Game 28 Preview: Mounting Everest

by Justin Azevedo on Dec 8, 2011 2:00 PM PST in The Department of Game Posts

Ah, yes. The Avs. Really, aside from the Oilers, they're the only team the Flames can claim success against in recent history.

You know the drill by now: injuries, terrible players, etc. has derailed a promising start to the season to the point that the Avs are just one point up on the Flames, with the Flames having a game in hand.

Semyon Varlamov (aka the guy that wasn't worth 2 high draft picks) has a .899 SV%, and a EVSV% of .909, or 6 points under threshold. He is unequivocally not good.

The Avs are coming off a 6-0 loss to the dirty Nucks, if that matters to you.

The Flames will be sitting Roman Horak in favour of Brendan Morrison. I'm sure some will cry foul about how it's not Matt Stajan getting time in the press box but Matt Stajan's Corsi Rel isn't -11.5. I don't care either way which one plays, but I do think Stajan gets dumped on a bit too much from our fellow Flames fans.

Players to Watch

Brendan Morrison-I can say with certanty that BMo won't be replicating his 4 point performance from Tuesday, but it'll still be fun to watch how the old man does.

Matt Duchene-After a bit of horrid luck to start the year, he's turned it around a little.

Lastly...

I dislike Colorado a lot. That's all you need to know.

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but I do think Stajan gets dumped on a bit too much from our fellow Flames fans

Yeah, I agree. Matt Stajan is not a shitty hockey player… he just has a shitty contract, was the return on a shitty trade, and has shitty expectations that go along with those. If he made 1M and was signed as a free agent I think few would ever make a peep about him.

by Parallex on Dec 8, 2011 2:07 PM PST reply actions

To be fair to the kid:

Horak – ZS = 45.2%
Stajan – ZS = 54.5%

The ZS delta between the two is about 15-20 corsi events, so not huge but it likely exacerbates the relative corsi rating, especially for Horak since almost no one else on the team starts that often in the defensive end.

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by Kent Wilson on Dec 8, 2011 2:17 PM PST reply actions

I really need to re-run the Bal. Corsi numbers again. It’s been a while.

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by ArikJames on Dec 8, 2011 3:54 PM PST up reply actions

At least we can agree to hate the Nucks

Hope it’s a good game tonight. Giguere’s in net btw

THE COLORADO AVALANCHE HAVE WON THE STANLEY CUP. RAYMOND BOURQUE: A DREAM COME TRUE!

by Pyotr09AVS! on Dec 8, 2011 3:07 PM PST reply actions

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