Barn Burner: Boomer & Pinder with Rhett Warrener - Are The Colorado Avalanche Running OUT OF TIME?? | BB Clips

Episode Date: October 8, 2026

Boomer, Pinder and Rhett dive into the Colorado Avalanche following their 3-2 loss to the Winnipeg Jets and ask whether this team can finally get back to the Stanley Cup Final. Colorado was an absolute wagon last season, finishing with a franchise-record 121 points and winning the Presidents' Trophy, only to get swept by the Vegas Golden Knights in the Western Conference Final. With Nathan MacKinnon and Cale Makar still leading the way, the talent certainly isn't the issue, but the guys question whether an aging supporting cast featuring veterans like Brock Nelson, Nazem Kadri and Brent Burns can hold up through another long playoff run. Throw in an absolutely loaded Central Division and the road back to the Final isn't getting any easier. The guys break down Colorado's roster, what went wrong last spring and whether this group still has what it takes to win another Stanley Cup. Are the Avalanche still the team to beat in the West, or is their championship window starting to close?Video Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sAQY7F65oM0 #nhl #nhlshorts #nhlplayoffs #nhlpredictions #nhlhockey #nhlpicks #stanleycup #stanleycupfinal #coloradoavalanche Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

So that's the Jets who did beat Colorado last night. That would be pissed right off. Yeah. So what about these avalanche? Remember last year for the better part of the season? It was like, what are we doing this for? Oh, dude, they were lap in the field in January. They came in the start of the year, weren't they?

They got Blackwood and Westwood and all the woods. Wildwood and Wildwood. Yeah, they had all of them. I guess they got to figure it out. Wormwood. Getting hammered. Oh, that's good stuff. That's crazy stuff.

And then some losses at the end of the season kind of start to, you know what? It's over the course of a season, you're going to get bored of winning and it just just happens. They'll be ready for the playoffs. And then playoffs are hard. You play against good teams. You play against really good teams every night and two. Yeah, in the playoffs. A division especially, right?

You might end up with the Minnesota or Colorado or a Dallas in round one, even if you had a good year. And for a long time, we sat there. can we just get Carolina and Colorado to start this cup final already? Colorado really shit their pants. Can we just get this? Can we fast forward a round or two? Just just get to this inevitability. Colorado and Edmonton,

I see a lot of similarities in the sense that like, Eminton flames out against Anaheim, but like they're big guys are hurt. Colorado goes out and it's like, yeah, McCarr. Like all this 80 game, 84 game dress rehearsal. And it's like one guy gets hurt in the spring. Yeah. And yeah, a lot of those guys play big,

hockey last year because they had to go to Italy for two weeks. I've been trying to take cheap shots at the Aves saying they're too old. They have a line that is very old but outside of that one line don't want them. The best players are still young. That's the good news.

Like no one's saying Nate Dog's past his prime, Natchez's past his prime, McCarr's past as prime those are the best players. Same with Emmington. They're old around the edges but the guys the matter aren't old. Bush has not old. Just saying similarities, that's all. Similarities.

Christ, you know what, I'm tired of you and your oil or love on this freaking show. Well, listen, there's a track record. I don't know. We've got a good hockey team. They're positioned to win. How are the flames doing the goals for and against category? Well, I was looking that up today.

So, you know, not a huge sample. Probably too early to look, but what the heck, we'll take a peek. The abs are scoring 5.3 a game. The flames averaging one goal. a game. In fact, they don't have a game with two goals yet. Consistent. But on the other side, they are allowing 5.3 a game.

So they are dead last in goals four, dead last in goals against, dead last in five on five scoring. Got some work to do. Dead last in all the score. Yeah, they are dead last. I only played three games. Tiny sample. It's a small sample size. Can't be a wrap in the small samples. So we shouldn't talk about

anything. Do you think Bush is going to win their shard? Obviously, small sense. It's been unbelievable. I think like a lot of teams feel like when they got Colorado coming in. I'm like, this is the tonic we need to turn things around. That's right. This is just the team we need to get off this Schneid. You know what you said yesterday?

Jets are going to soften them up for the flames. Oh, yeah. Yep. Chest out checkers. I'm not sure that's what. Is that the, the Rizzler you're doing there? I don't know what it is.

Yeah, Brock Nelson's 34. The old, uh, shoot. Can we move? 34, you said? Yeah, because he's going to. How old's Cadre? He'll be playing. He's 36 or 7.

Can we do what? Codry's 36. I thought there was another Brock we could have could shift that over to. I'd hate to lose the drop. Less than a rock lobster. You've got a couple of years

to figure that out. I'll figure it out. I mean, Burns is ancient, but he doesn't play much of them. He's a six, right? Burns's got to be 40. And Landisog's got to be mid-30s-ish.

Laddiscog, 33. Yeah, there you go. So those are the four oldies. Codry, Leckon and 31. Jaden Schwartz, 32. I guess Schwartz is up there. Devon Taves 32. Brett Kulak, 32.

When did Josh Manson turn 35? Holy jump. Oh, boy. I wouldn't it guess. I wouldn't be there. Well, third pair now. Yep, I wouldn't have. So montage for sure tonight for an awesome cadre. Absolutely. He was a good flame.

He'll shed it to you. Is this his first back? He didn't come in after the deadline last year. I literally have no clue. Really putting us on a spot here. But if it is, obviously. it's a montage. He was a great flame. It didn't work, but it wasn't his fault. It was a poor ass shitty decision, but yeah, it wasn't he did well. It was definitely chasing it with a team that wasn't going to win, but you did end up turning him into a pile

assets for just salary. You know what? I felt like they, well, it might have been Evie Stevie. Because they walk away. They had to move Monaghan. Yeah. And a first to dump Monaghan to get the money to be able to bring Cadry in, but then we moved to Cadry. Go to first. Yeah. Plus, less. All good.

It's all good, yeah. It's all good. Nothing to see here, guys. Nothing to see, nothing to worry about. No, I'll worry about. You're okay. You're okay. I fall down.

Let me quick. While I'm sitting. I will lose it. How do you fall down? They played Colorado in Tuesday, April 14th at the dome. Okay. And I don't know if Cadry was hurt or not. because he was a bit when he got there.

So they may have done the montage. I think he did. I think he may have played last year. I could check the box score. Yeah, I think he did. Because you're not doing a double montage. No. No.

I like to rock. You know what it's it. Some rings a bell there. That's also my shovel day off. Oh. I don't know if we need to sell a book. I don't know. I don't care about the montage.

No, I know. I like to see the goalie stop. but I'm guessing it'll be coolly anyway. It's better be coolly. I'm taking a run at this goalie until he pulls his head out of his hoop. Yeah, the next start for Wolf. There's way more pressure than there should be

for the third start of the game because you've been dog shit. Yeah. It's only two games, but they've been awful. Yeah. Six is a tough goals against average. Hoey. Sorry. And then everyone else is going to lose their job because you're terrible.

Cadre did not play that game, so it will be a montage. Yes. That's what I was thinking. Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. Jack. Nassum-Codry. Comes in, free agent signs, 82 games, 24 goals, 56 points. This first year you're saying, correct.

Comes back, 82 games, 29 goals, 75 points. 29's tidy. Year 3, 82 games, 35 goals, 67 points. Career high, 34 to 29 to 35. Career high. He's getting older, each one of those years. Getting better. He's getting old.

getting better. He's on the geo plan. He's getting better as he gets into his 30s. Unheard of. Then last year, up until the trade deadline, 61 games, 12 goals and 41 points, but still 41 and 61. It's okay. 60 point guyish. He was leading the team and scoring.

Oh, yeah. Still had the piss and vinegar. He's a give a crap meter. You know, well, except for that one game near the end of Lerles of Georgia. Yeah, I guess Chicago. Goodness. Delays, he could put that so much, but other than that, he was the straw stirring the drink for the flames

a lot of nights he was the top center the whole time he's here wasn't he yeah because it's like Lindholm we thought was a one scene as soon as Kachuk and Godroll after like no so basically he screwed us he screwed us who did you're saying trade him from day one

and now Audrey screwed us yeah well it was good so then we're good so we have to think we're good because remember when we could be four years into this when he signed it was, I don't know how far into free agency. It wasn't a July 1, but it was down the road. Waited, waited.

And then 24 goals, 29 goals. He would have had to have been one of those guys where a GM was maybe on the fence about bringing him in and then saw what he did here, but like, shit, we probably should have. Yep. Well, you're worried about the- 7 million or whatever.

We probably should have got that guy. It's the age and the term, but he has aged very nicely. And the cap has done very well. Oh, yeah, that contract's a non-issue now, yeah. You're going to top six forward, and our center for seven. And it's 5.6 for the abs because there's some retention.

Eating being done there by the last. Oh, I'd love to eat. I'm starving. Really right now? This morning. You eating today? Oh, yeah. Yeah.

Sorry, what we were talking about. Contra's talking with Nazim Kadry. Yeah, he's good, good hockey player. And see. Terrible, terrible outfits, so he picked those things and that's B. Oh, for the outdoor game? Yeah. They were ashamed of you.

Dexy Midnight runners. It was bad. What were you think? Just got mopped up and losers. God. Outdoors. That's the worst thing he did is a flame. Yeah, it is.

Everything else is great. Yeah. Yeah. Anyone else you want to talk about? Should we take a run at McCar for not coming back? I feel like you did the right thing. What do you mean? I can't believe you're so.

Sorry, Mr. Everd. Would I give him $20 million? No problem. I think he got us $20. $20. Yeah, he got his $20. God I don't have to move.

I just stay there. And you can keep playing with Nate Dog and Natchez on a cup contender. I don't have to get United Van Lines and yeah, that's fine.

Plus the Zumi's are legal there, right? You can just rip it up. Colorado, let's go. He's making $9 million. And he got a healthy raise.

And that's going to be call when the new raise kicks. I love that by Christmas. I don't know how I was getting by on nine. Thank. Jeez.

Good. I got... Oh, man. Finally, making the money I should be making. What can't you buy when you're making 20... Like, what's... Like a country? Like, you know...

Super yacht. Yeah. You don't get to go to Holland and build your own yacht. Okay. Yeah. Well, it's good to have goals, Kale. Yeah, he's still getting a couple contracts to go. Yeah.

I'm not quitting out of them. You can get a ski chalet. It's like this friggin' salary cap. Everyone's loving it. I can only get like 20% of it. Bullship. You can get a place in Aspen. Yeah, a real nice one.

You're going to get yourself an Airbnb, rent it out. $20.4 million. It's not for a jet, but you kind of get flown everywhere you want to go anyway. You can get your membership. Membership. Yeah, those memberships of those private jets. That's the other thing, too. You think about all the stuff that's paid for you when you're an athlete.

Food and your hotel rooms on the road. You're not paying for any of that. So you're getting per diem every day. What is what he does with this? Purdium. I took my brother to New York. Really? He saved your per diem for the whole year.

He probably appreciated it. I thought you just did cash in and eating steak every day. Free loading son of them. But you're eating steak anyway, right? Like it's like, wow, the team meal steak. I think they got good beef in Colorado too. They got cows. Probably, yeah.

A lot of Calgary vibes out. He's doing all right. I don't know what you did. We should call him. That's good kale in the show, can we? It'd be nice to have. Jack, call Cal McCart. Get the whole family.

Yeah. Yeah. The Macars. That's listening. He's probably is saying anything. He probably is. My kid. I'm down to Mardaloup.

So he went, did he go four? Yeah. That's wild. From the Brooks Bandits. Went to UMass. Yeah, but he got drafted from Brooks. I'm not a good disagree with it.

See, and some of these lazy ass scouts, him talking to you, Mr. Scout. Get your ass out there and watch the kids. That could be anywhere. Brooks. I'm not going to Brooks. You kidding me? Stakes in Brooks.

Get to Brooks. Brooks. So if you redraft the 2017 draft, oh boy, was that the Heeshire one year? Nico Heeshire goes one. Nolan Patrick to Philly. Oh, I didn't like pizza red flag.

No, and Patrick. Highly touted, highly touted, maybe number one overall for a couple years. That was the hype for a few years. You know what it is? It was that James Patrick,

his uncle, The hype train. He had the hype train going for this guy. Jeep PR. He's coached Victoria doing a hell of the job. Jeep. Keep it up. Oh, boy, Jeep. Miro Hayskin and three, then McCar at four. I mean, Miro's a very good player, but there's not a world where you take him out of McCar. Can I just say there's a lot of dusters in that top ten? Let's wrap the top ten, Dean. Elias, Patterson goes to Vancouver at five.

Highly touted again. I don't think you're... Jury's out on that one. He's at a good start, but God, he's been bad for two years and great before that. The Vegas Golden Knights took Cody Glass from Portland in the Western League. Rangers drafted Leas Anderson at 7. That's a swing and miss. Casey Middle Stat to the Sabres at 8. Nope.

Michael Rasmussen at 9 to Detroit. Owen Tippett, Florida at the 10 spot. Tipper. Let's do them all because we don't want to talk. Gabe Volardi goes at 11 to the L.A. Kings. Marty Natchez. Oh. Would end up being a teammate of K.L. McCarr.

crystal ball that shit that's a hell of a pick because that's the Hanzik era or area of the draft well stay tuned Nick Suzuki wow drafted by Vegas but never played for them

because he gets shipped out patch ready patch ready deal shitty shitty trade Calfoot Eric Brandstrom Brandstram and then the flames at 16

Uso Valimaki feel for the kid it's not his fault no it's Conroy mangled his knee I was with the team they wouldn't even let me talk to the guy.

I could have motivated him. That's him healthy. I think they knew what they were doing. Later in the first round, Robert Thomas was taken 20th. Smooth. Jake Ottinger, 26. Oh, look at Morgan Frost at 27.

So the flames also to... So between 20 and 30, we have how many players there? Like two? Well, interestingly, they've all seemed to have played... Well, their first rounds, they're going to get a little bit of benefit of the doubt. For sure they are, yeah. Right? Like, uh, again,

Mr. Scouts, like, can we play this guy? I'm going to get my ass kicked out. Looking at it here, again, with the benefit of hindsight, probably could have traded some of those firsts. You ended up using them getting out of those. Yeah, go back. Well, our first is available. We could probably get by without.

And real quick, like, that's why I think I don't mind at all the nature's deal. Like, what he is, we don't know. But if those are going to be picks 25 to 32, like, you're most often ended up with a hand of dust, right? Yeah. Like you're going to get a guy that went two overall, that you love the tools. Is it all going to come together or not?

We don't know. But here's too late first. And for all you kids out there, don't get stuck worrying about the first round or this round or that round. You go play hockey. That's right. Like Mark Giordano. Yeah.

Undrafted. Playing in the O at 20. Draft picks don't mean shit. But stay tuned because in about 10 minutes, somehow we'll be telling you the draft picks are the most important thing in the ground. You got to get first because McKinnon there. That's where you get the players.

Stay tuned for that.