Rumor: 2022-2023 Trade Rumors and Free Agency: Let’s Run it Back!

[Iceberg]

How about Lyubushkin as a potential Manson/EJ replacment? How much will he cost?

 

[Mighty Makar]

It's too bad Danault wasn't a UFA this summer

Lehkonen Danault Nuke. Good f***en luck against those guys.

 

[Richard88]

How about Lyubushkin as a potential Manson/EJ replacment? How much will he cost?

He had good underlying metrics with Arizona, but don't think he has the skating or puck skills to play in Bednar's system. Would look like Nemeth 2.0

 

[SoundwaveIsCharisma]

Lehkonen Danault Nuke. Good f***en luck against those guys.

It's okay, we will lure Bergeron away from Boston to have his own Bourque-esque last ride.

 

[SoundwaveIsCharisma]

He had good underlying metrics with Arizona, but don't think he has the skating or puck skills to play in Bednar's system. Would look like Nemeth 2.0

Yea, his puck moving ability is potentially in the negatives, he would not fit well here.

 

[Metallo]

There is no way that we start the year with the Franky-Annunen duo. That would be the worst tandem in the league. This team can carry the goaltending, but not to that level. We have Cup aspirations again next year and we should target solid goaltending at least.

 

[redacted]

Lyubushkin kinda sucks. His numbers were the product of being less bad than his teammates (and then even failed against some). He's an offensive blackhole who adds physicality and can win board battles. That's all he's really good at.

 

[SoundwaveIsCharisma]

Clearly the Avs are playing the long game and are going to show Crosby why he should demand a trade here. They've already won a cup for two of his best buds (MacK and JMFJ), they will secure another next year after luring away Bergeron and Letang. Pure genius.

On a serious note, if they somehow got Bergeron and Letang on one year deals to cup chase that would be amazing. Highly, highly, highly doubt that would happen, so highly doubting it that I'd set the odds at 0.000001% and the only reason there aren't more 0's is because it would look atrocious.

 

[Avsboy]

Bergeron wants to stay in Boston, but I could see Malkin here for a year or two

 

[Mighty Makar]

Kadri said his first choice is to return to Denver.

 

[SoundwaveIsCharisma]

Bergeron wants to stay in Boston, but I could see Malkin here for a year or two

Malkin is chasing the cash money.

I really do think this off-season is the time for our analytics department and pro scouts to shine. Need to find some hidden gems to fill out the roster.

 

[SoundwaveIsCharisma]

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Kadri said his first choice is to return to Denver.

We can't afford him unless he takes a healthy discount.

 

[Ararana]

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Kadri said his first choice is to return to Denver.

Here's the interview.



Really sounds like Kadri is going to chase the money. I don't blame him at all. Sakic will probably need to find himself a new 2C.

I'm completely fine not giving Kadri the contract he's going to demand. Losing him will suck but most likely not as bad as the back half of his next contract will.

 

[AvsCOL]

Don't blame him for chasing money. He's been underpaid for a long time, and deserves to be set up. I still think if the Avs put in a competitive offer, he stays. I'd rather leave a couple million on the table, than go to Philly/Montreal for example.

Problem is, does anyone offer him 7-8 years? Avs won't.

 

[Vaslof]

The only way we keep Kadri is if all the other UFA's walk. Which is a real possibility even if no-one wants to say it.

 

[Pierce Hawthorne]

Maybe, I think if the Avs give him a competitive offer he might come back.


Like if somebody such as Buffalo or Philly is offering him $7M and the Avs offer $6.5M I wouldn't rule out him staying in Denver.


But the Avs have to be competitive. He won't take $5.5M if someone else is offering $7M. He won't take $6.5M if someone is offering $8M either.

 

[Richard88]

Malkin is chasing the cash money.

I really do think this off-season is the time for our analytics department and pro scouts to shine. Need to find some hidden gems to fill out the roster.

I was thinking Kubalik as a buy-low potential replacement for Burakovsky, but then I saw this lol



Btw hilarious that JFresh has JJ as his avatar now

 

[dahrougem2]

I think there's two avenues Joe potentially looks at:

1) Moving Sam Girard for 2C help this summer if/when Kadri walks
2) Keeping Girard on the roster and using him in a trade for a 2C during the season while seeing if J.T. Compher can handle the workload to begin.

If Joe doesn't do anything this summer to rectify the position, I think it's because he wants to test option #2 as a "just in case" on both D and for Compher's contract year potentially striking gold with a higher level of play. Not wise nor conducive to success but I can see the rationale.

 

[Richard88]

Maybe, I think if the Avs give him a competitive offer he might come back.


Like if somebody such as Buffalo or Philly is offering him $7M and the Avs offer $6.5M I wouldn't rule out him staying in Denver.


But the Avs have to be competitive. He won't take $5.5M if someone else is offering $7M. He won't take $6.5M if someone is offering $8M either.

It'll probably come down to term more than the dollar figure.

For example:

$6m x 7 years ($42m) > $7.5m x 5 years ($37.5m)

He's already gonna be 32 when next season starts but a contender might be willing to give him an extra year or two to keep the AAV down while front-loading the deal to make him moveable in the last couple of years.

 

[Avsboy]

How about a Malkin huge offer for one year until Mackinnon's raise? That gives Newhook one extra year to get ready.

 

[LOFIN]

I didn't listen to what Kadri exactly said, but is it out of question that we could re-sign him for a shorter deal at like 7ish? I think he still wants to win, and frankly I don't see him wanting to chase money that much that he would sign in say Philly or Buffalo for a longer deal. I still think he wants to play for the Leafs at some point and probably when he's still good and not just an old veteran, but I think that's not happening as long as Dubas and Shanahan are there. The feeling is mutual in that regard. If he would re-sign for 2-3 years we would still have a great window, he would probably keep putting up numbers that enable him to get decent money for 2-3 years even when he's 34-35, and maybe he can return to Toronto at that point.

A lot of wishful thinking here by me lol, but I just don't see Kadri going for the fattest contract. He seems to care where he plays and with what kind of a team. And I will probably look like an idiot when Ottawa signs him in two weeks.

 

[Pierce Hawthorne]

I think there's two avenues Joe potentially looks at:

1) Moving Sam Girard for 2C help this summer if/when Kadri walks
2) Keeping Girard on the roster and using him in a trade for a 2C during the season while seeing if J.T. Compher can handle the workload to begin.

If Joe doesn't do anything this summer to rectify the position, I think it's because he wants to test option #2 as a "just in case" on both D and for Compher's contract year potentially striking gold with a higher level of play. Not wise nor conducive to success but I can see the rationale.

He's not trading Sam Girard this year period. Absolutely no reason to.

 

[Muffin]

He's not trading Sam Girard this year period. Absolutely no reason to.

I mean there are plenty of reasons, we've shown we don't need him to win the cup and Byram is clearly ready for 2nd pairing hell he could be 1st pairing on some teams. We're about to lose two of our top 6 forwards, it'd be wise to move him for some help up front.

 

[Nihiliste]

You can't play Bo Byram 3rd pairing minutes, you can't play Samuel Girard 3rd pairing minutes, and you can't play either of them on the right side.

One of them has to go and it's clear as day Byram > Girard not only now but moving forward.

You can make the argument that Toews gets traded over Girard but again, Toews > Girard now and probably the next few years. That's no slight against Sammy G. He just isn't at either of those guys' levels.

You can’t really trade Girard either though unless you think you’re planning to re-sign Toews in the future. With no draft capital, in two years we’ll be down to Makar and Byram only

 

[Bill Peckerskull]

8. Samuel Girard, Avalanche

As with any team that recently won a championship, Colorado can’t keep everybody and if someone has to go, then Girard is the most logical candidate. For starters, they managed reasonably well without him when he missed 15 regular-season games and most of the last three rounds in the postseason. Bowen Byram’s emergence behind Devon Toews gives them a strong one-two punch on the left side and at $5 million per season for the next five seasons, Girard is going to be a luxury they can’t afford there. Moreover, Girard will have value on the trade market — another player who demonstrated during Cale Makar’s various absences that he can run a power play. If the Avs want to retain any of pending unrestricted free agents Darcy Kuemper, Nazem Kadri or Valeri Nichushkin, or get a head start on Nathan MacKinnon’s extension (he’s UFA in the summer of 2023), then Girard seems to be the odd man out.