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Confirmed with Link: Avs sign Justus Annunen to 3-year ELC

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Islay1989 said:
He, like a lot of Euro goalies - likes to have his glove hand down at the hip from what I've seen. But that is easily coachable if he listens to the coach.
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His glove hand was his one weakness at the WJC. He was great in the tourney but he also let in a few softies there.
 
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JLo217 said:
Looks like he leaned out.

Whats his best comparable? My very limited knowledge of goalie styles and by simply watching how they play, he reminds me of Vasilevskiy. Not as good but just in how he attacks and such.
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He's not even close to the agility, speed, edge control, etc that Vasilevskiy has. Annunen is more in the realm of playing like John Gibson. Their level of movement is good enough but where they excel is staying calm, high end positioning, and reading the play.
 
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Gigantor The Goalie said:
He's not even close to the agility, speed, edge control, etc that Vasilevskiy has. Annunen is more in the realm of playing like John Gibson. Their level of movement is good enough but where they excel is staying calm, high end positioning, and reading the play.
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Sounds like JSG.
 
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CobraAcesS said:
Sounds like JSG.
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If Annunen plays like Jiggy did in Anahiem during the prime of his career even with MacKinnon making +13M we'll have a lot of good chances at the Cup. Jiggy in Anahiem was great, played injured in Toronto (which if you play badly in Toronto you are treated as if you aren't even good enough for the ECHL) then came here and was actually decent despite losing a lot of his already limited mobility. For a 3rd round pick that'd be a fantastic result.
 
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Gigantor The Goalie said:
If Annunen plays like Jiggy did in Anahiem during the prime of his career even with MacKinnon making +13M we'll have a lot of good chances at the Cup. Jiggy in Anahiem was great, played injured in Toronto (which if you play badly in Toronto you are treated as if you aren't even good enough for the ECHL) then came here and was actually decent despite losing a lot of his already limited mobility. For a 3rd round pick that'd be a fantastic result.
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Giggy did a lot of good for this team.
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Why do I get the feeling both of you think that was a insult lol? It was a compliment, and just who came to mind with that description.
 
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Is he already in North America? The Eagles only have 5 games left and the last one is on the 15th (9 days). With quarantine and what not it may not leave many games to get a look at him, unless all of that has already been happening.
 
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AHL quarantine is very limited, it’s not a full week. Also he last played in Finland over 2 weeks ago, I imagine some of these logistics they’ve been working on. I’d say he will be available for all three home games at least.
 
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There are a lot of teams that suddenly pull goalies out of their hats who become jams for them.

Binnigton
Kahkonen
Vanecek
Driedger
Lankinen

The list goes on. Maybe Annunen can be that guy for the Avs?
 
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the_fan said:
There are a lot of teams that suddenly pull goalies out of their hats who become jams for them.

Binnigton
Kahkonen
Vanecek
Driedger
Lankinen

The list goes on. Maybe Annunen can be that guy for the Avs?
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Swayman another one in Boston looked good in the games I saw him in. Dan Vladar for a few games aswell. Hopefully Annunen can turn into something. Avs havent hit on a goalie since Pickard.
 
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I wonder if they were planning on bringing him over anyway, or if this is for extra insurance after how bad JJ and Dubnyk have looked?
 
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Pokecheque said:
This feels like what the plan was all along. Sign him, give him one more year in Europe, then bring him over.
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Yeah I was expecting them to bring him over next season, but I wonder if they expedited that a bit because their deadline moves haven't reassured them.

Like you say though, this could have been the plan all along. They've done it before with NA prospects, and they've done it with Newhook and Barron this year as well.
 
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Foppa2118 said:
Yeah I was expecting them to bring him over next season, but I wonder if they expedited that a bit because their deadline moves haven't reassured them.

Like you say though, this could have been the plan all along. They've done it before with NA prospects, and they've done it with Newhook and Barron this year as well.
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Annunen’s ELC year was burned regardless so may as well get something out of it. They won’t even use Werner, there’s no way the Avs are using Annunen tho.
 
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tigervixxxen said:
Annunen’s ELC year was burned regardless so may as well get something out of it. They won’t even use Werner, there’s no way the Avs are using Annunen tho.
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I don't know, Dubnyk and JJ have looked quite poor. If something happens to Grubauer (knock on wood it doesn't happen) in the playoffs and one of them gets an opportunity and craps the bed, they could make a change. I don't think their leash is very long.

If Justus plays well for the Eagles, I could see the Avs trying him before Werner in that scenario, because as you allude to they don't seem to have much faith in Werner.
 
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I don't know, Dubnyk and JJ have looked quite poor. If something happens to Grubauer (knock on wood it doesn't happen) in the playoffs and one of them gets an opportunity and craps the bed, they could make a change. I don't think their leash is very long.

If Justus plays well for the Eagles, I could see the Avs trying him before Werner in that scenario, because as you allude to they don't seem to have much faith in Werner.
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I highly doubt they'd throw an unproven prospect goalie into the playoffs as a contender when they have Dubnyk and Johansson available.
 
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