A THN-nél a FA frenziy győztesei között tartanak számon minket, ez is egy nézőpont, érdekes:

"OK, first of all, it’s ridiculous to already make the assumption the Avalanche lost the trade with the Capitals. If the Avalanche finish second-last in the NHL again that changes everything. If they improve as expected it’s really not bad. If they make the playoffs it’s great.

They gave up a first and second round pick, but who cares? Most people get their back up when a first round asset is traded away as if that pick is a placeholder for the next face of the franchise. Let’s get this straight: Varlamov had a 2.23 GAA and .924 SP last year, which are both pretty impressive. A first and conditional second round pick shouldn’t automatically step in the way of your team acquiring a 23-year-old goalie with a ton of promise (who then signed for a friendly $2.83 million cap hit for three seasons), especially when you didn’t have a goalie to begin with. This is a known and impressive talent for two unknown commodities – let’s stop going hog wild over any and all mentions of a draft pick and overrate them against legitimate NHLers with low cap hits.

But I digress. The Avs not only filled their greatest need in the blue ice, but they also beefed up along the blueline with defensive specialist Jan Hejda. It was perhaps a bit of an overpayment (as most things are during the silly season), but Hejda will give them one constant very big man for the next four years as smaller puck-movers such as Kyle Cumiskey and Tyson Barrie start earning some playing time."