Rumor: 2024-2025 Trade Rumors and Free Agency Talk | The Slow Crawl to the Season

[hockeyfish]

The Avs management of doing the stupid goalie musical chairs instead of investing in what should have been Kuemper is biting us bad. Very very foolish behavior

I can’t fault them too much for skipping on Kuemper. He wasn’t very good, cap was super tight, and the musical chair game had been working well enough to that point. Losing Frankie and getting stuck on a crappy chair was bound to happen eventually, but the hope was they could make it last long enough. I don’t know what the team will do now, but I think they made the right decision at the time.

 

[Avs_19]

Gru still has 3 years left

You guys are crazy for even thinking about it

Avs would never think about it so we're good. They wouldn't think about Gibson either. Thankfully.

 

[LOFIN]

"Ya'll better start catching some pucks or I'm gone as well"

 

[dahrougem2]

I don’t know about worse… but he’s certainly in the same ilk. Guy who a team wanted to have be a starter and couldn’t handle it. Given how broken Georgiev looks to be, Husso likely isn’t that broken.


You have to choose between Grubi, Binnington or suicide.

What kind of suicide we talking here

 

[Richard88]

Grubauer basically has three years left on his deal. That doesn't seem like an Avs move, even at 50% retained. They'd be locking in the goaltending position with someone who is mediocre at best until he's 35.

Whether we agree with their approach or not, we gotta look at older goalies in their last year or younger, cheap, unproven options.

CMac's MO is to have a starting goalie making about $3.5m.

Grubauer $3.33m x 3
Kuemper $3.5m x1
Georgiev $3.4m x 3.

Grubauer at 50% would be $2.95m x 3 which would actually be cheaper than usual. The real question is if they think Grubauer is young enough to hold up for 3 years at this point.

 

[dahrougem2]

CMac's MO is to have a starting goalie making about $3.5m.

Grubauer $3.33m x 3
Kuemper $3.5m x1
Georgiev $3.4m x 3.

Grubauer at 50% would be $2.95m x 3 which would actually be cheaper than usual. The real question is if they think Grubauer is young enough to hold up for 3 years at this point.

He's an athletic goalie who is 32 and losing his athleticism. They would be beyond idiotic to think he can hold up.

 

[Tommy Shelby]

I'll be surprised if the Avs don't put a claim in for Barre-Boulet. Guy is the epitome of top-6 or bust, and we happen to be very devoid of top-6 wingers.

 

[Avs_19]

CMac's MO is to have a starting goalie making about $3.5m.

Grubauer $3.33m x 3
Kuemper $3.5m x1
Georgiev $3.4m x 3.

Grubauer at 50% would be $2.95m x 3 which would actually be cheaper than usual. The real question is if they think Grubauer is young enough to hold up for 3 years at this point.

Grubauer: 26
Kuemper: 29 (one year from UFA)
Georgiev: 26

IMO, age is just as important as the AAV.

 

[Ceremony]

Get Husso claimed.

 

[Richard88]

Get Husso claimed.

$4.75m is too expensive of a caphit to get saddled with without cap going out

I'll be surprised if the Avs don't put a claim in for Barre-Boulet. Guy is the epitome of top-6 or bust, and we happen to be very devoid of top-6 wingers.

The Avs are already at 23 men on the roster, so they'd have to send someone down to make room for ABB. Probably one of Ludvig, Ivan, or Annunen.