Colorado Avalanche: 3 Habitual Line Steppers on the Team

Cabbie Presents: Habitual Line Steppers

The inspiration for this post came from a video segment I stumbled across called “Cabbie Presents: Cross the Line.” In the segment, the host, Cabbie, asks certain NHLers to rate how often they cross the line to determine if they are habitual line steppers:

As you can see, Cabbie doesn’t interview any Colorado Avalanche players. However, I’m going to guess which Avs players would be guilty of crossing the lines he proposes:

Interrupting a teammate’s sleep: Erik Johnson (He’s infamously the team prankster.)

Commenting on a teammate’s on-ice performance while still on the ice: Erik Johnson, Nikita Zadorov for the Russians

Commenting on a teammate’s off-ice “performance”: All three

Cheap shots to the family jewels: Gabriel Landeskog

I didn’t even have to guess at this one — he’s already done it:

He was “losing his balance” — sure.

Also Sven Andrighetto:

Hartman’s resultant tantrum is still funny.

Commenting on an opponent’s breath or hygiene: All three, but especially Gabriel Landeskog

Here he is telling Nate Prosser to “go back on waivers”:

So, yes, I’m sure he’d have no problem calling him stinky, too.

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Overtly flirting with a teammate’s mom: Gabriel Landeskog (He’s a charmer — the above clips notwithstanding.)

Conducting a deep dive on a teammate’s wife or girlfriend: Nikita Zadorov (Because his model-wife is so beautiful — she’d probably do it with him.)

Sliding into a teammate’s wife’s or girlfriend’s DMs: None (Team-wide, I might expect that from Semyon Varlamov)

Allowing Cabbie to send out a tweet in his name: Nikita Zadorov (He could claim it was a language issue or just plain laugh it off)

Questioning the word “habitual”: Erik Johnson (What can I say — he’s a smart ass.)

The opposite of a habitual line stepper: Tyson Jost

He’s just a cherub. Whenever he gets into a scrum with an+ opponent, clearly the other player is at fault. Our little Josty is a saint.

Like any team, the Colorado Avalanche has habitual line steppers, players who will cross the line when it’s necessary to help the team. Sincerely, that’s a lost art.