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earl08

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Forum: Armchair-GMApr. 25 at 1:10 p.m.
Thread: Utah Yeti Coolers Ullmark Pesce Skjei Chandler Drouin Walker
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>earl08</b></div><div>You want to give Logan Cooley &amp; Guenther space to flourish. Stephenson &amp; Drouin are perfect complimentary players &amp; bring a winning history. Their Forwards have a lot of depth already, so major additions should really be on the back end. You get more bang for your buck on defense, so that's why I went big with Pesce and Walker. You could even add Skjei or Ghost Bear to really beef up the D. They have the draft capital to spend big on rentals too. I would be careful about committing huge term/money on a big name Forward like Stamkos, Guentzel, or Reinhart.</div></div>

They won't be careful or over think things like Seattle did...they will build a love at first site team...just like Vegas did...ALL IN BABY!!!
Forum: Armchair-GMApr. 7 at 5:25 a.m.
Thread: Who Wants Georgie
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>earl08</b></div><div>IMO the Avs puckmoving style tends to give up more high danger chances than a lockdown team like LAK. They expect G to cover up those chances on a regular basis. Georgiev likes to read the D coverage &amp; anticipate shots, but when coverage breaks down - he breaks down too. Kuemper was such a good fit in COL bc he developed scramble skills from years of playing behind bad D in AZ.</div></div>

This is for the most part true. I don't think he can be blamed for a lot of the ones where the Avs simply don't clear the net front (whether it be the puck or the man) however. That's a huge weakness the Avs D have imo and he gets hung out to dry far too much. I can understand if he's p***ed at the Avs D play at present. I would be too. With a smaller goalie you also can't bank on the puck just hitting him because he covers so much area - as it was with Kuemper. That size in addition to the scrambling ability makes a huge difference and partly why Justus is looking better for the Avs. It's some of the more simple ones that he should have that are the ones that frustrate me with Georgie. Soft goals I dislike with any goalie. I would also agree he's no Hasek when it comes to scrambling - a comparatively small G who played so much bigger. That's the kind of G the Avs need if they're smaller but they don't come around too often!
Forum: Armchair-GMApr. 6 at 3:57 p.m.
Thread: Who Wants Georgie
I don't think all of this can be put on Georgie. He hasn't been as good as we'd like for sure, but some puck luck would also be nice. I'm with you on both being a former goalie (whilst nowhere near this level as a caveat) and that he has some issues which should really have been worked out by now by him and the goalie coach but the D in front of him has been woeful at times to say the least including the top 2. I've lost count of how many times Toews &amp; Makar have fumbled pucks this year or plain had a hole in their stick or been out of position/played it wrong. Very much some back to basics needed on the defensive end and also the PP needs to start shooting the puck instead of looking for perfection all the damn time. They might score some more then to give Georgie and Juice a chance if they're having a night where they aren't really 'on'.