The 2009-2010 Avalanche [Updated With Anderson And Koci]

by David Driscoll-Carignan on Jul 2, 2009 6:45 AM MDT in NHL News

The Avs still have some money. As it is right now, they could probably afford both Duchene and Sakic next year...

	LW		C		RW
1	Ryan Smyth *	6.250	Paul Stastny	6.600	Milan Hejduk *	3.900
2			Wojtek Wolski	2.800	Marek Svatos	2.050
3	Chris Stewart	0.850	T.J. Hensick	0.850	David Jones §	0.605
4	Cody McLeod	1.033			Darcy Tucker	2.250
Res	David Koci	0.575

	D		D
1	Scott Hannan *	4.500	John-Michael Liles *	4.200
2	Brett Clark	3.500	Ruslan Salei	3.025
3	Adam Foote *	3.000
Res	Kyle Cumiskey §	0.523

	G
1	Craig Anderson	1.813
2	Peter Budaj	1.250

	Under Contract	19
	Estimated Hit	49.573
	Estimated Cap	56.800
	Cap Space	7.227
	Change	-2.387

	* denotes NTC
	§ denotes RFA

	Other Notables
F	T.J. Galiardi	0.875
F	Ryan Stoa	0.850
D	Wes O'Neill	0.815
D	Ray Macias	0.585
D	Derek Peltier	0.512

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Lookin’ good, DDC.

Last year’s numbers are not up anymore, but NHLSCAP.com had Cumiskey’s salary for last season listed at .551667. If that’s the case, his minimum QO would have to be .606834. It’s a minimal enough difference.

I always found NHLSCAP to be a more accurate resource than nhlnumbers.com, although it was slower to update. And now we see that Chip at NHLSCAP has decided to pass along his information, including some new calculators, to another site, capgeek.com.

At least we know that there’s another resource out there.

by c0nquistad0rian on Jul 2, 2009 7:09 AM MDT reply actions

that was where myl mistake with Cumiskey came from the other day. His cap number last year because of a bonus was .551, but his salary was 475.

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by David Driscoll-Carignan on Jul 2, 2009 7:28 AM MDT up reply actions

Gotcha. Thanks!

by c0nquistad0rian on Jul 2, 2009 7:51 AM MDT up reply actions

I really don’t expect much more to happen for the Avs. In reality, what they did yesterday was about as much as they could do. The salary left over makes me believe that Sakic is coming back for his officially farewell tour.

We shall see

by chiavsfan on Jul 2, 2009 7:23 AM MDT reply actions

I mentioned yesterday that I think the Avs could be done in the free agent market. Assuming that Sakic realizes he has to take a pay cut if he comes back, they’ve left room for him to do so. And/or, they’ve left room for guys like Duchene, Stoa, and Galiardi to compete for roster spots as well. I’m excited for either of those possibilities.

by c0nquistad0rian on Jul 2, 2009 7:54 AM MDT up reply actions

I can’t get over myself. WTF Darcy Tucker is still doing in this team? I say, let’s release him, give Captain Joe one more year in the third line along with Duchene, so latter will gain some experience. I don’t know what to do with second line. Maybe move Stewart there?

by Ilkinio on Jul 2, 2009 7:27 AM MDT reply actions

I’m pretty sure the buy-out deadline has passed, so at this point we are stuck with him.

As for why he is still on the team… my assumption is that the Greg&Co looked at his production over the course of his career and saw a marked decrease in his point production when he got here. Even in ‘07-’08, when the leafs bought him out, he had 36 points. Last year’s 16 was his lowest production in 10 years. I think that they see this not as Tucker’s fault, but as the style of coaching. Blame Granato’s “system”, and keep him on instead of buying him out and taking the cap hit over three years.

And who knows? Maybe Sham-wow will improve under a different coach.

Or maybe he’s a worthless douche-canoe that doesn’t know his thumb from his dick.

Sippin' PBR on a Colorado game day...

by mfured20 on Jul 2, 2009 9:09 AM MDT up reply actions

buyout period has ended. he can still be waived and sent to the minors, but I don’t know that the Avs will do that.

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by David Driscoll-Carignan on Jul 2, 2009 9:24 AM MDT up reply actions

Watch him end up having the best year of his career… wouldn’t that be funny?

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by Pinchy The Lobster on Jul 2, 2009 9:52 AM MDT up reply actions

So long as he has it in Lake Erie (or somebody else’s AHL team), I don’t care.

by Hopfenkopf on Jul 2, 2009 11:10 AM MDT up reply actions

Yes

But it would’ve been much funnier if he had the best year of his career last year. Too late for that though.

But like mfured said, he really can only go up from last year.

2008-2009 Avalanche: It's like watching a car crash.

by Drakenlot on Jul 2, 2009 12:46 PM MDT up reply actions

Be careful,

He could end up with stats like Koci, but without the fighting, size, etc.

by Hopfenkopf on Jul 2, 2009 1:00 PM MDT up reply actions

Darcy

is an infamous agitator, listed along with the likes of Claude Lemieux… I think the “lie down and ~~take it~~ block shots” style of coaching left our team softer than a fresh sham-wow. Maybee he was just a bit handcuffed and can still be useful for something. Maybee.

I just want Drury back... I recognize the Drury->Morris->Statsny chain, and I stick with the statement.

by wflan on Jul 2, 2009 4:08 PM MDT reply actions