Avalanche vs Ducks 10/2

[Sharpienads]

Anybody else watch/go to the game? Quite the ass-whooping, although to me it looked like the Ducks were skating better most of the time.

O'Reilly's unassisted looked effortless.

Good to see MacKinnon had a pretty sweet NHL start with the almost breakaway shot, two assists, and his first almost fight. Hopefully that cheap shot there at the end from Lovejoy wasn't anything serious.

Varlamov was awesome. The one that got passed him with 4 seconds left was lucky, since he got hit in the head right when it happened.

Patrick Roy pushing over the glass in between the two benches and yelling at the Duck's coach was pretty sweet, too.

Overall it was a great game. Hopefully they can keep it up. Thoughts?

[ColoWyo]

That was fun to watch. Neat to see Roy get all fired up like that. Might be just what they need.

My neighbor played golf with a bunch of Avs the other day, one of them said that they though they had the best first 3 lines in the NHL.

I'm really looking forward to the season.

[roberth]

I watched the game and while this game was great, there are 81 more games to go. I'm going to reserve judgement until late December, then we'll know what kind of team the Avalanche have put on the ice.

I like the way everyone played, MacKinnnon was really good, and I really enjoyed seeing Patrick Roy behind the bench.

I'm looking forward to a good season and hopefully watching them in the playoffs.

[MileHighOutlaw]

I was there! What do you guys think of the new JUMBO TRON? I was seated right in front of it nearly eye level and couldn't decide to watch the screen or the ice. It really cuts off the view of the other side of the stadium. Oh let's not talk about the new security in place, we had VIP tickets and it took us over 30 minutes to get through security. They held the puck drop I'm sure because the amount of people still outside in line. Oh and let's look at the Pepsi staff doing the security. Grandma with her little flashlight looking through my wife's purse for a few seconds than hands it off outside of the metal detector. Seriously? My wife has a purse that could make an Barrett disappear. OK final though, what the hell is up with the Hooter's on ice? Let's get some cute girls that can hardly skate and give them shovels to clean off the ice every 8 minutes. At least the guys and gals they had in the past could do the job in less time and didn't have to resort to costumes and a over abundance of hair spray. Whew time to take my blood pressure medicine. Awesome game by the way.

[Sharpienads]

Yeah, I felt like I was going through a TSA checkpoint when I went a couple days ago. The JumboTron is huge!!! I thought it was a little distracting as well.

[JM Ver. 2.0]

Yeah, I felt like I was going through a TSA checkpoint when I went a couple days ago. The JumboTron is huge!!! I thought it was a little distracting as well.

It is distracting.... But damn was that game bad ass!!!!

[JM Ver. 2.0]

I was there! What do you guys think of the new JUMBO TRON? I was seated right in front of it nearly eye level and couldn't decide to watch the screen or the ice. It really cuts off the view of the other side of the stadium. Oh let's not talk about the new security in place, we had VIP tickets and it took us over 30 minutes to get through security. They held the puck drop I'm sure because the amount of people still outside in line. Oh and let's look at the Pepsi staff doing the security. Grandma with her little flashlight looking through my wife's purse for a few seconds than hands it off outside of the metal detector. Seriously? My wife has a purse that could make an Barrett disappear. OK final though, what the hell is up with the Hooter's on ice? Let's get some cute girls that can hardly skate and give them shovels to clean off the ice every 8 minutes. At least the guys and gals they had in the past could do the job in less time and didn't have to resort to costumes and a over abundance of hair spray. Whew time to take my blood pressure medicine. Awesome game by the way.

Those are the ice girls.... Most of them are hot... And they're all either figure skaters or hockey players... Look 'em up...

http://avalanche.nhl.com/club/page.htm?id=89611

[JM Ver. 2.0]

I watched the game and while this game was great, there are 81 more games to go. I'm going to reserve judgement until late December, then we'll know what kind of team the Avalanche have put on the ice.

I like the way everyone played, MacKinnnon was really good, and I really enjoyed seeing Patrick Roy behind the bench.

I'm looking forward to a good season and hopefully watching them in the playoffs.

They'll be in the playoffs....

[Sharpienads]

They'll be in the playoffs....

We'll see. I think it's only possible to do better than last season.

[Madeinhb]

That was fun to watch. Neat to see Roy get all fired up like that. Might be just what they need.

My neighbor played golf with a bunch of Avs the other day, one of them said that they though they had the best first 3 lines in the NHL.

I'm really looking forward to the season.

Every team says they think they have the best x this. Don't want to piss off fans by saying otherwise.