NJ just re-signed Miles Wood ($3.2m x1) and now have a bit of a glut of forwards.
Unless they plan on starting the year with Holtz, Foote, and Thompson all in the AHL, or want to risk passing Zetterlund through waivers, I'd hazard a guess that they're looking to trade a forward.
Palat - Hughes - Bratt
Sharangovich - Hischier - Mercer
Tatar - Haula - Holtz
Wood - McLeod - Bastian
Foote - Boqvist - Johnsson
Thompson - Zetterlund
Tatar and Johnsson are the obvious ones as pending UFA's, but I wonder if Sharangovich could be available, and if he'd be a legit 2C trade option for the Avs?
He's not the best at face-offs (40% last year) and his defense is suspect (though it's improving), but his lethal shot would be a pretty great weapon on a line with Lehkonen winning pucks and Rantanen as the playmaker.
At $2m x1 he'd be a perfect fit for the Avs roster this year as they could add him without needing to shed salary and still have $2.5m to cover bonuses with a 21 man roster, as per the capfriendly AGM linked below. In one year he's also still an RFA so his next contract will likely also be reasonable.
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Should Newhook emerge as a legit 2C it would also be very easy to move Sharangovich to the wing where he's played a lot of the time for NJ.
Not sure what the price would be and even what the Avs could offer up to entice NJ to part with him though considering how few assets they have. Unless NJ like Olausson or Foudy the only piece of interest to them is probably the 2023 1st.
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