Confirmed with Link: Avs sign F Pierre-Edouard Bellemare ($1.8m AAV x 2y)

[RoyIsALegend]

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[PeterForsberg]

Someone tell me what to think about this.

 

[TruePowerSlave]

Why?

 

[madman]

give us all teh depth

 

[Ncit3]

Someone tell me what to think about this.

Good defensive 4th line center. Apparently well liked in the locker room. He's a good depth piece. But he's blocking Kamenev now.

 

[henchman21]

Not a fan of this, but they were going to bring in a #4C regardless. The top option was Carpenter, seems Bellemare was the backup. Overpaid to do this though...

 

[Foppa Frossa]

cue the Greer rage

 

[Cousin Eddie]

Good defensive 4th line center. Apparently well liked in the locker room. He's a good depth piece. But he's blocking Kamenev now.

If Kamenev can’t beat Bellemare for a spot on the opening day roster in training camp that’s his own fault.

 

[henchman21]

Good defensive 4th line center. Apparently well liked in the locker room. He's a good depth piece. But he's blocking Kamenev now.

This is going to be stated over and over, but Kamenev is either going to be a NHL player or not. If he can't surpass PEB, he needs to get the first flight back to Russia.

 

[RoyIsALegend]

Not a fan of this, but they were going to bring in a #4C regardless. The top option was Carpenter, seems Bellemare was the backup. Overpaid to do this though...

Avs wouldn’t do a 3rd year for Carpenter despite offering a higher AAV than Chicago.

Option B had to be a 2 year deal.

I like Bellemare, personally.

 

[JoeSakic13]

 

[Tommy Shelby]

Guess we missed out on Carpenter.

I'm fine with this, he's great as the 13thF and a good PKer. An upgrade on Gork

 

[Cousin Eddie]

55% faceoff guy.

They overpaid him a little but whatever. If none of the kids look like better options he’s a quality 4C. It’s just depth. We’ve made far worse signings in the past. 13th forward who likely plays almost a full season after injuries.

Avs love character guys.

 

[The Mars Volchenkov]

Signing 4th liners in free agency is dumb. A clear sign you can’t develop players.

 

[Foppberg]

There's our 'defensive role' replacement.

 

[PeterForsberg]

I'm starting to think we aren't getting a 2C.

 

[Avs]

Maybe the plan is to morph all these depth players into our 2nd line savior.

 

[atreyuavenged]

What this means is the young guys have to get their ass in gear or they won't be getting a job in the bigs. Not necessarily a bad thing.

 

[henchman21]

Signing 4th liners in free agency is dumb. A clear sign you can’t develop players.

Something I'm legit curious on and I don't know the answer, but how many 4th liners are really homegrown? You get the Paquettes from time to time, but a lot of times if a guy can't be a top 9 option, teams seem to move on.

 

[Lonewolfe2015]

I'm really happy with this. He's a great guy for the lockers and he's able to take on Soda's PK responsibilities. It's been a long time since the Avs fixed the revolving door at 4C, they needed another McClement/McCormick/Hendricks/Guite-type who could do a solid job solidifying things down there and clearly was not playing above their weight at 3C instead.

 

[AvsRobin]

I wanted to sign him from Europe like six years ago. He is absolutely adored for his character and teams love having him around their kids.

We seemed dead set on signing a veteran 4th centre, but I don't like this signing.

He is 34, it's 2 years and coaches have a history of falling in love with Bellemare, overplaying him way too much taking time away from better players cause they love the man.

 

[AvsRobin]

Something I'm legit curious on and I don't know the answer, but how many 4th liners are really homegrown? You get the Paquettes from time to time, but a lot of times if a guy can't be a top 9 option, teams seem to move on.

They have one scoring inflated season and price themselve out and move on.

Like you said, I don't think there are many homegrown fourth liners out there, beyong their ELC's at least.

 

[Cousin Eddie]

If Burakovsky can replace Soda’s 5v5 offense we have done a great job replacing his role (assuming Landy plays shutdown on line 2).

Bellemare takes over his PK spot and is actually better at it.

 

[henchman21]

They have one scoring inflated season and price themselve out and move on.

Like you said, I don't think there are many homegrown fourth liners out there, beyong their ELC's at least.

Yup... it may not be the correct or right way to go about it, but it seems 4th liners are usually bought. Unless they are a pure character/role sort of guy. Then everybody hates how long they stick around (McLeod).

 

[Avs]

Idk how to post tweets on here, but man is Chambers and idiot

“No confirmation on Pierre-Edouard Bellemare signing with #Avs but, whew, he's 34 and ain't gonna help you offensively. Just 65 points (29 goals) in 385 career games.”

Good thing there are a lot more aspects to the game of hockey than just offense.