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Rumor: 2020-21 Trade Rumours and FA Part VIII: Intra-Playoff Edition?

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I’m not really mad at the deadline deals from Sakic.

The guy I think could be making a difference for this team is Hall and he wanted to play for Boston. You can’t force the guy to play for Colorado.

What’s Sakic supposed to do if Bednar won’t even use the players for how they were intended? Soderberg is a centre and hasn’t seen any time there and Nemeth is a depth D who is playing over Byram.
 
The Avs still have a second line center problem. Kardi solved it for a year, but it's costing them playoff series' again. They can't exactly sit around and hope Newhook becomes one in the next two-three years.
 
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Burakovsky is a horrible hockey player. He was on a heater last playoffs so people were enamored with him, but he constantly makes plays that are head-scratchers. And he was the one whose moronic hot dog move in game #7 last season brought Dallas back to life.
 
Ryan Graves has been good overall in these playoffs. Most calling him out have a post history showing they agree.

Jared Bednar picked his team up to come back from two horrible efforts to skate circles around Vegas last night.

Some of the reactionary takes in this thread are hilarious. I’m not saying Ryan Graves is a great defenseman and that I wouldn’t trade him by any means. I’m just pointing out that some of the ups and downs are hilarious. If Graves slides that puck to Makar and a puck goes behind Fleury in OT this forum is going off about how great Bednar and Graves is right now.

You all need to settle down. Or perhaps find an interest that doesn’t have the dramatic swings that sports bring.

“Byram should have been in over Graves” lol. Could you imagine the comments on here before puck drop last night if Ryan Graves was scratched and Nemeth was in.
 
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Islay1989 said:
Burakovsky is a horrible hockey player. He was on a heater last playoffs so people were enamored with him, but he constantly makes plays that are head-scratchers. And he was the one whose moronic hot dog move in game #7 last season brought Dallas back to life.
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It was Kadri.
 
Regardless of the outcome of this series I do feel really excited about the long term outlook of this defence.

Toews and Makar have built their chemistry up in the playoffs and I feel really good about those two on the top pair moving forward. We’ll likely see Girard with Byram on the second pair next year, which should be one of the better second pairs in hockey providing Byram makes some strides in the off-season.

Conor Timmins has emerged as a legit NHL defenceman and should have a roster spot locked down for next season. Add in a bruising PK’er into that mix and that group is looking very good. Maybe that’s EJ, or someone in free agency, but overall I really like what they have on defence.
 
Ararana said:
The Avs still have a second line center problem. Kardi solved it for a year, but it's costing them playoff series' again. They can't exactly sit around and hope Newhook becomes one in the next two-three years.
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The guy that i would like to see them target is Reinhart. He could start the season at RW and be an insurance as a 2C if Newhook isn't ready.
 
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Iceberg said:
It was Kadri.
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I'm referring to Burakovsky going behind the net when we were on the PP then throwing a no-look pass behind his back, clearing the zone for Dallas where they were about to fold, Dallas gets out, denies entry, we take a penalty and the game is tied. We had a chance to get a two-goal lead and Burakovsky gave the puck away trying to make a low IQ play instead of putting it around the boards.
 
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Cousin Eddie said:
Yup, Timmins emergence is enormous. He’s the biggest positive takeaway from these playoffs.
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He, Saad and Grubauer are the best stores. Too bad two out of three potentially increased their value to the point where bringing them back is a huge gamble given the contract they can ask for.
 
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Yup, Timmins emergence is enormous. He’s the biggest positive takeaway from these playoffs.
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It really seems to have clicked with him. He's never going to be perfect, but when his decision making is good... he's damn good.

The collapse is the worst part about last night. The Avs were the better team for the first time since game 1 and if they play this way for the rest of the series... they have a shot still.

My big issues with this season are the same as others... if they don't end up biting this series (they are), they'll bite later. This team is bandaiding the center position without proper depth... just hoping players step up. There is a continual misevaluation at that position and it costs the team. One injury (or suspension in this case) is enough to sink the series. The Avs not only need to have passable centers, they need to be a strength. Not just strive for okay 3/4Cs, but have elite ones. I hope Sakic sees how much the Kadri loss has hurt this team and fixes this issue going forward.
 
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One injury/suspension to one of the two top 6 centers on any team is enough to cost a team a playoff series.

Especially against the team that tied in points for 1st in the regular season. The margin for error in this series is very slim given how good both teams are.

Vegas has made the least mistakes so far and that's the difference, not the center depth. They were 5 minutes away from being up 3-0 and 15 minutes away from being up 3-2 with that same center depth.
 
henchman24 said:
It really seems to have clicked with him. He's never going to be perfect, but when his decision making is good... he's damn good.

The collapse is the worst part about last night. The Avs were the better team for the first time since game 1 and if they play this way for the rest of the series... they have a shot still.

My big issues with this season are the same as others... if they don't end up biting this series (they are), they'll bite later. This team is bandaiding the center position without proper depth... just hoping players step up. There is a continual misevaluation at that position and it costs the team. One injury (or suspension in this case) is enough to sink the series. The Avs not only need to have passable centers, they need to be a strength. Not just strive for okay 3/4Cs, but have elite ones. I hope Sakic sees how much the Kadri loss has hurt this team and fixes this issue going forward.
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Go and trade for ****ing J.T. Miller.
 
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henchman24 said:
It really seems to have clicked with him. He's never going to be perfect, but when his decision making is good... he's damn good.

The collapse is the worst part about last night. The Avs were the better team for the first time since game 1 and if they play this way for the rest of the series... they have a shot still.

My big issues with this season are the same as others... if they don't end up biting this series (they are), they'll bite later. This team is bandaiding the center position without proper depth... just hoping players step up. There is a continual misevaluation at that position and it costs the team. One injury (or suspension in this case) is enough to sink the series. The Avs not only need to have passable centers, they need to be a strength. Not just strive for okay 3/4Cs, but have elite ones. I hope Sakic sees how much the Kadri loss has hurt this team and fixes this issue going forward.
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I assume that you believe that a trade or trades are the best option. What kind of options do believe would be available to Sakic?
 
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Islay1989 said:
Burakovsky is a horrible hockey player. He was on a heater last playoffs so people were enamored with him, but he constantly makes plays that are head-scratchers. And he was the one whose moronic hot dog move in game #7 last season brought Dallas back to life.
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So glad we didn’t go long term with him.
 
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Goulet17 said:
I assume that you believe that a trade or trades are the best option. What kind of options do believe would be available to Sakic?
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Trades are not the only option, nor are they always the best option. This summer, the best pure defensive center in the league will be going UFA. Sign him. If Kuznetsov is available, take the risk and trade for him. Go super ballsy and trade Rants for Eichel. There are many ways to skin the center cat, just pull the damn trigger.
 
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