Peter Baugh
@Peter_Baugh
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New York hockey writer for @TheAthletic. Lover of bad puns and good dessert. Mizzou alum originally from St. Louis. He/him. Contact: [email protected]
New York, USA
Joined November 2012
When talking about Matthew Gaudreau, those who knew him often slip into the present tense. His death is still so recent that, for some, it doesn’t feel real that he’s gone. Perhaps it never will. Why he meant so much to so many:
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Don White, the #Avs assistant equipment manager, is a huge Cincinnati Bengals fan. The Colorado players bought him tickets to the Super Bowl on Sunday so he can see the Bengals live, and they also paid for his airfare and hotel.
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Nathan MacKinnon on Nazem Kadri not making the All-Star Game: "It's silly. I don't think every team should send a guy. It's an All-Star Game, not a Participation Game.".
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NHL players by nationality, per the league:. 🇨🇦: 297.🇺🇸: 200.🇸🇪: 66.🇷🇺: 47.🇫🇮: 38.🇨🇿: 22.🇨🇭: 9.🇸🇰: 8.🇩🇪: 7.🇱🇻: 5.🇩🇰: 4.🇧🇾: 2.🇳🇴: 2.🇦🇺: 1.🇦🇹: 1.🇫🇷: 1.🇳🇱: 1.🇸🇮: 1.
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Valeri Nichushkin played through a foot injury last night and couldn’t get his skate on without medical assistance, according to a league source. Once he had the skate on, it was a question of playing through the pain, which he was able to do for nearly 23 minutes of ice time.
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Blake Wheeler celebrating among the glass with the Rangers after Panarin’s OT winner
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Cale Makar, a Calgary native, messaged Nazem Kadri right after he signed, congratulated him and said he’d help with whatever Kadri needed in getting adjusted to the city.
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Team USA swimmer @katieledecky posted a video on Instagram of herself swimming a full length with chocolate milk balanced on her head. I'm not convinced it's more impressive than winning five Olympic golds, but I'm also not not convinced.
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Mikko Rantanen says the parade has warped his ability to speak any English, so he plans to only speak to fellow Finn Artturi Lehkonen the rest of the night.
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Here’s @andreburakovsky crushing Pierre-Edouard Bellemare’s dreams and telling him that February’s Lake Tahoe game will not be played on the lake. #Avs
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Nazem Kadri: "I guess I needed some fuel. I was pretty upset from the last couple days.". He was not happy with Craig Berube's comments: ."Starting with their head coach, he made some comments I wasn't a fan of. I guess he's never heard of bulletin board material.".
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Blake Wheeler, No. 1 Rangers hype man
Blake Wheeler celebrating among the glass with the Rangers after Panarin’s OT winner
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Sarah Fuller becomes the first woman to appear in a Power 5 football game, kicking off to start the second half Vanderbilt's game at Missouri. The Mizzou crowd applauded as she kicked. (Photo via SEC Media portal.)
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Nathan MacKinnon on the storyline of going against Connor McDavid: "Hopefully that gets more viewers and lowers escrow. Other than that I don't care.". 💀.
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Gabriel Landeskog introduces the next speaker: “I’ll let you listen to the old fuck on the team: Erik Johnson.”.
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Nathan MacKinnon on the Artturi Lehkonen addition: "I'd trade 10 first-rounders for him right now.".
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NHL players on opening night rosters by birth nation, per the league:. 🇨🇦 : 290.🇺🇸: 206.🇸🇪: 68.🇷🇺: 40.🇫🇮: 32.🇨🇿: 30.🇨🇭: 10.🇸🇰: 8.🇩🇪: 7.🇩🇰: 4.🇱🇻: 4.🇧🇾: 3.🇦🇹: 2.🇧🇬: 1.🇫🇷: 1.🇳🇱: 1.🇳🇴: 1.🇸🇮: 1.🇬🇧: 1.🇺🇿: 1.
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Jon Cooper brought Rangers broadcaster Sam Rosen up to join him at his morning skate availability. He’s having him stand up there for his whole media session. Rosen is retiring after the year.
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Jack Johnson, lowkey one of the best quotes on the team, on how he spent the COVID-19 pause: "I avoid people in my normal life, so it was nothing out of the ordinary for me." #Avs.
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Andre Burakovksy said he woke up at 6 because he was so excited. Gabriel Landeskog chimes in: “Just wait until you have kids. You’ll be up at 6 every day.”.
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Josh Manson said his dad, Oilers assistant Dave Manson, sent him a message pregame: "Go win this game so I can come see my granddaughter.".
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Update: . Matt Rempe career ice time: 9:56 . Matt Rempe career penalty minutes: 27.
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NHL players by birth country, per the league:. 🇨🇦: 310.🇺🇸: 190.🇸🇪: 71.🇫🇮: 40.🇷🇺: 37.🇨🇿: 26.🇨🇭: 10.🇸🇰: 8.🇩🇪: 6.🇩🇰: 5.🇱🇻: 4.🇫🇷: 3.🇦🇹: 2.🇧🇾 🇧🇬 🇪🇪 🇰🇿 🇳🇱 🇳🇴 🇸🇮 🇬🇧 🇺🇿: 1.
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An elated Bowen Byram: “We went out there and we probably played one of the most perfect clinching third periods in the history of hockey.”
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Wayne Gretzky on the TNT broadcast: "No. 8 was the best player on the ice every night." . Not bad praise for Cale Makar.
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Ashley Kadri is wearing a shirt that says “Too Many Men” with a picture of the post-Game 4 OT celebration hahaha.
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Nathan MacKinnon, who tested positive for COVID last week, hadn’t skated in eight days before this morn, but he said he feels good and is pumped to be back. He tested negative twice, was asymptomatic and was cleared to return. “I didn’t feel anything, so the vaccine must work.”.
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It’s extremely bizarre having major trades and transactions while the Stanley Cup Final is going on.
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Mikko Rantanen reportedly got his $2,000 embellishing fine rescinded after writing an eight-point report about why he disagreed with the fine. He showed it to his Avs teammates, and they told him he could go to law school.
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Igor Shesterkin on Matt Rempe; “If something happens, Remps can jump in and kill somebody.”.
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Gabriel Landeskog: "Once you start winning -- I don't do a lot of drugs -- but I can imagine it's like a drug.".
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Tyson Jost offered Nico Sturm his town home to stay in after the trade. Sturm, who will initially stay at a hotel, said he really appreciated the offer.
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Matt Rempe career ice time: 9:47. Matt Rempe career penalty minutes: 12.
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I've talked to two people who confirmed it was indeed Jordan Binnington who threw the water bottle at Nazem Kadri.
Nazem Kadri said he believes Jordan Binnington was the player who threw the water bottle had him in the TNT postgame interview.
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From the #Avs: “The Avalanche organization is aware of threats made toward Nazem Kadri and is working with local law enforcement to investigate.”.
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Jacob Trouba said "it was a threat" that if he didn't waive his no-trade clause he would get put on waivers. "It's a right of passage to get fired at MSG.".
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Nazem Kadri on what happened in the Jordan Binnington exchange: "I have no idea. I don't know why I got a 10 minute penalty there.". He said he stayed out of the scrum. "We exchanged some words, I got a stick swung at my face. I'm getting misconducts for just talking now.".
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Denver sports since 2015:. -Avalanche Stanley Cup. -Broncos Super Bowl. -Nuggets to the Finals. -Rockies. -Mammoth championship . Quite a run.
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Damn, the Avs had a 5-on-3 power play for eight hours and couldn't score. Not ideal.
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Joe Sakic's trade deadline additions: . -Artturi Lehkonen scores an OT winner.-Josh Manson scores an OT winner.-Nico Sturm assists a Cale Makar OT winner.-Andrew Cogliano has two GWG.
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Cale Makar said he's two weeks into his playoff beard. "Don't expect too much from me.". Said he might have to get some Just For Men.
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Philipp Grubauer on Jordan Binnington coming down the ice at the end of Game 1: "If he feels the need to come down and do that stuff and fake punch guys, so be it. I worry about my game. I worry about stopping the pucks.".
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Jared Bednar on Nazem Kadri: "I'm proud of him. I'm really proud of him.".
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The Kadri family posted a statement on their cat’s Instagram page thanking the city of Denver.
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Nazem Kadri on scoring after the David Perron tackle: "Lose your cool, and we'll make you pay.".
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I can confirm that Valeri Nichushkin is returning to Colorado on an eight-year deal.
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Bowen Byram with the quote of the day: “The last four days, I don’t remember much.” . He made sure to thank everyone for the support and seems to be having the time of his life.
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Erik Johnson, unprompted: "I just want to say how proud we are of Naz." He said he believes Kadri embraced being a villain. Johnson in response to the treats Kadri faced. "No human being should have to receive that type of treatment.".
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Also, how about Darcy Kuemper? He had ups and downs all playoffs but allowed only one goal tonight. Big reason why the #Avs won.
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Matt Rempe said he will live with Jonathan Quick and his family all year if he’s up with the NHL club. “I’m their oldest child,” he joked. He said he catches frogs with the kids, and the 4-year-old likes to try to fight him. “He gave me a headbutt!”
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Athletes convincing themselves no one believed in them is my favorite bit.
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In today’s edition of “Celebratory Instagram Posts from Players,” here’s Darcy Kuemper:
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Gabriel Landeskog on the officiating: “I’m not going to get into that. That’s something they can continue to do, but we’re not doing that.” #Avs.
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Jared Bednar is struggling to get through his speech. Lots of emotion as he thanks Joe Sakic.
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#Avs captain Gabriel Landeskog on Ryan Reaves: . "Reaves, he's on a mission to go out there and hurt someone in the third. That's what he does.".
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Cale Makar had more points in Round 1 than the Predators had goals.
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Darren Helm went crowdsurfing last night, according to J.T. Compher’s Instagram.
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Pavel Francouz, Nazem Kadri and Andre Burakovsky are all Truly drinkers, for those wondering. Love a seltzer.
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Nazem Kadri had multiple breaks in his thumb. He said it was a six-week recovery turned into two. Andrew Cogliano had a broken middle finger.
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Pavel Francouz on the emotions hearing his name chanted by #Avs fans: "Some things are hard to describe.".
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Plenty more coverage to come in the next few days, but I wanted to say thank you to everyone for reading my work this season. Means the world to me!
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I asked Igor Shesterkin how happy he was for Barclay Goodrow after the ups and downs he had in the regular season. “Maybe for you he’s up and down, but for me he’s always on the top.”.
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Hart: Auston Matthews, 24 years old.Norris: Cale Makar, 23 .Calder: Moritz Seider, 21.Igor Shesterkin: 26. The youths are thriving.
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Gabriel Landeskog: "I'd probably be lying if I told you I thought we'd be here one day in the 16-17 season.".
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Josh Manson is hilarious. He was talking about how in Anaheim fans got free Chick-fil-A if the Ducks scored five goals. “These fans in Colorado this year? They would’ve gotten a loooooot of chicken.”
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Gabriel Landeskog started his postgame with an opening statement. "In 11 years I've never sat and talked about referees in a press conference. ". The rest of his comments:
Gabriel Landeskog starts with a statement about officiating. He's not happy. "That's a playoff game tonight. It's very unfortunate it comes down tonight.". Said the refs did a great job the first 50 minutes.
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Peter Laviolette beats Shesterkin and the players go crazy
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Really cool answer by EJ Emery when asked about a player he’d want to be teammates with: Willie O’Ree, the first Black NHL player. “As a Black man, growing up there’s not too many in hockey. He was one of the figures I really looked up to.”. He said he has O’Ree’s autograph.
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He might not have been great tonight, but Pavel Francouz won a Western Conference final for the #Avs.
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Andrew Cogliano on Canucks coach Bruce Boudreau, who coached him in Anaheim:
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The #Avs have Nathan MacKinnon, Gabriel Landeskog, Mikko Rantanen, Cale Makar, Valeri Nichushkin, Artturi Lehkonen, Josh Manson, Samuel Girard, Logan O'Connor and Alexandar Georgiev all under contract for at least the next three years. Not a bad group to build around.
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Nathan MacKinnon on Cale Makar: "He might be the best player in the league right now.".
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