Colorado Avalanche Edge Seattle Kraken in Thrilling 3-2 Victory
The Colorado Avalanche showcased their resilience with a narrow 3-2 win over the Seattle Kraken, thanks to standout performances from goalie Justus Annunen and forward Joel Kiviranta. Annunen’s impressive saves bolstered the team’s confidence, sparking a debate on whether he should start over Georgiev in the next game. Kiviranta’s two-goal performance, already matching his total from last season, highlighted his growing confidence on the ice.
The episode dives into the Avalanche’s improved defense with Devon Toews back in action, particularly noting Josh Manson’s standout game. We also discuss the team’s slow start and strong finish, as well as the implications of a new development project around Ball Arena. The ongoing goalie situation, is another hot topic.
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Timestamps:
00:00:00 – Intro
00:00:03 – Introduction and Overview of the Avalanche’s Recent Win
00:06:54 – Discussion on the Avalanche’s Performance Against Seattle
00:12:10 – Analysis of Justus Anunnen’s Performance and Goalie Situation
00:19:36 – Debate on Goalie Strategy Moving Forward
00:25:30 – Kiviranta’s Performance and Team D
00:32:31 – Development Project Around Ball Arena
00:35:41 – Soundcheck and Closing Remarks
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23 Comments
Great win AVS! 🤩🏒
On the contrary Chris, I feel like those first two Annunen appearances made us forget about how good he was last season. The reaction to those two relief games was so very knee-jerk, not only by fans, but by media members.
bought time they played juice 2 in a row he better get the next game aswell
im with kyle but make it Saturday and start at noon all teams are playing full 12 plus hours of hockey
At minimum annunen's performance should at least get georgiev's attention. And in which case he could rise to the occasion or fall off. And annunen becomes the starter.
Colonel Chris Sanders ….you’re WRONG ….at some point you need to take training wheels off and see if Juice can sustain. Wins more important than watching Georgi trying to improve. Shaggy RIGHT!
Georgie will be back with NYR!
omg i paused it to make my comment and chris said what i said lol wtf lmao as i hit play he says Saturday lmao 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 Christopher's think alike i guess
all preseason and since game 2 ive been screaming play juice more
its his net now play him juice only has losses cause of 4geeiv ,winner gets the net *if they play good and juice has played very very good ,im a goalie if i had juices height mixed with my everything else id be in net , juice is the man , he got top goalie in iihf what did 4 geviev get ? yea dump him
chris ur talking outta ur asss my friend !!!!!!!!! how did juice not look good ? oh when he had to come in cold twice for georgie ? after he let up 4 and 5 ,georgie is done enough with the back up from new york experiment,hes a 3rd stringer , we need to win close games at 1-0 2- 1 not 8-7 and 9-6 sure he was fine after game one last year in the playoffs he still wasnt great ,its juices time ,we need a big solid goalie and georgie aint it
ive seen zero improvement in georgie btw zero !!!
I got 2 sound checks for you after this win because we are all very happy right now I got smile again by CHAOSEUM and avalanche by DEAD EYES let’s keep this going against UTAH.
And regarding having a hockey night, you know we have to be lucky with what they're giving us hockey fans😂😂
I have always been an Annunen fan. I have been saying he needs more time between the pipes. How else can he get better and show what he can do.
I am so over Seattle fans. First off that hit was LITERALLY 2 Stanley cups ago!!.. if they really want to boo something, why nky boo the fact that Grub can't stay on his feet 🤨🤨..
I am super excited for the season afyer these last couple of games and the fact that it appears we are starting to turn a corner.
And to quote the movie "Major League"……
You get 3 wins, it's called a winning streak😂😂😂
Avs had a good game overall. We need a goalie to withstand a barrage in the first since our team historically starts off slow almost every game.
I like that they fought harder against the boards and didn't let up after the latter half of the first.
We get hemmed in our own zone way too often still.
The amount of Avs players standing around the puck, unable to do anything with it right before the Kraken scored their first goal was comically depressing.
Juice did great. I wonder if Georgie is on his way out..
Georgie is not a starter. Minus the playoffs his numbers were below .900 all season last year and Avs won games in spite of him. It’s time to move on. Give juice the net.
Start Juice against Utah, give Kak a start after that. Hoping the Kivi Haters are quiet for a bit. Dude is clearly reinventing himself by watching LOC💪
I would love NHL All Day on Saturday, but they're not going to go up against the college football crowd. Maybe if they start it in February to follow the rest of the season and ramp up for the Cup? YES
I feel a little bit for Georgiev in that the defense has been much, much better in front of Annunen. He faced two high danger shots. That has not been the case for Georgie. Nevertheless, Annunen looks great in his positioning and all-around confidence and he is definitely earning more starts.
Kraken fans STILL booing Makar from 2 years ago?! Get over it! That definitely fueled him, he was so good in this game!
So that's what it's like to have a Goalie. I had to mute ESPN, they are just horrible. I will give the Kraken this, there Jerseys are cool and they play good music at that arena.
With winning 3 in a row….getting close to being able to use back from the dead by skillet in the soundcheck
Two games do not make a summer. If he plays like that against the top teams and after 42 games, I will jump on that train. Georgiev had more than 2 good games in a row since he started for the Avs, but that is Georgiev – he can win 10 games without getting a goal and then he lets in 2 and he will get crucified. Why not sending a message to McFlushy: Fire Georgiev now, Annunen is the best goalie on the face of the earth. Give me a break. This show should be renamed ScrewGeorgiev.
The practice facility at S Suburban is homey. Nice to take a break from work, have lunch at the Grill, and see some practice. Once in a while it gets a little rowdy with the kids downstairs, but so what? It's about 1/20th as loud as a Chuck E Cheese place.
The difference between Georgiev and Annunen , is Alex reacts to the puck Justus reads the play ,,, I said it at the start of the season Georgiev won’t be here next year good or bad, so play Justus more and play Kahkonen and Georgiev as back ups ,,, let’s say you have 4 games Justus plays 2 and the other 2 play 1 each for now, till you have enough of a sample size,,, PS Justus had bad games but it was coming in mid game ,,, we keep forgetting that Georgiev did this all of last year , he kept winning cause the team kept coming back , his save % was terrible