EmilyBlackXxx
Lol.
Lmao.
Rofl.
Etc.
redditfreddit2
I bet $50 on the Avalance for one of the games in the series, anyone wanna guess which one?
cheamo
People acting like the regular season matters in the playoffs
The_1st_Amendment
If I’ve learned anything from 4 years of sports gambling, it’s that sports writers generally don’t have a clue. It’s wild just how bad 95% are at their jobs.
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Sportsnet not much better
To be fair, they wrecked us in the season series and looked to be our worse match-up. They were the best defensive team and our goaltending had zero consistency. Throw in Drouin’s late injury and being the road team, and I honestly saw us losing, too.
TBH, I was very concerned going into the series, and was even more so after that first game. And going by the season series, they won every game and out scored us something like 17-4. I knew we made good moves at the deadline, but thought this was going to be a tough draw. I am happy to see that they showed they are a force to be reckoned with in the playoffs again. Next round will be tough as Vegas and Dallas are pretty tough too. Hopefully they go 7 and beat each other up. But I have much more confidence in them now that they undeniably slayed a dragon that they could not all year.
Hard to blame them, to be honest. Avalanche showed essentially no signs of « turning it on » in April and had been inconsistent all year with the exception of a hot start and a few-week stretch around the trade deadline. Jets have a Vezina winner in net and were numerically the best scoring defense in the NHL. The matchup of styles and the Jets’ home-ice advantage seemed to have the series tilted massively in their favor.
The difference here, obviously is that the Avalanche did turn into their extra gear or two. Immediately after game 82, their offense turned on the afterburners and the goaltending got better after Game 1. These factors, combined with Hellebuyck playing not to his standards, put the Jets at the bottom of a mountain, within striking distance for the Avalanche to utterly flatten them.
I can honestly say I did no doubt. I was telling my family I fully expect a pile of goals from the Avs and a quick series. I didn’t predict game 1 but it didn’t change my conviction.
As they should have. There was no reason for them to pick the Avs. Unless you take a flyer of a chance and say well let’s ignore the last game cause they just didn’t want to get hurt. They have multiple new players and Nuke hadn’t gone through player assistance. If you look at it that way. There’s a chance but it still wasn’t good.
Shout-out to Tom Gulitti even tho he’s got us losing to Dallas next round
up until game 1, this was a 7 game series in my eyes. after the first one I felt way more confident but can’t say I wasnt wishing for dallas / one of the wild cards beforehand
To be fair the jets seemed like our kryptonite all season. The last game we played before the playoffs they won 7 – 0.
After demolishing them I feel pretty good about our chances though. We’ve got more than enough talent to make a deep run.
I think the league wrote us off after a crappy last post season and then not winning the division.. we back and will be relevant until at least Makar plays his last game for us
I’ll also admit to being one who was *very* uneasy about this matchup going in. I know it’s a long season and keeping up playoff intensity for 82 games is impossible, but aside from a 10-ish game stretch after the TDL it really didn’t look like we had solved the inconsistencies that had been there all year. Namely soft coverage in the D zone leading to high-danger chances, coupled with goaltending that was average and not bailing us out. And given that the Jets so obviously exploited that in the 7-0 win made it feel like we had a LONG way to go to get back to our playoff form.
Obviously the team ‘magically’ rediscovered it’s commitment to the system, and it really was 2022-esque how they played at a relentlessly high pace in both directions. The Jets just didn’t have the speed on the forecheck to disrupt our D in transition, and that meant that they couldn’t slow us down in the neutral zone. They ended up in no-mans-land being a D-oriented team that just couldn’t play the type of D necessary to shut the Avs down and had nowhere near the offensive talent to push back.
Nobody is going to beat the Avs if you let them play that way. We know Vegas understands the blueprint for slowing us down even if their team composition is a bit different than ’21. Dallas is less clear – they really seem to just be a good deep team that’s ‘good enough’ in all aspects of the game to generally win the exchange; I’m not sure that’ll be good enough against the Avs. Out East I think Fla and Car might be able to do it as well, and Fla in particular may have a goalie that can bail them out even if they break down occasionally.
I’ve got the receipts to say that I had no doubt in our boys. I had them winning in 5 on my bracket 😤
I also had Carolina and Florida winning in 5 as well as the rangers sweep, so I’m 4/4 so far lol
Boys wanted that smoke.
I always liked that Tom Guliti guy (never heard of him)
Tom Gulitti is an ally.
Lol.
Lmao.
Rofl.
Etc.
I bet $50 on the Avalance for one of the games in the series, anyone wanna guess which one?
People acting like the regular season matters in the playoffs
If I’ve learned anything from 4 years of sports gambling, it’s that sports writers generally don’t have a clue. It’s wild just how bad 95% are at their jobs.
