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Avalanche, Predators Swap Backup Goalies

Two Central Division rivals in the Colorado Avalanche and Nashville Predators are making a change in net.

Jon Alfano

Oct 26, 2024; Nashville, Tennessee, USA; Nashville Predators goaltender Scott Wedgewood (41) taps a puck back in play against the Columbus Blue Jackets in the second period at Bridgestone Arena. Mandatory Credit: Casey Gower-Imagn Images
Oct 26, 2024; Nashville, Tennessee, USA; Nashville Predators goaltender Scott Wedgewood (41) taps a puck back in play against the Columbus Blue Jackets in the second period at Bridgestone Arena. Mandatory Credit: Casey Gower-Imagn Images / Casey Gower-Imagn Images
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The Colorado Avalanche have acquired goaltender Scott Wedgewood from the Nashville Predators in exchange for goaltender Justus Annunen and a 2025 sixth-round pick, the teams announced on Saturday morning.

Colorado has overcome a slow start, but the main story of the season has been the team's atrocious goaltending. The Avalanche have a team save percentage of just .871, by far the worst in the league and among the worst in recent memory.

They hope that adding a solid veteran in Wedgewood, 32, can help mend the problems in net, but he too has struggled this season. In five games (four starts) with the Predators, Wedgewood has a .878 save percentage, a 3.69 goals against average and a 1-2-1 record. Hopefully, a change of scenery could benefit both him and the Avalanche.

On the other side of the coin, the Predators get younger in net with the addition of the 24-year-old Annunen. The Finnish netminder has had an underwhelming season thus far, recording a .872 save percentage, a 3.23 goals against average and a 6-4 record in 11 games (nine starts).

Nashville's season has gone off the rails already, as the team currently sits seventh in the Central division with a 7-12-5 record. Getting younger in net, and picking up a bit of extra draft capital in the process, makes sense even if it's a disappointing outcome.

These two Central division rivals have two more games against each other, meeting in Colorado on Dec. 14 and in Nashville on Feb. 22. Whether Wedgewood and/or Annunen play against their now-former teams remains to be seen, but it would certainly add a layer of intrigue to these matchups.

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Jon Alfano
JON ALFANO

Jon is a lead writer for Baltimore Ravens On SI and contributes to other sites around the network as well. The Tampa native previously worked with sites such as ClutchPoints and GiveMeSport and earned his journalism degree at the University of Central Florida.

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