Varlamov Man Crush Thread

[Cousin Eddie]

It's easy to feel great about it now with how good Varly is. Even if Washington ended up stealing somebody at the draft and turning him into a great roster player it would still make me very happy with the deal, but I admittldy felt very upset about this trade the day it happened.

Vokoun openly said he wanted to play with a team "like Colorado" meaning we probably had a good shot at him for free. Vokoun was one of the most consistent goalies in the league at the time and when we ended up trading a 1st and a 2nd for a guy who I thought was a worse goalie than Vokoun who we could have for free left me very very upset. Things have certainly changed from that day!

 

[Flanagan]

It was still a great trade for the Caps. They got a first-rounder from a team that picked second overall something like a week earlier. That plus another high-round pick is very good return for someone who was not in their future plans and it didn't create a hole in the roster.

 

[Gigantor The Goalie]

It was still a great trade for the Caps. They got a first-rounder from a team that picked second overall something like a week earlier. That plus another high-round pick is very good return for someone who was not in their future plans and it didn't create a hole in the roster.

Well it looks like they are currently lacking a proper number 1 goalie so I wouldn't say they are without their holes.

 

[Flanagan]

I meant at the time of the trade.

They had Neuvirth/Holtby and went and signed Vokoun.

 

[InjuredChoker]

Well it looks like they are currently lacking a proper number 1 goalie so I wouldn't say they are without their holes.

holtby has questionmarks do to lack of games played but he still has been above average since coming into league and that's counting last season when oates gave his best effort to ruin him.

 

[AvalancheFan19]

I meant at the time of the trade.

They had Neuvirth/Holtby and went and signed Vokoun.

Great trade for both teams but we're all on the same page, Avs got the better asset.

 

[The Mars Volchenkov]

https://twitter.com/MileHighHockey

Hope it's minor MT @mikey_1986: Avs goalie #Varlamov left practice with an ankle injury at Francois Allaire camp in #Verbier (SUI) #NHL

MT @mikey_1986: seems like Varly injured his ankle in off-ice warm-up; he left on-ice practice after only a couple of minutes

 

[henchman21]

https://twitter.com/MileHighHockey

 

[Bubba Thudd]

marvelous

 

[RockLobster]

https://twitter.com/MileHighHockey

Well...

That's definitely not good news...hope it's nothing serious though.

 

[Cousin Eddie]

BERRA TIME

 

[henchman21]

He went on the ice with the injury... so it is pretty minor. If it was a bad sprain or break, he wouldn't have even gone on the ice for a training session. This is nothing to worry about.

 

[hockeyfish]

He went on the ice with the injury... so it is pretty minor. If it was a bad sprain or break, he wouldn't have even gone on the ice for a training session. This is nothing to worry about.

You know as well as we do that amputation is obviously going to happen. No way around it.

 

[henchman21]

You know as well as we do that amputation is obviously going to happen. No way around it.

Must have gangrene

 

[Foppa Frossa]

Sounds like Varly is leaving Switzerland on account of his injury.

 

[Nzap]

Season over

Anyone know how long the camp is. If it's just a few days I could understand him leaving despite the injury not being very severe.
But if it's longer then that could indicate a bit more serious injury.

 

[tigervixxxen]

Saw this on twitter, he was walking with the bandage in a pic so can't be that bad

 

[henchman21]

Hanifin will look good in an Avs uni.

He was walking in the picture, so again nothing to worry about nearly 3 months before the season starts.

 

[henchman21]

Season over

Anyone know how long the camp is. If it's just a few days I could understand him leaving despite the injury not being very severe.
But if it's longer then that could indicate a bit more serious injury.

Short... only like a week or 10 days.

Here is the end date.

Michael Roth @mikey_1986 · 46m
@cherylcbradley @NickMar11 It's a 1 week camp and will be over on Friday or Saturday

Michael Roth @mikey_1986 · 33m
@NickMar11 @cherylcbradley Camp is over on Friday. I'm not there myself but have a friend who keeps me updated on Varly's status.

Makes total sense not to risk it.

 

[Freudian]

Told you Berra would Tonya Harding him in Switzerland.

 

[tigervixxxen]

And supposedly only Picks is there, not Aittokallio. Unless the mile didn't see him. I never imagined someone could get access in freaking Switzerland.

 

[bohlmeister]

BERRA TIME

 

[Gigantor The Goalie]

And supposedly only Picks is there, not Aittokallio. Unless the mile didn't see him. I never imagined someone could get access in freaking Switzerland.

I think that's because Aittokallio is playing (pro?) roller hockey over the summer

 

[Avs For Life]

McDavid is OURS...except we should trade him for a D corps

 

[tigervixxxen]

We'll just take Hanifin