Confirmed Signing with Link: [COL] Pavel Francouz signs one year deal with the Avs

[Man Bear Pig]

Doubt he signs to play behind Andersen who starts 60+ games a year.

And the fact that our NHL backup put up crazy numbers and we have the AHL goalie of the year who's backed up by Pickard.. yeah, he'd be insane to sign here.

 

[Bubba88]

I hope the Hawks are one of the Teams.

 

[BackWithaVengeance]

Let's Cechmanek the league again.

If there is a goalie option avalaible the Flyers better listen and try their luck.

 

[MMC]

 

[DaveG]

damn

 

[CoachBadkitten]

Awesome! Was really hoping but certainly never expecting.

 

[Stickpucker]

Best of luck in Colorado I hope he works out.

 

[Ararana]

I guess this is confirmation Bernier is hitting the market.

 

[Brodeur]

Updating the list from the first page, for your goalie musical chairs needs. Raanta had re-signed and Edmonton added Koskinen yesterday. UFAs listed in parenthesis.

Anaheim: Gibson|Miller
Arizona: Raanta|Kuemper
Calgary: Smith|Rittich|Gillies
Edmonton: Talbot|Koskinen|Montoya
Los Angeles: Quick|Campbell
San Jose: Jones|Dell
Vancouver: Markstrom|Nilsson|Demko
Vegas: Fleury|Subban

Chicago: Crawford|Forsberg
Colorado: Varlamov|(Bernier)|Francouz
Dallas: Bishop|(Lehtonen)
Minnesota: Dubnyk|Stalock
Nashville: Rinne|Saros
St. Louis: Allen|(Hutton)
Winnipeg: Hellebuyck|Mason|(Hutchinson)

Boston: Rask|(Khudobin)
Buffalo: Lehner|(Johnson)|Ullmark
Detroit: Howard|Coreau
Florida: Luongo|Reimer
Montreal: Price|Lindgren|(Niemi)
Ottawa: Anderson|Condon
Tampa Bay: Vasilevskiy|Budaj|(Domingue)
Toronto: Andersen|McElhinney|Pickard

Carolina: Darling|(Ward)
Columbus: Bobrovsky|Korpisalo
New Jersey: Schneider|Kinkaid|(Lack)
NY Islanders: (Halak)|Greiss|Gibson
NY Rangers: Lundqvist|Georgiev|(Pavelec)
Philadelphia: Elliott|Neuvirth|(Mrazek)
Pittsburgh: Murray|Jarry|DeSmith
Washington: Holtby|Grubauer

 

[Tryamkin]

Would Ben happy with the Avs taking a chance on him. Varly has shown that, when healthy, he is still a capable starter but he isn't healthy all that often. Would be a worthwhile gamble.

 

[S E P H]

**** yeah, love this move. He's not going to be a revelation, but he's damn good which should solidify our goaltending for next season even if Bernier stays.

Way better than Mikko Koskinen for me.

 

[Booba]

I guess this is confirmation Bernier is hitting the market.

They might keep Hammond though.

With Varlamov's injury history and Francouz' lack of experience in NA, it might be wise to have a 3rd stringer with NHL experience.

 

[tucker3434]

I’m kinda surprised we’re going this route rather than bringing Bernier back. He was a perfectly adequate backup.

 

[dahrougem2]

I’m kinda surprised we’re going this route rather than bringing Bernier back. He was a perfectly adequate backup.

Might be looking for longer term or a bigger role.

Avs might also be worried about how many concussions he suffered this season.

 

[Foppberg]

Yay?

 

[Vancouver Canucks]

Good signing. Hopefully, he can replace Bernier as a starter.

 

[cody275]

Surprised it is so cheap to be honest, especially after what Koskinen signed for

 

[Vancouver Canucks]

Surprised it is so cheap to be honest, especially after what Koskinen signed for

After one year, the price might be different, even in a landslide.

 

[Foppberg]

Surprised it is so cheap to be honest, especially after what Koskinen signed for

They had to pay him an extra fee for having to play in Edmonton.

 

[UnleashRasmus]

Definitely cannot fault a team that is looking for cheap inexpensive goalie depth. Especially because you cannot get any worse than what they've had backing up Varley!

 

[Vancouver Canucks]

He's right-handed? Nice, I favor righties over lefties.

 

[RoyIsALegend]

With the Avalanche being a budget team looking to spend at the cap floor, this is an excellent financial move.

Bernier($2.75m) and Hammond($1.35m) are replaced by Francouz at $690k.

Avs now sit with $30m in cap space and around $10m under the cap floor. Overpay some old UFAs and get to that floor no problem.

 

[CycloneSweep]

Surprised it is so cheap to be honest, especially after what Koskinen signed for

Oilers signed a lesser goalie for almost 4 times the amount. Wtf

 

[Vancouver Canucks]

Oilers signed a lesser goalie for almost 4 times the amount. Wtf

Koskinen has NHL experience, though, albeit not much.

 

[Spilot23]

With the Avalanche being a budget team looking to spend at the cap floor, this is an excellent financial move.

Bernier($2.75m) and Hammond($1.35m) are replaced by Francouz at $690k.

Avs now sit with $30m in cap space and around $10m under the cap floor. Overpay some old UFAs and get to that floor no problem.

I hope they extend Rantanen soon before he hits another 80pts season and ask for the Draisaitl's contract when Mack is making 6.3M$ damn it's crazy to think that if Mack repeat what he did a 90 pts season it will be one of the biggest steal along with Kuch. I wonder if the Avs gonna extend Varly after next season and if so how much ?