See Tatar (and Drouin) are already healthy scratches in Colorado. We were rumored to be interested in Tatar this off-season. Mabye a swap of Tatar for Nieto (who the Avs know well)? I'm sure it's too early in the season to make a trade, but something to keep an eye on as we look to add depth scoring.
Is there anyone who thinks Sullivan is scratching Carter for any reason other than to not get fired? I'd love to hear the thinking behind that if you do.
It's appearing increasingly that Sullivan knows the ice he's skating on is a bit thin. So he's being more careful and actually makes some of the common sense easy decisions the fanbase has been clamouring for months to happen.
I think he's trying to not get fired by (grudgingly) make small steps to change at least some things.
Is there anyone who thinks Sullivan is scratching Carter for any reason other than to not get fired? I'd love to hear the thinking behind that if you do.
It's appearing increasingly that Sullivan knows the ice he's skating on is a bit thin. So he's being more careful and actually makes some of the common sense easy decisions the fanbase has been clamouring for months to happen.
I think he's trying to not get fired by (grudgingly) make small steps to change at least some things.
Why would he worry about not getting fired? He’ll have a great “retirement “ salary if fired, plus some team will pick him up right away. He would make bigger steps to change things if he was worried.
Or, he gave a veteran player some rope, and said rope has run out.
This is wishful thinking manifested as speculation. “Sully only makes bad decisions, so this decision must be bad. Sullivan doesn’t do what I want, so when he does do what I want, someone must be forcing him to do it.”
Any coach who relies on the fanbase to make decisions would last about 5 minutes.
Sullivan says Karlsson is capable of lifting his game to "another level"...
Good think we have Sully Toe Blake Bowman as our coach to show him how to get to that next level.
He can get his game to another level? Is there a new NHL award called "Hall of Fame" that's given on a yearly basis? How much better can he be than the sum of his entire career.
Oh wait, Sullivan wants him to lift his game to the level of calling the Hall of Fame the "Karlsson". Unbelievable.
Sullivan says Karlsson is capable of lifting his game to "another level"...
Good think we have Sully Toe Blake Bowman as our coach to show him how to get to that next level.
Sullivan speak for "playing defense" probably. Yea, let's take the reigning Norris Trophy and 100 point defenseman and turn him into another average ham and egger.
Save for that awful pass in OT against ANA, I think EK65 has been one of their most consistent players. Even in losses, he has been noticeable simply because of his innate ability to jump or lead the rush and getting shots through traffic. He's an absolute wizard out there - shame to even think that Sully could be trying to taint his game in any way.
See Tatar (and Drouin) are already healthy scratches in Colorado. We were rumored to be interested in Tatar this off-season. Mabye a swap of Tatar for Nieto (who the Avs know well)? I'm sure it's too early in the season to make a trade, but something to keep an eye on as we look to add depth scoring.
Jonathon Drouin. Haven't heard that name in a while and frankly, didn't know he was in Colorado now so I looked at his stats.
3rd overall pick in the draft and his career high is 21 goals in a season. Only hit 20 goals that one time. Appears to have been a malcontent in Tampa and later in Montreal. That kid was supposed to be great coming out of juniors.
I'm sure at this stage, EK is thinking, I should have stayed in SJ, this team isn't any better but at least there I got to play my game and have fun and not have this career barely NHL plugger trying to tell me to how reinvent my game.
See Tatar (and Drouin) are already healthy scratches in Colorado. We were rumored to be interested in Tatar this off-season. Mabye a swap of Tatar for Nieto (who the Avs know well)? I'm sure it's too early in the season to make a trade, but something to keep an eye on as we look to add depth scoring.
Jonathon Drouin. Haven't heard that name in a while and frankly, didn't know he was in Colorado now so I looked at his stats.
3rd overall pick in the draft and his career high is 21 goals in a season. Only hit 20 goals that one time. Appears to have been a malcontent in Tampa and later in Montreal. That kid was supposed to be great coming out of juniors.
Is he now the Ryan Leaf of NHL first rounders?
I'm not sure who ruined his career more, Drouin himself, or his agent Allan Walsh. I remember clearly that, when Drouin's 3 year ELC expired with Tampa, he was demanding Stamkos level money. In his first 3 seasons, Drouin had 95 total points. In Stamkos first 3 seasons, he had 237 points. I kept asking myself "How does this guy think he's in the same class as Stamkos when it comes to salary?"
Either Walsh gave him really bad advice trying to get that level of money, or Drouin is really full of himself...or a combination of the two.
See Tatar (and Drouin) are already healthy scratches in Colorado. We were rumored to be interested in Tatar this off-season. Mabye a swap of Tatar for Nieto (who the Avs know well)? I'm sure it's too early in the season to make a trade, but something to keep an eye on as we look to add depth scoring.
Jonathon Drouin. Haven't heard that name in a while and frankly, didn't know he was in Colorado now so I looked at his stats.
3rd overall pick in the draft and his career high is 21 goals in a season. Only hit 20 goals that one time. Appears to have been a malcontent in Tampa and later in Montreal. That kid was supposed to be great coming out of juniors.
Is he now the Ryan Leaf of NHL first rounders?
There was quite the puff piece on Drouin in The Athletic right before the season started where it was stated he supposedly turned down much better offers in order to play with close friend MacKinnon and on a strong team, it being a great fit for him, the myriad reasons his career has been trending way south, blah blah blah. While the writer seemed to be pushing the idea that Drouin was really going to flourish this year, I think they also set it up to be if Drouin can't succeed in this situation, his NHL career is probably finished. Looks like he's done. Ton of talent everywhere except between the ears.
See Tatar (and Drouin) are already healthy scratches in Colorado. We were rumored to be interested in Tatar this off-season. Mabye a swap of Tatar for Nieto (who the Avs know well)? I'm sure it's too early in the season to make a trade, but something to keep an eye on as we look to add depth scoring.
Jonathon Drouin. Haven't heard that name in a while and frankly, didn't know he was in Colorado now so I looked at his stats.
3rd overall pick in the draft and his career high is 21 goals in a season. Only hit 20 goals that one time. Appears to have been a malcontent in Tampa and later in Montreal. That kid was supposed to be great coming out of juniors.
Is he now the Ryan Leaf of NHL first rounders?
There was quite the puff piece on Drouin in The Athletic right before the season started where it was stated he supposedly turned down much better offers in order to play with close friend MacKinnon and on a strong team, it being a great fit for him, the myriad reasons his career has been trending way south, blah blah blah. While the writer seemed to be pushing the idea that Drouin was really going to flourish this year, I think they also set it up to be if Drouin can't succeed in this situation, his NHL career is probably finished. Looks like he's done. Ton of talent everywhere except between the ears.
Is he 5’10 190 or so and over 30? If so Sullivan might want him.
