Sammy G Season Grade. Right Wing UFA's. Draft Prospect Dean Letourneau.

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23 күн бұрын

We continue to make our way through the Colorado Avalanche roster and hand out seasons grades, and today we give defenseman Samuel Girard his grade.
Sammy found his way into and out of the players assistance program and looked like a new man upon his release from it. How much did that influence his grade?
We also take a look at the UFA right wingers. A position that the Avs are a little thin on. Will they sign anyone available or need to make a trade?
Finally, we start looking into some draft prospects and what better place to start with the tallest guy in the draft: Dean Letourneau.
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@kmr2433 20 күн бұрын

Who all remembers when he wore the "A" in 2021? I took my family to St Louis for the April 24, 2021 game. I noticed Girard wearing the "A" and called out his name. I made an "A" outline on my shirt and gave him a thumbs-up. He then went to the bench and skated back across to give my son a stick.

@shaggyvondoom 20 күн бұрын

He’s a freakin beaut

@kaydirling 20 күн бұрын

That's a great moment ❤

@easymac24 19 күн бұрын

I remember that!!!

@goodman7097 20 күн бұрын

Sammy G story was the story that we all had hoped Val would mimic. You go into the player protocol you get help and then you come back and play great. Sammy G did great this year considering all that went on. I was rooting for him and he showed up. Highlight goal this year for Sammy was the flip in goal from the Red line. Just awesome.

@ajrupert5639 20 күн бұрын

Sammy was definitely my least favorite Av last year given how many times he directly scored in our own net last year. This year was an awesome comeback year for him and was exciting to watch. I feel he absolutely earned that A-. Almost deserves a flat A for the center ice goal

@shaggyvondoom 20 күн бұрын

I absolutely agree with all of this. It was a great comeback year

@easymac24 19 күн бұрын

Sammy has always been such a polorizing player, hes somewhat a jack of all trades role on the backend, though hes way more valuable to this team than most in the nhl. Keep him aorund. I though he had a great season.

@phenning33 20 күн бұрын

I like Sammy G and happy he made it back from whatever he was battling. He is a great puck mover and good passer. But has no presence in front of the net and I have never seen so many shots go into the shin pads of defenders. It is quite strange all the flashback for any criticism directed at him or when his name is brought up in trade rumors.

@LA-ly9mq 20 күн бұрын

It's amazing to me how little our fan base knows about hockey. Sammy is a baller defenseman. Yes he makes mistakes. Yes he has moments that make us all want to pull our hair out, but overall he is easily one of our most reliable defenseman. As for his salary, if you don't think he is worth 5 million a year you have no clue about hockey in general and I don't really know what to say to you. Darnell nurse makes 9.25 mil a year. Sammy makes almost half that. Sammy is the better defenseman of the two. It's not rocket science. In this market with the salary cap the way it is a second pair defenseman is 100% worth at least 5 mil a year.

@phenning33 20 күн бұрын

Comparing a contract to possibly the worst contract in the nhl doesn’t necessarily make it a good contract.

@easymac24 19 күн бұрын

I'd take Sammy over Nurse any day of the week, he's small but a great dman, full waterbug out there, there's few guys in the league who do what he does

@davidarduini9818 17 күн бұрын

He’s a great guy and teammate. Happy for him that he has been able to recover from alcoholism, but he’s one of the poorer second pairing defenseman in the league defensively. His main skill is puckmoving, but offensively very limited. Malinski, Behrens and Gulyayev make him expendable.

@dwaynejluoma9959 21 күн бұрын

But is he worth 5Mil?? Is the question

@jonathanmcmillen8381 21 күн бұрын

Nope, too inconsistent.

@dakotaturner6701 20 күн бұрын

Absolutely not worth that amount

@shaggyvondoom 20 күн бұрын

Depends on how the season goes lol

@bafriesen 20 күн бұрын

Agreed, not really. 3 goals all year from an offensive dman? Unacceptable. I don't expect him to be Makar but I expect more output than Manson. As biggest Girard hater I can say that Girard had moments of good but also moments of stupid. Good: blocking shots Stupid: unable to defend net front due to size. I do hate that all of his offensive possessions he's incapable of burying point blank chances, sends pucks wide of the net all the time, he CANNOT score from the blue line and throws pucks into legs. Glad that Chris is FINALLY seeing the things I harped on about Girard FOREVER. People love to tell me on Twitter Girard is sooo good and I'm like at what, passing? GTFO. Little man passing (esp on 3 dman PP) isn't winning jack shit. The Avs need to move on and use that money for cheaper big body to go deeper.

@LA-ly9mq 20 күн бұрын

I feel like you guys keep forgetting that the salary cap is increasing as is what certain players are worth. A second pair defenseman is absolutely worth 5 mil LMFAO. Toews for example easily could have cleared 9 mil/ year with another team, but took a team friendly deal to stay with the Avs.

@wyoknight69 20 күн бұрын

Not worth the 5 Mil he being payed, too small for playoffs, and what I saw this season was nothing but jump the zone shoot and miss the net and allow for easy breakouts for the other team, very poor setups for other Avs. The only people who don’t have this gushing for him year after year is the fan base.

@lj291261 20 күн бұрын

Come on, just look at him when the game gets physical and for him they are wasting $5M every year! But they could not pay Naz, Burky, or Erod! Well, Erod is in the Stanley Cup Final, guess who is not?

@LockedOnAvalanche 20 күн бұрын

Sammy G has his name engraved on the Cup. E-Rod does not yet

@bafriesen 20 күн бұрын

@@LockedOnAvalanche Yeah it was earned for him by the rest of the team that were capable of remaining healthy in brutal NHL playoffs. He didn't win shit, Nathan Mackinnon and Cale Makar won it for him. The Avalanche have not gotten past round 2 with Girard in the lineup and that's a fact.

@LockedOnAvalanche 20 күн бұрын

@@bafriesen they don't put asterisks on the Cup for that. And while he might not have played much in the post season he contributed during the regular season which is important as well. But my initial response was more towards his argument being a silly one trying to get angry at a player who's been on a Cup winning team compared to a player who's playing in one.

@bafriesen 20 күн бұрын

@@LockedOnAvalanche "They" don't put asterisks but I do. The Avalanche don't need anymore 'regular season' guys. They need playoff size, grit and production which Girard very rarely provides.