Salary Cap: Chris MacFarland - Record as Avalanche GM (Updates In First Post)

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How would you rate the job Chris MacFarland has done to date as Avalanche GM? (editable)


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Foppa2118

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Oct 3, 2003
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Avs 2024 Off Season So Far


In


Players

  • Jonathan Drouin - 1 year $2.5M deal, after he became a UFA
  • Joel Kiviranta - 1 year $775k deal, after he became a UFA
  • Calvin De Haan - 1 year $800k deal
  • Erik Brannstrom - 1 year $900k deal
  • Oliver Kylington - 1 year $1.05M deal

Staff

  • Andrew Wilson - Assistant General Manager
  • Nick Pryor - Director of Amateur Scouting
  • Pavel Francouz - Goaltending Scout
  • Jonas Almtorp - Amatuer Scout (Europe?)
  • Kiana Scott - Amateur Scout
  • Jim Clark - Pro Scout
  • Bryan Stewart - Pro Scout
  • Andrew Cogliano - Development Coach


Out


Players

  • Andrew Cogliano - Retired
  • Zach Parise - Retired
  • Jack Johnson - 1 x $775k (Columbus)
  • Sean Walker - 3 x $3.6M (Carolina)
  • Yakov Trenin - 4 x $3.5M (Minnesota)
  • Brandon Duhaime - 2 x $1.85M (Washington)
  • Caleb Jones - 1 x 775k in NHL $425k in AHL (LA Kings)
  • Ivan Prosvetov (KHL)
  • Fredrik Olofsson - (Switzerland)

Staff

  • Scott Harris - Director of Scouting Operations (? - no longer listed)
  • Wade Klippenstein - Director of Amateur Scouting
  • Peter Budaj - Goaltending Scout
  • Joakim Eriksson - Amateur Scout (Europe)
  • Steven Reinprecht - Development Coach
 
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expatriatedtexan

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Disagree on the first part. The systems were blammed before they won the Cup too.

We'll see on the reclamation projects. CMa'c already hitting well above average so one or two off the mark shouldn't be held too much against him.

They definitely should have more than 1 Cup with this core when it's all said and done though. Reminds me of the old Avs core. Hopefully it doesn't play out that way, but it's hard to win the Cup. Lots of factors that are out of your control.
I mean our core....but Landy gets absolutely wrecked by a team-mate's errant skate. Nuke turns out to have been a bigger problem than management anticipated when handing him that deal is a bit on them but still. Two years in a row? And now with a potential for a third? Yikes.

I think one of the most often over-looked factor a team needs to win the Cup is luck. Luck comes in many forms (but mostly in the form of team health and having multiple players playing above their contract values).
 

Alienblood

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Nov 22, 2021
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Avs 2024 Off Season So Far


In


Players

  • Jonathan Drouin - 1 year $2.5M deal, after he became a UFA
  • Joel Kiviranta - 1 year $775k deal, after he became a UFA
  • Calvin De Haan - 1 year $800k deal
  • Erik Brannstrom - 1 year $900k deal
  • Oliver Kylington - 1 year $1.05M deal

Staff

  • Andrew Wilson - Assistant General Manager
  • Nick Pryor - Director of Amateur Scouting
  • Pavel Francouz - Goaltending Scout
  • Jonas Almtorp - Amatuer Scout (Europe?)
  • Kiana Scott - Amateur Scout
  • Jim Clark - Pro Scout
  • Bryan Stewart - Pro Scout


Out


Players

  • Andrew Cogliano - Retired
  • Zach Parise - Retired
  • Jack Johnson - 1 x $775k (Columbus)
  • Sean Walker - 3 x $3.6M (Carolina)
  • Yakov Trenin - 4 x $3.5M (Minnesota)
  • Brandon Duhaime - 2 x $1.85M (Washington)
  • Caleb Jones - 1 x 775k in NHL $425k in AHL (LA Kings)
  • Ivan Prosvetov (KHL)
  • Fredrik Olofsson - (Switzerland)

Staff

  • Scott Harris - Head of Scouting (? - no longer listed)
  • Wade Klippenstein - Director of Amateur Scouting
  • Peter Budaj - Goaltending Scout
  • Joakim Eriksson - Amateur Scout (Europe)
  • Steven Reinprecht - Development Coach
Harris is gone ?
 

Foppa2118

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Oct 3, 2003
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Harris is gone ?

It's not clear. He works closely with CMac and last year was listed as Director of Scouting Operations, but his name has been removed from the Avs list of staff and executives on their website.

It's possible Andrew Wilson took over his old role working with CMac, as AGM McDonald is mainly the GM of the Eagles.

Also possible they just haven't updated his new title, but it seems as though they would have updated it, when they removed the old title.

Avs site doesn't seem to run a tight ship though. They don't upload important press conferences and other media, and they take their time sometimes adjusting titles, so who knows.
 
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