Salary Cap: Chris MacFarland - Record as Avalanche GM (Updates In First Post)
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Not really. My theory is that the Avs were a ridiculously insular organization that just didn't do much to look outside the organization for new blood. In many ways they're still very much like that.
Doesn't explain why the pro scouts as so good though, but my theory on THAT is that analytics are far easier to find on pro players, and I'm not sure the amateur scouts pay any attention to advanced metrics, whereas the pro scouts very obviously do.
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C-Mac gets kudos for bringing back LBN.
Plus a chance to attempt another reclamation project with Merkley, why not take a swing and see if he can find his NHL game, or not.
Savvy trade.
Plus a chance to attempt another reclamation project with Merkley, why not take a swing and see if he can find his NHL game, or not.
Savvy trade.
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I like that this new era Avs front office with Joe and CMac values bringing back guys they know are good fits both on the ice and in the dressing room from their previous stints.
In past years they passed up on bringing back guys on the cheap or on waivers that could have helped them. Possibly just for prideful reasons.
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TruePowerSlave
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What are all these perfect scores, the man has barely even started.
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Yes and I actually think he might be the leading candidate. My guess is him or Toews, but we'll see.
Wouldn't be surprised if Nate's been pushing for it too. And we know Joe and CMac have listened to Nate's ideas in the past.
He'll be cheaper to re-sign too after his down season. Especially if they do it a couple games after the trade, but before the playoffs, where they can gauge how well he can keep up with their style of play, and won't have a good playoff run boost his value.
They could finally get him under the Duchene cap!
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Yes and I actually think he might be the leading candidate. My guess is him or Toews, but we'll see.
Wouldn't be surprised if Nate's been pushing for it too. And we know Joe and CMac have listened to Nate's ideas in the past.
He'll be cheaper to re-sign too after his down season. Especially if they do it a couple games after the trade, but before the playoffs, where they can gauge how well he can keep up with their style of play, and won't have a good playoff run boost his value.
They could finally get him under the Duchene cap!
Even if ROR isn't as quick as he used to be, I think a line of Lando-ROR-Nuke could be really effective. Elite defensively and can definitely put the puck in the net.
I currently have him listed at 3. This offseason in hindsight was worse than I thought. Re-upping a lot of guys may have been a mistake in hindsight, not doing everything possible to address the 2C issue definitely was.
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That would make Mackinnen an honorary Finn.
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I think a lot of people are giving him credit for the cup run, and that's fine, so I can see four, but hell no on 5 since we're supposed to be grading him as GM not AGM and GM.
This TDL, and off-season we'll have enough to really grade him in this position alone. So 3 for now, can go either way real quick here though. Interesting reading the first couple pages of this thread though.
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Well they brought back Foote, Tanguay, Yelle and Nemeth. None of which really worked out all that great. Only time will tell on LBNMN.
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Let's wait patiently for any late trade announcements. After that, we burn the city down.
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Had him at a 4, dropped this thumb-sitter to a 2. Call it recency bias, igdaf. Letting Kadri walk also looking worse by the day.
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His first season of the defending Cup champions...
IN:
OUT:
IN:
F Lars Eller (@69%) - $2,415,000
F Matt Nieto - $850,000
F Denis Malgin - $750,000
F Gustav Rydahl - $750,000
D Jack Johnson - $950,000
D Ryan Merkley - $863,333
G Keith Kinkaid - $750,000
OUT:
2025 2nd round pick
F Martin Kaut - $863,333
F Dryden Hunt - $762,500
F Shane Bowers - $750,000
F Anton Blidh - $750,000
D Jacob MacDonald - $762,500
D Andreas Englund - $750,000
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Alright if he's not trolling in the presser that should be it for the Avs.
I voted for 1. Fire him.
Yeah we can win the cup with who we have, but why not raise the odds by dealing some picks that won't matter for this core?
Maybe he's planning a summer move and kept the 1st because of that, but my man, you shoulda done that last summer. You can't just take a year off.
I voted for 1. Fire him.
Yeah we can win the cup with who we have, but why not raise the odds by dealing some picks that won't matter for this core?
Maybe he's planning a summer move and kept the 1st because of that, but my man, you shoulda done that last summer. You can't just take a year off.
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Eh, I kept it at a 3. This deadline was a faceplant for him, no sugarcoating that.
But I did like the few moves he DID make.
But I did like the few moves he DID make.
