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Confirmed Signing with Link: [COL] G Mackenzie Blackwood signs extension with the Avalanche (5 years, $5.25M AAV)

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Muffin said:
4 5 6 games sample size now. When is he worthy of his new extension? 10 games?

Also top 5 in SV% now which is pretty impressive considering he played the majority of the season in San Jose
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Most Sharks fans knew he was going to excel behind an NHL-quality defense.

And I continue to laugh at posters who snarkily judge the extension on 4-5-6 games of good play when that is basically all they know of his play, fully ignoring Blackwood’s prior ~1.5 seasons of quality play.
 
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Still a small sample size, but wow. This guy has looked amazing so far.

Tonight the Avs were getting goalie’d by Bob, but Blackwood was up to the challenge and put up a .963 against the defending champs.
 
Blackwood is not the answer, especially at that price and term. They should've just held on to their cup-winning goalie -- he wasn't all-world, but didn't need to be behind that team (see: Crawford w/ the Hawks).
 
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Mattb124 said:
Most Sharks fans knew he was going to excel behind an NHL-quality defense.

And I continue to laugh at posters who snarkily judge the extension on 4-5-6 games of good play when that is basically all they know of his play, fully ignoring Blackwood’s prior ~1.5 seasons of quality play.
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Bashing a 5-year extension as a mistake after 6 games is silly and absurd. Calling the same extension a 100% genius move after 8 games however, is perfectly sane and reasonable.
 
mlse2kk said:
Blackwood is not the answer, especially at that price and term. They should've just held on to their cup-winning goalie -- he wasn't all-world, but didn't need to be behind that team (see: Crawford w/ the Hawks).
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You're confusing "wasn't all-world" with "historically bad" during their run. It made all the sense in the world for them to let him walk.
 
Reality Czech said:
Bashing a 5-year extension as a mistake after 6 games is silly and absurd. Calling the same extension a 100% genius move after 8 games however, is perfectly sane and reasonable.
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With goalies, it's always going to be a crapshoot. Bobrovsky had the worst contract in the league a few years ago. Then he went b2b SC finals, and won the cup. And is doing decent, not great this year again. Swayman has been a disaster after his new deal. Shesterkin as well, but that might be because of an injury.

Goalies are woodoo, can't even trust the best ones TBH. Before you say Hellebuyck, look at his last two playoffs.

Blackwood at 5ish million, which is straight league average next season, is a pretty fine bet all things considered.
 
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Blackwood was the perfect gamble for the Avs to be honest.
As a Sharks fan him winning us some games by himself should be enough for a playoff team to put a gamble on him. He played great in SJ (rebuilding team) and now in Colorado (playoff/SC contender team) + salary cap is rising so it's a win for Colorado.
Sharks also got a good value out of that deal, 2nd round pick and Kovalenko are great and Georgiev is warming the bench for Askarov. Win-Win.
 
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LOFIN said:
With goalies, it's always going to be a crapshoot. Bobrovsky had the worst contract in the league a few years ago. Then he went b2b SC finals, and won the cup. And is doing decent, not great this year again. Swayman has been a disaster after his new deal. Shesterkin as well, but that might be because of an injury.

Goalies are woodoo, can't even trust the best ones TBH. Before you say Hellebuyck, look at his last two playoffs.

Blackwood at 5ish million, which is straight league average next season, is a pretty fine bet all things considered.
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I do think it's a good gamble but we'll only be able to judge it after a year or two. But I wouldn't be surprised if it works out for the Avs because they only need him to be decent behind their team. So far he's obviously been better than that.

Playoff success for goalies is tough. It's rare that a goalie can win or lose a playoff series all on his own. However, recent history has shown that a team can win with above average goaltending rather than elite.
 
mlse2kk said:
Blackwood is not the answer, especially at that price and term. They should've just held on to their cup-winning goalie -- he wasn't all-world, but didn't need to be behind that team (see: Crawford w/ the Hawks).
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Disagree that Blackwood can't be the answer for the Avalanche.

Avs were hit by a huge cap crunch the next season after the cup. They saved almost 2 million by going with Georgiev in place of Kuemper, and needed every penny of that to fill a roster. And for the first season, that switch worked out.


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You're confusing "wasn't all-world" with "historically bad" during their run. It made all the sense in the world for them to let him walk.
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Pretty sure they would have brought Kuemper back if they could have fit him in the cap.

Same reason they lost Kadri that offseason and Burakovsky (expansion, but also got >10% raise). Not because they didn't want to keep the band together, but because with the flat cap they could not keep everybody at the deals they were being offered. Avs were right up to the cap limit the following season. Nichushkin also became UFA at the same time as those other 3, and this was a year before he started having his suspension issues, or they may have prioritized differently.

The uncertainty about how the eye injury recovery would progress probably further added to the concerns about matching the contract the Caps gave Kuemper.

If the cap wasn't going up, Avs likely would not be able to afford to keep Blackwood next season either. Rantanen and Drouin will be up for UFA, and Rantanen has never been an easy negotiation.
 
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Dude looks good. The fact that they got him for that cap hit is scary for the Western conference.
 
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Reality Czech said:
Bashing a 5-year extension as a mistake after 6 games is silly and absurd. Calling the same extension a 100% genius move after 8 games however, is perfectly sane and reasonable.
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Do people really think the Avs decided to re-sign Blackwood based on his 6 games with the Avs?

The Avs went out and acquired him. Meaning they've watched him for probably at least a couple years and obviously liked him. It's based on his entire body of work especially the last couple years. You don't really believe they based his contract on only the games he played since joining the Avs? That's laughable.
 
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Avs9296 said:
Do people really think the Avs decided to re-sign Blackwood based on his 6 games with the Avs?

The Avs went out and acquired him. Meaning they've watched him for probably at least a couple years and obviously liked him. It's based on his entire body of work especially the last couple years. You don't really believe they based his contract on only the games he played since joining the Avs? That's laughable.
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No I was referring to fans that are either saying this extension was a dumb move or a great move based on such a small sample size. Nothing to do with the Avs management.
 
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I still dont like giving goalies 5 year deals because when they suck, they are a net negative, so you generally want to flexibility to switch it up. But blackwood has been awesome so far, just hope the cap rises even more. I think by year 2, he'll be the 20th highest paid goalie.
 
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Is a GM's stress at having to find a new goalie for contending team so high that you finally say eff it, let's get someone long term? Maybe it is.
 
Not surprised he is excelling, he always shown really good potential. Wanted the Oilers to go after him since he was on New Jersey,
 
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Indrid Cold said:
Is a GM's stress at having to find a new goalie for contending team so high that you finally say eff it, let's get someone long term? Maybe it is.
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Every GM? No.

For the Avs? More about not having to compete with other teams at UFA time and locking down a player and hoping they’re the right choice.
 
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Do people really think the Avs decided to re-sign Blackwood based on his 6 games with the Avs?

The Avs went out and acquired him. Meaning they've watched him for probably at least a couple years and obviously liked him. It's based on his entire body of work especially the last couple years. You don't really believe they based his contract on only the games he played since joining the Avs? That's laughable.
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Yes, that's what people believe. Also, they make claims like "he isn't the answer" based on games played when he was on the east coast playing for the Devils because they can't be bothered to stay up and watch late west coast games.

Unfortunately for these 'experts', there is a progression there with this player and the Avs paid attention starting probably with Game #2 of the 2023-24 season.


Experts seemingly cannot see the difference in quality between :

Georgiev - led the NHL in WINS in 2023-24 :
2023-24Colorado AvalancheNHL63243638183023.023818515880.8971100

Blackwood - 2023-24 on a last place team that finished with 47 points :
2023-24San Jose SharksNHL44022437140023.451025412430.899---

Apparently, there is no difference between these two stats. Imagine that. :laugh:
 
I'm still waiting for Blackwood to get poked in the eye or start having skate blades fall off.

No goalie every transitions to the Avs this well, and when they finally start playing well they get hurt.
 
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Oh one did.;)
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