Rumor: 2022-2023 Trade Rumors and Free Agency (Mod Warning in OP)
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Never happy.
Mack the only one that isn't working out.
I guess he meant it when he said he was going to get fat this summer celebrating the cup
Raucherhusten
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Never happy.
These nipples say: 15x8 or i walk!
His face wants even more ... ^^
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Which is no one I don’t think. People question his ability to play C but I think everyone here still thinks he’s a 2nd line winger going forwards.
Chiarelli
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If he doesn’t like playing center on the Avs he’s gonna love playing wing on the kraken
expatriatedtexan
Illegitimati non carborundum
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Would be funny if Khudobin and his 3.3M contract was cleared to play and further complicated their shit.
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Mikko's lower number at faceoffs is most likely explained by coming in to replace whoever was at C and got thrown out of the dot. You can't cheat as much as the 2nd C so you don't risk to be thrown out as well which would give him a penalty.
Mikko at C also helps to re-balance the cap structure in the lineup. It is also much easier to find a top-6 W at the TDL (Kane?) than a 2C.
With that said I still want the Avs to give Newy a very good shot at 2C to finally put to bed the C vs W debates.
Iceberg
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Right as MacKinnon is hitting 30 and Beniers and Wright are entering their prime... not a terrible deal.
Landeskog- Mackinnon- Nichushkin
Lehkonen- Rantanen- Newhook
??- Compher- O'Connor
Cogliano- Meyers- Helm
In this scenario with Rantanen at center we are basically looking for a 3rd line winger instead of a 2nd line center. Rantanen can take pressure off Newhook as well.
Lehkonen- Rantanen- Newhook
??- Compher- O'Connor
Cogliano- Meyers- Helm
In this scenario with Rantanen at center we are basically looking for a 3rd line winger instead of a 2nd line center. Rantanen can take pressure off Newhook as well.
I don't think there's anyone who's legitimately given up on him. I just think there's a reasonable amount of apprehension about him taking over the 2C role at age 21.
Nuance just seems to go right out the window when evaluating players around here. Express concern about a player's ceiling and right away there's people saying YOU'VE GIVEN UP ON THEM.
If we break out the term "BUST" then yes, we've given up. Until then, chill out people.
If we break out the term "BUST" then yes, we've given up. Until then, chill out people.
Avaholic29
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I think maybe it was the handful of proposals involving Newhook or the doom and gloom approach to having him be an option for 2C. Hopefully he’s been working on his faceoffs this summer but otherwise I think he’s going to have a big year.
A funny and weird thing about Newhook in this... I feel pretty much the same today as I did in his draft year. 
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Including a player in a trade doesn’t mean you’ve given up on them at all? If you could trade Newhook to get a 2C right now you do it because we’re right in the middle of our contention window. We don’t have time to let Newhook go through his growing pains. Us moving Helleson and Barron didn’t mean we gave up on them.
Bill Peckerskull
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shadow1
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| Line | Frequency |
|---|---|
| Newhook - Compher - O'Connor Newhook - Sturm - Aube-Kubel Newhook - Compher - Aube-Kubel Newhook - Kadri - Burakovsky Newhook - Jost - Aube-Kubel | 12.3% 9.7% 7.1% 7.0% 5.8% |
Newhook is a good player already. His 33 points basically replaced Donskoi last year, but did it with less ice time (13:34) and non-premium line mates.
I'm not sure if he's a center though, I guess that remains to be seen. He didn't look like it in his rookie year, but sometimes these young players flip a switch.
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Never happy.
It's called focus, on going B2B baby
He's going to explode offensively with guys like Landy / Lehk and Nuke or Rants around him, getting fed pucks from Makar, Toews, Girard, Byram & others. May be criticism now by some posters, but I bet by mid season it'll be we should have extended him for 6 years BEFORE this (because he's way more expensive now).
I'm predicting a 68-78 point season.
Bender
I'll eat pancakes on his grave!
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Foppa2118
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I’ve given up on Newhook purely because he wears #18. I know better than to get attached.
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Don't be ridiculous. 2.7 yearsx $8.
Richard88
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Thoughts on signing Sam Gagner at league minimum for one year as a stopgap RW?
He'd definitely add some playmaking to an otherwise offensively-limited 3rd line, along with another RHS which would be a need for the PP and also at 3RW whenever Compher centers the 2nd line.
Landeskog -- MacKinnon -- Nichushkin
Lehkonen ------ Compher ---- Rantanen
Newhook ------- Meyers ------- Gagner
Cogliano ---------- Helm -------- O'Connor
Alternatively if Rantanen plays at 2C that would give you a RHS winger for his line who is capable of playmaking and keeping up offensively for the most part.
Landeskog - MacKinnon - Nichushkin
Lehkonen ----- Rantanen -- Gagner
Newhook ------- Meyers ---- Compher
Cogliano --------- Helm ------- O'Connor
Not sure if he has good enough skating at age 33, but maybe worth a look perhaps on a PTO.
He'd definitely add some playmaking to an otherwise offensively-limited 3rd line, along with another RHS which would be a need for the PP and also at 3RW whenever Compher centers the 2nd line.
Landeskog -- MacKinnon -- Nichushkin
Lehkonen ------ Compher ---- Rantanen
Newhook ------- Meyers ------- Gagner
Cogliano ---------- Helm -------- O'Connor
Alternatively if Rantanen plays at 2C that would give you a RHS winger for his line who is capable of playmaking and keeping up offensively for the most part.
Landeskog - MacKinnon - Nichushkin
Lehkonen ----- Rantanen -- Gagner
Newhook ------- Meyers ---- Compher
Cogliano --------- Helm ------- O'Connor
Not sure if he has good enough skating at age 33, but maybe worth a look perhaps on a PTO.
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At some point, the Avs have to develop non-1st round draft picks into NHL players. I get that they're in their window and all, but they can't fill 100% of an entire roster with top 10 picks and veteran free agents.
He’s a good guy that knows a role he can play… but he should be more of a 4th line power play specialist and that isn’t really what the Avs need.
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