Rumor: 2023-24 Trade Rumors and Free Agency: Part Deux

[Bone Breaker]

this thing has been going on for so long that when the Avs finally get a decent 1-2 punch at C, it will take time for me to get used to it. just like it took me years to finally accept that the Avs had a really good D, not a bunch of ECHL pylons.

 

[bear16]

How about that game winning goal by Curtis McDavid?

 

[dahrougem2]

We desperately need a true 2C. The bottom 6 is producing but the top-6 just kinda feels like it exists on paper

Problem is now Bo is no longer tradeable with Girard going into the Player Assistance program.

The Avs can probably try to offer multiple 1sts and prospects, but which player is going to be available? You don't want to pay through the roof for Elias Lindholm only to see him walk as a UFA. If Calgary would accept a 1st + prospect, sure. Idk if they will.

 

[AvalancheSpeedsters]

Problem is now Bo is no longer tradeable with Girard going into the Player Assistance program.

The Avs can probably try to offer multiple 1sts and prospects, but which player is going to be available? You don't want to pay through the roof for Elias Lindholm only to see him walk as a UFA. If Calgary would accept a 1st + prospect, sure. Idk if they will.

Hope Girard will be ok ..

 

[Freudian]

We desperately need a true 2C. The bottom 6 is producing but the top-6 just kinda feels like it exists on paper

RyJo is playing 10-13 minutes a night lately and MacKinnon/Rantanen 22-25 minutes. It's not sustainable.

 

[Colorado Avalanche]

RyJo is playing 10-13 minutes a night lately and MacKinnon/Rantanen 22-25 minutes. It's not sustainable.

Sounds like another first round playoff exit. You can't do this again.. huge mistake. You burnout the top players and then they perform like shit when they need to hit the next gear. They used the gear for regular season.

They need to manage the minutes, even in danger of losing games. Long-term it's still better. We will make the playoffs even if they play two-three minutes less.

 

[niwotsblessing]

Time for Bednar to change things up:

Tufte/Tatar - MacK - Nuke
JD - RyJo - Moose

MacK and Moose are doing F-all together, and that kills the top line. Split them up and maybe get some different chemistry rolling on the top lines.

 

[Bill Peckerskull]

Perfect time to trade with Calgary as they are in town.

 

[Balthazar]

Flames aren't going to sell as long as they are in the playoff picture and they are still very much in it.

 

[AvalancheSpeedsters]

Flames aren't going to sell as long as they are in the playoff picture and they are still very much in it.

That’s the flames tragedy though, they’ve been in this middling pattern for years .

 

[PAZ]

That’s the flames tragedy though, they’ve been in this middling pattern for years .

The majority of the West have been in no mans land the past few years.

 

[Bill Peckerskull]

 

[Mighty Makar]

Kane’s going to Florida.

 

[Balthazar]

This one stings

 

[BobRossColton]

What's byfields position these days?

 

[BobRossColton]

Go get byfield+bjornfot for Byram+

 

[AvalancheSpeedsters]

What's byfields position these days?

Untouchable

 

[NorthernAvsFan]

LA’s not trading Byfield for Byram. Byfield is the better player and has greater potential.

 

[The Kingslayer]

Go get byfield+bjornfot for Byram+

That + is actually +++

 

[Bender]

It's really Lindholm or bust for me. Flames fans sounds good with Calum Ritchie and a 1st for him. Question is can we keep him next season?

If you're paying that price that question needs to be answered minutes after the trade has taken place with an announcement of an extension.

Mentioned this on the main boards in a thread but curious to what folks think of the value here?


Ryan Johansen
Bowen Byram

for

Brock Nelson
Alexander Romanov


Avs get a legit 35+ goal scoring 2C for 2 playoff runs, and a bit of a reclamation project in Romanov but should be a decent 3rd pairing LD for us at least. They get out of the RyJo deal without needing to buy him out or move a pick to get rid of him. Losing Byram is a hefty price but I think this kind of trade makes the Avs much better balanced from a roster contruction perspective right now and allows us to keep our draft picks and prospects to use for rorster improvement elsewhere.


I dunno if Nelson would actually be available but the Isles do have an excess number of Centers right now with Barzal, Horvat, Nelson, Pageau, all as natural Top 9 Centers. And the Isles do have a need for a Top 4 LD as Romanov has struggled in that role for them.



Avs would then look like this:


Nuke - Mack - Mikko
Drouin - Nelson - Lehky
Wood - Colton - Tatar
Cogs - Olofsson - LOC


Toews - Makar
Girard - Manson
Romanov - Jones
Johnson - MacDermid




With Kovalenko/Landy potentially pushing Drouin/Tatar out of the lineup by the playoffs and(IMO) you use the draft capital we have to improve on the RD position at the deadline. Ideally you grab someone like DeMelo or Walker to push Manson down to the 3rd pairing.

I like that it would also fit the 'Ritchie is coming in 2 years window' but I'm not sure I love giving up Byram for only a 2 year run. I think the Avs would probably need more coming their way in this deal.

I've been thinking about a Nelson for Girard as a base trade for the past 2 weeks or so but now that's dead.

Sucks that the Avs dragged their feet on this trade - now Sammy G is likely untradable for the remainder of his contract.

I mean, has anyone ever entered the NHL assistance program and come back as good as before? I really wish he hadn't mentioned alcohol - who the hell is this guy's agent anyways??? That was a bad move. Now he's going to have that label the rest of his career whether he beats it or not.

 

[The Kingslayer]

Perfect time to trade with Calgary as they are in town.

yah leave Lindholm and Andersson in Denver.

 

[missionAvs]

That’s the flames tragedy though, they’ve been in this middling pattern for years .

Beat me to it. They are stuck in the middling abyss that is middle of the pack.

 

[Bill Peckerskull]

yah leave Lindholm and Andersson in Denver.

 

[nammerus]

This one stings

Imagine that. A #2C for cheap.

 

[Grackle Party]

Trocheck signed with NYR almost immediately and I’m pretty sure it was reported he didn’t want to go west