Confirmed with Link: Blackwood traded to Colorado

[EdAVSfan]

Did we gain cap space at all?

Yes, 1M. Assuming no retention.

Edit: so about 500k in cap savings

 

[Ararana]

LMAO!

 

[Mighty Makar]

Yes, 1M. Assuming no retention.

14% retention.

 

[AvsWraith]

Retain 14% of my nuts, CMac...

 

[Ceremony]

Jesus, it keeps getting worse, too

Lingering like a bad smell.

 

[EdAVSfan]

Can’t wait to hear all the reactions from you guys who’ve watched all of Blackwoods career.

 

[Pierce Hawthorne]

My goodness. I'm not even high on Kovalenko but that is an ugly price.

 

[MacKaRant]

Should’ve just paid the extra for Gibson… yeesh.

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.

 

[Bill Peckerskull]

14% retention.

$476k

 

[The Pwnerer]

One last laugh from Georgiev. Cmac has done an AWFUL job with asset management and addressing the goalies. This should've been addressed in the offseason. This trade reeks of desperation.

The one thing was cheap NHL forward depth and we just traded a promising one. So stupid.

 

[LOFIN]

What an overreaction from some people lol. Blackwood is an improvement over Georgiev at this point, in this environment. It had to happen. Kovalenko might've made the team in the future, but if we are healthy he's not playing. And above all, this season is what matters the most. 2nd round picks are just TDL fodder with our amateur scouting.

I think you can have a BIG issue with how CMac has handled the goaltending position overall, we could've had Lankinen during the summer or someone else, could've moved on from Annunen earlier (maybe even part of an Askarov trade). But good that he finally stepped up. We really need to start winning games at more than .500 clip, and completely revamping the goaltending position is a good step in doing that.

 

[bv29]

And how exactly this make AVS better ?

 

[Grigowski]

And thats what happens when your GM doesnt adress the main problem in time....

For now, San Jose took us to the "cleaners.....".

I really hope the 2 woods in net get it done.....

 

[forsbergavs32]

We paid that much and retained 14%?

I’m happy Georgiev is gone and I understand that he had negative value, but that seems a bit rich for my blood

 

[the_fan]

Oh well, we upgraded in net I guess. Losing Kovy sucks but had to give something for them to take Georgiev

 

[forsbergavs32]

Retain 14% of my nuts, CMac...

You can retain 100% of those, thank you

 

[avalanche_country]

And how exactly this make AVS better ?

Only way I see it is getting George out of that locker room. I think they really hate him.

 

[Bensch88]

I mean i am very very happy to see George f*** off into the sunset but oh boy the package seems HUGE and Cmac actually retained some of Georges salary. Our GM and goalie really screwed us big time

 

[RoyIsALegend]

Blackwood was my least favourite option available, if I'm honest. I would've preferred Gibson.

Kovalenko, IMO, was a bit overrated here. Couldn't contribute offense and extremely average defensively. I've been pretty vocal about his lack of contribution in all ends of the ice, although most here haven't really agreed with me. I'd much rather lose him over Ivan, for example.

I look at it as a 2nd + bottom 6 forward for Blackwood and dumping a problem in Georgiev.

Mildly amusing that George's last thing as an Av was bypassing Wedgie for the Big Hat and giving it to Colton. Sour little bitch.

 

[sethro109]

And 14% retention on our end!? Did George flip out last night, and we had to get rid of him? This deal just keeps getting worse.

 

[wayninja]

Any goalie is an upgrade given that Georgiev is the worst goalie in the league. It's scary how much wood this team has now.

 

[LOFIN]

And how exactly this make AVS better ?

Getting rid of Georgiev is addition by substraction at this point. And Blackwood isn't even a half bad goalie.

 

[arun]

Cmac is getting exposed as an yzerman gm

 

[Balthazar]

My goodness. I'm not even high on Kovalenko but that is an ugly price.

No team wanted to help us

Predictable

 

[AvsWraith]

We have a terrible injury problem that isn't gonna just magically go away, don't get rid of forwards that can actually score!