Confirmed with Link: Avs claim John Ludvig

[Avs44]

Who could have predicted that exclusively signing a bunch of smaller, soft puckmovers who can't handle the forecheck to fill the bottom two pairings wasn't such a great idea

 

[Bone Breaker]

meh, by all reports this WHO? had a terrible pre-season with the Pens, so I dont expect him to be any better than De Haan and the swedes. at this point, if you are willing to sign guys just for their physicality, do what I have been preaching for years and bring McIlrath. THAT is a real BAMF for your bottom pairing.

 

[Ceremony]

This is what happens when capfriendly goes down, we acquire players and don't even know who they are.

 

[Cousin Eddie]

Nice little mix of something we don’t have a lot of. I like it even though I’d be lying if I said I knew much about him before the news broke.

 

[AvsMakar08]

How could they claim players on Saturday's and Sunday's. Don't they have like a day off or something.

 

[willy702]

In their minds not having MacDipshit around is why they didn't advance further last year.

 

[Vaslof]

In their minds not having MacDipshit around is why they didn't advance further last year.

the numbers don't lie

 

[Balthazar]

https://x.com/i/web/status/1842650618512695567

 

[henchman21]

https://x.com/i/web/status/1842650618512695567

Stan must have gotten a good deal on Southwest. Bags fly free!

 

[Gurglesons]

I think he’s a fringe NHLer, but if anyone can get something out of him it’s Colorado. Good luck, Ludvig.

 

[katfude]

How much ass can he eat

 

[Bender]

How much ass can he eat

Seems early for a question like that...

 

[Freudian]

I support this move. If you are going to have bad depth, at least have different flavors of bad.

 

[Bender]

Hey I got a waivers question - if a team put a guy on waivers today can the Avs make another claim tomorrow or are they at the bottom of the list or anything like that??

 

[henchman21]

Hey I got a waivers question - if a team put a guy on waivers today can the Avs make another claim tomorrow or are they at the bottom of the list or anything like that??

Avs can claim tomorrow but are at the back of the list.

 

[Tommy Shelby]

I'm fine with this, clearly everyone realizes that we actually need some meat down in the bottom since the Johnsons are gone

Brannstrom will spend the year in the AHL unless some poor sod claims him off waivers in a couple days.
Malinksi will play a good chunk of the season, but I'm worried that he's going to get exposed and burnt out again the more he plays.
CDH will battle Ludvig for that last spot, and both will be insufficient for playoff hockey, but will be fine for the regular season. Will need to upgrade at the deadline
Kylington is the only one I have slight hopes for. He will start the season down with Branny, but if he can get his head screwed back on straight, he can play on the bottom pair and be better than Malinski there. But that's a big what if.

Why we keep acquiring warty puck-movers is beyond me. They've been able to turn Graves, Englund and to a lesser extent, Burroughs into full-time NHLers and those guys are all more similar to Ludvig

 

[the_fan]

Don’t we need more forwards rather than D?

 

[henchman21]

Don’t we need more forwards rather than D?

Avs absolutely needed a guy like Ludvig, even if he’s not the guys. Distinct lack of physicality on the defense.

 

[Gumballhead]

I know there's not a hive mind in here, more of a schizophrenic mind that shares a few common opinions, but it's funny how most of us recognized we are missing some beef back on D but when we do something about it that costs basically nothing -- gnashing of teeth? You know most of us don't know shit about that dude so I am waiting to see him play but he's the kind of dude we can use for a long season. Even a playoff scratch for Ludvig is a success if he helped out in rougher games during the season.

 

[henchman21]

I know there's not a hive mind in here, more of a schizophrenic mind that shares a few common opinions, but it's funny how most of us recognized we are missing some beef back on D but when we do something about it that costs basically nothing -- gnashing of teeth? You know most of us don't know shit about that dude so I am waiting to see him play but he's the kind of dude we can use for a long season. Even a playoff scratch for Ludvig is a success if he helped out in rougher games during the season.

Is there much ‘gnashing of teeth’ even going on here? Seems most are ‘fine’ with it.

 

[The Merchant]

This almost certainly is the precursor to a Swayman trade

 

[hockeyfish]

This almost certainly is the precursor to a Swayman trade

Yep. Georgie, Girard, and a reservation to Casa Bonita for Swayman dropping tonight.

 

[henchman21]

Yep. Georgie, Girard, and a reservation to Casa Bonita for Swayman dropping tonight.

Casa Bonita doing some heavy lifting.

 

[Balthazar]

This almost certainly is the precursor to a Swayman trade

It's either that or Kylington and Brannstrom badly sucked.