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Confirmed with Link: Calvert signs with Colorado l 3 years 2.8M AAV
- Thread starter RockLobster
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Anyone with a BSN subscription should read this, it's pretty good.
“Penalty kill is my game,” said Calvert, 28. “I take pride in the penalty kill. I love to score short-handed goals when I get the opportunity. But I love to create offense when I can.”
Newest Avs players already comfortable with Jared Bednar – BSN Denver
Both Cole and Calvert have played under Bednar and call him "Bedsy". I think it's pretty clear now why we went after those players.
“Penalty kill is my game,” said Calvert, 28. “I take pride in the penalty kill. I love to score short-handed goals when I get the opportunity. But I love to create offense when I can.”
Newest Avs players already comfortable with Jared Bednar – BSN Denver
Both Cole and Calvert have played under Bednar and call him "Bedsy". I think it's pretty clear now why we went after those players.
bohlmeister
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Bednar has had previous success in those leagues. I don't think that is a bad thing.
- Apr 25, 2006
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Indeed, I think it's a good thing. Bednar likely asked Sakic to get those guys.
I dunno about asked, but no doubt he had some input that probably helped Sakic and management ultimately go in that direction.
I think Cole and Calvert will both be solid players for us. Yeah Cole is overpaid, but I think he'll bring a strong steady game to this team and will be a good mentor for the young Dmen we have coming in the next few years.
And Calvert should help an already strong PK. Also add more of an offensive, quick transition threat from our PK that we didn't really have a lot of last year. He's speedy and can create scoring chances short handed more then the guys we had on the PK last year were capable of.
They're not the sexy moves some people were looking for on July 1st. They're not JVR, or Jeff Skinner, or David Perron. But they're good players who will play there roles very well for us and will add value to the team.
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Yeah I'm warming up to the idea of having them. The overpaid part doesn't worry me at all, we won't need that cap space in the next three years anyway.
Freaky Styley
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I don't think Calvert is overpaid by any means. In fact, I think he's underpaid. Which is while his and Cole's contracts kind of cancel out. I still think Sakic makes a deal to get some help for the 2nd line with one of our current forwards included. My money is on Skinner at this point - might have to wait for the Karlsson situation to play out.
Sea Eagles
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Kerfoot almost got as many points as Skinner last season mate. Completely under rated. Needs to be on lines 2 or 3. He'll get 50+ points on the top 2 lines (20 goals).
There is zero way Calvert is underpaid. 9 goals last year, 10 the year before. How is that worth 2.8 a year? He is absolutely overpaid.
Freudian
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Calvert is overpaid by $800k or so.
Roussel had 5G 17P and got $3M/year.
Komarov had 7G 19P and got $3M/year.
Weird market.
Derek Ryan if anything is the one that's underpaid of the depth forwards.
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Is Blake Comeau underpaid at $2.4m? 35 points and the top penalty killer on one of the top 5 PK units in the league last year. Just a question.
Freudian
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When his head is in the right place, he's easily worth that salary. He might slow down a bit at 34-35.
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If that’s the best argument then he is absolutely overpaid and by quite a bit. Gabriel Bourque is a PK guy too.
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Roussel had a down year with his 17 points... prior to that he was always in the mid to upper 20s. I'd expect him to rebound to that level. That said he is 750k-1m overpaid. A scary part with Calvert is that his production includes a lot of 2nd line usage. His style of play is endearing to coaches and they tend to over play him. I don't think he ever produces outside that bottom 6 level, but he might get higher usage than that with regularity.
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I'm not sure anyone has mentioned that Calvert is a pretty good playoff performer. I'm not saying he's better offensively than Comeau, but he sure is in the playoffs. Not enough depth scoring was a big thing that stood out against the Preds.
Calvert - 10 points in 16 games
Comeau - 3 points in 17 games
Komarov - 1 point in 15 games
Nash - 3 points in 15 games
Roussel - 5 points in 19 games
He was good in the WHL too
Calvert - 36 points in 33 games
Comeau - 40 points in 72 games
Calvert - 10 points in 16 games
Comeau - 3 points in 17 games
Komarov - 1 point in 15 games
Nash - 3 points in 15 games
Roussel - 5 points in 19 games
He was good in the WHL too
Calvert - 36 points in 33 games
Comeau - 40 points in 72 games
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Freaky Styley
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Calvert is making 2.8M. That's 3.5% of a 79.5M cap. He's 28 and signed for 3 years through his prime. In the last 3 years the cap has increased by 6.5M. If that replicates his contract will be worth even less against the cap. He contributes in many other ways than just points and was in a shutdown role for most of his career (especially last season). He will play in our middle 6 ~15min a night, be a key contributor on the penalty kill, provide speed, energy, effort every shift and perhaps even a key playoff contributor if you go by past performance. I don't see how that isn't worth at least 2.8M with today's cap.
Jackets fans seem to like Calvert more than most of us, I’d say that’s a decent sign..
klozge
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He wasn't the top penalty killer. He was good but never great in the first half of the season and was the worst of our regular penalty killers in the 2nd half. Well, very often he didn't play the PK because he took an unnecessary penalty and sat in the box. I really don't get the love for Comeau. He seems to be a really nice dude and he worked hard to have the best season of his career last year. I respect that. But he is not a great penalty killer and in my opinion (not a fact, just my opinion) he's not even a good third liner. (He was an okay, at times good one last year, though.)
Chileiceman
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I for one think this is a fantastic signing. I've watched him enough over the years to say he'll be a noticeable upgrade over Comeau. A very good modern day bottom 6 forward. You need to have these types of players to win.
I guess my only hesitation is that he may be taking ice time away from kids like Greer or Compher or Kerfoot or Kamenev. We're still a rebuilding team trying to develop our prospects. But I think he does make the team better.
I guess my only hesitation is that he may be taking ice time away from kids like Greer or Compher or Kerfoot or Kamenev. We're still a rebuilding team trying to develop our prospects. But I think he does make the team better.
ASmileyFace
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I like this signing significantly more than Cole at the very least. Calvert at least fits a very specific and necessary role on the team.
dahrougem2
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16-17, sure.
But last season? I couldn't disagree with literally every word you said any more.
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