Do you agree with these fans about who's to blame for the Avs' loss last night?
, at pretty much every position but one: goalie, where Avs starter Darcy Kuemper and backup Pavel Francouz collectively add up to less than superstar net-minder Andrei Vailevskiy. And ever since the potential repercussions of this unfortunate fact were made abundantly clear during Colorado's 6-2 loss to Tampa Bay on June 20, Avalanche fans on Twitter have been debating who deserves the most blame for what happened.
Plenty of boosters leapt to defend Kuemper even after he gave up five goals and was pulled by head coach Jared Bednar in the second period. Their main argument: While Kuemper had hardly been impenetrable, the defense in front of him was equally culpable, giving up thirty shots on goal, nearly twice as many as the sixteen surrendered in the.
Kuemper is an average goaltender at best. He's good at stopping typical scoring chances and will occasionally make an impressive save, but he's also prone to giving up soft goals on occasion. And when his teammates need him to bail them out after making a mistake , he fails to do so all too often.
That was certainly the case in game three. The Avs jumped out to a 1-0 lead thanks to the way Gabriel Landeskog responded to a goal being waved off minutes earlier because of an offside call. But the Lightning charged back with three goals of their own — from Anthony Cirelli, Ondrej Palat and Nicholas Paul.
The Avs retain a 2-1 advantage, and they're more than capable of winning game four in Tampa Bay on Wednesday, June 22. In the meantime, fans are still hashing over the Kuemper-versus-Francouz choice — and whether it makes any difference at all.The ice is noticeably slow, plays to home advantage for sure, Kuemper let in a couple real soft goals, and the refs were hard on the Avs after letting the lightning T off on them last game just trying to get under the skin.
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