Friday Feels: Wedgewood to the Rescue?

A goalie trade! Finally! The Avalanche sent Justus Annunen and a 6th round pick to Nashville for backup netminder Scott Wedgewood, and then immediately pressed him into service when Alexandar Georgiev needed a bailout against the Buffalo Sabres. What a mess.

There’s a lot to unpack here, so let’s go player by player. Annunen clearly ran out of time to prove himself after an up an down season that saw him appear to claim the net in October and then completely collapse in November. There’s a case to be made (and we made it weekly on the podcast) that the team mishandled his growth, but ultimately Annunen did not win the job despite Georgiev desperately trying to lose it.

On the flip side,…