Man if he's going to Nashville I gotta apologize to
@Pokecheque for what I said earlier, Trotz COULD do something stupid.
Imagine the Preds going after another old overpriced winger. Oh boy.
No need for apologies, you're absolutely right in saying the logical course would be to just treat this like a tank year now, but given what Trotz is saying, they ain't being logical. As an Avs fan, I'm completely on board with them digging a bigger hole.
The pandemic and the financial struggles of teams like Lumbus and Winnipeg have scared the shit out of NHL teams. They refuse to rebuild.
A shame--he may be dirty AF but I would've taken Kreider in a nanosecond had he come available a couple years ago. Dude is a beast in front of the net, which the Avs desperately need, on top of being a top-tier penalty killer.
The only reason he's on the trade block is because he's one of the players who's pissed at Drury. His best friend was Goodrow and when they put him on waivers like that, it def rubbed him the wrong way. I totally understand it from Drury's POV, you had to do what you could to re-sign Igor.
There's a right way to handle these things, and Drury is doing the exact opposite.
And now the Rangers are in full revolt. What a f***ing idiotic franchise. I've never seen a professional sports organization go into a full-blown horror movie first girl scream-level panic like this.
