Rumor: 2024-2025 Trade Rumors and Free Agency Talk | Part Deux

[ABasin]

At this point I would trade Mitts for a Nazem Kadri jersey.

Outstanding.

Yeah, the Avs are hosed if they don’t address 2C. Again.

 

[Tommy Shelby]

Crouse is as buy low as he's gonna get, the dream could finally come true

I also see the Avs targeting a guy like Craig Smith from the Hawks as depth and think he would be solid

 

[AvsCOL]

I think it's really unfortunate that we don't have 3rd pair defensemen who can kill penalties. It's forcing the Avs to keep Makar, Toews, Girard on the ice most of the game. Go get a good penalty killer for the bottom pair, and an upgrade on Manson. I still like Kylington as 3LD, but they need a 3RD

Luke Schenn is still an effective bottom pairing guy. Makes a lot of sense for the Avs.

 

[Miri]

He returned to the game last night. I'm sure he's fine

Only to say goodbye to the rest of the team, before he fecks off to Colorado

 

[Miri]

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Vancouver is talentless, Carolina lousy….
No wonder people are frustrated with Avs losing, when they think they are the only good team there is.

 

[LOFIN]

7. Colorado made a run at Miller, but it never got close enough to threaten the Rangers deal. That’s why Casey Mittelstadt’s name is out there. Believe New Jersey, Ottawa and Toronto poked around, but not with much traction.

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[Balthazar]

32 Thoughts: The NHL is heading into uncharted territory

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Not close to what the Rags offered? It seems like we lowball the shit of every team that has a big name to trade. We're always second.

Now trade Mitts.

 

[Freaky Styley]

Not close to what the Rags offered? It seems like we lowball the shit of every team that has a big name to trade. We're always second.

Now trade Mitts.

I'm sure the Rangers always had the inside track. They had the pieces and they had the motivation with Trocheck and Miller being childhood friends.

CMac was probably a little wary of the fit with Miller here, and rightfully so. To match the Ranger offer it would have been something like Mitts + Malinski + 2026 1st at least, and that's a rich price for a guy with a NMC

 

[LOFIN]

I'm sure the Rangers always had the inside track. They had the pieces and they had the motivation with Trocheck and Miller being childhood friends.

CMac was probably a little wary of the fit with Miller here, and rightfully so. To match the Ranger offer it would have been something like Mitts + Malinski + 2026 1st at least, and that's a rich price for a guy with a NMC

I also wonder how much more valuable that Rangers 1st would've been compared to the Avs one. Because they flipped it straight away to Pittsburgh, so they surely had some input.

 

[The Pwnerer]

I'm not confident Miller would've waived to come to us. Just another dude that lusts for the East Coast.

 

[JLo217]

Thanks for posting.

Immediate reaction is that the list is pretty underwhelming and a bit all over the place.

OReilly isn't coming here with his contract or skating, or history. Why would Florida trade Bennett (who isn't a stylistic fit either)? Provorov is a pipedream rental which isn't how the Avs operate. There's a lot of bottom 6 C's (Evans, Donato, Frederic, Bjugstad, OReilly, Gourde) but the Avs dont need a bottom 6 C.

I get putting out names because they're available but at least be realistic. 3-5 are super unrealistic. Evans at 2 is super high.

Maybe I should listen to their show though to get some more of where they're coming from though admittedly.

What do you expect? They don't know much about hockey and drink too much lol. They're basically Facebook Avs fans.

 

[Hasbro]

DNVR’s Trade Target Board for the Avs

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No Crouse!

 

[JLo217]

I'm surprised anyone wants Mitts. At this point I don't even think it makes sense to try to trade him unless they can move the salary out.

I'm really annoyed they haven't made the follow up to Rantanen move yet. I do think this is Bednars and CMac's last shot to do something though.

 

[RoyIsALegend]

I'm surprised anyone wants Mitts. At this point I don't even think it makes sense to try to trade him unless they can move the salary out.

I'm really annoyed they haven't made the follow up to Rantanen move yet. I do think this is Bednars and CMac's last shot to do something though.

A team that plays a different style should have interest in Mitts. He's not suited to our rush, high speed game that bursts your lungs if you can't keep up.

All 3 teams listed as having interest in him make sense.

Minnesota - Slower, grinding style. Even Kaprizov is a lot of East/West instead of pure North/South rushes. They don't play a game that relies on pure speed.

Boston - Along with Philly, possibly the slowest team in the league. They are a cycle heavy team that have always valued two-way forwards more than pure speed.

Calgary - Other than 1-2 players, not a rush team at all. Most of their offense comes off the cycle, engaging defensemen, and sending bodies to the net.

I could see him doing well on any of those teams as he wouldn't be expected to get up and down the ice at rapid pace 3-4 times per shift. Those teams are one and done shift teams.

He's just an awful fit for Bednar.