He finished 13th in Selke Trophy voting for best defensive forward. According to last season’s GSVA dataset, Compher’s defensive rating measured near the top of the league at 14.0. In recent years, The Athletic’s Dom Luszczyszyn has developed and tweaked a metric called Game Score Value Added, designed to measure a player’s value in wins similarly to WAR in baseball. Still, his defensive value is undeniable and maybe still underappreciated. ![]() In Detroit, Compher likely won’t have a 50-goal linemate. If there’s any reason for skepticism about his ability to sustain a 50-per-season output, it’s because he often shared the ice with Hart Trophy candidate Mikko Rantanen last season. At 52 points, he raced past his previous single-season pinnacle of 33. Detroit’s paycheck for Compher was largely based on his career year, compounding on his already-established versatility with new offensive heights. Regardless, the equal cap hits accentuate the nature of Colorado’s roll of the dice. If it turns out that Johansen’s prime has passed, the front office won’t be as stuck as it would be if Compher’s 2022-23 had proven to be a statistical anomaly. The Avs managed to land a shorter-term commitment to Johansen than Compher would have required. There is one key difference contractually. Only at that point, with acquisitions of both Johansen and Colton, was Compher’s price range unaffordable. Compher didn’t rule out a reunion until after the Colton trade, which supplied Colorado with its second new center in a five-day span, a league source told The Post. Translation: There was a path for Colorado to keep both players. ![]() It’s notable that Johansen and Colton are eating exactly the same amount of cap space as Compher and Newhook will be. Newhook with Canadiens: four years, $2.9 million cap hitįormer 2C + 3C total: $8 million cap hit, nine years combined term New 2C + 3C total: $8 million cap hit, six years combined termĬompher with Red Wings: five years, $5.1 million cap hit If the decline from Stanley Cup champs to first-round losers stemmed from the disappearance of forward depth behind Nathan MacKinnon, then Colorado’s bounce-back hopes reasonably hinge on whether Johansen and Colton turn out to be upgrades.Įspecially considering the numbers, which show Compher and Newhook weren’t all that impossible to bring back. They emerged with Johansen (likely 2C) and Colton (3C) via trades. ![]() ![]() Rather than run it back with last year’s fulcrum in the middle of the lineup and in the middle of the ice, the Avs went in a new direction. The team traded away the rights to its third-line center, Newhook, who negotiated his new contract with Montreal. The Avalanche’s 2022-23 second-line center, Compher, moved on in unrestricted free agency this offseason. Note: The four contestants will be playing separately, in three different cities, across seven months. Digital Replica Edition Home Page Close MenuĪvalanche fans can spend the 2023-24 season paying attention to an extended game of 2-on-2 hockey if they want to risk torturing themselves.
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