How they address the goaltending now

Team: 2023-24 Colorado Avalanche

Initial Creation Date: Sep. 20, 2023

Published: Sep. 20, 2023

Salary Cap Mode: Basic

What I would do is sign Jaroslav Halak to a PTO, he still wants to be a backup, and he likely could be for a good part of the season for the Avs before Francouz comes back. However, if you don’t like the idea of Halak being your backup off of the PTO, then there are some good waiver claim options that are around the league, such as:

Alex Stalock (ANA; if he’s waived)
Ivan Prosvetov (ARI)
Eric Comrie (BUF; if he’s waived)
Alex Lyon/James Reimer/Michael Hutchinson (DET)
Calvin Pickard (EDM)
Anthony Stolarz (FLA; if he’s waived)
David Rittich (LAK; if he’s waived)
Cayden Primeau (MTL)
Keith Kinkaid/Erik Kallgren (NJD)
Louis Domingue (NYR)
Felix Sandstrom (PHI)
Magnus Hellberg (PIT; get him some sick Avs pads plz)
Joey Daccord (SEA; I bet they waive Driedger instead tbh)
Malcolm Subban (STL; if he’s waived)
Jonas Johansson/Matt Tomkins (TBL; JoJo returns pt. 100)
Martin Jones (TOR)
Spencer Martin (VAN)
Hunter Shepard (WSH)
Colin Delia (WPG)

Tbh I threw a lot of names out there, and most of them are just on there bc they’re fringe NHL guys in my eyes. The most likely options, shall they all be placed on waivers, would be Jones, JoJo, Daccord, Comrie, Rittich, Lyon, Stolarz, Stalock and Prosvetov. The biggest thing for the Avs is not only the talent of the backup goalie, but saving on cap space as well. I think signing Halak or some veteran goalie (Brian Elliott maybe?) to a PTO would be a smart idea, but I think they’ll likely hit the waiver wire to bring in a temporary backup while Francouz recovers.