[Mckenzie] Drouin back to COL on a one year deal.
Drouin back to COL on a one year deal.
— Bob McKenzie (@TSNBobMcKenzie) July 1, 2024
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[Mckenzie] Drouin back to COL on a one year deal.
Drouin back to COL on a one year deal.
— Bob McKenzie (@TSNBobMcKenzie) July 1, 2024
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Glad he’s back but would’ve liked more term
Edit: Holy shit $2.5m AAV is ridiculously cheap, the term makes way more sense now
Guessing 4.5 ish ?
Maybe gives us time to resolve Nuke and Landy.
Halifax homies!
They surely just agreed on 1 year because the Avs dont have space, and they’ll re-negotiate again at the end of this year to extend him.
Taking two 1 year deals in a row, the guy obviously likes it here. Cap will go up another 4-5M
Edit: ITS 2.5M OMGG, DROUIN I LOVE YOU. GIVE HIM A BAG NEXT SUMMER
Only 1?? Maybe waiting for cap increase and some more clarity on our Landy and Nuke situations?
I’m hoping it’s $3-$3.5M 🤞
I wonder if the term was mutually agreed or if ti was contentious.
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Best news I could have hoped for today. I mean, resigning Walker would be nice but I don’t see any signs of that happening.
$2.5!!! Best news we could ask for today!!!
I’m so glad this got done. He and MacKinnon have such great chemistry.
MacFarland is a wizard. 2.5 is incredible. Just goes to show how happy Drouin is here
holy fuck that’s a lot cheaper than I thought
Great deal. Avs need flexibility wherever they can find it. He had a great second half but he’s not been particularly consistent over the last decade. Prove me wrong, Dru
At 2.5×1 he really wants to stay and is hedging bets that Val isn’t an Av next year.
YES
Damn, I was expecting a 4×4 or something. More term would be nice, but 2.5 is a great cap hit, and given the cap uncertainty with the Nige/Landeskog situation, having this only be a one-year deal is actually pretty helpful.
Habs fan here. So happy for Drouin and for you guys!! He seem to really appreciate playing for the avalanche. This deal is good for everybody.
Take care of Jonathan please as you already did last year
Definition of a team player. Could have gone and get the money which is absolutely understandable, but decided to stick it out one year and hopefully after another great year. We pay him what he deserves when we have the cap to do so
Man, I’m so happy Drouin worked out for himself and for the Avs.
$2.5 million! Wow! Almost certainly worked out something that they’ll sign him for more and longer once we have the cap space. Awesome!
#GOOD
Only $2.5 million? Wow. Nate Dogg better be covering this man’s check every time the team goes out to eat
Yay he’s back. Booo one year.
I couldn’t be happier, this gets us over the massive obstacle that is the Nuke/Landy situation for this year, and we can re-approach long term talks with him next summer, another year of consistency will be huge for his outlook. IMO this just about guarantees that he will sign a longer term deal with us, he could have gotten a good deal somewhere else but chose to ride out the tricky cap situation for this year with us. Makes me feel great about where we stand, everything considered.
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LETS FUCKING GO. 1 year deal is so smart because next year we will have more clarity on the cap space and the cap raising to then extend him for longer/more money. That truly means he wanted to stay here and I cannot wait
Does this also mean we can keep Colton? I would love to have him stay 3C
One year deal makes complete sense for him if he thinks he can do the same next year. He’s effectively treating it like a bridge deal. I think open market he would have got less than what some people are acting like given that it was only one year and can be tied a lot to being here.
Even with just 1 year deal, this is still very exciting. The general consensus at the end of last season was that there was almost no way Avs could afford to keep him…glad they found a way.
I’m guessing we are signing him back for a year to see what happens with Nichushkin. If the Avs have to cut him, then we can use that money on Drouin.
I think it’s a smart decision tbh. He made a boat load of money in Montreal but had pretty bad numbers there in the end for what his potential said he could’ve been.
Comes here and immediately revived his career with Nate and this system. I don’t think he takes this deal if he wasn’t already pretty darn financially set from his previous stint in Montreal. Ball out again and sign one more massive contract from either here or somewhere else.
Good to see him and MIddlestadt staying.
This is amazing news – I had already braced myself for him getting 4-6m somewhere with term. True team player, hope we can win the cup with him!
Thank God dude. If Drouin woulda walked it would have hurt a lot given our cap situation