Confirmed Signing with Link: [COL] Avs Sign Devon Toews (4 Years, $4.1M AAV)

[GirardSpinorama]

He better keep on progressing to be deserving of such a backloaded deal.

That hardly matters since he expires as a UFA anyways.

 

[missionAvs]

This is a good deal. Happy with the term. This pretty much seals the D for the Avs all while condemning Graves to be snagged up by Seattle. Win-win.

 

[LordZapp]

NYI couldn't afford to pay that??

 

[Pierce Hawthorne]

Fabulous contract.


I'm going to go out on a limb here and say he ultimately makes Byram expendable for the Avs within the next year.


Between Girard and Toews the Avs Left side is stacked for a number of years now.

 

[Islay1989]

He better keep on progressing to be deserving of such a backloaded deal.

Lol

Of course the deal will be backloaded. No one sane will sign a frontloaded deal right now with how much you are losing to escrow.

 

[Dipsy Doodle]

Nice deal, but are the Avs putting too much cap space into their D core? Makar will be due a nice pay day after this season.

If you sign players to good deals, they can always be used as assets.

The Avs don't have a single bad contract.

 

[Kevin27NYI]

NYI couldn't afford to pay that??

No, isles would have done a 1 or 2 year deal

 

[milehigh11]

Nice deal, but are the Avs putting too much cap space into their D core? Makar will be due a nice pay day after this season.

We have 26 million in cap space next offseason with Landy, Makar and Grubauer really only to sign. And Saad depending on how he does. Then we could also lose one of Donskoi/Graves/JTC in the expansion draft and that opens up another 3 million.

Landy will sign a team friendly deal like 7 million hopefully no more than 5 years.
Makar can go the Mack route and take less to keep the team together. 7 million over 6 years. Maybe tops at 8 million
Grubauer needs to prove he can stay healthy else we wont have to worry about him and could trade for another goalie.

So Avs cap is good.

 

[falconski]

Will be interesting who they choose to lose in the expansion draft. One of those D is going to have to be left exposed

if EJ waives, it's going to be Graves, Girard and Makar aren't going anywhere (Toews is possible if EJ doesn't, or Sakic will find a way to make 8 skaters work)

 

[DANTHEMAN1967]

Too bad Sakic overpaid to get him.
An offer sheet for the same money and term would only have cost Colorado one second rounder instead of the two that they paid.

 

[IWantSakicAsMyGM]

NYI couldn't afford to pay that??

They have just under $9m in cap space and Barzal left to sign.

 

[Islay1989]

Fabulous contract.


I'm going to go out on a limb here and say he ultimately makes Byram expendable for the Avs within the next year.


Between Girard and Toews the Avs Left side is stacked for a number of years now.

Byram expendable? What? I'm sure the guy who preaches drafting defensemen, the guy who values cap extremely will trade away the guy whose potential is to be a top pair D.

 

[Papa Francouz]

If you sign players to good deals, they can always be used as assets.

The Avs don't have a single bad contract.

The Ian Cole contract isn't great. EJ has been declining year-over-year, so his deal could be bad soon. And Donskoi is a little overpaid for what he brings. Overall, no anchor contracts but a few contracts could make the cap a little tough to maneuver while they're still on the books.

 

[CheckingLineCenter]

Scary looking backend for a long time in Colorado.

 

[Foppberg]

Fabulous contract.


I'm going to go out on a limb here and say he ultimately makes Byram expendable for the Avs within the next year.


Between Girard and Toews the Avs Left side is stacked for a number of years now.

You love your hot takes eh Pierce?

But yeah this is a sweet deal.

 

[LostInMosEisley]

Nice deal, but are the Avs putting too much cap space into their D core? Makar will be due a nice pay day after this season.

I don't think any of their D other than EJ would be difficult to move if they need to clear space down the road.

 

[TruePowerSlave]

I'm going to go out on a limb here and say he ultimately makes Byram expendable for the Avs within the next year.

I don't see it. Byram's ELC is very valuable as they are getting closer to cap issues + highly unlikely they trade a potential top pairing guy.

 

[kilowatt]

wait thats illegal

 

[Cousin Eddie]

We have 26 million in cap space next offseason with Landy, Makar and Grubauer really only to sign. And Saad depending on how he does. Then we could also lose one of Donskoi/Graves/JTC in the expansion draft and that opens up another 3 million.

Landy will sign a team friendly deal like 7 million hopefully no more than 5 years.
Makar can go the Mack route and take less to keep the team together. 7 million over 6 years. Maybe tops at 8 million
Grubauer needs to prove he can stay healthy else we wont have to worry about him and could trade for another goalie.

So Avs cap is good.

Those AAV’s are wishful thinking to say the least.

 

[JTToilinginToronto]

NYI couldn't afford to pay that??

Barzal and Pulock still need to be paid.

 

[GirardSpinorama]

Too bad Sakic overpaid to get him.
An offer sheet for the same money and term would only have cost Colorado one second rounder instead of the two that they paid.

Agreed. But how many teams do these low ball offersheets? Its not done for a reason.

 

[Dipsy Doodle]

The Ian Cole contract isn't great. EJ has been declining year-over-year, so his deal could be bad soon. And Donskoi is a little overpaid for what he brings. Overall, no anchor contracts but a few contracts could make the cap a little tough to maneuver while they're still on the books.

For sure. But if the Avs wanted to move any of those guys tomorrow, I'm confident none of them would be negative value contracts.

They're in about as good of a cap situation as any contending team.

 

[Cousin Eddie]

Fabulous contract.


I'm going to go out on a limb here and say he ultimately makes Byram expendable for the Avs within the next year.


Between Girard and Toews the Avs Left side is stacked for a number of years now.

I mean, you see their cap situation. The only way you can theoretically move Bowen Byram for immediate help and fit it under the cap is if you move him for another young stud on his ELC. In that case, why would you even bother moving Byram.

If Colorado trades a defenseman i think it’s much more likely you see any of EJ, Cole, Graves, Toews and even Girard traded before you see Byram who has his full ELC ahead of him. The Avs simply don’t have space to add salary.

 

[Pierce Hawthorne]

I don't see it. Byram's ELC is very valuable as they are getting closer to cap issues + highly unlikely they trade a potential top pairing guy.

I didn't say anything about what the trade would be.


A Top 6 Forward or Top 4 RHD on ELC money would be more valuable to this team in its current make up.

 

[Muffin]

Not bad for a 4th rounder. That's life changing money for a guy that was making 900k a year before.