Confirmed with Link: Avs acquire Fredrik Olofsson from Dallas for future considerations

[the_fan]

How about a 4th line of Olofsson/Meyers/Malgin

Might as well not have a 4th line

 

[Sea Eagles]

Chris Macfarland sucks

Absolutely disagree mate, with all due respect. You weren't happy with a 7th overall finish (32 teams)? Particularly given the players lost (Kadri, Burakovsky, Landeskog, Kuemper & others), as well as a cap crunch with guys like Mackinnon, Makar, Landeskog, Nichushkin having to be re-upped?

The difficulty for Chris, is he came in at our absolute peak, where as most new GM's come in when a team is floundering.

People should set their expectations accordingly. Where is Tampa this year? Florida missed out AGAIN.

Also, you're talking about a Stanley Cup winning Assistant GM here - so he certainly doesn't "suck". Not one person from the very top, to the very bottom sucks in and around this club. Full strength, we were going back to back this year. Play Landy, Mack, Lehks, Rants, Nuke (and possibly Rodrigues), our bottom six instantly becomes so much stronger.

We are going to be challenging for the cup again next season, with a ruthless group of winners. I'm going to remind you of your last statement when that's happening.

Get on board mate, and enjoy the ride.

 

[Avsboy]

Delete

 

[NOTENOUGHRYJOTHINGS]

Olofsson to replace Olausson?

 

[Perratrooper]

Man it’s kinda awesome that our pro-scouting has such a reputation of hitting on players that every other fan clenches and wonders what the Avs see in this player that others are missing.

I think this is more of potential fourth liner rather than a potential break out star. I hope he compliments players like LOC, Meyers and Cogs in tenacious play.

How’s his speed and defensive IQ?

 

[the_fan]

Man it’s kinda awesome that our pro-scouting has such a reputation of hitting on players that every other fan clenches and wonders what the Avs see in this player that others are missing.

I think this is more of potential fourth liner rather than a potential break out star. I hope he compliments players like LOC, Meyers and Cogs in tenacious play.

How’s his speed and defensive IQ?

Supposedly both good

 

[henchman21]

Man it’s kinda awesome that our pro-scouting has such a reputation of hitting on players that every other fan clenches and wonders what the Avs see in this player that others are missing.

I think this is more of potential fourth liner rather than a potential break out star. I hope he compliments players like LOC, Meyers and Cogs in tenacious play.

How’s his speed and defensive IQ?

He’s smart, skates well, and willing to play physical. Pretty low skill but occasionally will surprise you. He’s a really good middle 6 AHL guy that won’t hurt you in a NHL lineup and will play the way coaches like. Which should be his roles… adds a good player in Windsor when down, but someone who won’t hurt you when playing in the NHL.

If he’s a third liner on your team… you’re very thin. Arguably even playing every night. As a depth guy he’s fine to good. I hope he’s a 2nd liner in the AHL.

 

[ABasin]

He’s smart, skates well, and willing to play physical. Pretty low skill but occasionally will surprise you. He’s a really good middle 6 AHL guy that won’t hurt you in a NHL lineup and will play the way coaches like. Which should be his roles… adds a good player in Windsor when down, but someone who won’t hurt you when playing in the NHL.

If he’s a third liner on your team… you’re very thin. Arguably even playing every night. As a depth guy he’s fine to good. I hope he’s a 2nd liner in the AHL.

Isn't this a kind of like Blidh last offseason?

 

[henchman21]

Isn't this a kind of like Blidh last offseason?

Similar... IMO Olofsson is a better player.

 

[Perratrooper]

He’s smart, skates well, and willing to play physical. Pretty low skill but occasionally will surprise you. He’s a really good middle 6 AHL guy that won’t hurt you in a NHL lineup and will play the way coaches like. Which should be his roles… adds a good player in Windsor when down, but someone who won’t hurt you when playing in the NHL.

If he’s a third liner on your team… you’re very thin. Arguably even playing every night. As a depth guy he’s fine to good. I hope he’s a 2nd liner in the AHL.

Sounds like a perfectly fine league Min fourth liner/healthy scratch. We need net neutral fourth liners so that we can spend money on our net positive impact players.

In my mind this season if we need a player on the third line Foudy and Meyers get the crack at it with Foudy possibly starting in the A depending on his camp.

 

[expatriatedtexan]

Yeah, with how thin our prospect group is, I honestly don't know how much offense we should expect from our 4th line. It's the 3rd line, and lack of 2C that I think is the biggest issue. If we can get a group of tenacious puck hounds that are solid enough defensively to earn Bednar's trust to just take regular shifts, that alone would be an improvement over what we had last season.

 

[GirardSpinorama]

Isn't this a kind of like Blidh last offseason?

Blidh seems to be more physical.

 

[Foppa2118]

Olofsson to replace Olausson?

 

[Bill Peckerskull]

 

[forsbergavs32]

My guess is he just isn’t working out, he looked like a decent 4C the first couple months then fell off.

 

[the_fan]

So is there a trade coming or they gonna call up someone? Unless Cogs is coming back

 

[Bill Peckerskull]

I agree. He's probably gonzo.

 

[Pierce Hawthorne]

Precursor to a Dowd trade would be cool.

 

[The Pwnerer]

Really wanted our trio of Olofsson, Kiviranta and Tufte to work out for us to smite Dallas again. You win some and lose most I guess.

 

[S E P H]

He's way better than Kiviranta IMHO, who just sort of skates around. I think this is Bednar wanting a more physical player in Wagner, but I suggest that Olofsson is better...well, at least more talented.

 

[BrickNHL]

I really liked his game for the first part of the season but he has been on his Marc-Andre Cliche vibes as of late

 

[Bill Peckerskull]

Avalanche Waive Depth Center; What Could It Mean?

On Saturday afternoon, the Colorado Avalanche put forward Fredrik Olofsson on waivers. A surprise move? I’d say so, although the Avalanche haven’t exactly gotten a lot out of their bottom six lately, so it’s not a huge surprise. Maybe the biggest surprise is that it’s Olofsson on waivers and not...

coloradohockeynow.com

 

[GirardSpinorama]

I still like him, but yes kind of a JAG lately.

 

[sethro109]

I still like him, but yes kind of a JAG lately.

Oh shit, I didn't know he was in the Navy.

 

[shadow1]

Like others have said, I thought Olofsson had a really solid start, but has faded. The horrible face-off ability never improved, his offense has dried up, and I think he's been suspect defensively. I hope he clears waivers and can be a potential injury fill-in during the playoffs.

I do suspect waiving him is a precursor to a trade. The club can't bank deadline cap space due to being into their LTIR pool (deep into it), but waiving Olofsson gives them $1.65M in cap space today.