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

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Walking away from 4.6m is a choice....

 

[SoundwaveIsCharisma]

I'd take a flier on Zadina, his underlying metrics were actually decent.

 

[Bill Peckerskull]

Surprised we haven’t heard anything about Patrick Kane

maybe Zadina was hanging with Vrana ??

Friedman has said he is in no hurry to sign anywhere and may be waiting to see how things shake out before picking a team to sign with. I still think the Avs will go after him. That would allow one of Lehky or Nuke to slide down with Rosco and Wood on the 3rd line.

 

[SoundwaveIsCharisma]

Friedman has said he is in no hurry to sign anywhere and may be waiting to see how things shake out before picking a team to sign with. I still think the Avs will go after him. That would allow one of Lehky or Nuke to slide down with Rosco and Wood on the 3rd line.

If Kane is willing to play here I do think the Avs would have interest. They've shown interest before, and he's commented that the Avs would be a fun team to play for.

 

[RockLobster]

Walking away from 4.6m is a choice....

Did I miss something here, or is this re: Tarasenko?

 

[JLo217]

Walking away from 4.6m is a choice....

awfully vague haha

 

[redacted]

Did I miss something here, or is this re: Tarasenko?

Not Tank, Zadina. If there is a mutual termination, Zadina is walking away from the last two years of his contract.

 

[dahrougem2]

Seems like Zadina wants to take less money to bet on himself in a better situation.

Can't fault the kid for that. Props to him if so.

Or he heads home lol.

 

[Balthazar]

I read that Lafreniere is actually available.

Would you mind to provide a legitimate source? I've heard the opposite quite often and very recently.

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Rejected all and then fired his agent eh? Probably because he couldn't get him better offers.

Same guy that wanted out of STL because they gave the C to ROR instead of him. Dude has a huge ego and doesn't come across as a nice person.

 

[LOFIN]

Same guy that wanted out of STL because they gave the C to ROR instead of him. Dude has a huge ego and doesn't come across as a nice person.

I know he was salty about it back then, but it was years ago. From my understanding, he just was at odds with Berube.

 

[Avs_19]

Respect to Zadina for wanting out of Detroit so badly that he asked for a trade and then said just keep the $4.5M and for the love of God please let me go.

That’s an Avs type of player right there. I welcome him with open arms.

 

[Ararana]

I'd take a flier on Zadina, his underlying metrics were actually decent.

Let Zadina and LOC swap places between 3RW and 4RW throughout the season. Could be a interesting project.

 

[LOFIN]

 

[Bill Peckerskull]

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Shit

 

[AvalancheSpeedsters]

Walking away from 4.6m is a choice....

Unless you are paid to stay in Detroit , then it really isn’t ….

 

[Ararana]

Shit

Really nothing surprising here. They'll still get a deal done.

 

[sethro109]

Well f***. I thought we weren't far off? Hopefully this doesn't turn into a fiasco.

 

[redacted]

Toews filed for arbitration too after grabbing him. This is a nothing burger.

 

[RockLobster]

At this point there is nothing that we should be concerned about. Filing for arbitration is within his rights, and honestly helps set a deadline for this (while also preventing an offer sheet).

I mean the Avs wouldn't even be able to win that arbitration anyway, unless his ask is insanely high relative to his statistical peers. The Avs gave up a very valuable 2nd round pick for him, so it's not like they're going to be able to shit on him as a player either.

Now they shouldn't let this get there, obviously, and I suspect the main thing is they're trying to get term

 

[Bill Peckerskull]

Really nothing surprising here. They'll still get a deal done.

No, but the Avs are likely stuck in a holding pattern with signing anyone else until they get something done. That could be 3-4 weeks if it drags out to a hearing (July 20th - Aug 4th).

 

[Frenchy]

I read that Lafreniere is actually available. I'd like to see the Avs acquire him as a safety net in case the whole Drouin thing doesn't work out - since I'm not 100% sure that it will.

I don't think he'd cost too much to sign and could be a nice fit in the Top-9 and potentially Top-6 eventually. I still think it was a bad fit with the Rangers and he ends up a 25G-25A guy at minimum.

Don't know what the cost would be to acquire but having received that extra 1st from the Newhook deal should put the Avs in a position to give up the 2024 pick for some immediate help.

i'm scare that the asking price will be steep , LAF was a 1OA only 3seasons ago after all . I'm pretty sure his value is still sky high. I dont Drury doing a favor to his buddy Sakic with a player with so much upside.

 

[RockLobster]

Tampa and Jeannot is the one that I'm fascinated with. They've got 2,975M in LTIR space remaining. Now, I don't know what he gets because he followed his 41 point year with a "definitely NOT 41 point" year last year. But damn...

 

[LOFIN]

Toews filed for arbitration too after grabbing him. This is a nothing burger.

This here. It would've been more surprising if his name wasn't on that list, as that would've indicated that a deal is imminent (as in agreed already and just waiting to be signed).

 

[BobRossColton]

i'm scare that the asking price will be steep , LAF was a 1OA only 3seasons ago after all . I'm pretty sure his value is still sky high. I dont Drury doing a favor to his buddy Sakic with a player with so much upside.

If the asking price would be Byram, then no way. He might still have RFA status while we end up in our rebuild/retool phase free t years from now..

 

[dahrougem2]

I just don't want this to take long. The Avs need to figure out Colton before looking to add other players. No reason for them to let this drag on unless Colton's ask is unreasonable.