If they trade Girard for Miller the cap will work, and hell no to giving Miller 9mI think he's gonna ask for 9M+ on the open market as a 1C.
Beside, we don't have enough space for our own core, let alone adding someone like JT Miller
Jesus...
He's better and younger than Kadri who literally just got 7 X 7. If you think Kadri had a great season with 87 pts, well, Miller just got 99 pts.
Look at it this way... pre-pandemic the revenue was ~5.1b and that is the baseline. 19-20 was down to 4.4b (leaving a .7b shortfall). 20-21 was ~2.33b (leaving a ~2.7b shortfall). So in total for the 2 seasons, we have a 3.4b shortfall. Now half of that is the player's share. So 1.7b to pay off. Last season is being tabulated still, but in the range of 5.3-5.4b. Meaning .2-.3b in excess where players have half of that to pay off. So between 100-150m paid off of the 1.7b... leaving >1.5b in 'debt.'
Well maybe if you throw in that extra year 8X8 might do it. The cap would work. Right now Avs have about 4 mill in cap space. If trading Girard for Miller, that's 5 mill out 5.2 in for this season. Next year you give EJ's 6 mill to MacK, then resign Miller to that 8X8 and you pretty much have everyone signed. Then in 2 years you use JTC's money to resign Byram. Also Bill Daly said he thinks cap will make that big jump in 2 years. It all works out
I will say, Toews analytics last year were actually not horrible and noticeably better than Comphers. I think at double retention he’d be a fine 3C for a year. But that’s about it.
Lets say the Avs give up assest to acquire Toews to play 3C. Who then plays 2C?
At this point Toews would be the 2C. But he should be deployed as a 3C.
I mean, pretty much every C would. This is why they likely give Newhook & Friends a serious look before they do anything else.
Not like one played for the top team in the NHL and the other played for a GM that was openly tanking and trying to get rid of every single player on that team.
Thing is , what teams would want to retain before we get him hypothetically? Arizona and Chicago? If the asset cost is low then it’s worth a gamble but probably not what Chicago would want (thinking Kaut and something similar that’s it )
No need for 2 teams to retain if they take Compher (who they can flip at the deadline for an additional pick). Toews' contract expires at the end of this year (at the same time as JTC's) so that's good too.
