If you want to learn how to say "Michael Caine" in a British accent, say "My Cocaine".
The more you know!
We need Graves on the back end for his size and PK'ing, otherwise Toews and Girard are going to be playing 30 minutes a night.
If you want to learn how to say "Michael Caine" in a British accent, say "My Cocaine".
Likewise, say "Beer can" if you want to learn to say "bacon" in jamaican.
You'd definitely be asking for bacon though, that's why saying "beer can" would come in handy
You'd definitely be asking for bacon though, that's why saying "beer can" would come in handy
That would be glorious.
That’s way too much faith in MacDonald and the line up 1-6 is also too small. Where is the size? Where is PK #1.
EJ isn’t returning an asset. His contract is definitely negative value. The injuries and unreliable presence on game night roster have made that so. He should be bought out. He can sign elsewhere to make up the difference. Avs ownership isn’t going to piss away $4mm just cause. Nor should they. This is a business. Not a charity. EJs made a lot of money. But he’s no longer worth the roster spot and cap space.Graves...I agree. Unfortunately the Avs have acknowledged that Johnson is on a timeline to recover and that it should be available if the Avs get far enough, or past the first round or something like that. I don't see him getting traded or claimed and since he'll be healthy at some point in the POs, unless he's injured, he should be reporting to camp and while he's eating up cap until he goes back on the IR, I'm just not sure how much you can budget counting on it. I think he's got this last return and then at his next significant injury both he and the team decide it's not worth risking long-term damage and he legitimately goes on long term career ending IR allowing him to pursue breeding horses and appear at special functions or nights as an alumni. Not a guy who's going to get his jersey raised but a guy who should be remembered for how much he gave during the crappy years and his wanting to stay and be part of the re-re-re-build. Also, while in business matters Joe can be cunning, ruthless and sometimes straight up gangster as a person he's always been classy...except for that one time the motherf***inger signed with the Rangers. Or the time he was about to clear IR and come back to run out the clock with one of our clearly not good enough teams and just couldn't take it...so he just stuck his dick-skinner in a snow blower. Gotta admire his dedication. That said, I just can't see him buying out EJ without making him whole financially, or trading him to retire in another sweater unless EJ asks for it. In which case, EJ should have his jersey retired if it either clears cap space and/or gives us a useful asset.
[edit...that's a funny way of editing organ blower.]
Agree with all of this. However, it remains to be seen if the Avs really want to buyout the glass man.
What other options do they have? LTIR is the only realistic one it appears to me.
They can waste the cap space by keeping EJ, they shouldn't but they can.
Then you have the issue of paying assess to trade a top 4 dman who at best will play ~60% of the season in an environment where cap space is crucial. I just don’t think trading him will happen at a reasonable price.
Joe ain't going to trade him without his consent and he's not going to buy him out either. He either goes on LTIR for the rest of it, or he plays a few games a year while not on IR or LTIR. But his career will end with the Avs and I just don't see it happening with a buyout.
