Blackwood Traded to Colorado

[forsbergavs32]

As long as his own wood stays out of it, it's fine.

Wedgewood gets good wood on a pass to Wood, but it bounces off of Wood’s wood and finds its way to Blackwood out of play.

 

[matt trick]

Hopefully it works out great for both teams. Hoping Kovalenko finds a solid role there and runs with it. Also, with you drafting our second, it actually has a chance of producing a player!

You've gotten two number one centers in the 2nd round in 19 years. It's not like it's San Jose and thirds.

Sharks 3rd Rounders by NHL Games Played:
Goalies
Thomas Greiss- 368
Timo Piemelier- 1
Tyson Sexsmith- 0 (but major contributor to memes)

Skaters
Danill Gushchin- 16
Alexei Yegorov- 11
Linus Karlsson- 4

 

[henchman21]

It's bizarre

I get it… he was sold as a big hope and hope springs eternal. Just on the ice his play dramatically slipped as his effort couldn’t keep up with the grind. It’s natural, the level of motor to be a pure effort guy in the NHL is huge. Not having that level of motor isn’t a black mark, but leaves it to where does he really fit? And simply he wasn’t skilled enough to have a role here in the top 9. In San Jose, he’ll get a chance to show he has that skill and get more rope. I do hope he does show it.

This was a big price for a meh goalie, but getting rid of the cancer has a price. Now we just gotta see how this duo will do.

Also, one thing is certain. CMac is still pushing. The Avs may not get back to contending, but it won’t be from a lack of effort by the front office. They are pushing and trying to get the right mix (while having limited assets and cap), and really that’s the best than can be asked of them.

 

[willy702]

If it were on the table, I think we would have considered. The sticking point with Gibson is that it needs 50% retention for this season and also the two upcoming seasons.

And that he sucks

 

[henchman21]

I wouldn't call it overrating him, it's just some of us did not want to lose a roster player given all the injury problems this season. Landy's probably not coming back, Val is one strike away, Drouin probably will go out again before the year is up, etc. And I think it's way too early to just give up on Kovy.

Don't get me wrong, Giev sucks and I'm glad he's gone, but the deal should've been for picks. It's not like Giev had years left on his deal, so a 2nd and 5th would've been fair value.

He’s just a meh, dime a dozen player. Effort guys who are not supremely skilled are available at any point and not expensive.

 

[Balthazar]

Avs fans! I cannot find an actual decent explanation of the kind of player Kovalenko is and I'm very curious. From what I gather he's a fast, sorta-skilled guy who is just getting his chance to play this year and is still adapting to NHL ice? What do you think his ceiling his? How has he looked for you so far? I feel like half the posts are like OH NO HE'S ONE OF OUR BEST PROSPECTS and the other are WHO CARES HE'S BARELY A BOTTOM 6 FORWARD so I don't know what's real.

Thanks! As I said on the main board, Blackwood has actually been fantastic this year and has had some incredible saves. He does his best when he sees a lot of rubber but he's been very good and it's a smart bet to take, I think. Also, Givanni Smith is actually a good 4th liner in my opinion, we just have a lot of them. He's fast and sometimes surprises you with his hands.

He has the talent of a 3rd liner but he wants to play like a 1st liner. Poor defense, can't play special teams. That's an issue.

He's still early in his NHL career though so who knows how he's going to be going forward.

 

[JLo217]

I get it… he was sold as a big hope and hope springs eternal. Just on the ice his play dramatically slipped as his effort couldn’t keep up with the grind. It’s natural, the level of motor to be a pure effort guy in the NHL is huge. Not having that level of motor isn’t a black mark, but leaves it to where does he really fit? And simply he wasn’t skilled enough to have a role here in the top 9. In San Jose, he’ll get a chance to show he has that skill and get more rope. I do hope he does show it.

This was a big price for a meh goalie, but getting rid of the cancer has a price. Now we just gotta see how this duo will do.

Also, one thing is certain. CMac is still pushing. The Avs may not get back to contending, but it won’t be from a lack of effort by the front office. They are pushing and trying to get the right mix (while having limited assets and cap), and really that’s the best than can be asked of them.

Well said!

Atleast we know Wedgewood has some fire. I know nothing about Blackwood other than he makes some unreal saves. He'll probably kill it on the Avs and get the 6x6 special somewhere else + inflation.

 

[MonsterMack]

Colorado Pine Trees

 

[henchman21]

If it were on the table, I think we would have considered. The sticking point with Gibson is that it needs 50% retention for this season and also the two upcoming seasons.

It was the price in combination with the retention. Anaheim getting Trouba escalated the cost as they didn’t want even more ‘dead’ money.

 

[RoyIsALegend]

Miles and miles of wood

CMac was able to wedge in miles of black wood.

What a little slut.

 

[Perratrooper]

From a stats perspective He’s 20th in Goals Saved above expected (Georgiev is 79th out of 80), his high danger saved percentage (0.842) is in the 85th percentile (Georgiev is below 50th percentile at 0.719) and has a significantly better save percentage than Georgiev at 0.910 vs 0.874.

 

[Balthazar]

It was the price in combination with the retention. Anaheim getting Trouba escalated the cost as they didn’t want even more ‘dead’ money.

I hope they get stuck with him

 

[Gumballhead]

From a stats perspective He’s 20th in Goals Saved above expected (Georgiev is 79th out of 80), his high danger saved percentage (0.842) is in the 85th percentile (Georgiev is below 50th percentile at 0.719) and has a significantly better save percentage than Georgiev at 0.910 vs 0.874.

I think we'll know pretty soon what we have in him. I know he'll look good no matter what because we're all shellshocked from Georgie. I can't explain how calm I felt the first time Wedgie got in net. Like some bullshit wasn't about to automatically happen.

 

[John Mandalorian]

I think Moser thinks Wedgewood is Hasek.

You made me realize who Moser reminds me of: Tim Kitzrow (aka NBA Jam). Boom shakalaka!

 

[5280]

Good god. At least we don’t have to deal with 4Giev anymore

 

[Alienblood]

I'm trying to think of an Avs goalie I hated more than George.

Grubauer

 

[Balthazar]

 

[avsfan2189]

that's a coldddddd quote wow shook to the core

 

[Heyduke]

So this is what trading a player at his absolute lowest value looks like.

 

[Pierce Hawthorne]

At the end of the day for me:


Don't love the price, but at least CMac has addressed the two areas of biggest concern.

Even without Kovalenko, this forward group is absolutely elite and the Defense is close to being elite. The #1 area of concern has always been goaltending and in the last week both guys that were the cause for concern have been shuffled out.

We'll see if the results in net are better. But at least we were proactive and made changes early here. Although one can certainly argue that if we were proactive in the summer instead especially with Annunen... Maybe we aren't having to spend a 2nd and Kovalenko in December to fix the issue. But I'm happy this was done now instead of in March or not at all.

 

[Ararana]

I genuinely don’t know what is worse; that he's knowingly lying to everyone or that he actually believes that

 

[MacKaRtin]

CMac was able to wedge in miles of black wood.

What a little slut.

For a team with advanced statisticians so focused on AE/60 metrics, I'm a little surprised we went so hard in the wood direction

 

[Colorado Avalanche]

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that's a coldddddd quote wow shook to the core

Love it. Fans felt the same.

 

[mackinnon29]

This is a breath of fresh air for the team, both goalies gone in less than 2 weeks. If we get average goaltending watch out, these guys can do some damage

 

[ABasin]

So in the event the Avs get healthy (I know, I know - someone gotta die) over the next couple of weeks we're looking at:

Drouin - MacKinnon - Rantanen
Lehkonen - Mittelstadt - Nichushkin
Kiviranta - Colton - O'Connor
Kelly - Ivan - Wagner

Toews - Makar
Girard - Manson
De Haan - Malinski

Blackwood
Wedgewood

Avs still need IMO 2 bottom-six forwards and a defenseman to either replace De Haan as a lefty or Malinski as a righty and preferably one that kills penalties and is physical.

Still work to be done. LOC and Kiviranta gotta play 4th line, not 3rd line.

In this scenario, I bet they'd keep Colton at wing, and Kelly at 3C. Kiviranta to the 4th line.