Everyone is posting stories and opinions about who
their team should get in Free Agency on July 1st. There are the
obvious ones. Everyone should get Oduya of they can swing it. Everyone should
get Justin Williams because he is awesome. But we’re going to take a look at
who the Avs should avoid the plague.
Paul
Martin, Defense.
Martin carried a 5 million dollar cap hit ast year
during a boring, disappointing season with the Pittsburgh Penguins. With 3
goals and 20 points last year on a Pens team that was riddled with defensive
issues, he can just keep on walking. Obviously he won’t get his cap hit of 5
million dollars this year unless Dale Talon wants him in Florida, but he is not
worth the time or money.
Michael
Frolik, Right Wing.
If the Avs want another 3rd line depth
forward who can put up a couple of goals and never reach potential, then they
might as well sign Galiardi and Hensick back to the team. The former 10th
overall draft choice (2006) shows flashes of brilliance at times, but for the
most part he disappears for long stretches of time. Agin, this would be a waste
of time and money. If the Avs want to be competitive, they should fill their
bottom 6 with some 2-way guys and tough checkers.
Francois
Beauchemin, Defense.
Due to the Bieksa trade to the Ducks, and Beauchemin
wanting about 5 million bucks a year, it looks as though this defender will be
hitting the open market. 5 million bucks? 35 years old? Nope.
Antoine
Vermette, Center.
Vermette showed that he can be a clutch guy with the
Hawks on route to his first Stanley Cup. Or, if we are in the real world,
Vermette scored 3 goals at very important times because of crazy nice setups by
Krueger and the rest of the Blackhawks. The Vermette we all saw after the
Arizona trade, throughout the playoffs, and in the press box, is the Vermette
you will be signing as a Free Agent. Not to mention the Avs have enough depth
at center already. He might be good for a bottom feeder team, but not the Avs.
Martin
St. Louis, Right Wing.
St. Louis is the kind of guy that was good once, got
old, started sucking, got mad at his GM for not selecting him to the Olympic team,
went anyways ahead of Claude Giroux, sucked, won gold anyways that he didn’t deserve,
demanded to be traded from his team even though he still got to go to Sochi,
and now has no team at the moment, and still sucks. Don’t you just hate guys
like that?
Matt
Belesky, Left Wing.
22 goals, 13 assists, playing much of the year with
Perry and Getzlaf. Belesky wants a big payday. Remember a few years ago when
Winnik started the season with Perry and Getzlaf, and racked up 13 points in
like 9 games? Sorry Belesky, but your inflated goals total and non-impressive
assist mark tells us that you just played with good players. You don’t deserve
a payday. You are the Brendan Morrison of this era. Remember that? When
Morrison thought he was worth a huge payday and the arbitrator pretty much
laughed at him and said he was only good because of Bertuzzi and Naslund? That’s
you Belesky. Tyler Arnason could have scored 20 goals with Perry and Getzlaf.
Yea. We went there.
Mike
Green, Defense.
Injury prone. Slowing down offensively. Not very
good defensively. Never was. Sentence fragments. Mike Green will obviously take
a pay cut, a la Paul Martin, but his shakey defensive game is unwanted on an
Avs team that needs solid defensive help. We already have the offensive d-men.
Green will find a home somewhere though, and probably have a decent year.
Mike
Riberio, Forward.
Sexual assault allegations, and Nashville wants him
back? Wait for the verdict David Poile. People have a problem with homosexuals
playing sports, which is ridiculous, so let’s shift our focus to having a
problem with sex offenders playing sports. That is actually a good reason. All
of this pending a verdict of course.
Alex
Semin, Forward.
Being bought out of a ridiculous $7M contract is the
beginning of the end for Semin. He just doesn’t have it anymore. And by “it” we
mean Alex Ovechkin, Nik Backstrom, and the Washington powerplay to inflate his
numbers. Where does he fit on the Avs? We could make a press box or stick boy
joke here, but we won’t. Because he would probably be bad at that too. Remember
that fight he got into? You don’t? Oh okay, here it is! You do? Watch it again.
Ok now we kind of feel sorry for Semin. Sign him Avs. Poor guy.
Other Reading:
The Jobs of our Avs if They Didn't Get Into Hockey
Daniel Briere's Buzzer Beater Against the Bruins
Colorado Avalanche Jersey Concepts, pt 1
Avs Jersey Concepts, pt 2
Other Reading:
The Jobs of our Avs if They Didn't Get Into Hockey
Daniel Briere's Buzzer Beater Against the Bruins
Colorado Avalanche Jersey Concepts, pt 1
Avs Jersey Concepts, pt 2
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