Spits & Suds Podcast

We go behind enemy lines on Spits and Suds as Ryan Kaufman who covers the Avalanche for Xtra Sports 1300 in Colorado joins us to give us his perspective after the Stars second straight overtime win and a 2 games to 1 lead in this series. The mindset of the fans after last night's loss, how Ryan feels about this series, the goaltending matchup, thoughts on booing Rantanen and how the Avs feel about Matt Duchene. A Colorado perspective on what Gabriel Landeskog means to that fanbase and what changes could we see from the Avalanche in Game 4. It's always great to hear from the opposing side and Ryan delivers on today's edition of Spits and Suds. 

Dallas wins their second straight in overtime against Colorado. Tyler Seguin scored the game winner to give Dallas a 2-1 series lead against the Colorado Avalanche. Host Gavin Spittle recaps the game. He talks about the return of Gabriel Landeskog and how great that is for the game of hockey for him coming back after a three year absence. He didn’t like the penalty that was called on Rantanen, which led to the Avalanche goal. Gavin gives credit to the Stars for their massive penalty kill. Colorado went 0-6 on the power play in this game. While it’s great they went 0-for, the Stars can’t commit that many penalties against this juggernaut offense. Mikko Rantanen made a massive play that led to the game winning goal. Gavin defends Rantanen as people have been giving him a hard time on twitter. He reads lots of tweets from listeners to wrap. 

Host Gavin Spittle joined Shan and Bobby on 105.3 The Fan to break down the exciting game 2 victory.

The Dallas Stars even the series with the Colorado Avalanche after Colin Blackwell wins it in overtime. Host Gavin Spittle is cracking open the Frosty’s and recaps the thriller of a hockey game. Pete DeBoer said in his post game press conference how they needed to be more physical and not be pass happy and the Stars did that in this game. Gavin talks about the Stars putting pressure on Colorado with the physicality and how massive that was. After recapping the game he goes through all the tweets from listeners. 

0-8 in game one situations for the Dallas Stars since 2022. The Stars lose 5-1 to Colorado but it didn’t feel like a blowout until the end of the game. Host Gavin Spittle thought Dallas played one of their better games in a while. Mackenzie Blackwood made some huge saves for the Avs and Colorado had a couple of fluke goals. Gavin goes through the scoring summary and then answers tweets from listeners. 

We want to bring you as much Stars/Avalanche content as possible heading into this playoff series. That includes the voice of the Avalanche Conor McGahey who sat down with 105.3 The Fan's Shan and RJ show to preview this series from a Colorado perspective. 

Spits and Suds NHL and Stars insider Sean Shapiro joins host Gavin Spittle for his weekly chat. Sean caught up with Stars Defenseman Lian Bichsel this week to talk about the physicality of hockey. The Stars rolled out their lines in practice and Sean and Gavin talked about the pairings and what the power play might look like without Jason Robertson. Avalanche goalie Mackenzie Blackwood will make his first playoff appearance. Sean compares it to Jake Oettingers playoff performance. Plus the guys dive into your questions and offer their thoughts as Game 1 approaches with Spits and Suds. 

It's a Stars/Avalanche first preview as Robert Tiffin joins host Gavin Spittle. The guys talk about the Stars recent play and specifically defensive lapses. Goalie is always the center of attention but both Robert and Gavin feel as though the Stars need to be better in their coverage in front of the net. With an update pending on Jason Robertson, the guys discuss opening lines on Saturday. Robert and Gavin discuss the Avalanche from a Stars perspective on coverage of  Nathan MacKinnon. The guys discuss various aspects of the Avalanche and how the Stars match up. Spits and Suds is getting you ready for Stars/Avalanche Game 1 on Saturday. 

The Stars lose their 7th in a row to end the regular season. Host Gavin Spittle questions if a Frosty will be cracked in the playoffs because this team looks dead right now. He talks about Pete DeBoer’s comments after the game and how he has never seen anything like this before. Gavin tells it like it is, the Stars are showing no energy on the ice and they have no net presence on offense or defense. During this 7 game losing streak, they have lost to 5 non playoff teams. How are they going to flip the script with Colorado in round 1 of the playoffs? 

High energy with lots of opinions. Ralph Strangis hops on Spits and Suds with host Gavin Spittle to talk Stars and the upcoming NHL Playoffs. Ralph gives his opinion on this team flipping the switch as the playoffs begin. Ralph gives his insights on the makeup of this team, his thoughts on Oettinger in the playoffs, coming out of the gate quickly, Pete DeBoer, the Captain Jamie Benn and a lot more. Ralph Strangis never holds back and that's the case on this edition of Spits and Suds.