I don't like our forward depth as much as last year, but Vegas just booted the Vezina winner out of town.
Who has had a worse offseason? Vegas or Colorado
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sjsharks92
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The Avs resigning Makar at 6 x 9 was one of the best moves of the offseason in my opinion so that's really the tiebreaker for me. Everything else for both teams seems bad. Voted Knights.
Uncle Scrooge
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In my opinion, Colorado had a solid off-season. Sure, they didn't improve, got slightly worse really. But at the same time, i think there's guys internally who are capable of replacing some if not most of what they lost. It's also good for evaluation can Compher step up and how can Newhook benefit from consistent playing time.
There were a ton of challenges like the expansion draft and signing big contracts, and the fact that they came out with relatively close to last years team, a healthy amount of cap space and got a thumps up for those big contracts, is good.
At the end of the day, everyone would love to ice the best team in the league for opening night, but it's not necessary to win the cup. All you can ask for is to have a team that's pretty much a shoe-in to make the playoffs and the flexibility to make moves at the TDL to push the team over the hump. And that's exactly what the Avalanche have going into the year.
I think it's likely the Preds don't sit in a playoff spot by the TDL so the Avs will have the space to potentially add a guy like Forsberg. Or maybe they deem there's an issue with the defense and they add Ekholm and a middle 6 winger. You get the idea. This team will look different when the playoffs start.
Vegas on the other hand i guess improved slightly, but at the same time they have like no flexibility. Tuch is basically going to be their addition once he comes back from injury and they need to make a roster move to even fit him in. From there it's harder to make a major move. And really, they don't even need to. They're in that annoying spot that they have everything else they need except a 1C. So in all likelyhood, unless they pull off an early season blockbuster with Buffalo or something, not much changes for the playoffs. I know it's a lot to ask to go out and get a 1C, usually impossible, but it kind of is what it is. I'll beat that drum as long as i have to, the needle won't move much for them until they get that guy. So i guess the fact that they used Fleury's 7M cap space to acquire Dadonov and re-sign Janmark who when this team is healthy will probably be on the 4th line, was somewhat disappointing.
There were a ton of challenges like the expansion draft and signing big contracts, and the fact that they came out with relatively close to last years team, a healthy amount of cap space and got a thumps up for those big contracts, is good.
At the end of the day, everyone would love to ice the best team in the league for opening night, but it's not necessary to win the cup. All you can ask for is to have a team that's pretty much a shoe-in to make the playoffs and the flexibility to make moves at the TDL to push the team over the hump. And that's exactly what the Avalanche have going into the year.
I think it's likely the Preds don't sit in a playoff spot by the TDL so the Avs will have the space to potentially add a guy like Forsberg. Or maybe they deem there's an issue with the defense and they add Ekholm and a middle 6 winger. You get the idea. This team will look different when the playoffs start.
Vegas on the other hand i guess improved slightly, but at the same time they have like no flexibility. Tuch is basically going to be their addition once he comes back from injury and they need to make a roster move to even fit him in. From there it's harder to make a major move. And really, they don't even need to. They're in that annoying spot that they have everything else they need except a 1C. So in all likelyhood, unless they pull off an early season blockbuster with Buffalo or something, not much changes for the playoffs. I know it's a lot to ask to go out and get a 1C, usually impossible, but it kind of is what it is. I'll beat that drum as long as i have to, the needle won't move much for them until they get that guy. So i guess the fact that they used Fleury's 7M cap space to acquire Dadonov and re-sign Janmark who when this team is healthy will probably be on the 4th line, was somewhat disappointing.
Agree with this answer but expect players will shrug and forget about MAFgate soon enough and keep signing there in FA; it only really hurts if Vegas become perceived as a pariah that won't keep their word and players start dodging them in FA, not that it'll come up with their cap hit for a while.
Still, Colorado did the main thing they needed to do (keep the band together), I don't think Vegas did the thing they needed to do (find a 1C), so Vegas still made the worst moves.
At the end of the day most players realize that this is just a business and sometimes tough decisions are made. I'm hoping there were also lessons learned after the twitter reporting incident with MAF.
Xspyrit
DJ Dorion
Why? He has the 4th highest SV% among active goalies and it's not entirely due because of playing behind a solid defensive structure every season
Active NHL Goalies ‑ All-Time Save Percentage Leaders
Sure, he had personal problems on his road but when he's in a "good place", he's extremely solid.
They'll also have Laurent Brossoit and Logan Thomson behind him. I think their goaltending will be fine
