{"id":291584,"date":"2025-11-14T18:03:10","date_gmt":"2025-11-14T18:03:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/291584\/"},"modified":"2025-11-14T18:03:10","modified_gmt":"2025-11-14T18:03:10","slug":"10-observations-thats-a-blacky-problem-what-blackwood-needs-to-regain-full-form","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/291584\/","title":{"rendered":"10 Observations: &#8216;That&#8217;s a Blacky Problem&#8217;: What Blackwood Needs To Regain Full Form (+)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>DENVER \u2014 Mackenzie Blackwood admittedly had a slow start to the Avalanche\u2019s 6-3 victory over the Buffalo Sabres on Thursday.<\/p>\n<p>He didn\u2019t have a terrible game, but he conceded two goals that usually wouldn\u2019t have gotten past him. The issue he\u2019s running into is a lack of playing time. And it\u2019s not because of a lack of trust from the coaching staff.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMy body feels good, just need some minutes to get my mojo back, and every game I play, I feel a little bit better,\u201d Blackwood said.<\/p>\n<p>He\u2019s only started three games since returning because the other goalie, Scott Wedgewood, is playing spectacular hockey for the Avs. How does Jared Bednar manage Blackwood\u2019s minutes to get him back into a rhythm with Wedgewood having the best start of his career?<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s easy for the coach. Bednar didn\u2019t hesitate with how he\u2019s going to handle it moving forward.<\/p>\n<p>READ MORE: <a href=\"https:\/\/coloradohockeynow.com\/2025\/11\/13\/the-aftermath-brindley-necas-star-in-avalanches-fifth-straight-win\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">The Aftermath: Brindley, Necas Star in Avalanche\u2019s Fifth Straight Win<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.paypal.com\/paypalme\/colhockeynow\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/CHNS-Tip-Jar.png\" alt=\"Contribute to CHN's travel and support local journalism!\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><br \/>\n<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"DENVER \u2014 Mackenzie Blackwood admittedly had a slow start to the Avalanche\u2019s 6-3 victory over the Buffalo Sabres&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":291585,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[66],"tags":[1222,10667,97481,1223,831,12640,76641,47314,6522,39780,385,99],"class_list":{"0":"post-291584","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-nhl","8":"tag-avalanche","9":"tag-bowen-byram","10":"tag-brock-nelson","11":"tag-colorado-avalanche","12":"tag-featured","13":"tag-gabriel-landeskog","14":"tag-gavin-brindley","15":"tag-jared-bednar","16":"tag-mackenzie-blackwood","17":"tag-nathan-mackinnon","18":"tag-nhl","19":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/291584","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=291584"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/291584\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/291585"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=291584"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=291584"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=291584"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}