There has been lots of speculation over Twitter,
forum sites, ect that the Avs may be getting new jerseys pretty soon. The Avs
have since confirmed this is not the case, but that hasn’t stopped people from
debating about current jerseys, past jerseys, and future jerseys. Many people
like the newer EDGE style Avs jerseys, while some have pined to bring back the
old style (95-07). Some fans hate the blueberry thirds while others think they
should become the new home jerseys. Some fans hate the piping along the jersey,
saying that the team should abandon the look as they are the last team in the
league, after Edmonton, Florida, and so on have since ditched their piping.
This post is made with the intent to show all the fans, lovers and haters
alike, what the Avs jerseys would look like without the piping. (Click on the image for a larger view)
Our opinion, and its Unanimous, just like us, is that the jerseys look just awful without the piping. They look plain and don’t blend together as well. The lack of silver/black (home)and blue/silver (away)leave the Avs with a two-toned jersey that is boring and lacks any tying in of the burgundy and blue. Yes, Landy’s C wouldn’t look so bad, but…blah. Our thoughts: If the Avs were to ever get rid of the piping, they would need a complete overhaul on the design…but more on that later. _________________________________________________________________________________ Other Posts:
The NHL Awards are over so now it’s time for the 2nd
annual Colorado Avalanche Academy Awards! The first installment can be found
here. We’re adding a few more awards and honours this year so prepared be even
more mildly entertained than you were last year.
So let’s get started!
Best
Picture: Nominees – Gabe Landeskog, Ryan O’Reilly, Erik
Johnson
Winner:
Erik Johnson. Gabe Landeskog, the dashingly good looking Swede that has every
man questioning their sexuality, was in the running for back to back victories,
but who can deny Johnson of these blond flowing locks and glowing excited
smiles? Wow, we sound like Pierre McGuire describing every NHL draft prospect. That
can’t be good. Moving on.
Best
Visual Effects: Nominees – PA Parenteau, Nathan
MacKinnon, Semyon Varlamov
Winner:
Nathan
MacKinnon. Parenteau almost won for making non-offsides look like offsides, but
we have to give this one to MacKinnon. His ability to create streaking marks on
our TV sets, and the way his legs look like roadrunners when he’s skating down
ice is uncanny! That’s some hardcore CGI right there. The new Transformers
movie could have used some of his expertise.
Best
Disappearing Act: Nominees - PA Parenteau, Corey Sarich,
Semyon Varlamov.
Winner:
PA
Parenteau. The new Habs forward wins this award, his last with the Avs. Sarich
almost won it for his ability to never be seen again after the first half of
the season, and Varly was a close 3rd for being able to make pucks
just vanish from thin air, but alas, Parenteau’s ability to disappear on the
powerplay, on the back check, an in pretty much any offensive situation lands
him the prestigious award. He must be so proud. Good luck Montreal!
Best
Original Score: Nominees-Nathan
MacKinnon, Patrick Bordaleau, Gabe Landeskog
Winner:
Gabe
Landeskog, with this beauty.
MacKinnon’s goal that broke Jared Spurgeon’s ankles
was a nominee, and any Bordaleau goal is a nomination because he hardly ever
scores. But we all remember the tic tac toe goal in game 2 against the Wild and
that is something you don’t see every day. Enjoy the visuals!
Best
Outbreak Performance: Nominees – Nathan MacKinnon,
Patrick Roy, Joey Hishon
Winner:
Patrick
Roy. Bruce Boudreau and the Anaheim Ducks got to see this outbreak performance
first hand. Remember the between the benches incident? It can he found here.
That is a clear cut winner. What a great outbreak performance in his outbreak
game. Joey Hishon’s strong playoff
performance, and MacKinnon’s entire rookie season were strong runners up.
Best
Actor: Nominees – Nate Guenin, Ryan O’Reilly, Matt Hunwick.
Winner:
Ryan
O’Reilly. Guenin and Hunwick were nominated for their ability to act like they
actually belong in the NHL when they, in fact, do not. But the Oscar goes to
Ryan O’Reilly for being able to act, for a whole season, that he cares about
this team more than he cares about his paycheck. Great performance!
Best
Script: Nominees – Semyon Varlamov’s girlfriend for
fabricating that ridiculous assault charge, Patrick Roy’s Jack Adams rookie
season, The Avs turnaround.
Winner:
Semyon
Varlamov’s girlfriend for fabricating that ridiculous assault charge. Because
she was a money hungry liar. You can pick up the Oscar on all the modelling
sets that people aren’t going to call you to because you’re a joke.
Best
Director: Nominees –
Patrick Roy, Joe Sakic, Greg Sherman.
Greg Sherman was nominated because of the solid
offseason moves and excellent roster transactions he has performed during the season.
Oh, he just balanced the chequebooks? He didn’t really do anything except
accepting a paycheck? Wow, who is he, Rick DiPietro? But alas, the winner is
Patrick Roy. Jack Adams. Great coach. Enough said.
Enough with the awards. Here are some honours to
hand out.
Most
Likely to be a Healthy Scratch: Nominees – Stefan Elliott,
Paul Carey, Ryan Wilson.
Winner:
Ryan
Wilson. Because Patrick Roy hates him. Just trade him already!
Most
Likely To Be Traded At The Deadline: Nominees – Nate Guenin,
Cody McLeod, Jamie McGinn.
Winner:
Cody
McLeod. Teams are going to want a guy like McLeod heading into the playoffs.
The other two have a good chance too.
Most
Likely to Score a Ton of Goals Against The Avs: Nominees
– Paul Stastny, Kevin Porter, Radim Vrbata.
Winner:
Radim
Vrbata. He always does. Paul Stastny won’t be scoring any goals against the
Avs, especially if he gets the majority of defensive zone starts, AND because
the Avs are going to be too busy lighting up the Blues awful goaltending and
porous defense. 7 million dollars? Ha!
