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

[JLo217]

Are the Avs known for handing out bad contract extensions?

The mainboard stupidity is about to be on full display. CMAC and Sakic usually do a pretty good job on this stuff. Yet everyone else criticizes it out of the gate.

 

[Avs44]

Wow. Not a big fan of this. They must really believe.

 

[Tralfamadore]

Probably should have waited a little bit longer to do this but they didn’t say the aav yet

Longer they wait possibly the more they pay though. He's been stellar so far.

 

[RoyIsALegend]

Known for making terrible decisions on goal tending.

Don’t be so sensitive. It’s Christmas buddy.

Huh? That's sensitive?

I asked you a question, I don't know what the outsiders think of the Avs extensions. Was a legit ask.

 

[Patty Ice]

Congrats Avs. Well deserved contract for Blackwood. Many times he kept the Sharks in games they shouldn't have been. I think there is greater things to come from him and he is a great locker room presence.

Before Askarov, I wanted the Sharks to extend him as our guy. Even after, I wanted to keep him around, selfishly, to help break Askarov in.

 

[Kobe Armstrong]

This feels like an Oilers move

 

[Mad Dog Tannen]

Omfg.

5 at 5.25. After 4 games. lol.

Could be genius. Could be an anchor.

I can’t wait to find out!

 

[Shane Diesel]

I don't know about you, but I trust him because his opinion is echoed by the GMs in the NHL.

What does that mean?

Varly was the Vezina runner up in 2014, with a legitimate case for winning it. He was also 4th in the Hart vote.

While in Colorado, Kuemper didn't get a single vote for the Vezina.

While in Colorado Grubauer received Vezina votes. He's a good goaltender, right?

Why should we trust GSAx as anything other than a fun calculation based on assumptions?

Because it's a formula based on objective inputs. No statistic is perfect, but it attempts cuts out subjectivity and create a repeatable and falsifiable baseline. That's why it's far more reliable than some anonymous poster on the internet putting forth their (likely) amateur opinion.

 

[pont]

Huh? That's sensitive?

I asked you a question, I don't know what the outsiders think of the Avs extensions. Was a legit ask.

I gasped when I saw your original comment. Brute!

 

[Tralfamadore]

5.25 will be like the new 4. Not that bad for reliable goaltending.

 

[Patty Ice]

Perfect deal for both parties.

 

[Blackhawkswincup]

Jesus

Blackwood and his agent today

 

[Mad Dog Tannen]

Longer they wait possibly the more they pay though. He's been stellar so far.

lol. Sure.

Stellar after 4 games.

How much higher you think k half a good season will get him? Yeesh. The stories we make up.

 

[983 others]

ngl 5 x 5.25 seems stupid and completely unnecessary

not saying it will be, but it seems really stupid

 

[Muffin]

Known for making terrible decisions on goal tending.

Don’t be so sensitive. It’s Christmas buddy.

Which one? Grubauer that got nominated for the Vezina or Kuemper that won the cup?

 

[Malkinstheman]

Man NHL GMs are stupid. You cant bet on goalie consistency in this league. Especially not after 1 good season.

 

[Empoleon8771]

Longer they wait possibly the more they pay though. He's been stellar so far.

There is no way that any team would have paid Blackwood more than this in free agency.

 

[ucanthanzalthetruth]

5 x 5.25 for a waiver wire goalie after 4 good games? This is one of the more insane contracts I've seen. It's like the Avs are somehow blessed with a great team but on the condition they have to make exclusively bad goalie decisions.

 

[Luigi Lemieux]

Basically the same contract Tristan Jarry got, and he was a two time all star at the time. Risky move considering how quickly goalies can turn to crap in this league (like Jarry for example).

 

[FissionFire]

5.25 will be like the new 4. Not that bad for reliable goaltending.

His career track record doesn’t exactly scream reliable.

 

[Nico Hischier]

Longer they wait possibly the more they pay though. He's been stellar so far.

I’ve seen Mac black play stellar for a handful of games but can he continue it consistently for the rest of the season?

 

[Muffin]

Anyone actually expected it to be less after the Joey Daccord contract?

 

[Foppberg]

I see Santa didn't give most of HF a brain for Christmas.

 

[LT]

This will be a regrettable contract within a few years

 

[ucanthanzalthetruth]

Anyone actually expected it to be less after the Joey Daccord contract?

Daccord at least played 50 games lol.