Confirmed Trade: [NSH/COL] Scott Wedgewood for Justus Annunen and 2025 6th round pick

[Vasilevskiy]

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[John Mandalorian]

He obviously has warts but can Predator fans at least fill some of us in on what he does well?

 

[BonMorrison]

Hey remember how Trotz traded Askarov because he signed Wedgewood with term to backup Saros and now has traded Wedgewood away two months into the season.

Great asset management. I can’t with this guy, man. Annunen at least has some value and is younger I guess.

 

[Muffinalt]

Hey remember how Trotz traded Askarov because he signed Wedgewood with term to backup Saros and now has traded Wedgewood away two months into the season.

Great asset management. I can’t with this guy, man. Annunen at least has some value and is younger I guess.

Jesus that is rough. What the hell is the logic in that.

 

[SI90]

Hey remember how Trotz traded Askarov because he signed Wedgewood with term to backup Saros and now has traded Wedgewood away two months into the season.

Great asset management. I can’t with this guy, man. Annunen at least has some value and is younger I guess.

The only thing I’ll say is Askarov wanted to be a starter and with goalies their value, you never know what’s gonna happen. They were obviously going to keep Saros as the franchise goaltender. Not saying it was right or wrong, but I understand the logic behind it at the time.

 

[Reality Czech]

Hey remember how Trotz traded Askarov because he signed Wedgewood with term to backup Saros and now has traded Wedgewood away two months into the season.

Great asset management. I can’t with this guy, man. Annunen at least has some value and is younger I guess.

Pretty sure the trade had a lot more to do with Saros' contract than Wedgewood's but don't let me interrupt.

 

[Gecklund]

He obviously has warts but can Predator fans at least fill some of us in on what he does well?

Well the thing he does really really well is be there.

 

[amnesiac]

replacing young crap with more experienced crap

 

[Arthur Morgan]

not sure why COL did this but alright lol

 

[Mr Positive]

You got to admire how the Avs aren't content to just let the team figure it out. They've been proactive about the goaltending.

 

[JoeSakic13]

Damn, didn’t think they’d pull the plug on the Juice development so soon.

That said, Wedgewood has been a solid backup for a few years now. Was always just as worried when the Avs faced him over Oettinger last year. Yes, obviously Otter is better. However Wedgewood can get you a win.

 

[avsfan9]

Been following Annunnen since he was drafted hoping he was going to be the Avs future starter. He’s been getting worse every start. Very sad as a fan but hopefully he does well in Nashville. Hopefully wedgewood can give us some need quality starts

 

[BonMorrison]

Pretty sure the trade had a lot more to do with Saros' contract than Wedgewood's but don't let me interrupt.

It can be both. At least Askarov getting a season to be backup gives him a chance to usurp Saros.

 

[Armourboy]

He obviously has warts but can Predator fans at least fill some of us in on what he does well?

Nothing, he did absolutely nothing well as a goalie. I honestly don't know what the Av's management saw that would convince them to give up a pick to get him.

 

[Satan]

W3dg3wood keeps getting worse with time. Seems like a great teammate- but below average backup nowadays

 

[Reality Czech]

It can be both. At least Askarov getting a season to be backup gives him a chance to usurp Saros.

Considering they had already given Saros an 8-year extension, not sure they were interested in giving him that chance. And I'd also guess they wouldn't have traded Askarov if his camp hadn't requested it, but I'm not 100% plugged into the situation.

 

[dirtydanglez]

another in the long list of mediocre goaltenders for the avs.

i still like the move though i think wedgewood could give the avs steady .900 goaltending which is actually an improvement.

annunen has a pretty good chance at turning into a steady backup.

 

[Armourboy]

Hey remember how Trotz traded Askarov because he signed Wedgewood with term to backup Saros and now has traded Wedgewood away two months into the season.

Great asset management. I can’t with this guy, man. Annunen at least has some value and is younger I guess.

This is incorrect. Trotz ha stated that when he offered Wedgewood the contract he was informed that the plan was for Askarov to be the back up and that unless Askarov had a bad camp he would likely be in Milwaukee.

He told Askarov that the backup job was slated to be his in the summer, a few days later Askarov came back and asked to be traded.

The Askarov trade had nothing to do with Wedgewood and everything to do with money ( Trotz was never going to give him 2 million a season ) and having basically no competition in front of him.

 

[Saskatoon]

I'm surprised Avs went this way hopefully it works out for them

 

[Porter Stoutheart]

Wedgewood was awful in camp for the Preds. Completely non-NHL level crap. I mean, if we had kept Askarov and been even slightly honest about things, then there is no question Askarov would have beat out Wedgewood. Who knows if Trotz would have been that honest after letting Lankinen walk and signing Wedgewood to that 2x$1.5M though.

Wedgewood only has 3 starts with the Preds. 2 were crap. One he was ok. He also replaced Saros and had a good period once. It's not much to go on.

I suspect at the end of the day, you just have to go instead by whatever his past track record indicates, or what Dallas fans could say about him. He won't elicit any positive response from Preds fans, he has been utterly bad for us. But objectively it is a tiny sample size.

Meanwhile, I don't know anything about Annunen, but will happily take him if there is even any slight hope of him providing NHL-level goaltending for the Preds in the rare instances we let Saros have a breather.

I can't see how this helps Colorado in any way. Although sometimes NHL players like to believe they have a fellow-NHL veteran around instead of a shaky kid? So maybe the team will play better somehow under the illusion that Wedgewood is an NHL player? It definitely helps Wedgewood anyway, since he wasn't getting any time behind Saros.

 

[Armourboy]

Considering they had already given Saros an 8-year extension, not sure they were interested in giving him that chance. And I'd also guess they wouldn't have traded Askarov if his camp hadn't requested it, but I'm not 100% plugged into the situation.

I think Trotz view was that it was a problem to be dealt with on down the road but Askarov had proven nothing at the NHL level that would really push Saros. He expected Askarov to play at least another couple of years getting back up time and working on his game. Then they would figure out what to do.

 

[Chainshot]

Wow, on to his eighth different organization (with two stops in both NJ and Arizona), seems he's at least sought after for what he does.

 

[Armourboy]

The timing of the trade is what is wild. Wedgewood was slated to start tonight being on the back end of a back to back.

 

[BKarchitect]

This will be part 1, if things keep going the way they are in net. I think the idea to attack the deficiency has always been two-pronged:

1) Upgrade Georgiev when it becomes possible and the right tender and deal is there to be made

2) Get a cheap but “proven” NHL veteran backup to upgrade the backup spot.

Obviously deal #2 is easier to make. I feel like Wedgewood has been pretty poor lately but at least he has a semblance of a track record and is going to be a low maintenance pure backup. Annunen is kind of “meh”…most clubs he’s not in the NHL and his upside is probably a serviceable NHL backup - but there’s just no confidence there right now.

 

[dirtydanglez]

The timing of the trade is what is wild. Wedgewood was slated to start tonight being on the back end of a back to back.

he's probably still going to do that just in a different jersey.