Comments on: Avalanche Film Room: Gulyayev’s Dazzling Skating A Perfect Fit (+) https://coloradohockeynow.com/2024/08/12/avalanche-film-room-gulyayevs-dazzling-skating-a-perfect-fit/ The home of Aarif Deen and the best coverage of the Colorado Avalanche Mon, 12 Aug 2024 16:49:35 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.2 By: Rick Bennett https://coloradohockeynow.com/2024/08/12/avalanche-film-room-gulyayevs-dazzling-skating-a-perfect-fit/#comment-65063 Mon, 12 Aug 2024 16:49:35 +0000 https://coloradohockeynow.com/?p=13673#comment-65063 Another epic breakdown, Evan. The skating (and stick handling) are amazing to watch. It should be very clear at this point to Avs fans that they see their winning formula is five man units going as up tempo as possible. They’re not going to play like Vegas did in the 2023 playoffs, they want to play like the Avs played in the 2022 playoffs when even Manson and EJ were jumping into the play and they overwhelmed teams with speed. The question of using him as a trade chip is interesting but even if they do there’s still Makar, Toews, Girard, Brannstrom, Behrens, Kylington and Malinski who play like varying versions of him.

I wonder where he would have been drafted if he were from anywhere but Russia and there wasn’t that uncertainty about when he’d come over?

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