The Colorado Avalanche’s goaltending and wage cap scenario main as much as the commerce deadline
NHL Community: Elliotte Friedman on Wednesday on the Colorado Avalanche on their goaltending and wage cap scenario forward of the commerce deadline.
** NHLRumors.com transcription
Host: “Talking of the central right here, let’s discuss in regards to the Colorado Avalanche and the goaltending scenario. Continues to be a little bit of a query mark regardless of that comeback final night time. Wedgewood coming in. What does Colorado must do in that
Friedman: “Nicely, I feel what they, what they should do is get loads higher. There’s no query about that. They aren’t, proper now they’re not getting Stanley Cup goaltending. We will all see that.
What’s going to they do is, I feel they’re going to see Scott Wedgwood get a little bit of a run right here to see what he can do. You understand, they went out and so they focused Wedgwood, clearly buying and selling for him from Nashville. I feel after the comeback final night time, I wouldn’t be shocked in any respect to see him play tomorrow.
Just like the one factor in regards to the Colorado Avalanche, they’ve proven is that we sit right here and we discuss to a number of instances a 12 months about they want goaltending, they need assistance, they should exit, and they should do one thing, and so they actually don’t do what a number of different folks count on them to do. So I all the time hold that in thoughts, Lauren.
I feel proper now Wedgewood will get a little bit of a run, like I mentioned, I feel he begins tomorrow and so they see how he handles the job.
I feel the opposite factor that the Avalanche are sort of doing is, they actually should watch out with their cap scenario, for when, you already know what Landeskog scenario ultimately is or isn’t going to be.
And I feel in addition they wish to wait to see if there’s something they will add later within the 12 months. So I feel they stand pat for now. They see how Wedgewood does, and we’ll see the place we’re in a couple of weeks.
