Who would you target for the 3C? I’m also in agreement with you.
Better chance it would probably be via a trade. Pageau absolutely fits that bill, but one of the other problems is that the bottom 6 this postseason had close to zero offensive instinct. Because of that, they need to get some offensive wingers to fill some of that secondary scoring quota as well. Getting LOC is huge, but the Avs need another Burakovsky-esque level player to play on that third line, which could be Ross Colton (he just shouldn't play centre).
As for your question, here are the players I would target including Lundestrom (could eventually get into that role), Krebs (could eventually get into that role), Zacha (Boston needs centres though), Stenlund (I think he can offer more), Sissons, Laughton, Gourde, Blueger, Roy (VGK), Dowd (I think he can offer more), Jenner, and I am also going to give R. McLeod a shout. There are probably a couple I missed, but those are the ones I would go off the top of my head. Stenlund or Roy are the ones that would look good here and play higher (add Dowd and Lundestrom potentially to that list as well). Then MacFarland re-signs Trenin for the 4th line centre role and we gucci. I still want Avs to go after Janmark though, he should be a must-get for the bottom 6.