But again I think you're completely fabricating this scenario out of nothing. The only information we know for sure is that Frankie was fully prepared to come to the AHL and earn his opportunity in the NHL, and nothing so far this year suggests anything otherwise from his perspective. All signs point to him simply wanting to play in the NHL and doing what has to be done to make that happen, including playing a year in the AHL. I do suspect he probably chose Colorado partially at the time because of the uncertainty we had in net. Bernier was a UFA and Varlamov was injured for the better part of each of the last 2 seasons. At the time Grubs wasn't here and I'm sure Frankie suspect he had a real opportunity to come in and get into NHL action quickly. But I doubt Sakic made a promise of NHL action to come here. Now, the fact Frankie hasn't gotten any NHL time could very well lead to him being significantly more open to joining a new team this summer where he'll get more of a guarantee this time around given his dominance in the AHL this year. But hopefully Sakic can solve that issue by just offering him the backup spot here and giving him a nice little raise into the 1.5M neighborhood on a 1-2 year deal. I dont have much concern about doing that because I think his numbers in the KHL and now AHL speak for themselves and I think he'd handle the NHL just fine, he looked pretty solid in his 2 relief appearances as well.
And regarding Shvy, he left a shitty situation but I'd say more then one team would be interested in having him this time around and probably would offer more money and/or minutes. I again think he'll probably stay because he wants to be in the NHL, seems to be enjoying his time with the Eagles according to his social media, and the Eagles are having success and guys want to be a part of success. But I'd say no doubt teams will be trying to lure him back to the KHL this summer.
