The Avalanche’s best organizational goaltender might be American Hockey League all-star Pavel Francouz.
Francouz, however, suffered a lower-body injury last month and wasn’t able to play in last week’s AHL all-star game, and he’s not traveling with the Colorado Eagles for their two-game series at the Tucson Roadrunners this weekend.
But when he does return to the lineup, perhaps it should be with the Avalanche, because the big club hasn’t gotten enough from its high-priced duo of Semyon Varlamov and Philipp Grubauer.
Varlamov is the final year of his five-year, $29.5 million contract that carries an annual cap hit of $5.