Colorado - Lord Stanley's return.

[Dynasty]

Quote: Originally Posted by Moses Doughty

Ouch on Klepis. But holy Grabners hes been great for ya

Thanks for reading! I was so angry after I realized what had happened. I went to go make a trade for him but I decided that it was my fault it happened so I'm just going to have to suck it up and move on. It sucks not just because I lost a prospect but because I had very specific plans for Klepis, and he had a very specific role to fill. Loosing him actually alters my 2011-2012 draft strategy.

Grabner is fantastic, he pairs very well with Duchene, both being very good skaters

[Moses Doughty]

Oh I know hes such a beast in this. In my Oilers sim I have him with Giroux and Hall. Brought him in over the offseason off a 74 point year and hes dynamite with them

[Dynasty]

20 game update!

Team news:
D John Micheal Liles has returned from injury ahead of schedule and will resume his normal duties. while Liles admits his elbow is still tender he feels confident enough in it to play. LW Daniel Winnik will again be sitting in the press box as a healthy scratch.

Team Record: 9-10-1

Last ten: 3-7-0

Colorado Avalanche 2010 Schedule
DATE	OPPONENT	RESULT
Oct 30	vs Columbus	Lost, 2-1
Nov 4	vs Canucks	Lost, 5-2
Nov 6	vs Dallas	Lost, 5-2
Nov 9	vs Calgary	Won, 7-2
Nov 12	at Columbus	Lost, 7-1
Nov 13	at Red Wings	Won, 5-4
Nov 15	vs Blues	Lost, 4-3
Nov 17	vs San Jose	Won, 3-1
Nov 19	vs Rangers	Lost, 4-1
Nov 20	at Stars	Lost, 6-4

Next ten:

Colorado Avalanche 2010 Schedule
DATE	OPPONENT	RESULT
Nov 24	at Canucks
Nov 25	at Oilers
Nov 27	vs Wild
Nov 30	vs Thrashers
Dec 3	at Hurricanes
Dec 4	vs Tampa Bay
Dec 7	at Panthers
Dec 10	at Capitols
Dec 10	at Thrashers
Dec 13	vs Blackhawks

Stats - Avs
Skaters	GP	G	A	PTS	+/-	GW	PIM	SOG	SPCT
Michael Grabner	20	9	8	17	+7	1	8	69	13%
Matt Duchene	20	8	9	17	+12	1	17	70	11.4%
John Michael Liles	18	0	14	14	+10	0	8	19	0%
Erik Johnson	20	3	10	13	+5	1	8	29	10.3%
Milan Hejduk	20	7	4	11	+8	1	19	61	11.5%
John Mcclement	20	4	5	9	-1	0	6	50	8%
Peter Mueller	20	4	4	8	-5	1	6	37	10.8%
David Jones	20	2	5	7	-8	0	2	29	6.9%
Adam Foote	20	0	7	7	0	0	8	7	0%
Jay Mckee	18	2	4	6	+5	0	6	16	12.5%
Ryan O'reilly	13	4	2	6	-3	1	2	34	11.8%
Kyle Quincey	19	0	6	6	-11	0	10	22	0%
T.J Galiardi	20	3	3	6	-2	1	4	30	10%
Tomas Fleischmann	10	4	2	6	-5	0	4	34	11.8%
Paul Kariya	20	4	1	5	-2	1	6	43	9.3%
Ryan O'Byrne	20	0	5	5	-7	0	4	20	0%
Cody Mcleod	20	4	1	5	-8	1	2	27	14.8%
Brandon Yip	20	2	0	2	+1	0	6	21	9.5%
Ryan Wilson	4	0	1	1	-1	0	0	4	0%
Goalies	GP	W	L	T	GAA	TOI	SV	SV%	SHO
Brian Elliott	12	5	7	0	3.13	710	286	89.1%	0
Peter Budaj	8	4	4	0	2.99	482	172	87.9%	1

Still first line or bust at this point, and goal tending has been falling apart. Mueller could have 20 goals by now but he hits the posts at least twice a game, no joke.

NHL League Leaders - Updated: November 24 2010
Goals		G	Assists		A
	1. Alexander Semin	16		1. Rick Nash	23
	2. Ilya Kovalchuk	13		2. Niklas Backstrom	19
	3. Alexander Ovechkin	13		3. Marc Andre Bergeron	18
	4. Antoine Vermette	12		4. Jason Pimonville	17
	5. Mathis Olimb	12		5. Mike Green	17
Points		PTS	Plus/Minus		+/-
	1. Rick Nash	33		1. Alexander Semin	+17
	2. Alexander Semin	31		2. Alexander Ovechkin	+17
	3. Ilya Kovalchuk	27		3. Niklas Backstrom	+17
	4. Alexander Ovechkin	26		4. Jeff Halpern	+14
	5. Niklas Backstrom	25		5. Nigel Dawes	+14
Wins		W	Goals Against Average		GAA
	1. Pekka Rinne	14		1. Pekka Rinne	1.46
	2. Carey Price	12		2. Semyon Varlomov	1.93
	3. Marc Andre Fleury	12		3. Roberto Luongo	2.31
	4. Henrik Lundqvist	11		4. Antto Niemi	2.35
	5. Marty Turco	11		5. Rick Dipietro	2.35
Save Percentage		SV%	Shutouts		SO
	1. Pekka Rinne	95.1%		1. Antti Niemi	4
	2. Semyon Varlomov	93.6%		2. Jimmy Howard	3
	3. Henrik Lundqvist	92.6%		3. Ondrej Pavalec	2
	4. Antti Niemi	92.3%		4. Henrik Lundqvist	2
	5. Marc Andre Fleury	92.3%		5. Marc Andre Fleury	2

My players:
Grabner is 21st in goals with 9
John Michael Liles is 17th in assists with 14
Duchene is 49th in points with 17
Duchene is 12th in +/- with +12
Elliott is 30th in wins with 5
Budaj is 41st in GAA with 2.99
Elliott is 53rd in save percentage with 89.1%
Budaj is 22 in shutouts with 1

Player interview: Avs captain Adam Foote
"It's been hard on the guys no doubt. With so many injuries and a lot of key players for us missing games, a lot of the kids having to fill in, it can really disrupt everything your trying to accomplish. But at the end of the day were not getting it done and we have to step it up, everyone here has to. It doesn't take long to fall out of playoff contention and the way we are going that is going to be soon"

[bthomp05]

Tough breaks all around Dynasty. There should be a way to reverse waivers/trades/etc.

[Dynasty]

Quote: Originally Posted by bthomp05

Tough breaks all around Dynasty. There should be a way to reverse waivers/trades/etc.

Yeah man, I am still angry about that, but it was my own fault.

Quote: Originally Posted by Moses Doughty

Jesus with the injuries. Hopefully you pull through it

It's never ending at this point. really hard to generate momentum like this.

Quote: Originally Posted by Moses Doughty

Oh I know hes such a beast in this. In my Oilers sim I have him with Giroux and Hall. Brought him in over the off season off a 74 point year and hes dynamite with them

Grabner is one of my favorite players in this game for sure.

Injury update

D Erik Johnson Will miss the next one to two weeks with bruised ribs

Press conference:
"Thank you all for gathering today, I felt the need to hold this conference today in response to last nights disgrace against the Edmonton oilers, in which we los 10-5. While it is clear we are struggling mightily this season, I would like to reinforce my confidence in our system, and what we have going here in Colorado. Our core is young and talented and we will soon be on a course for post season success, as for this season I believe our fate rests squarely on our goaltenders and I wish to make this very clear, I will not be bringing in anyone. It is up to Budaj and Elliott to find their way and their contracts depend on it. I expect them to be professional about this and turn the corner on what has been a miserable first quarter of the season. I understand, as do all fans and media that the mass amount of injuries our team has suffered is difficult to deal with and that can in turn disrupt and alter the expectations of your club. Make no mistake here, the guys that have been filling in for us have done a fantastic job stepping into a line up and getting what they were asked to do, done. It comes down to our goal tending, and our fate rests on them.

[Dynasty]

Not all doom and gloom

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Watch Grabner blow past everyone and deposit a nice goal behind Backstrom

[Dynasty]

Injury update

D Erik Johnson has been cleared to return to active duty in tonights game vs the Minnesota Wild LW Dale Winnik will be a healthy scratch

[Dynasty]

30 game update

Team record: 15-14-1

Last ten: 6-4

Colorado Avalanche 2010 Schedule
DATE	OPPONENT	RESULT
Nov 24	at Canucks	Won, 4-3
Nov 25	at Oilers	Lost, 10-5
Nov 27	vs Wild	Won, 10-2
Nov 30	vs Thrashers	Won, 9-2
Dec 3	at Hurricanes	Lost, 3-1
Dec 4	vs Tampa Bay	Won, 5-2
Dec 7	at Panthers	Won, 4-3
Dec 10	at Thrashers	Lost, 3-2
Dec 10	at Capitols	Lost, 4-3
Dec 13	vs Blackhawks	Won, 4-1

Next ten:

Colorado Avalanche 2010 Schedule
DATE	OPPONENT	RESULT
Dec 15	at Chicago
Dec 17	vs Senators
Dec 19	vs Candiens
Dec 21	vs Kings
Dec 23	vs Wild
Dec 27	vs Red Wings
Dec 30	at Oilers
Dec 31	at Flames
Jan 2	vs Canucks
Jan 4	vs Sabers

Everyone started really pulling together at points in the last ten, most of my core guys are healthy and playing well. Grabner went red hot this past ten games. I don't know what is with those high scoring games but it happened.. was really weird.

Colorado Stats - 2010
Skaters	GP	G	A	PTS	+/-	GW	PIM	SOG	SPCT
Micheal Grabner	30	20	8	28	+14	3	10	124	16.1%
Matt Duchene	30	11	17	28	+19	1	17	96	11.5%
Milan Hejduk	30	11	12	23	+15	1	19	87	12.6%
John Micheal Liles	28	0	20	20	+14	0	10	29	0%
Peter Mueller	30	6	12	18	-2	2	8	63	9.5%
Tomas Fleischmann	20	11	6	17	-1	1	4	62	17.7%
Kyle Quincey	29	3	13	16	0	0	12	33	9.1%
Adam Foote	30	2	14	16	+14	0	12	25	8%
Erik Johnson	28	3	12	15	+4	1	8	39	7.7%
Jay Mcclement	30	6	8	14	-3	0	17	68	8.8%
Paul Kariya	30	7	6	13	+2	1	8	66	10.6%
Ryan O'Reilly	23	7	4	11	0	1	6	58	12.1%
David Jones	30	4	6	10	-6	0	4	46	8.7%
Ryan O'byrne	30	2	8	10	-8	1	4	31	6.5%
T.J. Galiardi	30	5	4	9	-5	2	8	47	10.6%
Brandon Yip	30	3	3	6	-1	0	8	30	10%
Jay Mckee	18	2	4	6	+5	0	6	16	12.5%
Cody Mcleod	30	4	2	6	-5	1	6	40	10%
Ryan Wilson	14	0	3	3	-4	0	4	14	0%
Daniel Winnik	3	0	2	2	-2	0	0	1	0%
Goalies	GP	W	L	T	GAA	TOI	SV	SV%	SHO
Brian Elliott	20	10	10	0	3.28	1189	511	88.7%	0
Peter Budaj	10	5	5	0	2.90	600	218	88.1%	1

Like I said above Grabner exploded over the past ten games, many multi point efforts, one hat trick and at least two, two goal games. But I would also like to point out Tomas Fleischmann's numbers. Fantastic!

NHL League Leaders - Updated: December 15 2010
Goals		G	Assists		A
	1. Alexander Ovechkin	20		1. Rick Nash	28
	2. Micheal Grabner	20		2. Niklas Backstrom	25
	3. Marian Gaborik	18		3. Scott Gomez	24
	4. Alexander Semin	17		4. James Neal	23
	5. Jason Blake	16		5. Alexander Semin	23
Points		PTS	Plus/Minus		+/-
	1. Rick Nash	39		1. Alexander Semin	+22
	2. Alexander Semin	39		2. Alexander Ovechkin	+22
	3. Ilya Kovalchuk	38		3. Niklas Backstrom	+22
	4. Alexander Ovechkin	36		4. Matt Duchene	+19
	5. Marian Gaborik	35		5. Nigel Dawes	+17
Wins		W	Goals Against Average		GAA
	1. Pekka Rinne	19		1. Pekka Rinne	1.52
	2. Carey Price	17		2. Semyon Varlomov	1.93
	3. Jean Sebastian Giguere	15		3. Michal Neuvirth	2.11
	4. Martin Brodeur	15		4. Ilya Bryzgalov	2.27
	5. Henrik Lundqvist	15		5. Ryan Miller	2.36
Save Percentage		SV%	Shutouts		SO
	1. Pekka Rinne	94.9%		1. Antti Niemi	5
	2. Semyon Varlomov	93.6%		2. Henrik Lundqvist	4
	3. Michal Neuvirth	93.4%		3. Jonas Hiller	4
	4. Ilya Bryzgalov	92.3%		4. Mikka Kiprusoff	3
	5. Ryan Miller	92.2%		5. Jimmy Howard	3

Wow Rinne is having one hell of a year, look at those numbers!

John Micheal Liles is 18th in assists with 20
Matt Duchene is 25th in total points with 28
Brian Elliott is 27th in wins with 10
Peter Budaj is 38th in Goals against average with 2.90
Brian Elliott is 58th in Save percentage with 88.7%
Peter Budaj is 28th in shutouts with 1

Bonus video: Top line Tic-Tack-Toe

Goal break down:
Lightning D was trying to clear the zone, Duchene laid a hit on him just before he could release the puck. Milan Hejduk slams into the glass just ahead of the play, attempting to lay the hit himself. The puck squirts free and Hejduk scoops it up and immediately slides it to Duchene, who sees Grabner flying down the ice. Icing on the cake, Duchene slides a nice gentle pass out into the middle and Grabner finishes it off with a one-timer top shelf past Roloson GOOOOOAAAAALLLLLLLL!!!!