Confirmed with Link: Avs re-sign Blackwood to 5-year × $5.25M AAV deal
- Thread starter Bill Peckerskull
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He would've been the top UFA goalie in the off season. We didn't exactly have a plan B.
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No, I'm saying if he proves himself to be worthy of more starts in 2027-28 after 1 year(2025-26) as Eagles #1 and 1 year(2026-27) as Avs backup, the Avs will find a way to get out of the Blackwood deal.
We finally have goaltending depth and options for the next few years. There's zero rush to move on from a prospect.
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Seems like a lot of you just assumed Nabokov would be #1 one day.
And it will probably be another 5 years before I go back again now lol.
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Ceremony
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The Blackwood contract aligns nicely with a 3 year ELC and a 2 year bridge deal for Nabokov. We'll be fine.
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Didn't go to the main board but came accross some stupid Twitter comments so I assume it's similar
This one got 51 likes
Imagine thinking that it's "a trend" for the Avs to overpay their goalies
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Dude doesn't watch a single game.
His "projected" Four Nations rosters were absolutely hilarious. Completely based off of his cards and zero eye test or knowledge of the game.
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Totally fine with this. Very reasonable considering Elvis in CB makes more.
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This isn't angry, it's just run of the mill completely ignorant nonsense. HF seems personally offended by the signing.Didn't go to the main board but came accross some stupid Twitter comments so I assume it's similar
This one got 51 likes
Imagine thinking that it's "a trend" for the Avs to overpay their goalies
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I'm f***ing 100% stoked.
This contract will age beautifully in the market.
This contract will age beautifully in the market.
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I just hope that a couple of our more troll-ish members are bookmarking that thread for gloating purposes in the future.
Assuming we're not the ones getting trolled by it. But I'm not expecting that. It's a $5.25 signing, for f*ck's sake.
Well, Avs D turn non NHL quality goalies into starters. A actual NHL starter?
This should be fun lol.
this has to signal a Mikko trade, doesn't it? Cap money has gotta be running thin
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You made me look and I wish I didn't
Most people only remember him sucking and choking in NJ so that's understandable I guess
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The amount of idiotic, out of context, knee-jerk reactions by the vast majority on HF to anything is not surprising. There’s inherent risk in any deal, especially with goalies. Based on all the internal factors with this team and the external factors with the league, this is a good signing. Happy to have the goalie position addressed for the foreseeable future!
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But could signal a Colton and Manson trade in the off season if Landeskog returns.
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This doesn't block Nabokov at all.
If Nabokov comes over next season he plays the full year in the AHL, then Wedgewood is done and Nabokov can play the full year as Blackwood's backup with ~25-28 games.
After that, if Nabokov looks like he is ready for more, the Avs can easily get out of 3 years of Blackwood when the cap it likely well over 100M.
If Nabokov comes over next season he plays the full year in the AHL, then Wedgewood is done and Nabokov can play the full year as Blackwood's backup with ~25-28 games.
After that, if Nabokov looks like he is ready for more, the Avs can easily get out of 3 years of Blackwood when the cap it likely well over 100M.
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100%. Him MacKinnon or Makar for sure. Probably all 3.
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Who else would you get at that money and term? It’s just 4 games in but if he turns out to have an excellent finish to the season that could easily turn into 5x6-7. Don’t think his play will dip it could but I think this guy has more mental upside then George could ever bring, also think cmac seen how bad it can be without ANY goaltending and said that can’t happen again
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What does signing a starting goaltender that we had to do regardless(Georgiev's contract done after this season) have to do with Mikko?
I'm not sure why people are jumping to all of these conclusions. "This must mean Nabokov is on the block." "This signals a Mikko trade." What? The Avs extended their newly acquired starting goaltender for a run-of-the-mill price.
If Mikko needs to be extended for a ~$3m increase on his current salary, you fire Miles Wood and his $2.5m to the moon or some other shit. Cap going up, too. Nothing significant.
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If Blackwood can maintain his level of play that he's had with the Sharks and to start with the Avs, this contract could look like a massive steal.
