The Hockey Guy on Blackwood to Colorado

[@shape_shifta]

excellent interview. thg is evolving into a living legend.

[@TedRameySports]

Thanks for checking it out. THG is the man.

[@MasterBruce1984]

Always appreciate more Shannon content.

[@TheCheapNomad]

hockey guy and professor hockey are the best right now.

[@Yrzi]

Nice to see the Blackwood & Wedgewood tandem is back.

[@Hockeynut73]

Shannon is way above the 2.5 minutes espn gives hockey !!!!

[@Mayor_Of_Eureka17]

Shannon is my primary source. Has been for years now.

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[@TedRameySports]

Right on!

[@MarkBonneaux]

Love the Sharks this year and any channel smart enough to get Shannon on has my sub. Can't wait to watch more videos dude!

[@Chef42]

Always good to see THG getting out there.

[@JeffKing310]

It’s like seeing your cousin at a picnic with his in laws family. I like it but it feels odd. Well done THG.

[@ShadowChief117]

How am i gonna know the video started without the Welcome back :(

[@blakehelgoth5247]

Problem was that he (Georgiev)) was blaming teammates for his problems, even striking teammates on occasion. Don't need that on a team.

[@acejm2233]

Nailed it.

[@epicshootsphotography5253]

Where did you hear that? I’m an Avs fan and didn’t hear that. Georgiev sucks and glad to see him gone but I never heard that

[@bryanpeterson5646]

​@@epicshootsphotography5253 I do recall him giving Malinski a pretty nasty slash after a goal against last season, and he's been known to have a pretty fiery temperament, but I'm not sure if there was any real animosity in the locker room. Doubt we'll ever hear for sure. The Avs are pretty tight lipped about most things internally.

[@scott08fulkerson6]

That is why why love THG

[@-HiddenInPlainSight-]

The reversal at end 😅

[@SignificanceOfThePassageOfTime]

Blackwood was a salary dump for the Sharks. His contract is up at the end of the season. May as well flip him now for picks. The Sharks are playing the long game. They are building on the future.

[@leinbajr]

Georgiev makes more than Blackwood, but Blackwood isn’t the future, it’s Askarov. Good asset management by Grier I think.

[@lj291261]

Georgiev’s problem is consistency

[@AnnO-k6v]

and then getting in his own head, that was very obvious.

[@whatnots]

THG says the criticism of some of Mike Grier's trades are "fair;" what trades are those? I am satisfied with his consequential moves to date

[@snakuvudu]

Nowadays I get my updates for Hockey from THG.

[@TheCheapNomad]

Celebrini faceoff percentage for an 18 year old is upper echelon. He has that Alpha Dog in him.

[@severed111]

I would have tried to get Gibson in Anaheim instead, the guy's a forgotten AAA goalie who was injured a whole lot these last 2-3 seasons, but he's back and finally 100% and even then Anaheim aren't using him as #1 goalie, I understand Dostal is on a good run (for the Ducks anyway), I guess his contract got in the way. Now Colorado have two backup goalies instead of a struggling one who has talent to be #1 as we have seen before (Georgiev) and I don't know that Blackwood or Wedgewood are better than Annunen, the sample size stats-wise is small for Annunen but I never saw any of these guys as even 1B goaltenders, solid backups only. I guess we'll see...

[@Ellixxiz]

Gibson eats up something like 2M more cap space than Georgiev or Blackwood though. I agree that Gibson has shown to be a fantastic #1 over the years but that comes at a cost. Avs management are taking the risk that 2 "backups" will perform good enough to get them through the playoffs. Also it's possible that the Ducks didn't want anything the Avs were selling too. Blackwood has also had really solid numbers for being behind a team with little defensive help. He's been able to steal games for the Sharks against some really solid teams. Whatever happens, the Avs are certainly playing better in front of Wedgewood than they had been all year in front of either Annunen or Georgiev.

[@Mayor_Of_Eureka17]

THG is him.

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[@Avalanche8181]

Kovalenko was getting outplayed by a younger prospect

[@clydeblair9622]

Recognition....

[@johndidier7849]

Appreciate The Hockey Guy mentioning Gregoriev having blame dumped at His feet .... despite King George having the most wins in the NHL.

[@coryharder191]

Did you watch his games? Guy was giving up cupcake goals that you expect to be saved. Not just once, but on multiple occasions.

[@jesuschrist9677]

Georgiev was just too bipolar for a team that wants to win a cup or two, consistency is key, especially right now, the avs don't really have time to wait for georgiev to come off of his mood.

[@JordanHarris]

Some nights he was REALLY GOOD. Others he would let in 3 cupcake goals and lose us the game :shrug:

[@jeuce9304]

Him having most wins in the NHL had everything to do with the team and nothing to do with Fourgiev

[@binkjjd5833]

How many of those wins did the avs have to make crazy comebacks and score 5 to 6 goals to offset him?

[@illsenGaming]

georgiev is a bottom 6 goaltender in the NHL the past 2 years... thats a lot of cope in his opening mark.

[@BayBye2011]

Gees Shannon you are not that old heck I am 70

[@cygnusx-1862]

Colorado blaming georgiev and annunen for all their problems but these trades do not fix Colorado's main problem, small non physical defensemen that can't clear their own crease. Geogiev & annunen couldn't stop what they couldn't see how will Wedgewood & blackwood solve this????

[@jamiepayne8999]

By not letting in 4 goals on 8 shots and always. Wedgewood has already made a huge difference

[@ph1shstyx]

Just on the eye test, wedgewood is already looking much better than georgiev. The issue with colorado this season wasn't the crease clearing, it was getting beat on the breaks. Georgiev was giving up cupcake goals this season (4 on 8 shots vs buffalo before being pulled)

[@johndidier7849]

@@cygnusx-1862 easy goals were had this year alot of times when DMen allowed campers planted down low....nobody around and that has happened a lot to Gregoriev

[@johndidier7849]

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[@06XTOR]

Georgiev is a dumpster fire.