Sportsnet: Elliotte Friedman and Jeff Marek on the 32 Ideas: The Podcast – Is Lindy Ruff on the Sizzling Seat? episode on the Colorado Avalanche.
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Marek: “The concept of what’s subsequent for Colorado. You realize earlier on this podcast you introduced up Nathan MacKinnon and hear, he goes out and scores 4 targets. On Thursday night time they beat the Ottawa Senators 6-4. Mikko Rantanen has the opposite two as nicely.
And I believe we’re all ready right here now, for the following shoe to drop in Colorado. They must be trying. (Elias) Lindholm is likely one of the extra apparent names that’s on the market. What do you suppose MacFarlane, Sakic have up their sleeve right here?
Friedman: “Effectively, I believe one of many issues that they must cope with is cap. They don’t have quite a lot of it. One of many challenges for them shall be doing something rapidly. Like they, they usually’ve constructed up the factors proper, they’ve banked the factors, they don’t must rush.
However I believe that the groups we’ve talked to them know that they will’t essentially race into something as a result of they don’t have the cap room to do it. But it surely there’s undoubtedly a sense that when groups are able to deal. Make sure that Colorado is aware of as a result of they need to know once they completely must do one thing.
Like I believe they’re in on (Elias) Lindholm. You realize, he’s an ideal match for what they want. You realize, I talked about it the opposite, the opposite podcast however, like he suits what they, what they might actually use. I simply suppose that, I imply, it’s virtually like an NBA staff this 12 months such as you take a look at like the meat of somebody’s kin saying one thing that pisses off a participant, like that’s proper out of the NBA. That’s there.
I attempted to seek out out who (Devon) Toews was speaking in regards to the different day, however there was some actual omerta there. It was such as you’re not discovering out, like we’re not telling you who that’s. So however clearly the message was obtained. However that’s all, it was additionally very NBA. Prefer it’s it’s fairly attention-grabbing how, it could be the, the Avalanche noticed the Nuggets win the NBA championship final 12 months they usually must take a few of that personnel into their recreation.
The opposite factor it says to me about them is that they’re not happy. They’re completely, they gained a Stanley Cup two years in the past and you already know, final 12 months you may have your hangover and all the pieces and also you lose (Gabriel) Landeskog and it’s laborious to win and I believe all people acknowledges what an enormous loss Landeskog is for them. But there’s, they’re not shopping for any extra excuses this 12 months, Jeff. Just like the years of the excuse, they’d their one 12 months of excuses, you already know, that’s, that’s over. And never profitable this 12 months is just not acceptable.
And I do suppose they’re gonna attempt to do some issues. You have a look they’ve obtained three gamers forwards within the high seven of ice time amongst forwards. The Maple Leafs the one different staff and his three within the high 20 and (William) Nylanders twentieth.
So I believe you, I imply, you’ll be able to’t do that every one 12 months. Even a man like (Nathan) McKinnon will burn out. And within the postseason, particularly in the event you’re going to run into Vegas, what’s the factor that Vegas beats you with essentially the most? It’s depth.
So I believe they know they’re going to must do one thing and they’ll do one thing. However quite a lot of what I’ve seen this 12 months is the delight of a staff that’s, is letting all people know that they don’t need to be gasoline within the wind. They need to be greater than a one-hit marvel.
