Coach Q has his critics, all right : All Things Avs

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Forsberg Needs To Play His Game
Published 3/19/2008 by Paul at KK Hockey
... over a non-call. Then the home crowd gets into it, mocking Foppa for whining and the home team gets into it because they know they’re getting Foppa off his game mentally, so they keep hitting him. So, by then, Foppa is rattled, the home crowd makes it a sport to mock him and goes nuts when the next home team player lays the next hit on him. Forsberg would be much better off just letting it go, playing a skill game and avoiding all the rough stuff. more on the Avs…

News You Can Use Late in the Day
Published 3/19/2008 by kanadienkyle at IllegalCurve.com
... house in Atlanta after another disappointing year. 9. Jeremy Roenick hopes this is the year he gets his name on the Stanley Cup. 10. The weekly Hot List from the NHL. 11. Introduce yourself to Lucio Topatigh. 12. Highly touted rookie Kyle Okposo made his NHL debut last night. 13. The new re-alignment in the QMJHL will help to rekindle some rivalries. 14. All Things Avs says that Forsberg needs to focus and play his own game. 15. ...

Our line starts, coach?
Published 3/19/2008 by David Driscoll-Carignan at In The Cheap Seats
I was thinking about stuff today and decided that we could really use an article about Joel Quenneville’s line choices. Because, certainly, we haven’t really covered the topic lately. Or something. By my count, Joel Quenneville has used 95 different lines this year. Only one line has been together for more than 20 games - the line of Paul Stastny, Ryan Smyth and Milan Hejduk. Only 7 lines have even reached the 10 game mark, and two of those lines are checking lines. Sure, we’ve had injuries. Lots of ...

Coach Q's Latest Poll Numbers Not So Good
Published 3/19/2008 by Joe <milehighhockey@yahoo.com> at Mile High Hockey
... Adrian Dater is finally coming around: The chatter is definitely increasing. We here at the National Avalanche Security Agency are picking up lots more, especially when it comes to Joel Quenneville’s coaching decisions the other night in Minnesota. I’m not as big a Q basher as many fans, but I will say this: He had the wrong lineup against the Wild. He probably had one Cody too many, and his benching of Wojtek Wolski was, at this point in the season at least, counterproductive. He then goes on at length, naming each ...