brian elliott - What does the future hold for him?
Any news GG? Or are the Avs going to go a different direction next year.
Adrian Dater who's the Avs blogger or Twitterer said earlier in a column that they were going to go hard for Vokoun. I dunno if he said it wittingly or if he was serious. But they do have a ton of cap space and I'm pretty sure they know that they are in serious need of a number 1 goalie. I think they give Elliott a backup gig at a low cost just so that they have something to show for the Anderson deal...Originally Posted by Dr.Fantasy
Dobber Expert Pool Champion 2011-12
budaj is signed for one more year, so if they get vokoun i highly doubt they re-sign elliot.
No, he's not.
http://capgeek.com/players/display.php?id=574
HFD 12 Team H2H
G,A,P,+/-,PPP, PIM,HITS
W,GAA,SV%,SO
Airdrie Analrapists
C O'Reilly, Zibanejad, Hischier
LW Hall, Teravainen, Arvidsson.V
RW Stone, Kessel, Laine
UT RW Radulov, LW Gusev, RW W. Nylander
D Burns, Dahlin, Dumba, Muzzin, Morrrisey, McNabb
G Varlamov, Grubauer
BN G Hutton, G Ullmark, W Bjorkstrand
Minors 25/25
F Anderson-Dolan, Barré-Boulet, Batherson, Bemström, Dahlen, Fix-Wolansky, Gaudette, Greenway, Kahun, Kakko, Kaliyev, Kaprizov, Lindblom.O, Luff, Mattheos, N Robertson, Terry. T, Thomas. A
D Hague, Jokiharju, Persson, Wilde, Woo
G Berdin, Sarek, Sorokin
my bad was looking at nhlnumbers and thought it was 11/12 that he had a contract but it was 10/11. elliot could get re-signed then but they would have to get a proven goalie along with him...vokoun...giguere?
I seriously doubt the Avs will be willing to pay enough to sign Vokoun. It depends on whether or not he is looking for big money or is willing to take a pay cut. The Avs don't spend money right now ... their salary cap is low for a reason, because the owner is trying to make up for lost money in previous seasons.
I am not saying Vokoun to the Avs won't happen ... I am just saying it's unlikely, unless doors shut on Vokoun and he's left taking less money to get a legit starting job. I love the idea of Vokoun in Colorado though. He's a perfect mentor for Calvin Pickard and the other prospects (Maxwell, Millan, Patterson, Cann).
Peter Budaj looks to be, FINALLY, on his way out of Colorado. He did a great job in his years as an Avs player. But without a full-time goalie coach, he never developed into a true starter. He will continue to waste away as a fringe backup unless he goes to a team that can actually build up his skills and confidence. If he can't find a job, over to Russia he will go.
Brian Elliott, being an RFA and clearly having a better skill set than Budaj, plus being 3 years younger, will most likely be retained by the Avalanche and become their backup for next year.
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