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

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I don't love it, but he was the best option available at the time of the trade and he'll be the best moving forward.

Goalies are just inherently risky unless you're willing to shell out $8-10 mil.
That's the thing, even those guys 8-10 mil have off-seasons. Goaltenders are a bit of voodoo. I thought Florida made terrible deal with Bob, but they won the Stanley Cup. He was def. overpaid.
 
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Who ever runs that account is just dumb.

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I've liked what I've seen since we've acquired him, but I'm still a bit skeptical, as he played his best hockey in a high-shot-volume, low-pressure environment in San Jose and has never played in an NHL playoff game

That being said, I hope his play in San Jose was a sign of his maturation (goalies peak later after all), and he provides the goaltending we need to win
 

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I've liked what I've seen since we've acquired him, but I'm still a bit skeptical, as he played his best hockey in a high-shot-volume, low-pressure environment in San Jose and has never played in an NHL playoff game

That being said, I hope his play in San Jose was a sign of his maturation (goalies peak later after all), and he provides the goaltending we need to win

He was good early then struggled with injury issues for a couple years by his own account. He talked about finding his game on the other side of dealing with that. Stat sheet lines up with it.
 
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I love this deal. We got the Woods in net for the next 2 seasons, and I could even see Wedgy being given a 1-year deal after this too

But what about Ilya Nabokov? Man, f*** Ilya Nabokov. Right now he's not better than either goalies we have, and until he is, he can hang out in the AHL. Nobody should expect him to be handed anything because of where he was drafted, he needs to earn that shit
 

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I love this deal. We got the Woods in net for the next 2 seasons, and I could even see Wedgy being given a 1-year deal after this too

But what about Ilya Nabokov? Man, f*** Ilya Nabokov. Right now he's not better than either goalies we have, and until he is, he can hang out in the AHL. Nobody should expect him to be handed anything because of where he was drafted, he needs to earn that shit

if Wedgy keeps playing like this we can kiss good bye to him, but at least he has one more season.

Things looking very good!
 
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