Adarsh Sant Posted June 15, 2017 Share Posted June 15, 2017 The Colorado Avalanche has opted to buy out the remaining term of defenseman Francois Beauchemin's contract. Beauchemin had one year left on his three-year deal with the Avs, which he signed as a free agent on July 1, 2015. Beauchemin played 163 games during the previous two seasons with the Avalanche, logging 52 points (13 goals, 39 assists) while providing a veteran presence on Colorado's blue line. He also served as an alternate captain of the squad for the 2016-17 campaign. Selected by the Montreal Canadiens in the third round (75th overall) of the 1998 NHL Entry Draft, the 37-year-old Quebec native spent eight seasons in total with the Anaheim Ducks, where he won a Stanley Cup in 2007, and two years with the Toronto Maple Leafs, in addition to his time with the Avs. He also played part of one season with the Canadiens and a portion of another with the Columbus Blue Jackets as well. He has 271 points (73 goals, 198 assists) through 836 career NHL contests. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Warhippy Posted June 15, 2017 Share Posted June 15, 2017 Buuuut we coulda had their 4th OA for Sbisa and a 7th and his contract Noooo (cdc'ing) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob_Zepp Posted June 15, 2017 Share Posted June 15, 2017 This would be a low risk one year deal for some team to take on this character guy if you could get him for $1 or $1.5 assuming he wants to play more than the wants the money. Great player for some to learn both ends of the rink from - always under appreciated but pretty solid over his career and still has sufficient wheels to play but not worth his contract. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ryan Strome Posted June 15, 2017 Share Posted June 15, 2017 12 minutes ago, Warhippy said: Buuuut we coulda had their 4th OA for Sbisa and a 7th and his contract Noooo (cdc'ing) +1 I don't think anyone to date has given up a 1st rounder so another team would take a bad contract from them yet so many on cdc think it's a real possibility. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PlanB Posted June 15, 2017 Share Posted June 15, 2017 Cue the CDC Tanev to Col ridiculousness....... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ryan Strome Posted June 15, 2017 Share Posted June 15, 2017 Just now, PlanB said: Cue the CDC Tanev to Col ridiculousness....... Let me guess, it will be something like Tanev for Col 1st rounder and MacKinnon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fanuck Posted June 15, 2017 Share Posted June 15, 2017 4 minutes ago, Ryan Strome said: Let me guess, it will be something like Tanev for Col 1st rounder and MacKinnon. LOL....I was thinking CDC would demand Mac and Jost....but either way they'll think Tanev is worth it....... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob_Zepp Posted June 15, 2017 Share Posted June 15, 2017 Just now, Fanuck said: LOL....I was thinking CDC would demand Mac and Jost....but either way they'll think Tanev is worth it....... Many teams would trade a top 3 draft pick for a 2 goal, 10 point Dman with some injury history. Happens almost every season. Stop mocking those with such hopes! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ryan Strome Posted June 15, 2017 Share Posted June 15, 2017 2 minutes ago, Fanuck said: LOL....I was thinking CDC would demand Mac and Jost....but either way they'll think Tanev is worth it....... I was going to add Jost but I didn't want the proposal to seem unrealistic. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mll Posted June 15, 2017 Share Posted June 15, 2017 There is no cap relief for the Avalanche - his full cap of 4.5M stays on the books because he signed his contract when he was already 35. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PlanB Posted June 15, 2017 Share Posted June 15, 2017 3 minutes ago, mll said: There is no cap relief for the Avalanche - his full cap of 4.5M stays on the books because he signed his contract when he was already 35. That's an expensive way to protect one player from expansion draft. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Where's Wellwood Posted June 15, 2017 Share Posted June 15, 2017 Dallas will probably just buyout Niemi rather than give up the 3rd pick to get rid of him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mll Posted June 15, 2017 Share Posted June 15, 2017 28 minutes ago, PlanB said: That's an expensive way to protect one player from expansion draft. They could have gone 8 skaters and protect 4Ds including Beauchemin. Their only important players at F are Duchene, Landeskog and MacKinnon. They are buying him out because he is too slow and they want to start anew with a young team. The league is all about speed and it hurts the development of young players if they end up having to play with guys who can't keep up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ForsbergTheGreat Posted June 15, 2017 Share Posted June 15, 2017 1 minute ago, mll said: They could have gone 8 skaters and protect 4Ds including Beauchemin. Their only important players at F are Duchene, Landeskog and MacKinnon. They are buying him out because he is too slow and they want to start anew with a young team. The league is all about speed and it hurts the development of young players if they end up having to play with guys who can't keep up with the speed of the league. They probably still will go with 8 skaters, With Zadorov using the bolt to Russia threat, They will probably protect Barberio who for some reason av's still have high hopes for. MacKinnon Duchene Landeskog Johnson Barrie Zadorov Barberio with the final spot going to Soderberg / Andrighetto or Nieto Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DoughtysCheck Posted June 15, 2017 Share Posted June 15, 2017 All vets that get bought out (Beauchemin, Girardi) will sign a 1 year deal with Pittsburgh or Chicago for 1 mil Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mll Posted June 15, 2017 Share Posted June 15, 2017 4 minutes ago, DoughtysCheck said: All vets that get bought out (Beauchemin, Girardi) will sign a 1 year deal with Pittsburgh or Chicago for 1 mil Probably not - they are being bought out because the game is so much faster now. Chicago talked of how some of their Ds were not able to keep up with the speed of Nashville. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brian42 Posted June 15, 2017 Share Posted June 15, 2017 So Colorado keeps the cap hit but do they pay him 1/3 of his salary for the next two years? Not it a bad move imo if they want an extra protection spot bc I doubt Vilardi would be trying to spend to the cap this year anyways. 4.5 isn't cheap but it's only 1 year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
.thumb.jpg.f351d0829e1fa642c2ffece938019cb3.jpg)
Recommended Posts
Archived
This topic is now archived and is closed to further replies.