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

Bender

Bender

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Balthazar said:
GM's help each other all the time
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The Avs shouldn't be in the business of doing 'favors' for other GMs if the end result is making your team better today with a waiver claim than it was the day before.

That is especially true when you're talking about a team that is competing with the Avs in the same conference during the same contending window.

Lavoie has good AHL numbers the past 2 years and would very likely be at minimum a much, MUCH better call-up than OO or Foudy. They could easily send Ritchie back to junior or Ivan Ivan back to the AHL to make room for him and give him a real shot and see what he can do. If it doesn't work out, they can put him back on waivers in 1,2,3 weeks and the Loilers will reclaim him to stash him back on the farm but at least the Avs will have given it a shot.

This seems like a no-brainer to me - in terms of development, he's well ahead of where Ritchie is right now. Everyone knows Ritchie is getting sent back - whether that's tomorrow or in 10 days, it's going to happen.
 
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JLo217

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henchman21 said:
Really... any trade today is difficult to improve in net. Teams still have hope, so they are less willing to give up their guys and the rosters they constructed. The ones that don't, you're trading for similarly flawed goalies... like Elvis or Grubi. They could be better, but they're available right now for a reason. It is hard to pry out a young guy who may need a starting net as teams just haven't seen how their year progresses and if they want to move that asset. The proven guys that'll possibly be moved haven't had their teams fall apart.

What we get to is situations like Detroit and Philly... where you might be able to snag a guy they don't feel is their starter, but a NHLer. The Husso/Lyon/Ersson sorts of guys.

Which means the Avs will have to ride this out for a while. George doesn't take losing his net well, so you can't just throw in Annunen quite yet. You have to give George plenty of rope before going to Annunen... but that has to happen if this keeps up. From there you have to wait out teams and their seasons falling apart or a personnel situation to crop up.
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He’s had enough rope. At this point he’s hanging onto fibers somehow
 
Richard88

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Maybe Edmonton just claimed Lavoie back because they didn't want to lose him to Vegas specifically - a division rival. But now that they know that Vegas claimed someone else and likely won't be reclaiming Lavoie they're more comfortable letting him go on waivers again. Better that he's with the Avs than with Vegas essentially.
 
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Richard88

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Fully healthy this is quite a formidable roster. Just upgrade in net and maybe add Savard and a proper 4C and you're cooking. This is probably tight capwise but Cmac can figure that out.

Drouin - MacKinnon - Rantanen
Landeskog - Mittelstadt - Nichushkin
Lehkonen - Colton - Kovalenko
Wood - Kelly - O'Connor
(Ivan/Kiviranta/Ritchie)

Toews - Makar
Girard - Manson
DeHaan - Malinski
(Kylington, Ludvig)

Georgiev
Annunen
 
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