Confirmed with Link: Avs sign Darren Helm, 1 year × $1M

[Bill Peckerskull]

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[UncleRisto]

Why?

 

[Perratrooper]

f*** yeah who needs Brandon Saad when you can spend $5m on worthless players!?
Is Abdelkater still available!?

 

[Cousin Eddie]

PEB replacement

 

[CoachBadkitten]

What

 

[NOTENOUGHJTCGOALS]

I guess Kris Draper and Greg Zamuner wanted too much term for Sakic to commit to so we went with this guy?

 

[LOFIN]

Why?

 

[RockyMtnRedhawk]

Landy meeting all of his new teammates...

 

[Bruhin]

Didn't even know he was still playing.

 

[BoxOfChocolates]

The off-season from hell. We deserve this after 3 years of joy

 

[Joe Sakic]

Lmaooooo I’m dead

 

[Bill Peckerskull]

 

[dahrougem2]

He's coming in to play 4th line LW, is a fast skater and can kill penalties.

What's there not to like here? I think it's pretty clear Bellemare wanted 2 years and Sakic wasn't willing to go to 2 years.

 

[ItsFineImFine]

 

[The Pwnerer]

Joe still thinks its 2008. At the pressor he is definitely going to say "we wanted a guy with Stanley Cup experience". This signing gives me Talbot flashbacks.

 

[Balthazar]

Knew we'd sign cheap vets so we don't have to rely on rookies for roster spots

 

[UncleRisto]

What's there not to like here?

Darren Helm.

 

[Bill Peckerskull]

 

[UncleRisto]

Knew we'd sign cheap vets so we don't have to rely on rookies for roster spots

I did too, but I didn't realize we had to get the worst ones again.

 

[Northern Avs Fan]

Meh, 4th liner.

66.7% on faceoffs is probably one of the main reasons for the addition.

We’re probably looking at something like this on the 4th line:

Maltsev/Helm - Maltsev/Helm - LOC

 

[CharlesPuck]

Lol. We suck.

 

[Tommy Shelby]

Yet we could have had Kampf for a couple thousand more. Moving on.

With his wheels he's actually going to be effective on our PK. Also he's not a C anymore so I doubt we rely on him to take draws.

Helm-Maltsev-O'Connor isn't the worst 4th line, they all have wheels and forecheck well.

 

[JLo217]

I’m okay with this. He hustles. Decent defensively.

 

[Cousin Eddie]

Darren Helm.

 

[henchman21]

This is a good add on the cheap. Buriable if needed, but still can skate and PK.