Rumor: 2024-2025 Trade Rumors and Free Agency Talk | The Slow Crawl to the Season

[Avs9296]

So according to the Canucks' Rick Dhaliwal, a couple of summers ago when J.T. Miller was being shopped the Canucks asked the Avs for a package involving both Bowen Byram and Alex Newhook and the Avs said no.

Honestly... I wish they made that trade. I love Mittelstadt, but J.T. Miller is on a different level and I can only imagine how good the Avs could have looked especially last season with him in tow.

That said, I think he's a vastly overrated defensive player and would NEED one of Lehkonen/Nichushkin on his line to make it work.

Ah well, hypotheticals.

Ya that would have been amazing. Although his salary is significantly more than Mittelstadt so it would have required some tweaking. Probably Avs don't make the Ross Colton trade.

 

[BobRossColton]

it was Miller + for Byram and Newhook. Avs would have gotten an additional (good) piece. There was also discussion around Miller for Byram + with the plus being far less significant than Newhook.

Who would've been the other good piece if you had to guess?

 

[henchman21]

Who would've been the other good piece if you had to guess?

Podkolzin

 

[missionAvs]

it was Miller + for Byram and Newhook. Avs would have gotten an additional (good) piece. There was also discussion around Miller for Byram + with the plus being far less significant than Newhook.

f*** that would have been nice.

 

[BobRossColton]

Podkolzin

Eesh, I think I would've taken höglander.

 

[Pokecheque]

Eesh, I think I would've taken höglander.

If they'd have offered Hoglander that would've been highway robbery, I seriously doubt he would've been offered. I'd still take Podkolzin in that deal without blinking.

 

[BobRossColton]

If they'd have offered Hoglander that would've been highway robbery, I seriously doubt he would've been offered. I'd still take Podkolzin in that deal without blinking.

Miller+ Höglander would've been wonderful highway robbery


Lehky Nate Mikko
Höglander Miller Nuke

 

[Colorado Avalanche]

So Kovalenko's ELC expires at the end of this season. That kinda sucks.

Its good, maybe we can sign him for a long-term before his price goes higher.

 

[Pokecheque]

So Kovalenko's ELC expires at the end of this season. That kinda sucks.

To use a tired phrase, it's a good problem to have.

 

[expatriatedtexan]

Miller+ Höglander would've been wonderful highway robbery


Lehky Nate Mikko
Höglander Miller Nuke

What did you do to Drouin, you animal??!!

 

[Chiarelli]

Pod sucks and we wouldn’t have been able to afford Miller on his current contract we might have another cup tho

 

[Balthazar]

Mitts was the perfect 2C trade until we re-upped him for only 3 years.

I don't think Miller + Mack in our fragmented, captainless locker room would go well.

 

[Chiarelli]

Mitts was the perfect 2C trade until we re-upped him for only 3 years.

I don't think Miller + Mack in our fragmented, captainless locker room would go well.

MacK and JT would be best buds I’m certain of it

 

[LOFIN]

I don't think Miller + Mack in our fragmented, captainless locker room would go well.

That's actually a very good point. JT Miller is known hothead, I can't see him and MacK coexisting lol.

 

[dahrougem2]

I've ragged on J.T. Miller a lot but I think he would love MacKinnon's fire. They would probably clash at times but I think they would both have the exact same fire burning to win.

Now with that said, Miller wouldn't be able to demand pucks and control of a PP here like he does in Vancouver.

 

[The Abusement Park]

That's actually a very good point. JT Miller is known hothead, I can't see him and MacK coexisting lol.

I'd think they'd work just fine. Everything I've heard about Miller sounds somewhat similar to how Mack is. I guess being to similar could be problematic, but seemingly they are both just highly competitive guys who want to win and hate guys that aren't driven like them.

 

[Balthazar]

MacK and JT would be best buds I’m certain of it

2 roosters in the same coop? Might work but it's unlikely.

Miller wouldn't be able to demand pucks and control of a PP here like he does in Vancouver.

Miller and Mack are both the same.

 

[henchman21]

MIller and MacK would be fantastic together... how they mesh with the rest of the room is an entirely different question.

I do think that if Miller was here, the odds of getting one more Cup would have been raised a ton.

 

[Vaslof]

Mitts was the perfect 2C trade until we re-upped him for only 3 years.

I don't think Miller + Mack in our fragmented, captainless locker room would go well.

I don't think "only" 3 years is that significant. He'll be here when it matters the most. Plus, if he likes it here, then he'll also be around after that.

 

[RoyIsALegend]

So Kovalenko's ELC expires at the end of this season. That kinda sucks.

He signed a 2 year ELC? I didn’t even know that was possible.

 

[Pokecheque]

Bah, JTM and MacK would've been fine. Moot point anyway.

 

[RoyIsALegend]

JT2C > JTM

 

[LOFIN]

He signed a 2 year ELC? I didn’t even know that was possible.

3 years for 18-21 yo
2 years for 22-23 yo
1 year for 24 or older

 

[CobraAcesS]

I think Mitts will continue to play well and be a great player here. That’s not at all what I’m saying in this though… those players were all seen as superior players compared to Mitts. Mitts flourishing now doesn’t change the past views.

I understand what you're getting at, but there is also a good chance he produces just as well as those players would have here given the chance.

The sad thing really is the two or three years this team didn't fully go all in, and ever going into a season with Jost or Newhook as hope for 2C lol.

 

[Balthazar]

Speaking of Mitts I finally found the contract model from Evolving Hockey, someone asked about it the other day. This was posted on the EH site a week before the signing.

As you can see, the price for 3 years was projected at 5.8M (spot on), 4 years was also 5.8M AAV and 5 years was 6M AAV. Best bang for the buck was 7 years at 6.7M, that'd have covered his entire prime for dirt cheap with the cap going up. Best option considering our cap situation would have been 1 or 5 years.

Take a few seconds to read the paragraph on top please.

That contract bought 2 RFA years and 1 UFA year.