The Colorado Avalanche crossed the ocean and made a signing Thursday when they inked Jere Innala from Finland. Innala is likely headed to play with the Colorado Eagles and if nothing else gives the Avalanche a player if / when he is needed.
The Avs also parted ways with their director of amateur scouting, Wade Klippenstein. A little odd with the draft so close? And will it have any impact come draft day? We will see.
We also give Nathan MacKinnon his season grade (spoiler: it’s good), and we give our opinions on the temporary Utah Hockey Club uniforms which so many people seem to hate. But do we?
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Call me crazy but…im ready for next season already. Like when the avs got eliminate I was upset but slightly relieved because my blood pressure could go back down, but after game 3 of edm vs florida I got that itch to see that macK and makar magic.
Oh, and my early congrats to florida i doubt you'll blow a 3-0 lead.
If they end up being named yeti, my disdain for this franchise will commence. Agree about those insipid jerseys. Other than that, have a great day!
The hate for the Utah HC jerseys makes no sense. As a huge Avs fan for over 20 years and living in Utah, I absolutely love the jerseys. Plus, this was always the plan, for it to be basic and just say UTAH on the front. I was expecting just a solid color with UTAH on the front, which Kyle things would be better for some reason, so these far exceeded my expectations. Lastly, if they did something more for season 1, they risk people liking it more than the final jerseys in season 2.
The great thing about Innala is he's WAIVER EXEMPT via ELC! No risk in losing him to PHI & seeing him leave NA like Sedlak. He'll start in Loveland & get an early callup IMO.
The Avs employ Aric Parnass, noted analytics guru similar to Eric Tulsky. Plus a couple Data Analysts under him. Avs will be fine w/o Cap Friendly.
I don't know if Innala can make the 2nd line but if he can, it would be fun to see an all-Finn line 🇫🇮
What about a post-season score?
Christopher: we agree on Mac's grade. Ok maybe thirty seven more +s.
Maybe this Finn kid will be the next Wyatt Johnson. Okay – I can dream.
Those Utah jerseys define "plain". Shaggy's right. Surprised they didn't use the font seen on generic products. Maybe have a UPC stamped on them.
If we're going to be honest, Mac's performance in the faceoff dot would be F minus. Otherwise, he's all-worldly.
Stars Fan Here: I think McDavid is amazing. The stuff he does is unreal. BUT, MacKinnon I like more. I also think there's a real argument on who's better between to two. I know my team lost to Edmonton and beat Colorado. I feel the Stars ran out of gas and were playing higher level hockey against VGK & The Avs. That said, when MacKinnon hits the ice, I gotta hold my breath. The dude is that guy.
Chris is exactly right, these will be relics, collectors items one day.
Kyle just doesn't understand that it costs money to devote a lot of time on designing these things. As a designer, this is a budget play by Utah in my opinion. And they'll bank on the new jersey in a year like Chris said.
Utah is said to be keeping the colors still haven't heard if the Jerseys are staying and just slapping the logo on it or changing the Jerseys completely . the Golden Knights where at first going to be the Black Knights then shorten to Knights a team in another league said no i think the Black Knight had to do with some kind of Arm forces and even with Golden Knight there was some push back at first . i do think the name maybe already picked and they are doing there home work and see if any leagues or other places will give them push back for the name they picked . hence not picking the name or having the logos for a year i am fine with that and i dont mine the Jerseys but going to wait to see them on the Ice to judge them and they are only for one season maybe .