I understand your point and it's a valid one about Colorado's needs. However, again, I don't believe that this is going to be solely about Colorado's wants and needs. They are not in the driver's seat of this situation. They are the ones at risk of losing a 1C to an offersheet and getting draft picks in return (which are great, but don't really help their current cause / effort of improving their team NOW and winning NOW). They are the ones who let this situation get out of hand for the second time. They're at risk of having a disgruntled player in the locker room.
They can either take the best trade offer they get, or roll the dice and a) hope he doesn't sign ANOTHER offer sheet and b) hope the arbiter awards in their favor (in which event, ROR is still unhappy with management and the contract process and then likely bolts in a year as a UFA that they will then lose for absolutely nothing.)
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"Nash isn't going anywhere" is your opinion. And you're probably right, but I think he should be traded, and not because I don't think he'll bounce back. I think you're right in that he WILL bounce back. However, he's only bouncing back to what he was previously: a 25-30 goal, 55-65 point player. That's not worth 7.8 million a year going forward. It just isn't. He was given a huge contract because he was the entire CBJ franchise. It was expected that because he was so good at age 22, he'd be insane by the time he was 28. Well he's 28 and he hasn't gotten any better, in fact, he's declined.
I don't want Nash traded because he had one of the worst and unluckiest cold streaks of his career. I want him traded because even when he bounces back, he's not worth 7.8 million to us. He might be to another team that can utilize him better or that needs to build around him in a different way. Who knows. I just don't think he's worth it. But that's another whole discussion.
