Confirmed with Link: Avs sign Czech goalie Pavel Francouz (1 year)

[The Pwnerer]

Awesome, love that Sakic is already addressing the big needs this offseason.

 

[Bubba Thudd]

Frank, can we call him Frank? is younger than Bernier

'Couzey

 

[Bubba Thudd]

He wears #33. Are they bringing down Roy's number?

He can just reverse the numbers.

 

[missionAvs]

'Couzey

Someone mentioned Paul Frank earlier. That has my vote lol.

 

[missionAvs]

He can just reverse the numbers.

Checks out. I'll allow it.

 

[Miri]

Very nice. Hopefully he will become success for Avs.

 

[AllAboutAvs]

My choices as #3 goalie would be Hutchinson, Pickard or Cale Morris in no specific order...well maybe Morris first.

 

[henchman21]

I say bring back Picks! Morris is unlikely to sign a NHL deal this year.

 

[AllAboutAvs]

I say bring back Picks! Morris is unlikely to sign a NHL deal this year.

I think you are right about Morris. He would have probably signed with a team by now although it is still early.

Picks really liked it here and now that the AHL team is here as well he could be with his buddies even though he wouldn't be on the same team. He is also very well aware of Varly's health issues so those two things could certainly influence his decision. As far as the Avs are concerned they know what they are getting in Picks so they would probably feel comfortable with him as #3.

 

[chet1926]

It’s hard to be so blunt about Bernier like this. Yes, he was bad in the playoffs, and bad for a large part of the season. But if he didn’t step up on that 10 game win streak, the season would have crashed and burned midway through like the previous year. I’m glad they won’t be re-signing him, but he was well worth bringing in just for that 10 game win streak alone.

The way I look at it is if Bernier, plays somewhat decently during the rest of his starts we probably don't have to go on a 10 game winning streak because we would have won a few more of his other starts.

The fact is he didn't really give his best effort this year outside of those 10 games and that really rubbed me the wrong way. And the playoffs was absolutely poor. He couldn't stop a beach ball against Nashville. He can go be a C level backup elsewhere.

 

[AllAboutAvs]

Curious...is there any significance in the salary? Why would they pay him $690,000 and not $700,000? I understand with averages it happens often but for only one year it is a weird number. Does getting $700,000 bring other benefit(s) that I don't know about? Again just curious.

 

[AllAboutAvs]

The way I look at it is if Bernier, plays somewhat decently during the rest of his starts we probably don't have to go on a 10 game winning streak because we would have won a few more of his other starts.

The fact is he didn't really give his best effort this year outside of those 10 games and that really rubbed me the wrong way. And the playoffs was absolutely poor. He couldn't stop a beach ball against Nashville. He can go be a C level backup elsewhere.

I think you are being way too rough on Bernier. He did not do that bad outside those 10 games. And besides don't forget that he was not even practicing with the team during the playoffs due to a minor injuries.

 

[chet1926]

I think you are being way too rough on Bernier. He did not do that bad outside those 10 games. And besides don't forget that he was not even practicing with the team during the playoffs due to a minor injuries.

His sub .900sv% outside of those 10 games is truly pathetic in this day and age of the NHL.

And if he was injured in the playoffs he shouldn't have played. He hurt us more than helped us if that's the case. It's one thing to have skaters play through some stuff in the playoffs but hurt goalies don't help you. At least Hammond was healthy and could have given 100%.

 

[hooverdam]

Curious...is there any significance in the salary? Why would they pay him $690,000 and not $700,000? I understand with averages it happens often but for only one year it is a weird number. Does getting $700,000 bring other benefit(s) that I don't know about? Again just curious.

It's a very nice salary.

 

[Pierce Hawthorne]

His sub .900sv% outside of those 10 games is truly pathetic in this day and age of the NHL.

And if he was injured in the playoffs he shouldn't have played. He hurt us more than helped us if that's the case. It's one thing to have skaters play through some stuff in the playoffs but hurt goalies don't help you. At least Hammond was healthy and could have given 100%.

Lol that's such a piss poor way of looking at it though.

I'm sure if you excluded every goalie in the leagues hottest stretch of the season, they would have numbers that dont exactly look great.

You're also seriously out of whack with the evaluation of other goalies. You realize goal scoring was up significantly this year across the entire league right?

This year among goalies, 17 guys with 10+ games played had a sv% that was .902 or below. Last year, only 11 had numbers that low.

In fact, using that .900 marker that you've chose, only 7 goalies were below it in 16/17. While this year 14 different guys were below that number.

The league sv% in general was down quite a bit this year compared to last year. Bernier's numbers as a back up that was asked to be a starter for extended times over the season are perfectly reasonable compared to his peers.

You're being way too harsh on him and always have. This nonsense about taking away a guys best streak of the year is ridiculous, but I guess you have to use that in order for it to fit your narrative really.



Outside of the winning streak, Bernier had an .898 sv% in his remaining games. Take out the last 9 games Varlamov played for us as well(His best stretch as a starter), and his sv% jumps down from a .920 to a .912.

 

[McMetal]

Bernier is what he's always been, a hot and cold guy who's a good backup and can carry a starter load for a bit, but not consistent enough to be a full time #1. As part of a tandem, he'll probably be OK, and I'm sure somebody is going to want him for that. I guess Sakic is looking for a longer term solution.

 

[AllAboutAvs]

His sub .900sv% outside of those 10 games is truly pathetic in this day and age of the NHL.

And if he was injured in the playoffs he shouldn't have played. He hurt us more than helped us if that's the case. It's one thing to have skaters play through some stuff in the playoffs but hurt goalies don't help you. At least Hammond was healthy and could have given 100%.

More often than not you would be right if you are talking about your #1 and #2 goalies but in this case we are talking #2 and #3 goalies. Obviously they felt more comfortable using a less than 100% #2 than the 100% #3. We don't have the full story.

 

[EurolancheDavid]

Everything about Francouz: http://www.eurolanche.com/article.php?id=10834

Check our Twitter for more facts about him

 

[5280]

No problems with Bernier, here. He is what he is, a number 2 goalie. I don’t think we get to the playoffs without him, though

I like the idea of rolling the dice with Paul, though....

 

[Foppa2118]

Curious...is there any significance in the salary? Why would they pay him $690,000 and not $700,000? I understand with averages it happens often but for only one year it is a weird number. Does getting $700,000 bring other benefit(s) that I don't know about? Again just curious.

Gives them an extra $10k to spend on lost jockstraps from Avs defenseman going against MacKinnon in practice.

 

[Patagonia]

The way I look at it is if Bernier, plays somewhat decently during the rest of his starts we probably don't have to go on a 10 game winning streak because we would have won a few more of his other starts.

The fact is he didn't really give his best effort this year outside of those 10 games and that really rubbed me the wrong way. And the playoffs was absolutely poor. He couldn't stop a beach ball against Nashville. He can go be a C level backup elsewhere.

I think you're too hard on Bernier. Perfect for a backup role, but the constant Varly injuries forced him to play more than he expected. Playoffs, he seemed hurt or ongoing concussion symptoms. Without his play this season, AVs would have been a lottery team. Would like to have him return, but his strong play likely priced himself off the team or seeking a FT role.

 

[Bubba Thudd]

His strong play and his scrambled brains...

 

[The Kingslayer]

We will see how this looks when Varly is out for 2 months next season. Hope the Frenchman can play

 

[Forceberg]

We will see how this looks when Varly is out for 2 months next season. Hope the Frenchman can play

at least he should be healthy,

 

[Ivan13]

The way I look at it is if Bernier, plays somewhat decently during the rest of his starts we probably don't have to go on a 10 game winning streak because we would have won a few more of his other starts.

The fact is he didn't really give his best effort this year outside of those 10 games and that really rubbed me the wrong way. And the playoffs was absolutely poor. He couldn't stop a beach ball against Nashville. He can go be a C level backup elsewhere.

It's not that he got his head banged against the post and suffered from PCS. This view of Bernier is hot take to the max.