Certainly curious that they didn't get in on Montreal's business before the Canucks jumped on it with the DeSmith/Pearson dump deal. But the Avs are probably looking for a tiny salary guy, realistically.
Wonder if they don't perhaps see Primeau on waivers as a potential solution still. Montreal haven't fully rectified their goaltender overflow yet.
But it's also hard to see any way Martin Jones doesn't also end up available on waivers for free. Dirt cheap contract too.
And Detroit obviously still have to figure out how they're going to handle Husso + Reimer/Lyon. Something's gotta give there, and Lyon would certainly be a cheap stopgap if he's the one that hits waivers.
Have to think there are some other teams that might be poking around that market too though. Washington stands out to me, as...they can't seriously walk into this season with Lindgren as their backup, can they? So there might be some competition in terms of waivers priority if that's the plan. Though it also kind of sounds like, if the Avs don't land somebody off the waiver wire...they've potentially got Halak on line 2. Which seems like a pretty bad solution at this point in his career, and what little he seems to have left to give. But i guess if that's your fallback option...it is what it is.
