landstuhltaylor
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The Blackwood trade/re-signing might just be the best trade the Avalanche have ever made!
The Blackwood trade/re-signing might just be the best trade the Avalanche have ever made!
Aye, I'll hold up my hand and say I was a skeptic of the trade, but Blackwood has been phenomenal. Reminds me of a stretch during the Cup season when the team was a bit off (January/ February as I recall), but Kuemper was keeping us in games or even stealing points, giving us quality start after quality start.Well, the Patty Roy trade with the Canadiens in '95 is the Gold standard in terms of instant impact and sheer star power, but the Blackwood deal is close behind.
If this version of Blackwood is the one that the Avs saw all along . . . then (assuming this keeps up) CMac fleeced the Sharks. And maybe the rest of the league as well.
At the moment, MB is the best goalie in the league. At the moment.Aye, I'll hold up my hand and say I was a skeptic of the trade, but Blackwood has been phenomenal. Reminds me of a stretch during the Cup season when the team was a bit off (January/ February as I recall), but Kuemper was keeping us in games or even stealing points, giving us quality start after quality start.
Psychologically, it must be huge for the players--with Georgiev literally any half-chance, quarter-chance, or eighth-chance can end up in net.
Time will tell but the Bourque and Blake trades come to mind as being better IMO.The Blackwood trade/re-signing might just be the best trade the Avalanche have ever made!
I still think the Lindros trade is the best in Avs history. Got the better player, won us a cup and set us up with assets for a long while. Also got one of the all time great hockey faces for the Avs.The Blackwood trade/re-signing might just be the best trade the Avalanche have ever made!
Ahh Derek morris. LegendBest Avs trades, in no particular order.
1. Lindros/Forsberg
2. Roy
3. Duchene
4. Bourque
5. Toews
6. Blake
7. Barrie/Kadri
8. Lehkonen
9. Blackwood (seems good right now)
10. Ozolinsh
Also been several stinkers like Drury, Tanguay, ROR, Foote, etc.
Also been several stinkers like Drury, Tanguay, ROR, Foote, etc.
Yes.Are you referring to the trade to re-acquire Foote from Columbus for conditional picks? When he left initially he left as a free agent.