Rumor: 2023-2024 Trade Rumors and Free Agency: Off-season is in full swing

[lionsDen]

I don’t blame them, Army of Me is still a banger.

You lose all your music listening privileges. Lol

 

[TruePowerSlave]

SJ are dumb as bricks with EK. Should have been traded last deadline to the highest bidder, his value was only getting worse after that. The team sucks and is in tank mode, sell sell.

 

[Avsboy]

SJ are dumb as bricks with EK. Should have been traded last deadline to the highest bidder, his value was only getting worse after that. The team sucks and is in tank mode, sell sell.

He just won the Norris and has proclaimed his best hockey is still ahead of him

 

[Hasbro]

Newhook is turning into the Kerfoot trade on steroids.

 

[SoundwaveIsCharisma]

Newhook is turning into the Kerfoot trade on steroids.

Kerfoot = Selke, Newhook = Hart+Art Ross?

 

[UncleRisto]

Kerfoot = Selke, Newhook = Hart+Art Ross?

I mean, Newhook is pretty good defensively, too, right? Right.

 

[Hasbro]

I don’t blame them, Army of Me is still a banger.

 

[Alex Jones]

Newhook is turning into the Kerfoot trade on steroids.

Kerfoot is way more talented. Kerfoot just has the strength of a small child.

 

[Bill Peckerskull]

Another decent bottom 6 guy off the board. Generally starting to feel, outside of Meyers, that the Avs are done.

 

[JLo217]

He just won the Norris and has proclaimed his best hockey is still ahead of him

He had a great statistical season offensively, he was horrible defensively. IMO I don' think he should've gotten the Norris. From a full defensive game he should've maybe been in the top 10...

You're not a good defenseman if you can't make it work with teammates like Burns. He threw tantrums apparently in the locker room. He's always below the dots in the offensive zone, and his team didn't make the PO's. At least Josi still makes NSH somewhat competitive. EK reminds me of Duchene.

 

[Cypher]

Another decent bottom 6 guy off the board. Generally starting to feel, outside of Meyers, that the Avs are done.

Failed off-season. Fire Cmac.

 

[Avsboy]

Not much cap space left

 

[Balthazar]

Not much cap space left

Won't be surprised if they keep what's left (after signing Meyers) to see if there's anything on the waiver wire later or just keep it for the deadline.

 

[Cypher]

Having both Meyers and Olofsson handed starting spots is a recipe for disaster. Injuries happen, who you calling up? Drouin or RjJo struggle, you move them down to play with Meyers/Olofsson and the entire line gets eaten alive. Need another NHL caliber forward at minimum, prefer 2.

 

[chet1926]

CMac continues to fail. Roster is not nearly deep enough, especially if Drouin and RyJo don't work out.

I don't understand how CMac can sit there and think his forward roster is deep enough. It's really not close and is missing 2 legitimate bottom 6ers and possibly a top 6er depending on your thoughts on Drouin.

 

[Pierce Hawthorne]

Another decent bottom 6 guy off the board. Generally starting to feel, outside of Meyers, that the Avs are done.

They didn't sign Rodrigues until September 12th last year....


Patience.

 

[S E P H]

Rumour I saw today says that Tatar is close to signing with a "western conference" team. Take that for what you will.

Kerfoot = Selke, Newhook = Hart+Art Ross?

To be fair, the Leaf fans who mentioned Kerfoot and Selke in the same sentence were 101% straight analytic posters who probably never watched Kerfoot in their lives up to that point. We all enjoy Leaf fans suffering, but it was just a select few who were mindless and not the entire fanbase. A good percentage actually hated the trade, but perhaps more along the lines of them being Kadri fans. The Hab fans I've seen have been more deluded in a bad way that is reminiscent of Oiler fans on this board. Granted it is not all of them being this deluded about Newhook, but a fair share of them no doubt.

 

[Avaholic29]

CMac continues to fail. Roster is not nearly deep enough, especially if Drouin and RyJo don't work out.

I don't understand how CMac can sit there and think his forward roster is deep enough. It's really not close and is missing 2 legitimate bottom 6ers and possibly a top 6er depending on your thoughts on Drouin.

These posts get more embarrassing everytime you make them Chet. Lol

 

[Tommy Shelby]

Another decent bottom 6 guy off the board. Generally starting to feel, outside of Meyers, that the Avs are done.

This is the first signing that I'm actually annoyed about. You mean he'd rather battle Bastian, Foote, Tierney and Lazar for a roster spot, than be basically guaranteed our 4C spot? I doubt the Avs even sniffed at him. Wake up, sleepy Mac.

 

[PAZ]

To be fair, $1 mil might've been out of the Avs' budget for Nosek. I'd be more annoyed if he signed for 800k.

 

[Pokecheque]

Some people do, most of them don't. Look, to me the tweet above me suggests this was basically his agent/NHLPA telling him to go to this program, if you admit you have a serious problem maybe that isn't a valid reason to terminate your contract. I'm not a CBA expert, but I've kinda got the understanding that the teams can't just terminate a contract if there is substance abuse, but need to relay the player to the assistance program.

And I'm not saying that Galchenyuk is only doing this because of his hockey career, I just think the idea was sold to him based on this. Maybe the two things are unrelated and he really sought help himself. If so, good on him.

You're reading way too much into this. The man knows he has a problem and did a lot of work both on and off the ice prior to this to try and get his career back on track. Unfortunately with addiction, one bad night can unravel all of that, and that's precisely what happened. Now he's starting all over, I don't see why it has to be more complicated than that. I don't blame him or the PA to see if maybe the contract can stay in place, that's a perfectly legitimate angle to pursue, it's not that much money in any event.

 

[Pierce Hawthorne]

Rumour I saw today says that Tatar is close to signing with a "western conference" team. Take that for what you will.

To be fair, the Leaf fans who mentioned Kerfoot and Selke in the same sentence were 101% straight analytic posters who probably never watched Kerfoot in their lives up to that point. We all enjoy Leaf fans suffering, but it was just a select few who were mindless and not the entire fanbase. A good percentage actually hated the trade, but perhaps more along the lines of them being Kadri fans. The Hab fans I've seen have been more deluded in a bad way that is reminiscent of Oiler fans on this board. Granted it is not all of them being this deluded about Newhook, but a fair share of them no doubt.

I am expecting this from us quite frankly. Fits the bill very well for what we need and sort of as a Rodrigues replacement.

 

[Pokecheque]

This is the first signing that I'm actually annoyed about. You mean he'd rather battle Bastian, Foote, Tierney and Lazar for a roster spot, than be basically guaranteed our 4C spot? I doubt the Avs even sniffed at him. Wake up, sleepy Mac.

I really don't think "sleepy" can be applied to Mac this offseason. Last year, yes, not this year.

 

[Tommy Shelby]

I really don't think "sleepy" can be applied to Mac this offseason. Last year, yes, not this year.

It was more of a tongue in cheek thing, but I don't think anyone here thinks that the roster is complete, so he still has some work to do regardless

 

[S E P H]

Did I somehow miss that the Eagles signed Arvid Holm, G to an AHL contract? I guess that's our veteran presence.