Rumor: AVS Proposals/Rumors/Free Agents & Roster Moves (related topics)

[henchman21]

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[tigervixxxen]

Thanks for feeling ambitious Henchy!

 

[henchman21]

Or bored... I cause enough problems for you mods, I'll help out when I can. Build up those brownie points.

On the rumors note MAB is back baby!!!!! on a PTO

 

[Avs_19]

Can we afford Versteeg without dumping someone like Mitchell? Say if Versteeg wants around $1.5M.....

 

[henchman21]

Can we afford Versteeg without dumping someone like Mitchell? Say if Versteeg wants around $1.5M.....

Cap Friendly has the Avs at $1,534,405 of space with 22 contracts on the NHL team. Swapping Rantanen and Grimaldi adds some to that.

 

[Avs_19]

Cap Friendly has the Avs at $1,534,405 of space with 22 contracts on the NHL team. Swapping Rantanen and Grimaldi adds some to that.

So it's doable but cutting it very close.

I'd love to see them find a way. We still need some help at wing and Versteeg would certainly help with that.

 

[henchman21]

The easy solution to it being close is sending down Bigras to start the season and rolling with 22 on the roster. 900k and it banks daily. Versteeg could be added at 1.5 or even 2.0 depending how the Avs are willing to deal with the cap.

 

[StayAtHomeAv]

Can we afford Versteeg without dumping someone like Mitchell? Say if Versteeg wants around $1.5M.....

I would much rather see McLeod go, even though it would save us less. Say we sign Bourque for 800k. That would give us an extra 500k. Playing Smith instead would save us 600k.

Mitchell is better in basically every facet of the game other than hitting, fighting and irritating. He is quite the utility player as well for a 4th liner- can play center or wing, can PK, can PP if need be, can slide up to the 3rd line.

 

[CalderKing21]

Versteeg would be interesting but also kind of moot with the roster we have currently constructed.
I say moot due to the number of players you have that could play in a certain role or be AHL bound depending on level of play.

If Versteeg is fully healthy though, definitely would deepen the talent on the first 3 lines.

 

[Thepoolmaster]

Versteeg is worth it because if the Avs are out of it he will be worth a pick at the deadline.

 

[The Abusement Park]

Or bored... I cause enough problems for you mods, I'll help out when I can. Build up those brownie points.

On the rumors note MAB is back baby!!!!! on a PTO

Marc Andre Bergeron?

 

[Pokecheque]

Marc Andre Bergeron?

Yep.

Dude's 35, I can't imagine he's even that effective on the power play anymore.

 

[tigervixxxen]

Chambers is out at the Sakic golf shindig getting some quotes at least. I thought this part of Iggy's was interesting. The first part just said if Roy's heart wasn't in it better to leave now. He also called playing for Roy "interesting". I actually think Iggy might put it in gear a bit this year, maybe only artificially but still.




Another thing chambers said in a Q&A is that Roy wanted a big FA D signing. I find that hard to believe because he's been on record literally saying how much he hates July 1 and who exactly would that be?

 

[5280]

Chambers is out at the Sakic golf shindig getting some quotes at least. I thought this part of Iggy's was interesting. The first part just said if Roy's heart wasn't in it better to leave now. He also called playing for Roy "interesting". I actually think Iggy might put it in gear a bit this year, maybe only artificially but still.




Another thing chambers said in a Q&A is that Roy wanted a big FA D signing. I find that hard to believe because he's been on record literally saying how much he hates July 1 and who exactly would that be?

Tell me, how does one artificially put something in gear?

 

[The Abusement Park]

Chambers is out at the Sakic golf shindig getting some quotes at least. I thought this part of Iggy's was interesting. The first part just said if Roy's heart wasn't in it better to leave now. He also called playing for Roy "interesting". I actually think Iggy might put it in gear a bit this year, maybe only artificially but still.




Another thing chambers said in a Q&A is that Roy wanted a big FA D signing. I find that hard to believe because he's been on record literally saying how much he hates July 1 and who exactly would that be?

I think that stands out. Iginla's been in the league for a long time, and using interesting usually isn't a good thing. That just kinda stuck out to me.

 

[tigervixxxen]

Tell me, how does one artificially put something in gear?

Lol, not that he is better, just makes himself try harder. I guess temporarily is a better way to put it.

 

[Avs_19]

IMO, effort isn't the issue with Iginla. Maybe he's not giving everything he can in the defensive zone but I don't think he's getting pushed off the puck or having the puck bounce off his stick because he's not trying. Getting old sucks.

 

[henchman21]

If Iggy would accept some health scratches, I think he would be able to play at a higher level. I doubt he is willing to do that though.

 

[The Kingslayer]

IMO, effort isn't the issue with Iginla. Maybe he's not giving everything he can in the defensive zone but I don't think he's getting pushed off the puck or having the puck bounce off his stick because he's not trying. Getting old sucks.

I dunno. It looks to me like a combination of both. Old age and being lazy.

 

[tigervixxxen]

Yeah I think effort was a huge issue. His skating and hands at times are old age but not winning a board battle is effort.

 

[henchman21]

Yeah I think effort was a huge issue. His skating and hands at times are old age but not winning a board battle is effort.

I guess my point was that I don't think he is capable of giving that effort consistently. If he played maybe 60 games instead of 80, I think the effort would be noticeably higher.

 

[hockeyfish]

Yeah I think effort was a huge issue. His skating and hands at times are old age but not winning a board battle is effort.

I'd imagine there is also a component of ability in winning a board battle.

 

[tucker3434]

It's likely Iggys last year. He's got a new coach. Maybe there will be an extra spark for him this year. Stranger things have happened.

 

[Pokecheque]

Usage was a big problem, but that's not all on Roy. He played a sheltered role in Boston and that was a couple seasons ago. At 39, I would think Bednar would give him all the soft minutes he can find for Iggy.

 

[Foppa2118]

Another thing chambers said in a Q&A is that Roy wanted a big FA D signing. I find that hard to believe because he's been on record literally saying how much he hates July 1 and who exactly would that be?

Honestly, there is pretty much nothing in this vein where Chambers is relaying potential information, that I believe anymore. He's just been off so many times. It's either hard proof, a quote that I can verify somehow, or it means nothing to me coming from him. He's completely unreliable in this area.

He's already gone on record on NHL Live saying Patrick left because they picked a bunch of NCAA guys instead of Q guys. That's a completely ridiculous statement.

Best part about clicking on his post here though, was seeing he has a pinned tweet of some guy's six paragraph dissertation on what a great guy Mike Chambers is.