"It was kind of a battle last year and again this year. "Playing in Pittsburgh for so long and in my first year in Philly, we made the playoffs every year and you kind of get used to that," he said. Talbot said moving from a team that entered Thursday 15th in the Eastern Conference to one that is second in the Western Conference was a welcome feeling. He's a guy that has performed also really well in the playoffs and we think he'll be a great addition to our team." We feel that he's going to bring a lot of depth to our team. "Talbot has won a Stanley Cup with Pittsburgh," Roy said. He has 18 goals and 39 points in 77 Stanley Cup Playoff games, and memorably scored both goals for the Penguins in their 2-1 win against the Detroit Red Wings in Game 7 of the 2009 Stanley Cup Final. SOG: 14 | +/-: 1 A nine-year veteran, Talbot has 77 goals and 154 points in 515 games with the Flyers and Pittsburgh Penguins. I've heard nothing but good things about Patrick Roy, so I'm really excited to be part of it now." I can bring versatility to the game and I like to play with emotion. "Two years ago I had a breakout season with 19 goals which I enjoyed. "I guess my bread and butter is killing penalties," Talbot said. Talbot said he's fine with wherever Roy wants him. He's a centerman and can play both wings very easily." We can put Mitchell on the third line with McGinn, we can put Talbot at center on the fourth line. "What I like also is Talbot is a centerman and that gives us flexibility. "Talbot will play with MacKinnon and McGinn or Mitchell," Roy said. Roy said another strong suit with Talbot is his versatility. Where he plays, however, remains to be seen. Roy said Talbot would meet the team in Dallas on Thursday and be in the lineup when the Avalanche face the Dallas Stars on Friday. I think Talbot is going to be very important for us." It went well the first month because we played 11 games in the month of October, but in the next three or four months we play 14 games in every month. "He's a really good guy and I think it's going to help a lot. "I thought we were a little short in players, and Talbot is very good in that regard," coach Patrick Roy said. The Avalanche entered play Thursday with the NHL's top penalty-killing unit at 92.3 percent. Talbot, 29, had two points in 11 games with the Flyers this season, but led their forwards in shorthanded ice time per game at 3:35. With an eye toward adding depth to the Colorado Avalanche forward group and bolstering their penalty killing, the team Thursday acquired forward Maxime Talbot from the Philadelphia Flyers in a trade for forward Steve Downie.
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