Confirmed Signing with Link: [COL] F Tomas Tatar signs with the Avalanche (1 year, $1.5M)

[GordonGraham]

he could score 15-20 goals in the regular season then press box in the playoffs and replace him with a returning landeskog

 

[Devonator]

Excellent value for the Avs.....

 

[wetcoast]

Good reg season guy

Terrible in the playoffs

Maybe playing with Mack can get him going in the playoffs

Fair enough but it's still a good value singing and the Avs look really good out West next year.

Problem is that Vegas, Oilers and Dallas all look really good too.

 

[PizzaAndPucks]

I liked him on the Devils. Good option to play on the 2nd or 3rd line. He's also decent in the shootout. He wasn't very good in the playoffs and that seems to be an issue wherever he has played over the years.

A 1 year deal on the cheap and him going to a good team means he should be a good fit. Maybe he gels well with the Avs and he could be a contributor if they make the playoffs , which I believe they will.

 

[The Hockey Tonk Man]

Watch him have a killer playoffs this season

 

[Hasbro]

Sakic and MacFarland have made it their MO to pay pennies on the dollar for distressed/undervalued assets, and then put them in a position to succeed on the ice based on what they do best.

Obviously, they've been to a Tom Wu seminar.

 

[Jersey Fan 12]

New Jersey is going to miss Tatar (and for that matter Miles Wood) a lot more than they think.

 

[namttebih]

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This is what I came here for

Wow. I didn’t realize how bad he actually was in the playoffs.

 

[Hostile Offer]

I don't really agree with the comments saying Tatar is soft. He's not a physical specimen but he's not afraid to go into the dirty areas either. The playoff stats are alarming though.

 

[RANDOMH3RO]

New Jersey is going to miss Tatar (and for that matter Miles Wood) a lot more than they think.

I can agree with Tatar, he fit extremely well with the devils play style. But wood will only be missed for sentimental reasons. Of all the departures from the devils this off season, woods will be felt the least.

 

[AslanRH]

The argument will be, what does it matter when you can’t get paid anyway? But yea. I can’t even remember how long ago, and it’s been stages in how it’s gone down over the years too.

I just feel bad for your 4th line guys the most. Those were their best paid years, and the cap situation really has shortened careers lately.

Don’t get me wrong, it’s nice for Colorado that they can add 20 goals for $1.5, but him taking that money, took from someone making $1.7, who took from someone making $1.3, etc. In fact, Tatar himself talked about it recently. Almost apologizing to a player who was supposed to be traded to make space for him. Obviously that deal never came to be, but it really does effect everyone, except your top money makers. So it was just a bad deal for the NHLPA.

NHLPA got its target share of revenue, how that is distributed to individual players isn't determined by the CBA.

With a flat cap over multiple years, and teams more willing to spend early on their young stars, middle of the pack UFAs were always going to be squeezed.

 

[EdAVSfan]

The argument will be, what does it matter when you can’t get paid anyway? But yea. I can’t even remember how long ago, and it’s been stages in how it’s gone down over the years too.

I just feel bad for your 4th line guys the most. Those were their best paid years, and the cap situation really has shortened careers lately.

Don’t get me wrong, it’s nice for Colorado that they can add 20 goals for $1.5, but him taking that money, took from someone making $1.7, who took from someone making $1.3, etc. In fact, Tatar himself talked about it recently. Almost apologizing to a player who was supposed to be traded to make space for him. Obviously that deal never came to be, but it really does effect everyone, except your top money makers. So it was just a bad deal for the NHLPA.

I don’t disagree with what you’re saying.

But, in reality, isn’t this how generally all employees are treated.

If you max out your raise with your boss, are you not limiting the pay/raise of another employee? If you ask for a max raise, are you not limiting the offer being made to a new employee, indirectly? Any business runs on cost limitation. So no matter what, increase the cost in one place naturally decreases the cost somewhere else.

 

[Jersey Fan 12]

I can agree with Tatar, he fit extremely well with the devils play style. But wood will only be missed for sentimental reasons. Of all the departures from the devils this off season, woods will be felt the least.

Don't mean to hijack a thread about Tomas Tatar but find it fascinating that Wood's game is appreciated more by opposing fans than by Devils fans. On a team full of undersized skill players he was one of the few Devils forwards capable of playing when the opponents played a heavy game.

 

[PelagicJoe]

I liked him while he was playing for my Wings. He will bring some scoring to your 3rd line and can play on the 2nd line if you have injuries. You got him for a good price too.

 

[MasterofGrond]

Don't mean to hijack a thread about Tomas Tatar but find it fascinating that Wood's game is appreciated more by opposing fans than by Devils fans. On a team full of undersized skill players he was one of the few Devils forwards capable of playing when the opponents played a heavy game.

Yeah, I'm sure opposing fans appreciated his game.

I would too, if I weren't a Devils fan.

 

[dirtydanglez]

sounds like landeskogs rehab is going well. avs are going to tampa/vegas it this season. very scary team.

 

[RANDOMH3RO]

Don't mean to hijack a thread about Tomas Tatar but find it fascinating that Wood's game is appreciated more by opposing fans than by Devils fans. On a team full of undersized skill players he was one of the few Devils forwards capable of playing when the opponents played a heavy game.

But that physicality made him no more effective than anyone else. Poor defensively and cannot maintain possession well enough to cycle in the zone makes him frustrating. He was good through November but once Romanov cleaned his clock he did nothing for a couple months. I liked Wood, but once the team raised their game and played the way they should be he stuck out like a sore thumb. I would much rather have Nosek in that spot who can win face offs and kill penalties. But this is about Tatar. Happy for him, avs depth looks a lot better this season.

 

[Zbynek]

Watch him have a killer playoffs this season

It's bound to happen. The "playoff ghost" argument is lazy. Get him in the right place in the lineup and Tatar has the chance to produce whether it's November or June.

 

[AvsGuy]

I thought the playoff argument was lazy too until I looked up the stats - 52 games, 13 total points. Last year on a 12 game run with the Devils - 1 goal

That's 4th line level shit

 

[TGWL]

I always found him a bit meh. But at 1.5, he's easily worth that even if he does nothing in the playoffs. If you're banking on that 1.5 helping you advance in the playoffs. Your team has issues.

 

[AvsGuy]

No one said this

 

[IWantSakicAsMyGM]

sounds like landeskogs rehab is going well. avs are going to tampa/vegas it this season. very scary team.

They also have Kovalenko coming over in March after the KHL season. Even if his PPG in the KHL doesn't translate, he should be a nice addition to the Avs bottom 6.

 

[yianik]

Good pick up for the AVs and price is cheap for Tuna. Wish him the best, he was a solid player and guy on the Habs.

 

[StewieP19]

I don't really agree with the comments saying Tatar is soft. He's not a physical specimen but he's not afraid to go into the dirty areas either. The playoff stats are alarming though.

A couple of time in the last playoff he was the 3rd assist.

 

[Petes2424]

I don’t disagree with what you’re saying.

But, in reality, isn’t this how generally all employees are treated.

If you max out your raise with your boss, are you not limiting the pay/raise of another employee? If you ask for a max raise, are you not limiting the offer being made to a new employee, indirectly? Any business runs on cost limitation. So no matter what, increase the cost in one place naturally decreases the cost somewhere else.

100%…. There’s always cause and effect within the current system. Whatever system that is. Whatever market it may be. In this NHL market, teams are forced to work within the parameters in front of them right now.

My thing is, they need to fix that current climate as a whole, because it’s starting to hurt the league and many of the players. It’s killing your bottom six player’s career earning power, as they’re out at 30-32 now. Guys going back to Europe cause the money ain’t crazy different anymore, etc, etc.

A lot of those players were fan favorites too, because they came up through the system and stayed with their teams so long. They’d make $1.5-$2.5 up to 35 years old. Those contracts just didn’t exist anymore.

It’s a mess. Not sure it gets fixed either.