Avalanche Active in Day 1 of Free Agency. Questions Still Remain With Their Cap Situation.

The Colorado Avalanche were one of the more active teams on day 1 of free agency, but you might not know it since all their signings were more of the depth variety, save for one.
The Avs started their day announcing their biggest free agent signing, Jonathan Drouin, to a 1 year $2.5 million deal. A very team friendly deal which will have the Avalanche right back to where they were before the signing in a year. Is it another show me deal, or did the Avs just not have the cash to offer more? Or both?
The other moves were a mixture of new faces at low numbers mixed with familiar faces at....low numbers. But the Avalanche still have players to sign, and almost no money to do it with. So how can they make this work?
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[@ghoysrtr]

I'm just happy we kept Drouin 👌👌

[@TheAbristol]

At 2.5 is the perfect deal, in my opinion. It buys us sometime to figure things out with Landy & Val

[@shaggyvondoom]

And kept some money lol

[@ghoysrtr]

I've actually never been up late enough to catch you guys live, watching front Ontario, Canada. Happy Canada Day 🇨🇦

[@shaggyvondoom]

Happy Canada Day!

[@pealanche8152]

Where in Ontario. I'm watching from Sudbury.

[@petrpumpkineater]

Shaggy is right, CMac will kinda have to play games w LTIR. If any team has justification for doing it: its COL, who is dealing with an unprecedented scenario.

[@shaggyvondoom]

Who’s to say if Landy is ready

[@kmr2433]

The roaring twenties is a great nickname for the third line. Just be careful when naming that triple K fourth line.

[@ScottIngram-cz1hp]

I'm a Jacob Macdonald fan. He had a rough last year when he was here but the year prior to that he was pretty solid. I'm rooting for him to make that third pairing.

[@aarongreig9191]

Nichushkins contract will be terminated as soon as he’s out of the program. He’s done. I’ve heard he was doing stuff that would be considered conduct detrimental to the team and you can terminate for that.

[@shaggyvondoom]

I’ve been hearing things as well but we will see what goes down

[@paulrr5711]

Send his ass packing!! 👋

[@howardcraigiv518]

I was shocked that the Avs were as active as they were on day 1 as well. What a Day…. The landscape of the NHL changed In a BIG way After yesterday. Not to mention all the new Logo rebrands and the different jerseys we are going to see on the Ice from every team next season. Next year will be a Big year for the NHL. As a Fan it’s nice to see Hockey on the Rise and get the respect it deserves. We going to see a Big New Look NHL next season more than any in recent years.

[@shaggyvondoom]

It’s exciting for shizzle

[@rerega3177]

Everything i wanted the avs to do they did plus more so im satisfied. But i dont think id call Drouins contract a "show me" contract but more of a "buys us some time" contract for next year as i thought the term was a bit short. Like roughly 2 mil for 2 years makes some sense. But one year seems like they're trying to plan ahead and possibly having another team lock him up for 3-4 years doesn't seem beneficial. Because id have to imagine they'll have a better look at the landy and val situation this time next year. And if one or both of those contracts are gone then i think it'll open up enough to keep rantannen. And if drouin plays well again then they'd more than willing to give him more money and term as well. And depending on what happens with colton we might have ro re-sign him as well. AKA they're budgeting hard right now.

[@shaggyvondoom]

You can’t back up the brinks truck for one 50+ point year …they need consistent play as well

[@bafriesen]

All of that cap finagling just to lose again in round 1 or 2 😂 Smallest team in the league and one of the softest. MacFarland has them fucked

[@shaggyvondoom]

@@bafriesen such a joyful presence

[@bafriesen]

​@@shaggyvondoom Why be joyful when I'm watching the GM fuck this team into nothingness again? Glad you're so into it but the team this guy is building is at best 2nd round exit just like it has been. I'm sure MacFarland is a real joy to be around....about like hanging out with a piece of stale bread.

[@madamebattleaxe4257]

Well, i am shocked that we had so much movement with little to work with (money wise)... But its going to be a very interesting season since Landy and Nuke are set to come back this season. If this works C-Mac will be crowned the "King ".😂😂 Honestly, i wouldnt want his job, how stressful😮‍💨😮‍💨

[@ryanjulian4148]

Honestly, I think Drouin deal is a layup for another deal, just buying a year for uncertainties in the lineup this year. Love Nuke, but I think he played his last game for the Avs. Once that's clear up, I think the Avs may have offered Drouin a boost on term, money, or even both. How many valued players can play with Nate?

[@shaggyvondoom]

I do agree next year Drouin will make bank

[@Kuba55]

Chris about LTIR: "the league supposedly monitors this stuff"... unless they go to Vegas to check it out and get distracted by the glitz and glamour 😉 But seriously, Landeskog is going to be LTIR till early spring. I wish the Avs' Managment didn't play coy that much. PS. It sucks Subtext doesn't work for Europeans (or does it, anybody?). Love you guys, take care!

[@LockedOnAvalanche]

We've had a couple people from overseas say the same thing. I've asked why and they tell me it is something Subtext will eventually introduce. I just don't have a time frame.

[@shaggyvondoom]

The league needs to Turn a blind eye to the Avs and show us some mercy 😂

[@petrpumpkineater]

I've been constantly on Cap Friendly & its tight but there is Juuuuuuust enough room to activate Val without trading anyone AND with the discounted Drouin contract, CMac has room for injuries or salary retention on a Val deal.

[@LockedOnAvalanche]

I'm not seeing what u are. Cap Friendly shows the Avs have $5.566 left in cap space. Val costs $6.125. Plus they still have more players to sign. Someone's gotta go.

[@shaggyvondoom]

Somethings gotta give

[@briggsy5893]

I don't think the Drouin contract is in any way a "show me" contract. They probably would have been happy to sign him to 4 years at $4.5 mil if they had some certainty around Val at least. I think that both sides had a clear vision of how much he liked playing in Denver and how good the fit was for him there as well as the situation for the team this year in regards to the cap. this is a result of them both agreeing to keep a good thing going and rectify the money and term issues in a year. In regards to Val, my guess is that their best option would be to mutually terminate the contract and let him go back to Russia and plan in the KHL where they don't care as much about those things. Another thing to keep in mind for the cap gymnastics. If Landy isn't ready to start the season, he goes on regular IR. If they don't use the LTIR, and do the assign and recall with several guys on off days, they'll start that daily cap accrual because they'll actually be under the cap until Val returns. That should help them out a little bit and buy time to make some other moves at the start of the season As for filling out the rest of the roster, they still have a lot of guys out there who might come at league min if they don't sign by August as well as PTOs and possible waiver claims.

[@shaggyvondoom]

I do think they want to see a season to season consistency with Drouin

[@joseph7696]

19:59 Trade the Captain 😅

[@thenextgreat8652]

Just looking at what the potential lineup could look like at some point mid season if all the stars were to align, it looks great and anyone could move guys around that I have below as i just threw together pairings quickly. And yes, I know both Landy and Val are huge question marks and both Lehky and LOC are coming off major surgeries and am in no way saying this is what it’s going to look like. Far from it. Simply saying the potential exists to have a special lineup. And let’s just say they find a loophole to get out of Vals contract, they’ll have an additional $6M+ to play around with. I actually have far more pessimism than optimism but there’s plenty of others that can carry the pessimistic torch while I light my optimistic torch. No fun to sit in the mindset that it’s going to be a disaster, LOL Drouin / Mack / Mikko Lehky / Mitts / Val Landy / Colton / Kovalenko LOC / Kivi / Wood Makar/Toews Manson/Girard Malinski / TBD

[@bafriesen]

what a one and done blue line. fully reliant on makar to do anything. MacFarland continues to employ the smallest guys imaginable therefore they will go no where. 2OT in a game 6 of round 2 is about all this blue line has in them just like this year. They're not tough enough or big enough to last playoffs.

[@thenextgreat8652]

@@bafriesen And the pessimistic games have officially begun with the lighting of the torch that will be carried across July to October 🤣

[@pstandlee]

Nichushkin screwed us

[@shaggyvondoom]

It’s not ideal lol

[@bafriesen]

The GM screwed the team more. He didn't have anyone of size on the roster to replace Nichushkin (knowing val's history). He let his little guy strategy get the best of him again and when Val went out the Avs had no one who can do what Val can. That's on the GM for not constructing a team properly to cover the potential holes. This is what you get when relying on small shrimps as your whole team.

[@ras2010able]

What an off season when Drouin is the big signing. Ahahahaha The AVS are counting that Nuke will not have recovered from his addiction. Lifetime suspension for Nuke. Ahahaha

[@SirSiegrist]

A lot of offseason to go troll. Your wrong opinions are always fun to read.

[@ras2010able]

@@SirSiegrist who are you? You don’t even have an Avalanche jersey on your profile photo. At least these two podcasters wore AVS merchandise on this episode. Sorry that you can’t afford the gear . You know for being the actual troll who don’t wear merchandise .

[@SirSiegrist]

@ras2010able good comback hero. Your memory must not be great considering I've called you out on several of your takes in videos past. Sorry I don't rep my Avs' gear for a profile pic to give the false illusion that I'm a fan like you do to troll. Awesome sauce.

[@ras2010able]

@@SirSiegrist Once again the question is needed. Who are you? So I answer the question by saying you are Nobody. Crate a Patron link so you can raise money to actually buy gear . Ahahahaha

[@SirSiegrist]

@ras2010able I can see I hurt your troll feelings. You stay quiet for so long when the Avs are doing well, then pop up anytime they show signs of decline. Since you want to measure fandom, I have an original Sakic jersey, Nordiques Forsberg, Reebok Matt Duchene, blank Adidas road, and a Makar reverse retro. That's just the Avs jerseys I have. Wearing any one of them for a profile pic does not auto qualify me as a fan. I could pull a you, throw on my Kraken jersey for a pic then go pretend to be a fan on their page.

[@lj291261]

From Bo to Walker to deHaan???? de Haan??? He already sucked with the Hawks - he was awful, so slow. on a scale from A to F, where F is failed, these trades are F-. The worst trades of the entire NHL, only PHI and STL were worse, they did not do anything. The Avs suck now, worse than on July 1. Only cheap players nothing top. Did anyone see what the other teams did NSH, VAN, BOS, TOR, even the Rangers did a better job in getting Reilly Smith. This MacFlushy sucks. Just wait for Landi and for the Druggie - the season is already lost!!!