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

[Honour Over Glory]

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

Not much. He's a journeyman barely ok back up.

Weird goalie target by the Avs. Could have had Nedeljkovic, damn it.

 

[ijuka]

I think Annunen is bad, but you could at least say that he has some potential if he gets to work with a good goalie coach. A 32yo mediocre journeyman goalie is probably not going to be improving a whole lot. Add the 6th round pick and yeah.

 

[Armourboy]

Annunen is worse.

If he is worse then I don't know how he ever made it to the NHL because Wedgewood shouldn't be in it himself.

 

[BKarchitect]

If he is worse then I don't know how he ever made it to the NHL

Welcome to the Avs goaltending depth chart…

He will probably be fine as a low usage backup behind Saros playing against weaker teams. Maybe the Preds can squeeze something more out of him in the future but looking at it from your teams viewpoint - I’d say this is more about freeing up a bit of cap this year and next than it is about Annunen being any kind of prize.

 

[FerrisRox]

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.

Wait ... you think it was the Wedgewood signing and not the Saros contract that led to Askarov's trade?

 

[sadpanda]

Col traded wrong goalie

 

[PredsV82]

I think Annunen is bad, but you could at least say that he has some potential if he gets to work with a good goalie coach. A 32yo mediocre journeyman goalie is probably not going to be improving a whole lot. Add the 6th round pick and yeah.

He will be working with one of the best goalie coaching groups. Korn/Vanderklok/Rinne is pretty freaking solid. Between him and Chrona one of them will pan out to be a reliable backup to Saros

 

[OysterForever]

This is a lunatic trade from Avs POV

 

[TheNumber4]

Isn't Wedgwood just Jack Campbell without the self doubt?

I’ll ask his therapist

 

[KaraLupin]

Wasn't Annunen scheduled to be the next franchise goalie for the Avs?

That Sir, is Ilya Nabokov

 

[le_sean]

Well the trade already paying off for the Avs

 

[Avsfan1921]

Lot of Avs fans who don’t like this trade but just changing the makeup of the tandem is huge. The team had lost confidence playing in front of both George and Annunen. The shakeup was needed even if it’s only temporary relief.

 

[BKarchitect]

Lot of Avs fans who don’t like this trade but just changing the makeup of the tandem is huge. The team had lost confidence playing in front of both George and Annunen. The shakeup was needed even if it’s only temporary relief.

Now they just need to change the other half of the tandem.

 

[JoeSakic13]

Lot of Avs fans who don’t like this trade but just changing the makeup of the tandem is huge. The team had lost confidence playing in front of both George and Annunen. The shakeup was needed even if it’s only temporary relief.

I mean, it worked tonight.

 

[Colorado Avalanche]

Now they just need to change the other half of the tandem.

Exactly.

No one believes in George anymore.

 

[NoelVilla]

Need to fire Trotz before he burns it all down.