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Semyon Varlamov had a breakout season in 2013-14 and earned a long-term deal as a result. The Colorado Avalanche goaltender has been trying to recapture that success, but it has been a rough start for the Russian.Varlamov will be in net Friday when Colorado hosts the Winnipeg Jets, but his hold on the No. 1 goalie spot is tenuous. He has lost five straight games, including a tough outing in St. Louis on Sunday. He was pulled after two periods of the 5-1 loss to the Blues and has allowed 20 goals during his personal five-game losing streak.Hes permitted five goals in four of his eight starts and has a 2-6-0 record with one shutout, a 3.67 goals-against average and .881 save percentage. He is being pushed by Calvin Pickard, who was 3-0-0 with a shutout before giving up four goals to Arizona on Tuesday.Both guys, if I look for the battle for the net, weve played better games in front of Pick than we have for Varly, Avalanche coach Jared Bednar told HockeyBuzz.com after practice Thursday. Varlys played real good first periods and now we need him to sustain his game through the course of 60 minutes or 65 minutes plus.Colorado is hoping it catches the Jets a little leg weary after they played Thursday night. Catching Winnipeg on the second day of a back to back doesnt guarantee a win, though. The Jets came in two weeks ago after beating the Dallas Stars at home and came away with a 1-0 win over the Avalanche.The Jets won, 3-2, in Arizona on Thursday, the team that beat Colorado 4-2 on Tuesday.Bednar shook up his lines in that loss, moving future Hall of Famer Jarome Iginla to the third line and putting Rene Bourque on the second line with Gabriel Landeskog and Carl Soderberg. Bednar is trying to kick-start the offense, which has scored five goals in the last five games, four of them losses.But boosting the offense wont matter if Varlamov doesnt come out of his funk. He could give way to Pickard if he continues to struggle, but he needs help from his skaters.We have an obligation as a team to play well in front of him as well, Bednar told HockeyBuzz.com. You saw a little bit last game we left Pick hung out to dry on a few of the plays and we end up losing the game. We didnt give up a bunch of scoring chances, but we gave up way too many odd-man rushes. We broke some of them up and we miscued on some, but the scoring chances we gave up, there were too many quality chances.Colorado will be without forward Blake Comeau, who is expected to miss his third straight game with a groin injury.The Jets are coming in tired but happy after beating the Coyotes. They could also get fresh legs if defenseman Jacob Trouba makes his season debut. He took part in Thursdays morning skate but coach Paul Maurice stuck with the same lineup that beat Dallas on Tuesday.The performance of the players that are in the lineup now has to be important, and just getting him on the ice and getting him some time here, getting him comfortable, Maurice told the Winnipeg Free Press. Its going to be a tough call based on (Tuesdays) game, and really for some of them, when the player has to come out, we want it to be the right time.Winning Thursday might help with the decision to change the chemistry.Youre more open to put a new player in on back-to-back (with) fresh legs, Maurice told the Winnipeg Free Press.Terry Porter Jersey Large . Rousey will put her perfect 8-0 record and hardware on the line against another undefeated fighter, 7-0 Sara McMann in the main event of UFC 170, which will be held at the Mandalay Bay Events Center in Las Vegas Nevada on February 22nd. Custom Blazers Jerseys . 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The desperation will make for an absolute mosh pit on ice. This will be the hardest-hitting game of the World Cup, and I think there is a pretty good chance that gloves will drop. Offense will be the challenge for the U.S., as it tries to deal with the speed of the Canadian back checkers and with International Goaltender of Mystery Carey Price,?who has supernatural powers while playing for Team Canada. USA Hockey has been researching and studying how the United States can produce more offensive talent, considering its large population. Now, if there was no U23 team,?Johnny Gaudreau, Auston Matthews,?Shayne Gostisbehere,?Jack Eichel, Brandon Saad,?etc., would be available and on the USA team here in Toronto, rather than playing to Team North America. So, the future of USA Hockey appears to be more potent. This years Team USA went old school. Will it work? It can. Yes, Canada has a little more skill and speed --and that will usually win and probably will win Tuesday. But, when there is a goalie and lots of will, that deficit can be shrunk enough to win.2. Heres the situation: I spent some time in The Situation Room during my time in Toronto. The Surveillance Room migght be a better term for it.dddddddddddd Every night during the NHL regular season (and during this World Cup), every game is monitored for possible video-review resolutions. Cameras along the bluelines, inside the net and drilled inside the crossbars, assist in the resolution of puck-over-the-line, offside and goalie-interference calls. Missed penalties and other data is also accumulated for referee reports. The atmosphere inside the room is a flatline, almost military-like (outside of the Uber Eats) in its dispassionate watching of the game. One change you might notice outside of the room is a larger monitor (its now laptop-sized) for NHL referees to look at when they analyze a reviewable situation.3. Hockey talent continues to improve exponentially. The speed and skill, yes, but also how these young players dont shrink. Team North America rose to the occasion late versus Russia. Yes, the North Americans lost, but that last 60 seconds was filled with fast and furious skill. Gostisbehere had that same look in his eye that he had in the 2014 NCAA Frozen Four, when he dominated the ice during his epic +7 performance for Union College. Those 360-degree, tape-to-tape backhand passes, and that slap shot -- like a purred Dustin Johnson drive -- that hit the post like a sledgehammer on steel? You want your kids play to resemble that one day? Then think skill, skill, skill -- not win, win, win. More fun practices and fewer long-distance games. ' ' '