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    Post by jedi17 Sun 01 Jan 2017, 10:09 pm

    life is good for Nick Holden, the former Avalanche defenseman who is enjoying plenty of success with the New York Rangers.

    Traded to the Rangers in June for a 2017 fourth-round draft pick, Holden is having what will be a career year. He has seven goals -- one more than the entire Avalanche defense -- and 13 assists in 39 games, and he leads the team with a plus-16 rating.

    While the Avalanche (12-23-1) are languishing in last place in the NHL, the Rangers (26-12-1) have the third-best record in the league and are three points behind first-place Columbus -- and doesn't that sound strange? -- in the hotly-contested Metropolitan Division.

    Admittedly, I thought picking up as much as a fourth-round selection for Holden was about as good as the Avalanche could have possibly gotten. No disrespect, but what would his numbers look like if he was still in Colorado? And would Tyson Barrie be lugging a minus-21 rating around the ice if he played for the Rangers?

    "I'm still playing the same way that I played here," Holden, 29, said Saturday before the Rangers routed the Avalanche 6-2 at the Pepsi Center, handing them their 10th consecutive home loss (0-9-1). "Luckily our team is scoring a ton of goals, that's kind of the only difference. We've been fortunate to be playing really well and scoring lots of goals, so that translates into some extra points and stuff like that."

    Holden, whose 23:02 of ice time Saturday was second only to Ryan McDonagh's 23:47, had 21 goals and 40 assists in 214 games in three seasons with the Avalanche after signing as a free agent. He had 10 goals and 15 assists in 54 games in 2013-14, played in all 82 games last year and finished with six goals, 16 assists and an even plus/minus rating.

    "I had no idea it was coming," he said of the trade. "At first it was a little bit of shock and 'Oh boy, what happened?' When I was told it was the Rangers, (with) their history and that the team has been good for so many years, it was exciting. Everything's different about New York, the city, the atmosphere, and MSG is such a classic rink."

    Holden takes no pleasure in the Avalanche's struggles.

    "You'd expect them to be doing better than they are," he said. "Most of them are my buddies, so you want to see them doing well and succeeding. It's disappointing to see them not being where they want to be and not having as good a year."

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    Semyon Varlamov (groin injury) still isn't practicing and won't travel with the Avalanche for the two-game trip to Vancouver and Calgary. They ought to call up Spencer Martin from San Antonio and give him a start because Calvin Pickard looks worn down.  

    December couldn't have ended fast enough for the Avalanche, who went 3-12-0 and were outscored 59-27. They were shut out three times and allowed six goals in each of the last three home games.

    The Avalanche gave up two power-play goals Saturday and went 0-for-3 on their power play; they're 0-for-28 in the past six home games and 1-for-37 in the past nine games overall.

    "We're just doing different things every night to shoot ourselves in the foot," Matt Duchene said. "I'm at a loss, I don't know what more to say. We have to play a perfect game to win a hockey game right now. When we do, we win. When we don't, even if were damn near perfect, we still don't win."

    Coach Jared Bednar conceded he senses plenty of discouragement from his players during games.

    "For sure," he said. "You can see it when the other team scores. They get down, you try to pick them up. Half of that it's still part of our own mistakes. We're still making critical mistakes."

    Example: Rangers forward J.T. Miller scored the first of his two goals to break a 2-2 tie at 9:30 of the second period after Barrie's turnover in the New York end. Miller gained possession, skated into the Avalanche end and ripped a shot by Pickard's glove, one he acknowledged he has to stop at that point.

    "It's a 2-2 hockey game and we have a turnover at the offensive blue line and they score and then we take a bunch of penalties and they get another (goal)," Bednar said. "It's on us to make sure that we're not making those types of mistakes and putting ourselves shorthanded all the time when we're in a hockey game."
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