Well fuck... Craig Anderson out indefinitely w/ a knee injury
We don't have a good enough defense for just any goalie to survive back there so I think we're pretty much screwed.
Fucking Colorado sports are falling apart ARGH
They sure look good, and looked great last night. Not defensively the whole time but the third period they were stellar.
Chris Stewart scored his second hat trick in his second year in the league. Leads all Right Wingers in the league with 8 goals and 6 assists in 10 games. Last year would have led all goal scorers in the entire league except that he was sent down to the OHL for 2+ months of the season. Still led all goal scorers from the time he got back to the end of the season, yes that includes Sid, Ovechkin or Stamkos. And nobody even knows who he is. They will after this year.
John Michael Liles leads all defenseman with 11 assists in 10 games. He broke the record all time for most assists in consecutive games as a defenseman at 9 games and extended it to 10 games last night.
Duchene is improving in some parts of his game, and is seriously just one of the fastest players on the ice in the entire NHL. He just needs to get smarter and he is going to be a huge threat.
Yip simply amazes me, another goal last night and O'reilly had 3 assists. That 3rd line is one of the best in the league.
There is
a lot to like about the Avalanche this year.
Anderson will not be out as long as you might think, 6 weeks at the most. Budaj may not be able to fill his shoes and we may need to outscore people but we can. Graham will be our backup and might suprise some people and take the "starting" job from Budaj until Anderson gets back.
Plus we still have Shattenkirk, Cohen and Guance to call up on defense. They will probably need a year in the minors to get ready but Shattenkirk is the #2 defensive prospect in the entire league and will be a monster for us once he is ready.
A LOT to like
