| 02 October 2009
Some thoughts after last night's game:
- For once, the Avs were the fast, young team. Overall team speed is very improved.
- The Avs played hard and simple game. Dmen just sent pucks to the net, resulting in two deflection goals.
- Darcy Tucker scored our season's first goal. We're cursed!
- Unimpressed by Cumiskey - he looked out of place a horrible giveaway in the first that ended up in the back of net.
- Anderson looked good in the 3rd, especially. Sitting on a 3 goal lead, the Avs were outshot 19 -1. He kept the game from getting too exciting in the 3rd and really stood out on the 5 on 3 kill.
- What a pass by Stastny on Wolski's second goal. We missed him so much last year.
- Ryan O'Reilly didn't look out of place to me tonight. He still has 8 games to mess it up, but don't be surprised if he's not sent by to juniors.
- Someone must have convinced Joe Thornton this was a playoff game because he was invisible.
- Would have been wonderful to see Duchene score on one of those breakways. There is no way he is going back to juniors.
- Nabokov gave up 5 goals on 20 shots. Only one of those was a bad goal, though - McLeod's goal - Nabby gave up a bad rebound on Stewart's low, hard shot from the boards.
- Versus (and Devils) play by play man Doc Emery knows nothing about the Avs. Mistaking Hannan for Foote, Stewart for Hejduk and saying that the Avs have 7 retired numbers, and #26 was pulled down for Stastny.
- Great, inspired effort by the Avs. Let's see how much of a drop off there is Saturday afternoon against Vancouver.
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