He sucks don't do it. You're also stuck with that contract until it expires bc nobody is gonna take it unless you overpay

Terrible idea, be patient, better options will appear as the season progresses. This team is still performing well considering all of those injuries.

His buyout costs $2M regardless of when the Avs give him the boot. It doesn't increase, it doesn't decrease, so it can be washed away by a single cap increase. They wouldn't need to trade him.

However, if you claim him this season, I believe the Avalanche would be saddled with bonus overages given how specific ELC bonuses will be hit this season as well as whatever percentage of Landeskog's hit will actually be counted against the Avs cap this season. Depending on how the next offseason goes and whether or not the Avalanche want to keep Schneider into next season, those overages and next years' bonuses could start to stack and put the Avalanche into a weird spot cap-wise.

Right now he's statistically worse, but given how porous the Devils have been over the past 5 years, there's a chance he could rebound to somewhere in the ballpark of a .910sv% behind a more capable roster. He's handled a starter's load before, which is probably the most attractive part of claiming him, and getting rid of him down the road isn't difficult. If Sakic and company can find a way to maneuver around bonuses, overages, and the salary cap itself, there's really no risk to claiming him. I'm here for it.

Absolutely not. Grubauer and Francouz are already back at practice and will be able to play soon. His contract is just way too bad to be worth a waiver claim

Fair enough, just thinking out load

if he had a 1 year deal that would be a different story and you could make an argument, but at the same time we probably wont have to start Werner or Bibeau again anytime soon

Good chance either Grubauer or Francouz or both activated for tomorrow’s game vs. Flames @ColHockeyNow

— Adrian Dater (@adater) November 18, 2019

Woof taking a 6M contract full of absolute no value in a contract. I wouldn’t if I was Colorado. That’s just a big oof right there.

bad idea, hes terrible and dead cap space for 2.5 seasons. Grubi and Francouz apparently 1 could be available as early as tomorrow against the flames according to Dater

Hutchinson just cleared waivers on a cheap one year deal, while Colorado was dealing with these injury issues. I'm sure Toronto would put Hutchinson back on waivers if Colorado asked nicely and said please.

DO IT!!

Yep everyone is right, I wasn't sure how far away grubauer and Franco's were 2 returning

I was shocked to see Fracouz name mentioned, Grubi I thought was close bc he did a full practice the other night.