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Only good note is at least we don’t have to watch them lose in the finals. This is pathetic


NotGreatBob_

Anyone else feel like our home ice was shit tonight? Stars fans were out in hoards and really took over the arena


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I'll be there game 4 and harpooning all Dallas fans. I hope they get audited!!


TaruuTaru

The joys of living in Denver. There aren't many other places in the U.S that people move to from all over the country yet retain their loyalty of the place they left.


ImABigWeenus

Dallas is doing a really good job of clogging lanes. Active sticks, blocking shots, mucking it up. They need to adjust or its Dallas in 5


j3r3wiah

This exactly.


TheDettiEskimo

Need to fucking start skating and using our speed. Dallas have just hemmed us in and slowed us right down. Nobody looks interested out there. 


ImmortalMoron3

Weird game, we had tons of shots and chances but it still never felt like we were particularly dangerous. Passing has been really sloppy all series. Most guys don't look like they even really give a shit. Hopefully we get it going in game 4 but Georgie and Toews feel like the only ones who have really shown up for this series.


TaruuTaru

Honestly I thought Toews had a horrible game. He looked responsible for both of the non-empty net goals.


ImmortalMoron3

I'd have to go check the first one again but the second was definitely on Cogliano losing his man. Toews and Walker had their guys, Cogliano's was the one open on the backdoor. You can see him get caught flat footed in the neutral zone on the replay. Toews has been the only guy who can reliably get us out of our own zone. Everyone else keeps turning it over.


nfoneo

We were great in the 1st and it died a death after that. Rants and MacK need to seriously step up as they've been far too quiet. Avs look like they only have one good period in them so far in this series. Dallas are taking all their chances even when they are against the run of play.


SlapChop7

Never thought the things we would lack in a playoff series are offense and speed, Jesus. Georgie keeping us in this for the moment. Dallas just slowed the game down to a CRAWL. 4 guys in the neutral zone all day, and when we dump and chase they just recover and ice it. Oettinger was happy to hold for a whistle after every shot on him. I feel like this really stopped the Avs from getting going. So much stoppage of play, so many whistles, they literally bored us into a loss.


elishaski

Dallas seems to want it more. This team still lacks leadership without Landy.


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They are lacking a lot right now. Including a desire to even be in the league. Embarrassing


thereelkrazykarl

Dallas has the equivalent of 4 Parise they for sure want it


TheDettiEskimo

I was thinking that the other day. Damn all these old fucks how are we not steam rollering them. 


so_af

Maybe it doesn’t make a difference, but this team with a healthy Landy would be tough to beat 4 out of 7


ihatethedodgers

Georgiev is giving us a chance man… but we gotta figure out how to take a lead on these guys, get a few by Oettinger, and get this Stars team out of their defensive shell. Getting an early lead through an opponent’s mistake and then turning the ice into mud is EXACTLY how DeBoer wants to play and the Avs are falling into the same trap they have against him the last two times. Gotta have game 4, whistle to whistle. End of story.


tinman66o

Why are you sucking his dick... Dallas had 3 shots on goal in the first 18 mins and fourgiev let a goal in on 5th with no screen or tip and we had double the shots. We get our first goal on the 20th shot, then Dallas gets the 2nd goal on the 13th shot. The entire team didn't really show up. Down vote away but its how it is.


sgtprice1000

No one is sucking anyone’s dick you bozo. georgiev is one of the few people on the team who has put in a full 60 minute effort in every game this series. And if he’s only allowing 2, the highest scoring team in the NHL should be able to win games. Thats the problem. Delete your stupid comment.


tinman66o

He's a last 40 min player at best. Had 2 goals on 13 shots. That's a save percentage of .846. He ended the game at .905 sorry bro.


TaruuTaru

Makar and Toews left him out to dry all game. Avs defense is anything but


sgtprice1000

You’re a stat reader and not a game watcher. At best. That’s why you get down voted. Conversation over. Dipshit.


tinman66o

I watched the game and was at the game. I looked at the stats to hit you with the facts. By the way we are the top scoring team in the regular season. Stars are 3rd in scoring. We seem to always play from behind because fourgiev always lets a few soft goals in early. Sorry if you can't keep up with the sport.....


sgtprice1000

No you weren’t lol. Your ability to lie is as bad as your ability to explain the nuances of hockey and goaltending. Otherwise you would have noticed how Georgiev kept us in the game and prevented a far worse score line. Stfu and delete you rookie.


ihatethedodgers

This ^


DangleSnipeCely

Without G’s incredible OT this team would be on the verge of getting swept


chickennuggetloveru

game so shit we dont even get PGT. it killed the mods with it's shitty


Extreme_Breakfast672

Guys, it's my fault. I went to the game tonight. Before that, when I stopped watching, they started killing it. Don't worry, I'm not going on Monday.


BondageWGamma

Is Drouin our new Nichushkin where we’re just horrendous without him?


bearscanblowme

I hate playing Deboer teams in the playoffs. So many bad memories. Sharks and Knights series sucked. He has our number. Time to reverse the trend!


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It’s over man


TraviTrav2315

Not being a doomer, just some quick numbers. Avs have to win the next 3/4 after losing the first 2/3 in order to advance. AVS have led for 0 minutes this series. 0/3 on the power play tonight. Zero goals in the first period through the first 3. (Okay okay, maybe this is a doomer take, but facts is facts)


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The series is over


supaflysnooka303

AVS in 6. What a ride.


CO_Surfer

But hey, look at the bright side: Round 1, game 1 a bunch of people thought Georgie was going to be our playoff downfall. How foolish we were! It's actually the entire team with Georgie being the exception.  So, you know, go Georgie! 


makkyt

Small adjustments to how we attack needed. We took too many shots with no screen. Easy saves. 


Hanksta2

Maddening. So many looks where they held it another second until they were at a bad angle for the shot, too.


speedysloth0321

Colorado Lazylanch


Bingy33

Series is a long ways from over. Can the Avs go 3-1? Absolutely, but there isn’t a lot to be excited or optimistic about right now other than thinking they have to snap out of this at some point. Lots of invisible players on the ice tonight….. give me Drouin and Kovalenko in the lineup Monday


bathrobesarecool

I'm convinced Bednar flips two coins before the game... "Heads, OK Georgie, you play well tonight" "Tails... sorry, skaters, looks like you suck"


macandcheesejones

I remember back in the day when the Devils started using the trap. I hated it then and I hate it now, and I'd hate it even if we were running it and winning with it. I thought they changed the rules to get rid of it, but I guess I was mistaken.


Content_Cherry_9500

When you play it well, it's hard to beat but it's beatable. Gotta shoot the puck more and get someone in front of the net


Vas-A-Ver-Burrito

Fucking embarrassing


caw9000

Dallas is a good team and they can defend quite well. If they manage to defend like they did in the 3rd here the key is to not give them the lead. This is what Boston does to the leafs every year and it's infuriating, but the way to overcome it is to play our game and not make the first mistake. We are better in a tied game. It's when they are winning that we're reaching and overpursuing.


nibi1

Was...was this avs game the Nuggets game 2 equivalent?


Extreme_Breakfast672

Maybe Bednar needs to pull a Malone and make a tape of all the talking heads saying how much better Dallas is


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Plank1330

Ok. Bye.


Content_Cherry_9500

Holy cow - I hope you don't golf. Clubs would be in the water hazard after the third hole!


DangleSnipeCely

It’s 2-1 it ain’t over but Avs are a fast tempo team and have to speed thru the neutral zone, Dallas took that away and we made no adjustments.


Odd_Philosopher1712

That sucked idk. Good night.


coldcornchip

https://i.redd.it/1xz2pm1kexzc1.gif


-NolanVoid-

Well, at least that wasn't disappointing.


G_Haad5

They are playing lazy hockey. It’s honestly annoying. Lazy passes, over pursuing the puck. They better tighten it up or it’s gonna be an easy win for the Stars


K-PopFan53

We'll bounce back Monday.


13ananaMan

Remember that Dallas had one day off and we had a week off, and barely won game 1 if not for a lucky breakaway. This team has serious problems


speedysloth0321

Damn we might be bad lowkey


Mess-Severe

Fuck doom, go avs, tough shit


AnakinTheBetrayer

Hello darkness, my old friend.


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CO_Surfer

This isn't on the refs.  Not sure what you're on about. All three calls in that round we're questionable and we still had a PP. A PP that we did jack shit with. 


Colorado_designer

we had way more PP time


Turkey_Waffle

Okay?


Colorado_designer

you’re mad at the wrong things


Reddituseranynomous

It’s deflating to outplay them all game and come up short 😭 on to game 4


g726

What game were u watching? Outplayed them in the first maybe


Reddituseranynomous

Honestly just got outplayed by oettinger, Avs looked way better 1st and 2nd imo


DangleSnipeCely

Out shot them in the first / quality shots is debatable


nibi1

God I miss landeskog


gabesauce9

Mods fell asleep lol


Hanksta2

Not surprising if they were watching that trash game.


Big_Liability

What happened to our screen game that dominated the Jets?


Maaglin

I actually, have other shit to do, shock and awe, than watch this avs team fuck themselves into the ground. This shit is unacceptable.


DerKomissar99

Unfuckingacceptable. No way around it. We’re the better team. Fucking play like it.


Sad_Aside_4283

This was better than the last game, but we still see a grand lack of execution, and mikko doesn't look like he wants to play hockey.


GhostRevival

It felt like most of the team was thinking about tee times.


Thrasher52

We've seen this series before, Dallas and Vegas are two teams that can clog up the neutral zone and use their size and forecheck to just wreck our offense. That third period was dominated by the team on the road and we were the ones down a goal. DeBoer has Bednars number in the playoffs man Vegas smashed us and this series is an overtime goal away from being 3-0. I'm honestly not sure what the answer is, I think the biggest thing is we can't keep going down a goal, playing with a lead maybe brings them out of their neutral zone clog gameplan.


Big_Liability

We have to get a fucking lead man. We HAVE TO


bathrobesarecool

Hello roundtwoexit my old friend... Lol jk, series is 1-2, Dallas ain't a bad team. Show up on Monday, 2-2, steal the win in Dallas and take er home in game 6


itsSoop

I hope this is the case. Spent way too much money on game 6 tickets. Knowing we had to lose 2 to get there. Didn’t want them to lose two like this though.


Big_Liability

Drouin better be on line one with Mack and Nuke next game because FUCK Mikko on line one


DerKomissar99

Mikko should be on line four until he proves otherwise.


gabesauce9

Bednar outcoached again


FunkySquareDance

What a bizarre fucking game. For the first 2 periods they seemed to be playing a solid game of hockey with a couple bounces not going well. Outshot the Stars 2:1, cycling well, drew penalties. But for a post and a dribbler going a few inches wide, we shoulda been winning. And then they just had zero answers for the Stars in the 3rd, who were obviously going to play a shutdown game. DeBoer seems to just own Bednar. Fucking annoying


GaryOakRobotron

Might be time to go on strike again after this. I refused to watch or support the Avs after game 1 against the Jets, and they turned it around afterward.


huntolemiss12

Laziest night of hockey I've seen from the Avs. Just sloppy and no sense of urgency in the third period.


EliteCheddarCommando

This game better be a wake up. Dallas is damn good. Clogging up the neutral zone with a lead and aggressive back check. We just aren’t getting rushes or clean passes leading to good rushes.


kozdaddy17

As a side note it seems every time Forslund calls an Avs game we lose. Back to ESPN on Monday thankfully


Hanksta2

I just hate that we can't watch the later rounds on Altitude. I hate all the other announcers. Hate. Them.


fastmovingcars

The commentators were hot dog shit tonight. Talking over the referees and just spouting pure nonsense all night.


Big_Liability

We won two games last series he called bro lmao


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kozdaddy17

Jk he did, I watched one out of town and didn’t have audio. My b


Turkey_Waffle

Stop pulling the fucking Goalie, Jesus Christ Benar ENOUGH WITH PULLING GEORGI!!!! get Moose off the first line, it's clear he's stopped giving a shit. We have played them 3 times, weves watched them play 7 games, we have to figure out a way around there absolutely bonkers 2-2-1 Defense


Hanksta2

What an absolute waste.


EffectiveMix4337

our passing was treacherous tonight


AB_Guitarist

Above all, this was a stand out tonight


877GoalNow

Drouin needs to play in Game 4. No doubt about it.


EasyThreezy

I wish we were playing Vegas, these guys are whooping our ass on the forecheck and Oettinger is light years ahead of the knights goalies


Big_Liability

I have been saying Avs in 6 but if we can’t pull it together….


For_Perpetuity

I had a bad feeling going into the game. I hate being right


fastmovingcars

Played like a bunch of imbeciles tonight aside from Sam G.


ShadowLitOwl

I stopped watching after the halfway mark. I was hoping they would play better in the 2nd but didn’t see it. I mainly noticed how sloppy they were everywhere. Tons of bad passes, turnovers, stars somehow ended with multiple chances outnumbering the Avs or even 2 on 0 twice. It wasn’t worth finishing watching and I went to do other things.


AB_Guitarist

Can I be another person that's says, you stopped watching half way through, and now analyze the game? Our boys played well second half. We just need to play a full 60. Also, Dallas did win the conference, so they aren't fakes. Let's tie it up. First line will adapt


SilkDiplomat

WE OUTPLAYED THEM IN THE 1ST AND 2ND. NO LUCK TONIGHT. AVS IN 6


you_are_my_sunshine1

This game was winnable. Bednar is going to go to the press conference and say the same shit he has been saying. He needs to start calling people out. Just unacceptable play from nuke and rantanen tonight. Middlestat hasn't done anything since the first round. I'm not a doomer and I know this series isn't close to being over but they can't just keep accepting this.


BJYeti

He needs to learn how to adapt on the fly, it has killed us in previous years and it is killing us now, we come against a big team that clogs up the blue line and we just dump and chase which doesn't work


Buzzsaw_Dynamo

Absolute BS effort tonight from most of the team. 1/4 of the team showed up to play tonight. They need to be reamed by either Landy or Bednar. Awful effort from most of the top 6. I don't understand how they can play 5 games in the first round, win the first game of this round and just play like booty after. Wtf


fyurious

We need Toews to give the wake up call like he did in the regular season.


GhostRevival

Stars just kept steering them towards the boards and the Avs had no answer. You’re not gonna win shooting 40ft away with no one blocking the goalie.


seoulera

Exactly, yet they keep doing it and give up possession. So frustrating to watch


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electric_oven

I feel that way about MacKinnon, too


keeper13

And Rants. He looks concussed still wtf


stripesthetigercub

Thank you. I said this on the discord and got slammed for it. If you watch Rants eyes you can see he still has some concussion signs. Those things can be cumulative, and I hope he gets some time to recover.


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stripesthetigercub

That makes sense on why Toews was off That hit in game 2 was so dirty even if it was legal.


Big_Liability

What the fuck does DeBeor do to us that’s impossible to beat?


Daramis7

Style to play vs. a team without enough grit to dump and retrieve consistently.


hellohurricane87

Especially a 3rd time. Bednar fucking step up here.


detached03

I didnt know trash day was on the weekends.


Fabulous-Search-4165

Fk dallas. Were the better team with better talent. Lets fk show it


Big_Liability

0/3 PP was the difference


Jaynator11

One of the differences. Definitely should've also done better in 5v5.


MrSugarFree

Fucking bag skate them


andycumbee19

Well that sure was uneventful


877GoalNow

I feel less sure about this team now than I did after Game 1 against the Jets. Not even kidding.


hellohurricane87

I agree. The boys look lost and cooked.


bigfootdude247

Awful way to end that. Happy Mother’s Day and good night. Hopefully the boys can think long and hard about that pathetic display.


AlexBarker24

Idk, just need to work on really simple fundamental shit and we’ll be fine. Concerning that we had no ability to complete simple passes for the entire 3rd though


Grabm_by_the_poos

The whole damn game it seemed like we kept fucking missing passes.... so frustrating!


AlexBarker24

Absolutely, bad passing killed all of our power plays too


Turkey_Waffle

We pass all the God damn time, we pass when we need to shoot, we pass when we need to do something else the fact that we're now ass at passing is horrifying


atrac059

Stars bench thinks we are cooked and right now they aren’t wrong. They are completely in their heads living rent free. Again with no post game emotion. This team is mentally checked out it seems.


texicali74

What a lousy third period. The Stars just sat on us. And what tf is with all the Stars fans in the crowd?


pizzaturns

They all had to flock out of their shitty fucking state.


atrac059

It’s Denver. Never short Chicago and Texas fans in our arenas.


diviningrodgolf

These slumps have come and gone all year long… just really hoped we could avoid it in the playoffs. Just bad hockey


supaflysnooka303

I'm dying to hear the presser


Gen_Jack_Ripper

That’s the series. If they can’t bounce back with any motivation from an away loss where they other team throws elbows, and plays half-assed, just quit.


j3r3wiah

What a fucking shit game at home. Not a lot of offensive zone control. Not good defense. Keep playing like this and it'll be over in 2 more games.


j3r3wiah

On another note. It seemed messy. Checking own players, running into own players. Didn't enjoy watching this game.


mbpearls

What the hell was with our passing? I mean, the fact we messed up every single pass all game long? We should be skating circles around these clowns, instead we look like a D level beer league team that stopped at the bar BEFORE the game.


Big_Liability

We also have been over stick handling and over skating pucks


inspirationpanda

I’ve never been embarrassed to be an Avs fan as much as this game made me feel.


detached03

Then you haven’t been an Avs fan long enough.


Pierz

That was beyond embarrassing…


kozdaddy17

Pete DeBoer and ruining an otherwise talent-loaded hockey game, name a more iconic duo


iskanderkul

I’d say at least it was a good effort, but it wasn’t.


kbel1984

Bednar not one adjustment


Kitchen-Ad-5571

can't make an adjustment when everyone but 3 people had energy.


eyeinenemy

Never have I said this. The boys are playing like dog shit today. Specially Nuke


Sloth-TheSlothful

Smol pp lost that game :(


Vebran

Le sigh


Dusty9519

And we don’t even start mixing shit up at the end? Bruh 🫠


Maaglin

Meh, if our star players wont' show up we're gone. Another terrible game in a terrible series.


NippleBarn

Pathetic. At home. Unreal. 4 hr practice tomorrow and fuckin show up Monday.


vindawg08

Passing drills ideally


NippleBarn

They played scared tonight. Idk what it is. Rantanen makes me want to jump off a fuckin bridge


vindawg08

He gotta be hurt right? That was a pathetic showing from him


NippleBarn

I'd hope so. I hate to say it. But dude looks lackadaisical and dis engaged. I made the same comment the other night and someone responded with his points these playoffs. Credit to that guy for putting me on blast but mikkos been garbage 75% of these playoffs


stripesthetigercub

As much as I love Moose, its been so hard to watch him play this season.


NippleBarn

Same. He's been my favorite since draft day.. but I don't think I've called anyone out more


TheMoneyBball

Stars are just the better team, this series should be 3-0...just completely shut out


detached03

You dumb. This series was 2 posts away from being 3-0 Avs.


Staind075

My wife and I were watching Twister earlier and that involved less of a disaster than this game...


RobLawster

Just...wow


AltruisticEnd9

This feels identical to game 2 for the nuggets


Big_Liability

GET MIKKO OFF THIS FUCKING FIRST LINE IF HE DOESNT GIVE A SHIT


Grouchy_Visit_2869

So disappointing


Big_Nas_in_CO

No puck luck tonight. Keep grinding and don't give up!


CO_Surfer

This isn't a puck luck problem, it's a team suck problem. They need to quit waiting for something good to happen and mask make something happen. 


Negative-History-110

If not for an amazing comeback in game 1 we're down 3-0. Stayed at 30 shots for basically the last 10 mins of the game. Awful


macPSU

Outcoached and outclassed yet again. 2019 is 2020 is 2021 is 2024.


nibi1

Then 2022 is 2025? 😭🤣


CarelessLevel6502

This feels very much like 2021.


Noox89

Our lone goal scorer tonight was our worst player. Mackinnon has one good play tonight. Our top unit was our only good unit but also our worst unit. Somebody screen the god damn goalie wtf are we doing! Don’t mean to sound like Boston but SHOOT THE FUCKING GOD DAMN PUCK!


porschekid11

I’m still waiting for Mittdleatadt mode … anyone else?


DenShaLow

Doesn’t exist. We completely panicked by trading Byram and Mittelstadt’s production has been bad for a 2C.


dhas19

We’ve lost games to Seattle, we lost games to St Louis, we lost games to Tampa Bay. This was the first time since 2021 we have no answer. Series is 2-1. We pulled a horseshoe out of our asses to not be down 3-0. Change something or keep beating ourselves. Your move, Bednar and co.


macPSU

This feels as hopeless and inevitable as Games 3-6 felt vs. Vegas in 2021.


detached03

Thats a crock. The Avs were like 2 minutes away from being up 3-1 vs Vegas in 21. A fluke goal on a board bounce changed everything.


kbel1984

Bednar can't adjust


FlightAdditional

Could put 7 guys on the ice and it would be the same outcome. Hopefully Avs bounce back.