Amazingly, Karl says he will try to make it back to the Nuggets’ bench for Friday’s game at New Orleans. Radiation treatments to this point have had minor side-effects, but today’s surgery immediately followed by tomorrows Chemotherapy will likely have a more profound effect.
The good news for Nuggets fans is that Game Four is in Denver and will be nationally televised. With the exception of a certain notorious 2002 Game 6 and the less notorious 2006 Games 3-5, the NBA is pretty sly about their big-game fixes.
It may have surprised Avalanche fans when 18-year-old Ryan O’Reilly started his rookie season in the NHL, but Ryan has an impressive resume to back up Coach Joe Sacco’s decision. In fact, Ryan O’Reilly has been on the fast-track to the NHL for years.
A big win over the Coyotes kept the Avalanche on-pace with Vancouver. Now Colorado will try to stretch their league-best win streak to 5 games against the Kings
What’s red and blue and shares a time slot with the Opening Ceremonies of the 2010 Winter Olympics? The 2010 Colorado Avalanche!
In a perfect world, the Colorado Avalanche would get to play the Edmonton Oilers after every tough loss. Thursday’s 3-5 loss to the Nashville Predators cost the Avs precious points in a tight conference race, and handed the season series (primary playoff tiebreaker) to the Preds.
Without top offensive threat Carmelo Anthony, the Nuggets will almost surely lose. But for Kobe Bryant, the game is still a must-win.
The Predators are going to be hungry and on home ice in this matchup, and the Avalanche will have to work very hard for any in-goal real estate.
Of course Denver is much better with a healthy Carmelo Anthony on the court, but George Karl and the Nuggets’ front office have assembled an impressively deep squad.
For all of the issues that the young Colorado Avalanche have exhibited this year, there has been one constant: goalie Craig Anderson.
