Iceberg
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How about Lyubushkin as a potential Manson/EJ replacment? How much will he cost?
Lehkonen Danault Nuke. Good f***en luck against those guys.It's too bad Danault wasn't a UFA this summer
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 2.0How about Lyubushkin as a potential Manson/EJ replacment? How much will he cost?
It's okay, we will lure Bergeron away from Boston to have his own Bourque-esque last ride.Lehkonen Danault Nuke. Good f***en luck against those guys.
Yea, his puck moving ability is potentially in the negatives, he would not fit well here.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
Malkin is chasing the cash money.Bergeron wants to stay in Boston, but I could see Malkin here for a year or two
We can't afford him unless he takes a healthy discount.
I was thinking Kubalik as a buy-low potential replacement for Burakovsky, but then I saw this lolMalkin 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.
It'll probably come down to term more than the dollar figure.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.
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.
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.He's not trading Sam Girard this year period. Absolutely no reason to.
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.
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.