Rumor: 2023-24 Trade Rumors and Free Agency: Season Thread

[The Abusement Park]

I definitely agree with that. Johanson should be better in that role than JT2C ever could be.

RyJo will either be a significant upgrade at 2C or a downgrade. I don‘t really think there’s much middle ground there

 

[Balthazar]

 

[LOFIN]

I very much like what CMac has done this offseason. Yeah, betting on a lot of guys to bounce back, continue developing, or breaking through. But that's kinda what we have to do considering our cap and asset situation. I think he's done well under those circumstances.

 

[Gumballhead]

Very nice, a 20 goal scorer, the hallmark of all championship teams. I also see he pretty much almost plays 75-82 games a year, and we are the Avs, so it's time for his Aaron Rodgers moment.

 

[Pierce Hawthorne]

Which PTO gets a contract? Kiviranta?

525k left, someone might have to be sent down so maybe no pto

Yeah if they sign a PTO it'll likely be for an AHL deal or they beat out Olofsson for the 13th forward slot.

Kiviranta is my guess on the one who gets a deal. But I wouldn't even be surprised if they don't sign any of them.

 

[Hasbro]

FYI , there's a bug with twitter ever since it's called X

you have to post the link like this , but all togetter :

[ media="twitter" ] https://twitter.com/ 1701613436285895028 [/ media ]

Ok now back to Crouse!

 

[JLo217]

Ok now back to Crouse!

What about Kane?

 

[sethro109]

What about Kane?

He's probably not cup chasing anymore, so even if we move Dermy, I doubt we have enough to sign him. That would make us pretty damn deep, though.

 

[JLo217]

He's probably not cup chasing anymore, so even if we move Dermy, I doubt we have enough to sign him. That would make us pretty damn deep, though.

I'm just feeding the beast

 

[The Pwnerer]

Five new players in the top 9 while giving up minimal assets. Pretty remarkable work by Cmac I must say. That Colton trade is still the gem of this offseason.

 

[BrickNHL]

Five new players in the top 9 while giving up minimal assets. Pretty remarkable work by Cmac I must say. That Colton trade is still the gem of this offseason.

I'm gonna miss Newhook and his 12 minutes a night of just skatin around the ice, tbh

 

[missionAvs]

The Tatar signing really sets us up for the regular season. Our depth is looking prettt decent now IMO.

 

[Freaky Styley]

Beginning of offseason, HFAvs: "there's no way we can fill out our roster with this cap situation!!'

McFarland, by September: Tatar & Drouin for 2.3M combined



I tried telling ya'll for months. As soon as the Johansen news came down I knew we'd be just fine.

 

[S E P H]

Beginning of offseason, HFAvs: "there's no way we can fill out our roster with this cap situation!!'

McFarland, by September: Tatar & Drouin for 2.3M combined



I tried telling ya'll for months. As soon as the Johansen news came down I knew we'd be just fine.

I respectfully disagree with the Drouin mention. He's not some sort of Ark of the Covenant here, he was always going to get around the bare minimum due to his constant LoAs'.

 

[Hasbro]

Beginning of offseason, HFAvs: "there's no way we can fill out our roster with this cap situation!!'

McFarland, by September:

LLLLEEEEERRRROOOYYYYY JJJJEEENNNNKKKIIINNSSS!!!!

 

[Pierce Hawthorne]

Beginning of offseason, HFAvs: "there's no way we can fill out our roster with this cap situation!!'

McFarland, by September: Tatar & Drouin for 2.3M combined



I tried telling ya'll for months. As soon as the Johansen news came down I knew we'd be just fine.

It is a roster, no doubt about that.


Is it a good one? Still remains to be seen.

 

[The Abusement Park]

Beginning of offseason, HFAvs: "there's no way we can fill out our roster with this cap situation!!'

McFarland, by September: Tatar & Drouin for 2.3M combined



I tried telling ya'll for months. As soon as the Johansen news came down I knew we'd be just fine.

I mean still plenty of questions to be asked here. Can Drouin be a legit top 6 player, can Tatar be useful in the playoffs, is Colton a C, which Ryjo do we get? At the very minimum the depth is at a very good level and should help the top guys out a bit. But per usual the 2C spot is still in an iffy spot. What RyJo we get will decide if its a fine season or a great one.

 

[Avs9296]

It is a roster, no doubt about that.


Is it a good one? Still remains to be seen.

It's definitely a good one. Is it the best in the league? Maybe not anymore like it was a couple years ago. But it's definitely a good overall team with a few game breaking superstars.

Put it this way, many teams in the league would trade rosters with the Avs in a second.

 

[Pierce Hawthorne]

It's definitely a good one. Is it the best in the league, maybe not anymore like it was a couple years ago. But it's definitely a good overall team with a few game breaking superstars.

Put it this way, many teams in the league would trade rosters with the Avs in a second.

I'm optimistic... But there's a lot of questions still remaining.

Johansen, Drouin and Wood are all playing roles at least 1 full line above what they were capable of last year.


So, we'll see. It's definitely playoff caliber now. But I still think it's a lot of uncertainty regarding whether it's a Top 5 team across the league, or more of a ~10th place team.

 

[UncleRisto]

It is a roster, no doubt about that.


Is it a good one? Still remains to be seen.

 

[Freaky Styley]

I respectfully disagree with the Drouin mention. He's not some sort of Ark of the Covenant here, he was always going to get around the bare minimum due to his constant LoAs'.

Drouin will produce as long as he's in the lineup. There's also the MacKinnon factor to keeping him focused and engaged. Also being out of MTL will help immensely for a player like that

I mean still plenty of questions to be asked here. Can Drouin be a legit top 6 player, can Tatar be useful in the playoffs, is Colton a C, which Ryjo do we get? At the very minimum the depth is at a very good level and should help the top guys out a bit. But per usual the 2C spot is still in an iffy spot. What RyJo we get will decide if its a fine season or a great one.

Only 1 of Tatar or Drouin need to be useful in the POs. With Kovalenko coming over Tatar can move to the 4th line if necessary. Both RyJo and Drouin have shown to perform in the POs in the past, I'm not worried about them at all. Tatar will cover their lack of regular season motivation

 

[Avsboy]

RyJo will either be a significant upgrade at 2C or a downgrade. I don‘t really think there’s much middle ground there

RyJo is more talented than JTC but less hard working

 

[The Moops]

Very nice, a 20 goal scorer, the hallmark of all championship teams. I also see he pretty much almost plays 75-82 games a year, and we are the Avs, so it's time for his Aaron Rodgers moment.

Didn't he just get BTFO?

 

[Gumballhead]

Didn't he just get BTFO?

A bacon tomato frankfurter and onion? Maybe?

 

[JLo217]

I feel like the Avalanche took a Vegas approach overall to the offseason. Lots of buy low guys that can get motivated to come in and gain some value back. With that a good amount of depth added.

Hopefully they can be healthy and play with some fire this year and carry that into the playoffs. Just get in and then get to work.