Confirmed with Link: Avs re-sign Pavel Francouz (one-year, $950K)

[Avs_19]

Great news!

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[Balthazar]

Wonder if the plan is going with a Gru and Francouz duo next year.

 

[cgf]

 

[Grackle Party]

Guess thats cya Varly

 

[SoundwaveIsCharisma]

Yea! I'm stoked about this. Was worried he would end up leaving for Edmonton or something.

 

[EdAVSfan]

Wonder if the plan is going with a Gru and Francouz duo next year.

Yeah, definitely curious as to what the plan is.

If I had to guess, the Avs sign another tweener goalie and let him and Francouz battle it out for backup.

 

[AvsRobin]

It's a gamble, but I like it.

Let's remember that this is what we wanted come christmas when either Francouz or Grubi has been stinking the place up

 

[Soedy]

Super duper!

 

[Papa Francouz]

Thank goodness. I need him here for my next username to make sense incentive Varly is gone.

 

[klozge]

Awesome news

 

[BKarchitect]

One-way? That should be pretty telling about what the plan is.

He certainly doesn’t need to spend another season in the AHL.

 

[CobraAcesS]

 

[Avs_19]

One-way? That should be pretty telling about what the plan is.

He certainly doesn’t need to spend another season in the AHL.

One-way just means he gets paid his NHL salary regardless of where he's playing. He was on a one-way deal last season as well.

 

[Barklez]

 

[Avs_19]

Based on his interview with Eurolanche, I don't think he would've re-signed unless they told him he'd be the NHL back-up.

 

[Pierce Hawthorne]

Awesome news let's go.

 

[Avs_19]

Pretty small increase on last year's deal.

 

[CobraAcesS]

Pretty small increase on last year's deal.

Holy cheap batman? I was guessing something around 1.5M. I feel like Sakic got together with Frank and they decided to make Edmonton look even more dumb.

 

[RockLobster]

950k AAV, very nice.

Honestly this is what I believe people should have been predicting. He gets a raise, and it's a 1-way deal and he'll be in the NHL next year. But 1M was probably the tops because he had all but 2 games of NHL experience. He proves well he's a UFA at the end of it and will cash in then.

 

[the_fan]

Yeah that's it for Varly I guess. Too bad really because Varly is an awesome goalie just ruined by injuries

 

[SoundwaveIsCharisma]

Holy cheap batman? I was guessing something around 1.5M. I feel like Sakic got together with Frank and they decided to make Edmonton look even more dumb.

This should help if the Avs do want to be aggressive this off-season. If we can get some of the depth positions locked up before FA starts and with some sort of discount it would be awesome.

 

[Foppa Frossa]

Picks an option for Eagles or are we looking for someone more vet-y?

 

[AvsRobin]

I hope they bring in a veteran to share the Eagles job with Werner. Ideally someone that has a decent NHL record that can help out if Francouz or Grubi isn't getting it done.

That job is probably quite attractive for a veteran thanks to us having the AHL team and NHL team in the same region.

Any suggestions on names we can get? I'm thinking someone like what Peter Budaj was 2-3 years ago.

 

[Avs44]

Excellent news...I’m guessing they promised him the backup spot

 

[Barklez]

I think Pickard makes a ton of sense.