Hopefully he had a good enough time at dev camp with us that he wants to come back into this org. But while I think the Avs may have a leg up in the negotiations, there are a lot of other factors at play. No doubt he'll get a lot of offers this spring and there may be a team that just has a better situation for him.
At this point, the Avs don't really have any clear long-term options at G so I could see him looking at that and thinking it's as good a shot as any. I do hope they get him though.
He is, but there's no guaranteed long-term option where someone has proven themselves to the extent where they've got a spot. Essentially, they've got some irons in the fire, but no ones actually forged anything yet.
I watched Davis a couple of weeks ago. He reminds me a lot of how Lundqvist plays, really deep in the net, but positionally sound. Of course, he doesn't have the same level of talent, but Avs should clearly sign, even if he only becomes a Talbot type of goaler which I think he is capable of becoming.
Very true, but we don't know if it is because he lacks talent or is adjusting to the NCAA style of game as a freshman.
It's kinda early for that kind of assessment, I believe. Just the fact that he's playing as a D-man in the NCAA as an 18 year old is pretty good already.
Very different situations, they basically gave up on Fabbro and Tomasino, Askarov still had quite a bit of value around the league. Considering the Avs spent an early 2nd for Nabokov, I don't think they were so cheap that they wouldn't have made a deal if it made sense. As it stands, the Sharks basically paid 2x 1sts to get Askarov, convince me that the Preds wouldn't want more from the Avs.
This team employs Wood, Colton, two goalies that can’t stop a beach ball, and guy that loves coke only during the most important games of the season. Hit us with your worst, brother.
