Confirmed Trade: [COL/NYR] Alexandar Georgiev for 2022 3rd and 5th round picks, and 2023 3rd round pick

[Uncle Scrooge]

I won't jump to conclusions until I know how the dominoes fall. Are they looking to flip Francouz and Georgiev is just a younger replacement? We'll see.

I do think he has some untapped potential, but obviously that goalie tandem wouldn't look good.

 

[Emerica]

Geez that’s a pretty good haul for NY

 

[ViD]

Really happy for Georgiev !! Amazing move for him, a chance to win a cup and actually playing in goal

 

[JKG33]

I'm more surprised cause I thought Fleury would be the Avs goalie

 

[bsu]

That's one way to defend your Cup.

 

[Viqsi]

I just think Sakic didn't want to have to attend the draft.

He just found out the Cup celebrations will be running later than expected on Friday and so he won't get back in time to make those earlier picks.

 

[ucanthanzalthetruth]

Colorado is determined to see how bad of a starter they can win with . But honestly he'll probably be better than Kuemper in the playoffs and is decently priced and they're great, I think this'll turn out fine.

 

[ViD]

Rangers fans, can he be worse than Kuemper was?

Georgiev performs really well if given starters minutes, plays below average as a backup

 

[Shark Finn]

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I'd do that 10 times out of 10 if it resulted in a Cup win

 

[Marc the Habs Fan]

I won't jump to conclusions until I know how the dominoes fall. Are they looking to flip Francouz and Georgiev is just a younger replacement? We'll see.

I do think he has some untapped potential, but obviously that goalie tandem wouldn't look good.

They signed Francouz to an extension on March 12th, I would be very surprised they suddenly trade him.

 

[Savant]

More than I expected for a guy that was not going to get qualified.

 

[SoundwaveIsCharisma]

Colorado is determined to see how bad of a starter they can win with . But honestly he'll probably be better than Kuemper in the playoffs and is decently priced and they're great, I think this'll turn out fine.

Sakic must have simmed a lot of season on EA, he knows turning up the difficulty just means your goalies a sieve.

 

[GirardSpinorama]

Kuemper negotiations definitely broke down.

 

[Circus86]

 

[LEAFANFORLIFE23]

I wonder where Kuemper goes now? does he go back to Minnesota if MAF moves on?

 

[GAGLine]

Rangers fans, can he be worse than Kuemper was?

I think he'll play well in a 1A/1B situation, but no idea if he can start 55+ games, and he is unproven in the playoffs.

 

[LokiDog]

So they're rolling with Georgiev/Francouz? That's a... bold way to defend a cup

My thoughts as well. Obviously, there’s been debate about Georgiev possibly having the upside to be a starter and I do believe he is better when he gets consistent starts, but I doubt he signs for less than 2M and they have Francouz at 2M, so unless they want to tie up 9-10M in net and run 3 goalies (which Georgiev would definitely sulk over) or they plan to move Francouz, does this mean Georgiev is getting a shot as a starter for the defending champs?

 

[Foppberg]

EW.

 

[viper0220]

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And they have some very good young players.

 

[JoemAvs]

Jesus Joe.

You better trade Kuemper and Kadris rights for a few picks.

The Avs have basically a 1st in 2023 and a 1st in 2024 and thats it for the next 3 drafts.
The cubbard is also relatively bare. I guess he has to do some magic in UFA for the next 2 years to fill in the holes.

Don't hate it but would have preferred to go after Samsonov (and would have even added a decent prospect or two to get it done.) Much prefer it to overpaying Kuemper, though.

 

[kanucks25]

Does Georgiev even have legit upside?

Seems like a lot of picks for a backup.

 

[PAZ]

Wait, this isn’t Samsonov.

Sakic realized he traded with the wrong team, right? Our goalie farm team is Washington, not New York.

 

[KirkAlbuquerque]

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HAHA what a SHIT organization Joe Sakic HAS NO IDEA WHAT HE's doing

 

[TGWL]

Rangers fans, can he be worse than Kuemper was?

Hard to say, because for the most part, the entire west looked like shit in net during the post season.

 

[MMC]