Confirmed with Link: Avs re-sign Blackwood to 5-year × $5.25M AAV deal

[UncleRisto]

But we had so many great times with AE/60 together!

Hey, wait a minute...

 

[Colorado Avalanche]

Really making a bet here. I'm not sure why they wouldn't have waited to see a bit more before locking him up. He does not have a proven track record as a quality starter, as his time in SJ was very difficult to judge considering the dumpster fire playing in front of him. But if it pays off, it'll be nice. If not, then it's Georgie 2.0.

This was the plan A, B, C and so on. Just gamble. That's it.

 

[willy702]

I don't get how signing a guy for basically the 14th highest AAV is a bad deal. That's going to be closer to 20th a year from now as a bunch of guys just below him are due for new deals. Saros, Ullmark, and Hill are definitely getting more, Demko is due an extension, there are others who could score a bigger deal. To sign Blackwood for what Daccord just got and what Kuemper gets sure seems like a good deal that could be a great deal if he solidifies his hold on the spot.

 

[sethro109]

I don't get how signing a guy for basically the 14th highest AAV is a bad deal. That's going to be closer to 20th a year from now as a bunch of guys just below him are due for new deals. Saros, Ullmark, and Hill are definitely getting more, Demko is due an extension, there are others who could score a bigger deal. To sign Blackwood for what Daccord just got and what Kuemper gets sure seems like a good deal that could be a great deal if he solidifies his hold on the spot.

I think a lot of posters on this site fail to realize how much the cap has gone up in the past 10 years. The cap is set to go up to at least 92.4 mill near season. That puts his 5.2 million a year at only 5.7% of the total cap for next year. It was the same with Colton's contract. We signed him to almost the exact same cap percentage as Compher when he was our 3C. As the cap inflates, the numbers will just keep going up. I wish more outlets put an emphasis on the cap percentage of contracts, rather than the total money.

 

[The Merchant]

 

[Balthazar]

Would be a more exciting stat if Samsonov and Talbot (lol) weren't 1 and 2.

 

[The Shermanator]

 

[Balthazar]

They are right it makes no sense from the outside. However from the inside it does make sense.

We are running low on assets, CMac didn't want to give up those assets and then have to trade for a new starting goalie this summer or fight with other teams for whoever the best UFA goalie is.

Our assets are precious...but yea, if Blackwood returns to his NJ form it could be the kiss of death for our window.

That's the most impactful gamble of the Sakic/CMac era IMO.

 

[CobraAcesS]

Hfboard posters confirmed.

 

[LOFIN]

Like I said over the mains, Seravalli's hockey opinions suck ass. He's a good insider, but knows nothing about the game.

 

[RECKLESS]

Calendar year 2024 sv% leaders.
Dude was with the f***ing Sharks.
His value was always gonna skyrocket real soon with us.

 

[Gumballhead]

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Luuuuucy you got some essplaining to do!

I don't see the Avs moving Manson.

He fills a role nobody else does on Colorado, and he's not exactly overpaid IMO.

I think Manson is far down the list of potential trade bait for the Avs. Even on the active roster I think players like Colton, Wood, Girard, even Nichushkin and Lehkonen are higher than he is and I believe the Avs recognize that, too.

This is the Blackwood thread but I have to say after watching him and seeing how he is, I love him. He makes bad decisions at least once a game but he makes up for it by being our baby Foote.

 

[willy702]

I only worry that maybe we have no goalie coaching talent left. The 4giev experience is a bit concerning. Guy has a few obvious holes in his game, opponents figure them out and start scoring there nightly, and the coaching has no answers for it? What if that's what happens with MB, will they get him coached on the finer points so he can be consistent?

 

[EdAVSfan]

I only worry that maybe we have no goalie coaching talent left. The 4giev experience is a bit concerning. Guy has a few obvious holes in his game, opponents figure them out and start scoring there nightly, and the coaching has no answers for it? What if that's what happens with MB, will they get him coached on the finer points so he can be consistent?

Blackwood has 220+ games of NHL play. There’s been MORE than enough tape on him to figure out if he has consistent issues.
For Georgiev though, he doesn’t really have a consistent place that he gets scored on. He just lacks it between the ears. It was never a technical issue with him.

 

[RECKLESS]

I only worry that maybe we have no goalie coaching talent left. The 4giev experience is a bit concerning. Guy has a few obvious holes in his game, opponents figure them out and start scoring there nightly, and the coaching has no answers for it? What if that's what happens with MB, will they get him coached on the finer points so he can be consistent?

Show me a goalie coach that gets Fourgiev be a good goalie. You can't make a diamond out of a turd.

 

[MacKaRant]

Show me a goalie coach that gets Fourgiev be a good goalie. You can't make a diamond out of a turd.

Georgiev is the last goalie in the NHL who still remains standing on certain types of shots. This creates a whole new set of shooting areas

 

[willy702]

Show me a goalie coach that gets Fourgiev be a good goalie. You can't make a diamond out of a turd.

It's not about making a good goalie, it's about shoring up weaknesses so they don't get endlessly exploited. I think the between the ears problems came from him getting beat in the same areas as it would throw off his positioning after the goals went in. He would get beaten over the shoulder and then overcompensate and find himself out of position later.

A good goalie coach would clean that up but with all the turnover in the past for goalie coach it I don't know if that's something they have staffed well enough today. Regardless of the goalie the coach is working with, the concept is still the same for improvement.

 

[Pokecheque]

It's not about making a good goalie, it's about shoring up weaknesses so they don't get endlessly exploited. I think the between the ears problems came from him getting beat in the same areas as it would throw off his positioning after the goals went in. He would get beaten over the shoulder and then overcompensate and find himself out of position later.

A good goalie coach would clean that up but with all the turnover in the past for goalie coach it I don't know if that's something they have staffed well enough today. Regardless of the goalie the coach is working with, the concept is still the same for improvement.

What specific weakness was Parkkila supposed to shore up? Georgiev had a multitude of them but the biggest one was a rotten attitude and the mental fortitude of an egg someone left on the back porch for a week.

 

[expatriatedtexan]

What specific weakness was Parkkila supposed to shore up? Georgiev had a multitude of them but the biggest one was a rotten attitude and the mental fortitude of an egg someone left on the back porch for a week.

He was supposed to make Georgiev bigger in net. He failed to pump his tires enough, I guess.

 

[expatriatedtexan]

Who the f*** are these assclowns? I watched for the whole 5:48 and am infinitely dumber for having done so.

When y'all see me going off stupidly on random shit like Prischepov, just remember... I haven't invested the time into being informed by luminaries such as this. Some of my takes will be off.

So damn funny that the jackoff on the right, thinks that everyone who gets a contract in the same neighbood are all automatically the same. Tristan Jarry is not MacKenzie Blackwood, neither is Jack f***ing Campbell.

Seemed like a random zoom chat between friends who don't watch the Avalanche but enjoy artfully complaining.

 

[willy702]

What specific weakness was Parkkila supposed to shore up? Georgiev had a multitude of them but the biggest one was a rotten attitude and the mental fortitude of an egg someone left on the back porch for a week.

Oh they were well known. Just go watch the video instead of acting like he was just a head case and that's all that matters. Start with the corners over both shoulders and his overreactions in reading plays. Not to mention his rebound control being nonexistent.

 

[CobraAcesS]

He was supposed to make Georgiev bigger in net. He failed to pump his tires enough, I guess.

4Giev is like an inflated clown punching balloon with a slow leak.

It's ugly, doesn't want to come back up quick enough, so you just kick it mostly until it's completely dead.

That is the only way to handle that situation..

 

[expatriatedtexan]

4Giev is like an inflated clown punching balloon with a slow leak.

It's ugly, doesn't want to come back up quick enough, so you just kick it mostly until it's completely dead.

That is the only way to handle that situation..

Not so sure the leak is slow. Dude went down faster than Debbie in Dallas.

 

[CobraAcesS]

Not so sure the leak is slow. Dude went down faster than Debbie in Dallas.

Bednar was doing his best to blow that f***er back up for months game after game. Slow enough lol.

 

[The Abusement Park]

Oh they were well known. Just go watch the video instead of acting like he was just a head case and that's all that matters. Start with the corners over both shoulders and his overreactions in reading plays. Not to mention his rebound control being nonexistent.

So Parkilla was supposed to fix Georgiev's weaknesses of shots up top left and right, his overcommitments laterally, and his ability to read the play? So he had to improve Georgie in almost every aspect of goaltending?