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Colorado Avalanche Blogger •
No the Avs have not made a trade for anyone, nor did they resign Laperriere (at least, not yet.)
No, they announced today that they filled out another part of their coaching staff.
First, Adam Deadmarsh will serve as the team's video and development coach, whatever that means. Not exactly sure what he'll be doing but it'll be nice to have Deader back with the team.
However, the hiring that will prove really helpful, is one of Steve Konowalchuk. One commonality of this coaching staff: All of them are heart players. Sacco, Lefebvre (one of the hardest names to spell) and Konowalchuk played the game hard, and with a lot of heart, none more than Kono. It is one of hockey's greatest ironies that Konowalchuk had to retire due to a heart problem.
Konowalchuk, along with Lefebvre and Sacco means the Avs will have a good penalty kill. All three guys were really good killers in their playing days and knew what it took to have a good kill. Konowalchuk will probably have a huge say in the offense as well, seeing as he could play well in all three zones.
If the coaches are reading this, aside from the penalty kill and power play, you need to work on the transition game just as hard. It's the reason the Avs scored on average two goals per game last year.
Too often they couldn't get past the red line and when they did, they would just dump it in. The new coaching staff has to prove itself before it gets a full approval but, on paper, I love it. We'll just have to see what kind of team they want (not anything like the one we had to start last year, please) and how they want them to play. So far, however, I'm excited with the new coaching staff, just am curious which person affiliated with the club will get the goaltending coach responsibilities.
All I know is I don't want this again next year:
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No, they announced today that they filled out another part of their coaching staff.
First, Adam Deadmarsh will serve as the team's video and development coach, whatever that means. Not exactly sure what he'll be doing but it'll be nice to have Deader back with the team.
However, the hiring that will prove really helpful, is one of Steve Konowalchuk. One commonality of this coaching staff: All of them are heart players. Sacco, Lefebvre (one of the hardest names to spell) and Konowalchuk played the game hard, and with a lot of heart, none more than Kono. It is one of hockey's greatest ironies that Konowalchuk had to retire due to a heart problem.
Konowalchuk, along with Lefebvre and Sacco means the Avs will have a good penalty kill. All three guys were really good killers in their playing days and knew what it took to have a good kill. Konowalchuk will probably have a huge say in the offense as well, seeing as he could play well in all three zones.
If the coaches are reading this, aside from the penalty kill and power play, you need to work on the transition game just as hard. It's the reason the Avs scored on average two goals per game last year.
Too often they couldn't get past the red line and when they did, they would just dump it in. The new coaching staff has to prove itself before it gets a full approval but, on paper, I love it. We'll just have to see what kind of team they want (not anything like the one we had to start last year, please) and how they want them to play. So far, however, I'm excited with the new coaching staff, just am curious which person affiliated with the club will get the goaltending coach responsibilities.
All I know is I don't want this again next year:
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