Wonder if the Avs will keep shopping for Goalie if wedgewood comes in and plays about as expected... Or will they be content hoping the bandaid goaltending approved holds enough to win a round or two.
Confirmed Trade: [NSH/COL] Scott Wedgewood for Justus Annunen and 2025 6th round pick
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I’m confused by this trade. Both goalies have shitty numbers this season but at least Annunen is only 24 and has some upside.
This is not an upgrade for Avs. Weird.
This is not an upgrade for Avs. Weird.
I just made the same point on the Preds board. Thinking a goalie that could easily be waived was the reason Askarov wanted out is nonsense.
In a vacuum, moving Wedgewood for Annunen is a solid move. Props to GMBT where it's due
Annunen has a very exploitable weakness in his game, one that has been present since before he was drafted and still persists to this day. His lateral movement is beyond just being bad, it straight up hinders the entirety of his game (like it's so bad, this would be like saying a young defenceman struggles skating backwards level of bad).
Teams have started to figure this out, so I guess Colorado is just on some kind of throwing darts kind of thing to find a backup
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Bednar did not like Annunen at all. Not that Annunen was great or anything but whenever Georgiev had a bad game Bednar would make excuses for him, but would throw Annunen under the bus for a bad goal.
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I mean in the end I don't think it really matters. From the Preds perspective its just getting a little bit of something for a garbage asset you didn't want to play anyways.
I dunno, maybe Trotz thinks if he moves the deck chairs around enough the actual boat will finally run straight.
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It kind of feels like because Bednar favors Georgiev so Annunen is being sacrificed to at least put out some of the noise...for now.
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This can’t be the only move the Avs make. Just solid and unspectacular goaltending makes them legit contenders. They still don’t have that. But if they can flip Georgiev and assets for a decent #1, they will be a force. Wedgewood has proven to be a good backup but nothing more
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This turns the Avs into serious contenders
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I don’t get why these teams keep recycling crappy backup goalies the same way they do coaches
Bring in some random AHLers who overperform there that don’t get the chances. Never know when you get a Hamburgler run, an Alex Lyon or a Tim Thomas (not a full tim thomas, but a decent goalie who thrives).
Even if they don’t pan out, you might get some extra wins out of a goalie with less of a scouting report on them from other teams
Bring in some random AHLers who overperform there that don’t get the chances. Never know when you get a Hamburgler run, an Alex Lyon or a Tim Thomas (not a full tim thomas, but a decent goalie who thrives).
Even if they don’t pan out, you might get some extra wins out of a goalie with less of a scouting report on them from other teams
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wedge is I think, one of the more reliable true backups in the league. He wasn’t that horrendous last year, and was pretty good the previous few years.
Sieve this year, but such a small sample size
Sieve this year, but such a small sample size
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People need to understand this isn’t about SV% for the Avs.
Georgiev has pretty damn good numbers over the course of three years and can absolutely go on heaters. Annunen stats are…ok, for a backup.
It’s not the raw SV% that matters for what the Avs eventually do. It’s getting vets in goalie who can provide steady play and who WHEN the inevitable bad game happens - it doesn’t turn into a waterfall of bad games. The Avs simply need some professional goalies with good heads and who are going to provide some mental toughness in the locker room.
It’s why I think eventually a guy like Gibson will be much more sought by Colorado than a guy like Blackwood. It’s why despite poor small sample numbers this year that aren’t any better than Annunen’s - that the Avs FO views Wedgewood as an upgrade to the backup spot.
The analysis absolutely has to go beyond throwing 10 game sample raw SV% against the monitor and saying “this is an upgrade or this isn’t an upgrade”.
Georgiev has pretty damn good numbers over the course of three years and can absolutely go on heaters. Annunen stats are…ok, for a backup.
It’s not the raw SV% that matters for what the Avs eventually do. It’s getting vets in goalie who can provide steady play and who WHEN the inevitable bad game happens - it doesn’t turn into a waterfall of bad games. The Avs simply need some professional goalies with good heads and who are going to provide some mental toughness in the locker room.
It’s why I think eventually a guy like Gibson will be much more sought by Colorado than a guy like Blackwood. It’s why despite poor small sample numbers this year that aren’t any better than Annunen’s - that the Avs FO views Wedgewood as an upgrade to the backup spot.
The analysis absolutely has to go beyond throwing 10 game sample raw SV% against the monitor and saying “this is an upgrade or this isn’t an upgrade”.
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True but they also factored in the type of return they might get for him now, which may it may not have been on the table in a few years. If the relationship was strained or at risk of becoming so, maybe they decided to just move on from him when they did. I can see both sides of it but at least they got a nice return for a guy who hadn't really proven much up to that point as you said.
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This is a pointless move for Colorado. Even if Annunen wasn't ever going to carry a load for them, this still fixes nothing and it delays any real fix.
The Avs need a real long term goaltending solution. This bandaid just means they'll wait longer to get one. And the team is older and worse until then.
The Avs need a real long term goaltending solution. This bandaid just means they'll wait longer to get one. And the team is older and worse until then.
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I dunno in a couple of years with some good play it may have only gotten better return wise. That said this organization has pretty much always moved guys once they say they want out. The one exception was last year but they couldn't get anyone to take on a bad Dman that was overpaid, so its not like they didn't try.
The only way that trade ends up looking good is if Askarov flames out or if Edstrom ends up being really good. I guess what you get with that pick comes into play too, but that's just a dart throw right now.
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Why didnt they just bring up Askarov....he's better.
Trots should be fired.
Trots should be fired.
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Annunen was pretty awful all year long and is not an NHL goaltender. Even if the stats look ok, multiple times he would give up goals on the first, second, and/or third shot he faced. That is deflating for a team to start the game n the hole. Georgiev has at least showed he can bounce back to average, while Annunen still sucked.
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