not for 10 days, he'll play the last 15 games barring injury.

Terrible officiating yesterday. I didn't realize that the Aves liked to dive so much and run so many interference/picks. The Aves did pour it on in the third though but the referee's still sucked.

I think this is what a lot of people are failing to realize. Sure, they are out of the playoffs now. But Smyth and Sakic were both on for more than 2 months, And Stastny was out for about a month. So we've added Sakic, Smyth, Stastny, Forsberg, Foote and Salei. And the only player we had to give up was Skrastins(sp?) Who was a good Defensemen but I'll certainly take Salei and Foote over him.

Colorado Avalanche-3
Calgary Flames-2 F/OT

I was only able to see the final 5 minutes of the 3rd and the OT period. This could very well be the game that jump starts us into a finish like last year. It sooooo nice to see Foote back in an Avs uniform. Foote knows his role is the same as it was last time he was with the Avs. He is basically in charge of covering the best offensive player on the opposing team. Look at last night; Foote was on the ice for the vast majority of Iginla's shifts.

32-26-6, 70 points
9th in west

Thank you Joe Sakic. This is one point we certainly ****ing earned now. The Nucks had 2 chances during that rush to clear the puck; Once, we stole it the other time Salei made a great play to keep it in.

A point we definately need to

Just got home in time to see Statsny some how luck box himself out of a 4 minute penalty.

Colorado Avalanche-3
Vancouver Canucks-2 F/OT

In 2 minutes, this went from the most heart-breaking loss of the season, to quite possibly the biggest win. Nice to see us go 3-1-1 on a tough 5 game road trip and go 2-1 in the 3 against the division.



33-26-6, 72 points
8th in Western Confernece

Key word there is 'was'. I don't know what happened but he's been terrible as of late.

Isn't it ironic that Forsberg comes back to help Col in and knock Nashville out. Nashville got rooked bad in that Forsberg deal.

wow, this is turning out to be a *great* period for us

Svatos hurts his knee and is doubtful to return...and Smyth just got taken out on a strecther

weeeeeeeee-****

good lord. condolences...

Los Angeles Kings-2
Colorado Avalanche-5

34-26-6, 74 points

I just hope Svatos and Smyth are ok

That was a painful body check to watch. Definitely looked painful but at least Johnson laid a clean one. Just too bad Smyth after coming back from his ankle injury. Did anyone else see the stretcher that he got pulled out on? That thing was a sled and was being pulled by 2 strings.

Tough luck for Smytty, I hope he's alright.

Any updates on his condition?

Last i heard was that when he left Pepsi Center to go to the hospital he was walking and talking with no support from others, Ill check the website though

I heard on one of the many sports channals last night that he was up and walking in the dressing room but they were taking him to the hospital for precautionary reasons and the initial diagnosis was a concusion.

Yeah, sounds like he'll be ok. Can't find any update on Svatos though, his knee bent in a nasty way, hopefully they are both back on the tie soon

edit-damnit

The Colorado Avalanche Hockey club announced today that forwards Ryan Smyth and Marek Svatos will be out indefinitely after suffering injuries in the second period of last night’s game against the Los Angeles Kings.

Smyth was released from a local hospital Saturday night after CT scan results on his head were negative. He regained consciousness on the ice following a collision with the padded partition near the Avalanche bench.

Svatos suffered a knee injury when he collided awkwardly with the boards in the corner of the Kings’ zone.

Both players will undergo further examination over the next few days with the Avalanche medical staff and a more precise diagnosis of their injuries will be known at that time.

Word is forsberg is set to play tonight vs Vancouver

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Btw, updates for those who are unaware

Smyth is out indefinately untill he stop showing syptoms of his Concussion

Svatos torn his ACL, he is done

Doesn't Smyth also have a separated shoulder?

oh yeah, listed as a minor separation but it'll still lead to more time out probably. Hopefully hes back by the playoffs

So he can watch them with the rest of the Av's?

Yea That'll be nice for him.

Go Canucks go!

Hi

We've won the last 3 times we've played.

Man I missed Forsberg and Foote way more than I thought.

Salei could be the missing piece, I like his game. His elbows in the air when he skates drive me crazy though, lol.

Wooooooot Avs!

Here comes a pp goal.

FYP sir

Forsberg looked decent. Foote is what the Avs have been missing since the lockout.

Vancouver Canucks-1
Colorado Avalanche-2

35-26-6, 76 points


Great, hard fought victory for us. Very exciting game, Theodore comes up HUGE.

not gonna be tough to make the playoffs if theodore continues to play out of his friggin mind

Yeah, but he has his weeks where he plays horrible

You could spend less time posting nonsense and more time paying me all the money you owe me from repeatedly betting on the Nucks over the Avs sir.

We better be playing out of his friggin mind if he's getting paid THAT much money. He's UFA next season right? Wonder if he'll get an extension and I wonder how much he'll ask. Remember that he's sucked every year except this year.

Were putting Theodore into indentured servitude to make up for the complete crap he's pulled for the last couple years..

Anahiem Ducks-0
Colorado Avalanche-1

By FAR, the greatest Avs game I've been to all season, shutting out the defending champs.

Dallas Stars-1
Colorado Avalanche-3

This just in btw, we can play some ****ing defense. This is now 6 straight, and the thing I love about this streak is I believe this was the 3rd game of the 6 wins where we trailed in the 3rd at one point, and we still can back to win.



37-26-6, 80 points

this doesn't seem like a good trend to me?

it's all jose theodore. you can go ahead and admit it now.

Theodore is certainly part of it..it's the fact that each of the 3 times we only allowed 1 goal the entire game...so it's both our goalie and our defense both of which have been VASTLY improved. They each make each other better and right now they're both rocking..so lets hope it keeps up. I lay it all at the feet of Theodore, Finger, Mcleod, Selai (the deal everybody ignores but that I think had the most impact surprisingly), Hannan, and Footer (when hes not hurt).

1 goal means nothing to us..we can come back on those all day.

True, its not a good trend, but it's also not good trend to go 0-X when trailing in the 3rd

Colorado Avalanche-0
Dallas Stars-3

I was kinda expecting the loss. I just didnt expect it to be so pathetic

37-27-6, 80 points

Forsberg injured...what a surprise?

It's like he is old and rusty.

But having 4 of the 8 D-men on our roster injured certainly hurt

And Foote is hurt now too. Wow, higher elevation must equal bad karma.

The Avalanche just cannot stay healthy this season. SO many key players always out.

Colorado Avalanche-5
Atlanta Trashers-2

Seriously, this was the most boring Avs game I have seen in a LONG time. I couldn't stand it, i decided to drive up north to play 4/8 choice i was so bored. I almost feel asleep even listening to the game on the radio. Nice to see Theodore rebounded from the Dallas game. The first ATL goal was pretty fluky, and the 2nd one was a bad turnover by our defense that lead to a 2-1 for them, can't expect Theodore to stop it everytime

38-27-6, 82 points

Ott suspended for 3 games for his shot to Leopold's head.

Good. He deserved it

http://www.nhl.com/nhl/app?articleid=35663...mp;service=page

Avs atop the division! If they can be even remotely healthy in the playoffs they are going to be super dangerous.

I'm hard on him, especially now that he's hurt, but Peter the Great will make a difference come playoff time. He actually started to look good that game he got hurt. What'd he have, two assists in less than 20 mins ice time?

Where the hell has Hejduk been this year?

Edmonton Oilers-1
Colorado Avalanche-5

We win, Minnesota loses in a SO, Calgary loses, Vancouver loses, Nashville loses. About as perfect of a day you could ask for

39-27-6, 84 points
3rd in the Western Conference

Calgary SHOULD HAVE won. A game against Atlanta. Should be insta-win right? Flames up 3-0. Ok victory for SURE now. Crap 3-2all of a sudden. No worries 4-2 now so Flames should've learned and now they'll play tight defense. Nope. Atlanta scores 4 in a row and take it 6-4. Idiots. Most frustrating game to watch ever.