Seriously, as this point you send the assistant GM and have Sakic leave a voicemail for their picks that they can play for their parents: "Mom! Dad! A hall of famer called me!"
Rumor: 2022-2023 Trade Rumors and Free Agency: Let’s Run it Back!
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Counter point... Avs suck picking outside the top 10 anyway.
AvalancheSpeedsters
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It better be. Or that Manson may be coming back. Georgiev I'll give the scouts and Sakic the benefit of the doubt, but he always appeared to me anyway as a quality backup but not really starter material. Hope I'm wrong. At least Sakic didn't wait up for the free agency to start this year, so there's that. I'm sure there is more coming via trade for the Avs.
Bill Peckerskull
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Yep, wasn't cheap. Gotta think there is a plan to get some of those picks back, whether that's trading rights to guys like Kuemper, Kadri, Bura, Manson, or Nuke, trading prospects like Kaut or Bowers, Annunen, or roster players like Girard or JTC.
If the Avs run it back and manage to keep Kadri, Nuke, and Manson (or sign a replacement 3rd pair d man) — just losing Helm and Bura….. =win?
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Bill Peckerskull
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Ararana
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Counter point... Avs suck picking outside the top 10 anyway.
You're not wrong... But good luck at the deadline with damn near zero draft capital to spend.
Where's @Pierce Hawthorne's post about trading Girard for futures. I'm going to go read it to feel better lol.
Watched a fair number of Rangers games due to my dad being one. Georgiev is a terrible backup. You want him playing bigger minutes. He gets inside his own head and can get really cold. He's better when playing regularly (and a lot of Rags fans have been echoing the sentiment in the trade thread).
He's a serviceable starter. He's mostly here because he saves us $3M.
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dahrougem2
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This is why the Avs need to be doing everything possible to work with Kadri/Burakovsky/Kuemper and send them to teams they prefer to play with in exchange for late round picks.
Even if you're only getting back 5th/6th round picks, it all helps.
Richard Doll
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I don't think teams really pay much for early bargaining rights? Probably Annunen and Girard are the only ones in your list that would net anything more than a 4th.
That's precisely why the Avs haven't moved the 23 1st yet. I'd put the odds of that pick actually being made by the Avs at zero.
hughdreamz
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Sakic: if it’s not a top 10 pick, I don’t want it
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This would be epic as I will get to watch the blame game up-close and personal here.
Toronto media would destroy him, IMO.
forsbergavs32
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If we're gonna retain the skaters we want to keep we had to cut somewhere. Avs grab a goalie thats still young with upside and can maybe keep a Kadri or a Manson along with Nuke. The boys showed they can win without insane goaltending.
Bill Peckerskull
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AvalancheSpeedsters
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wonder if Toronto would trade picks for negotiating rights or just wait for the free agency period ?
dahrougem2
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I think Manson is as good as gone. Wife from Cali and he seems to want to go back "home" whether it's Anaheim or L.A.
I think Sakic makes Nichushkin priority #1 with a late pitch to Kadri to see if he'll be willing to stay at a "discounted" rate (even though it won't be a discount).
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Joe and the pro scouting staff have been able to find some solid gems. If Joe (and presumably the scouts) have been chasing after Georgiev for such a long time, they must see something in him that they think they can work with.
What are the odds Georgiev just signs his QO at 1x2.65M in an attempt to become the Avs next overpaid UFA goalie next summer as opposed to signing something like 2/3x3M?
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IMO it's clear now that Sakic's budget for a goalie is around 3.5M. He doesn't want to spend more than that.
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