Confirmed Signing with Link: [COL] F Logan O'Connor signs extension with the Avalanche (6 years, $2.5M AAV)

[GirardSpinorama]

Generally teams want to replace bottom 6 forwards with younger, cheaper, up and coming players. Vs signing bottom 6 forwards through age 34.

Agreed. But theres 6 bottom six forward spots and its very hard not have at least a couple of long term fixtures on it.

Major exception: William Carrier and the Hurricanes. They notoriously have a ton of forward prospects but still think Carrier is valuable enough to give a 6x$2M AAV to.

36 year old Staal and 32 year old Martinook are signed to multiyear deals too.

You cant just ice a bottom six of 20 year old ELCs, but obviously you want to find a LoCs every few years.

 

[emptyNedder]

32 year old Martinook are signed to multiyear deals too.

Martinook is pretty comparable to LOC's current play--fast, physical will score 30 points. Definitely worth the contract. If O'Connor finds more scoring, then he is more comparable to Coleman and the contract is great for the Avs.

 

[Bone Breaker]

late to the topic but Im stoked. Avs last season were doomed the moment he went down and to have him back on ice will be huge for our pretentions.

mark my words, boy, mark them well. by the time this contract is up, he will be second most memorable Avs player in history, only behind Forsberg.