<p>Since the <a href="https://www.dailyfaceoff.com/teams/colorado-avalanche/line-combinations">Colorado Avalanche</a> acquired <a href="https://www.dailyfaceoff.com/news/avalanche-acquire-blackwood-from-sharks-as-part-of-deal-for-georgiev-kovalenko">Mackenzie Blackwood</a> from the <a href="https://www.dailyfaceoff.com/teams/san-jose-sharks/line-combinations">San Jose Sharks</a> on Dec. 9, the team has been one of the hottest in the NHL, winning nine of 12 games and catapulting themselves into a playoff position in the new year. The Avs are now 25-15-1 with 51 points, third in the Central Division. </p>



<p>In nine appearances since the trade, Blackwood is 7-1-1 with a .938 save percentage (SV%) with a 1.69 goals against average (GAA). In fact, he’s performed so well, the Avs <a href="https://www.dailyfaceoff.com/news/avalanche-sign-mackenzie-blackwood-to-five-year-5-25-million-aav-contract-extension">signed him to a five-year extension</a> just two weeks after the trade, and will pay him an annual average value (AAV) of $5.25 million through the 2029-30 campaign. </p>



<p>On Tuesday’s episode of<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UoEwBrvizMA"> Daily Faceoff LIVE</a>, Frank Seravalli and Tyler Yaremchuk discuss Blackwood’s recent performance and if the netminder’s five-year extension is worth it. </p><div class="injected-ad injected-video" data-nn-ad-tech-injection-count="0" data-nn-ad-tech-max-gap="130" data-nn-ad-tech-current-gap="141"></div>



<p><strong>Tyler Yaremchuk</strong>: How about Mackenzie Blackwood and the Avalanche? Since the trade, Blackwood is 7-1-1 and not allowed more than two goals in any of his nine starts. That five-year extension is already looking pretty good. What do you make of his start in Colorado?</p>



<p><strong>Frank Seravalli</strong>: I’m sorry, but I don’t care what happens the remainder of the season: the price the Avalanche paid for Blackwood is still the most they would have paid all season. He was never going to vault himself into the $7 or $8 million goaltender, not with his recent track record. </p>



<p>I don’t have any issue if you pay him $5.25 million for two years, but for five years, you’ve put yourself in Jack Campbell and Tristan Jarry territory. There’s a reason why those goalies in that mid-range payroll have ended up exactly where they’ve been, due to the inconsistencies of the position. </p><div class="injected-ad" data-nn-ad-tech-injection-count="1" data-nn-ad-tech-max-gap="130" data-nn-ad-tech-current-gap="151"></div>



<p>You can watch the full segment and the rest of the episode here…</p>


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