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

missionAvs

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We've allowed the most empty net goals in the league this year

I think this stat is being tracked past this year but even if the current Avs have given up the most empty netters, the supposed benefit of removing them from the calculation only for the Avs slims of you remove them from the other teams as well.
 

sethro109

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How would that work in a trade scenario? You'd need 4 teams to pull this off, or am I wrong? I do agree with they need to jettison both goalies at some point.
Yeah, my post is 100% sarcasm. I don't think we can get either @75% retention, let alone both. It's either younger and unproven or, older and often injured. Not a great scenario unless the world's align.
 

LOFIN

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The Avs are trying to get Mikko signed for less than Nate. Rantanen/his agent believe they could get 14m on the open market (which would equal 12.25 with 8 year term).

Interesting that the insiders think Kakko is available from the Rangers. It has to be because his next contract is going to be a tricky one. Kakko has been one of the better forwards with the Rangers so far this year. 11 5v5 points, and has actually played center for the last two games. I wonder what Drury might be looking for him? Another vet or a young d-man?
 

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The 8 year vs 7 year on the market should pull this in the Avs’ favor at some point.

I just remember Kypreos saying the Avs wanted to keep it under $12m, which could be tricky. I can understand Rantanen’s camp not being willing to accept that.
 

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I'm as sceptical about giving him a large amount of money as any of us but 8x12 for Rantanen seems like a baseline we should have accepted ages ago. If he does leave several people should lose their jobs.
 
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LOFIN

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The 8 year vs 7 year on the market should pull this in the Avs’ favor at some point.
Especially considering what teams are better options for contending? There are not that many that are in a better spot for the next few years than Rantanen, and is there a single one that could afford to pay Rantanen 13-14M AAV? Unlikely.
 
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CobraAcesS

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I'm cool with Gibson...I'm not cool with the cost some have floated. I still maintain any team taking Gibson, even retained is doing the Ducks a solid. Nobody wants a 6.4M backup and it's Dostal's team now.

For me the higher prices would be easier to stomach more around January depending on how he's played.

At 50% and solidly above .900 he solves the starter issue for pretty much the rest of the window.
 

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