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

[UnkleKraker]

I may be the only one who doesn't remotely want Swayman. I just don't think spending that kind of money on any goalie works. Cleary Georgie wasn't the right budget move but I think that move might be out there yet.

 

[Freaky Styley]

I may be the only one who doesn't remotely want Swayman. I just don't think spending that kind of money on any goalie works. Cleary Georgie wasn't the right budget move but I think that move might be out there yet.

how many goalies have we've been through in the past 8 seasons? I'm with you and also subscribe to the 'don't overspend on goalies' but I'm starting to get PTSD and we have the most unpredictable tabdemin the league at the moment. With Annunen now and Nabokov on the way you can have peace of mind (and one of the best goalie tandems in the league for the next ~4-5 years at around 9M total. With a rising cap, that's some nice peace of mind.

With expansion looming and already being a lull in the goaltending talent, Swayman is a guy I would bet on. There's not many other goalies available I'd be willing to do this for, but 8M for 8 years of his prime is a big way to stay competitive for that time period.

 

[Pokecheque]

I may be the only one who doesn't remotely want Swayman. I just don't think spending that kind of money on any goalie works. Cleary Georgie wasn't the right budget move but I think that move might be out there yet.

It's a moot point but really, going cheap on the goaltending and settling for average talent only works if the team in front of those goalies is talented enough and deep enough to overcome their shortcomings. The Avs are talented enough (arguably) but they ain't deep enough by any measure. They have to rethink their approach to goaltending because this simply isn't good enough.

 

[Linds]

Bringing in Swayman and giving him the money they're about to give Rantanen is the kind of move that would build my faith in this management staff.

In other words, never going to happen

Rants is getting 12m/yr, Swayman is around 8 big difference

Sounds like George and Rants to me. They can control the cost of Rants to the tune of 12M over 8 years.

What else are they adding for Rants? Rants is a top 15 player in the NHL. Sway has less than 150 games played and was a 1B backup

 

[RoyIsALegend]

What else are they adding for Rants? Rants is a top 15 player in the NHL. Sway has less than 150 games played and was a 1B backup

Swayman is team controlled and Rantanen is less than 10 months away from getting the biggest UFA contract in the history of the NHL.

 

[missionAvs]

Rants is getting 12m/yr, Swayman is around 8 big difference

What else are they adding for Rants? Rants is a top 15 player in the NHL. Sway has less than 150 games played and was a 1B backup

They're gonna save a seat on the plane next to Rants so that George can go with him.

 

[NOTENOUGHRYJOTHINGS]

Boston gets kinda weird with how they treat players. But that organization generally knows what they are doing.

And they chose to trade Ullmark for what they got. And also don't want to pay "market value" for Swaymans contract. Makes you wonder if they have their own internal metrics that question both of these goalies.

With the way Bednar operates Swayman would get 70+ starts. Maintaining an elite level of play over more games is always difficult for a goalie. Regardless of how good he is.

 

[The Merchant]

There's no way the Avs would move Rants and they won't get Swayman. They have shown they are not willing to pay a high dollar for a goalie since they got burned on Varly. Given Swayman will cost maybe a top 5 contract at his position, but at least a top 10 one... seems radically against the Avs' MO.

Which is ironic, considering if they had that Varly throughout the duration of this window there's a decent chance that we'd have celebrated more than one championship at this point.

 

[Linds]

Swayman is team controlled and Rantanen is less than 10 months away from getting the biggest UFA contract in the history of the NHL.

That's fair. I don't think Boston would do this if they couldn't sign Rants

 

[TruePowerSlave]

The time to trade Rantanen was at the draft, that boat has sailed

 

[Ararana]

Rants is getting 12m/yr, Swayman is around 8 big difference

Exactly.

The time to trade Rantanen was at the draft, that boat has sailed

This. Management f***ed up.

 

[Colorado Avalanche]

The time to trade Rantanen was at the draft, that boat has sailed

Exactly. Too late now.

 

[Vaslof]

The time to trade Rantanen was at the draft, that boat has sailed

I don't think that was ever in the cards for our front office. I'd be surprised if they even tried to shop him around.

 

[UncleRisto]

This. Management f***ed up.

Way earlier.

 

[GoNordiquesGo]

Boston is getting all the heat because Neely opened his mouth publicly. But if what Neely said is remotely true, they are not cheeping or unwilling to pay him fair value. They may be negotiating around the edges, which they should definitely do... But just because Swayman says he wants $10M, or even $9M doesn't mean Boston should pay him that or that they are cheaping if tey don't.

Just like the AVs are not cheaping on Rantanen just because they don't want to give him whatever he wants. But Neely going public out of frustration was silly...

 

[GoNordiquesGo]

I absolutely love it when this board is down to whining about the 4th line and the 3rd pairing! (and Fourgiev of course...)
It means things are going well !
It actually reminds me of the year we won the Cup!

In two months, when Lehky is on the 3rd line and Wood on the 4th, I will recall this day with fondness.

 

[missionAvs]

I absolutely love it when this board is down to whining about the 4th line and the 3rd pairing! (and Fourgiev of course...)
It means things are going well !
It actually reminds me of the year we won the Cup!

In two months, when Lehky is on the 3rd line and Wood on the 4th, I will recall this day with fondness.

What's more likely to happen is we see Lehky on the 1st line after Nuke's next suspension and Wood on the 2nd line once Landy gets hurt again. We'll be pissed off in perpetuity when Kelly is on the 3rd line and Tynan or something is a regular on the 4th line.