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

CobraAcesS

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Really more to the point--shitty drafting and development is what killed the Avs. Just think if Jost had panned out as a good two-way 2C or even halfway decent 3C how that would have affected the last 2 years at least. Would've allowed them to spend the assets they used on trying to upgrade the center corps on other areas.


Correction: They DEFINITELY would not have traded Toews, certainly not for the super-cheap price the Avs got for him.

The flat cap killed a lot of teams. Frankly it didn't hurt the Avs nearly as much as it hurt others.


This is about as old and repeated a phrase as "Zadorov is only __!"

Yeah, 2C, and drafting outside of the top 10 are big factors.

I'm not looking forward to this strategy of keeping 1st rounders at all.
 
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Foppa2118

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Right

I wouldn't be surprised though, if this extends through the new year. That's just because then the management will actually have a better view of the future. What it holds for Landy and Nuke, how Rantanen and Drouin have played etc.

It will be hard to keep Rantanen cap wise if Landy and Nuke return. If Drouin at that point has played very well, he's open for an extension after new year as well (at least I think?). So going to be some hard decisions regardless.

I think they move Val out east next summer, if Landy has a solid season. They'll need to cut a big salary.

I can see him going to NYI. Maybe as a Nelson replacement. Roy would love him, Sorokin, Varly, and Romanov on the roster, and proximity to NYC which may appeal to Val.
 

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