Rumor: 2026 Trade Rumors and Free Agency: Offseason Edition

[Foppa2118]

I hated it too when it happened. I was a Byram fan and still am. Byram demanding a trade forced it to happen and nobody was out there offering a package like the one from today. It can be a horrible trade and still be the best possible move at that time under those circumstances with the information they had at that time.

Aren't you worried about misinformation? Where's your proof that Byram "demanded a trade" from the Avs?

You seemed to justify the trade at the time. Which isn't a big deal at all, but I'm not sure why you're saying you hated it now.

 

[CobraAcesS]

Not everyone needed hindsight to see this result.

You had it, you were upset by the trade from the beginning. I absolutely recognize that you were right for questioning it. You deserve someone to recognize that. You know I was on the opposite side, so hopefully me admitting that means something.

Sometimes you're right, sometimes you're very wrong. I was very wrong.

Edit.. I do think he's still a little full of himself and isn't as good as he thinks he his, but we're about to find out, and so is he lol.

 

[Foppa2118]

You had it, you were upset by the trade from the beginning. I absolutely recognize that you were right for questioning it. You deserve someone to recognize that. You know I was on the opposite side, so hopefully me admitting that means something.

Sometimes you're right, sometimes you're very wrong. I was very wrong.

Edit.. I do think he's still a little full of himself and isn't as good as he thinks he his, but we're about to find out, and so is he lol.

It's all good man. I've rarely even brought up my stance on the trade, because I'm not worried about getting credit. More upset that it happened. I think people were misled, but that happens.

I take issue with some of the other commentary here lately, but never people's opinions.

 

[CobraAcesS]

It was obvious the moment the trade happened it was horrible for the Avs. But on hfavs people thought hench knew everything and he loved mittelbust which swayed the non prospect people. Byram has always been a stud and finally will get PP1 to put up the numbers his talent has always been. Chicago also misses a lot on high picks lately(could've told them Korchinski was going to bust). Cmac made so many awful trades but the Byram trade will always be the cherry on top

Your madness is probably why we lost Hench, did you repost this from the DM you sent him?

f*** you, we all have reasons for our opinions, but we're not the GM dick head.

No one thought Hench knew everything, but he had good insight, experience, and despite shit heads continued to contribute to this board.

It's people like you who make us lose people who are actually valuable to this board. We can't seem to lose you, but you dumb f***s make us lose people like Hench and RIAL in the end.

How about you shut the f*** up, and be thankful for the community we've built over 20 or more years that you're a part of?

Maybe be thankful instead of critical dick head.

 

[CobraAcesS]

It's all good man. I've rarely even brought up my stance on the trade, because I'm not worried about getting credit. More upset that it happened. I think people were misled, but that happens.

I take issue with some of the other commentary here lately, but never people's opinions.

You know I don't like arguing with you, but on this you were right.

No one gives me any credit for championing Makar since the WJSS that I watched live in Plymouth after his draft so I get it.

I can admit when I was wrong lol.

 

[NOTENOUGHRYJOTHINGS]

Your madness is probably why we lost Hench, did you repost this from the DM you sent him?

f*** you, we all have reasons for our opinions, but we're not the GM dick head.

No one thought Hench knew everything, but he had good insight, experience, and despite shit heads continued to contribute to this board.

It's people like you who make us lose people who are actually valuable to this board. We can't seem to lose you, but you dumb f***s make us lose people like Hench and RIAL in the end.

How about you shut the f*** up, and be thankful for the community we've built over 20 or more years that you're a part of?

Maybe be thankful instead of critical dick head.

I thought this community only existed since 2021!

 

[CobraAcesS]

I thought this community only existed since 2021!

In some ways, maybe only since 2022

I've been here since earlier near 2001 but I had different account, more lurking. I've 100% been here 20 years. Maybe 25 ish..

Between HF, and the original Avs forum, plus that fan sight, yes there are those of us who have known each other and been part of this community for 20 years.

 

[Foppa2118]

No one gives me any credit for championing Makar since the WJSS that I watched live in Plymouth after his draft so I get it.

Makar had a lot of the same commentary about him as Byram.

He had the same "product of junior" "too high risk" "not good defensively" narratives going on. Even during his WJC that he played great two way hockey in.

Cale just proved himself earlier, while Bo had his first few years of development stunted with multiple concussions. He was basically in his sophomore season in terms of regular season games played when he was traded.

 

[zxczxczxczxczxcz]

Aren't you worried about misinformation? Where's your proof that Byram "demanded a trade" from the Avs?

You seemed to justify the trade at the time. Which isn't a big deal at all, but I'm not sure why you're saying you hated it now.

My man you are so deep in your own fantasy world that there's no reason to try to discuss things with you. If you believe he never asked for a trade go ahead and believe. Not my problem.

 

[Grigowski]

I wonder where Nuke is going to end up......

 

[missionAvs]

You had it, you were upset by the trade from the beginning. I absolutely recognize that you were right for questioning it. You deserve someone to recognize that. You know I was on the opposite side, so hopefully me admitting that means something.

Sometimes you're right, sometimes you're very wrong. I was very wrong.

Edit.. I do think he's still a little full of himself and isn't as good as he thinks he his, but we're about to find out, and so is he lol.

I don't think I have ever been wrong in player evaluations in my HF career except for the odd time that I am wrong which is actually most of the time now that I think about it. I was on board the MittelBust trade when it happened as well... f***.

 

[Foppa2118]

My man you are so deep in your own fantasy world that there's no reason to try to discuss things with you. If you believe he never asked for a trade go ahead and believe. Not my problem.

Ok so lets just review reality then. When I’m clearly just stating my opinion by saying, “I think they just didn't want to pay Naz like they didn't want to pay Mikko” you claim I’m spreading “misinformation.”

But when you matter of factly say, “Mittelstadt was also the best center in the market for that year's deadline” when Hertl was traded two days later, and Gauthier was offered, that’s not misinformation?

Or when you imply that losing Naz was EJ’s fault for not waiving his NTC, when there were 19 teams not on his NTC they could have traded him to with retention, and a year later he turned down bigger offers than the $3.25M he got from Buffalo, or they could have bought him out, or traded one of the multiple other players they could have traded to keep Naz, that’s not misinformation?

Or injecting into the conversation that the Avs might have been “surprised” that Kadri signed with Calgary 1.5 months after he became a UFA, that’s not misinformation?

Or when you matter of factly say Byram was “demanding a trade” when you have no idea if that’s true or not, or how strongly he felt, that’s not misinformation?

You can have whatever opinion you like. But it sounds like the reality is, you’re more concerned with people having a different opinion than you, than the actual spread of “misinformation.”

 

[zxczxczxczxczxcz]

Ok so lets just review reality then. When I’m clearly just stating my opinion by saying, “I think they just didn't want to pay Naz like they didn't want to pay Mikko” you claim I’m spreading “misinformation.”

But when you matter of factly say, “Mittelstadt was also the best center in the market for that year's deadline” when Hertl was traded two days later, and Gauthier was offered, that’s not misinformation?

Or when you imply that losing Naz was EJ’s fault for not waiving his NTC, when there were 19 teams not on his NTC they could have traded him to with retention, and a year later he turned down bigger offers than the $3.25M he got from Buffalo, or they could have bought him out, or traded one of the multiple other players they could have traded to keep Naz, that’s not misinformation?

Or injecting into the conversation that the Avs might have been “surprised” that Kadri signed with Calgary 1.5 months after he became a UFA, that’s not misinformation?

Or when you matter of factly say Byram was “demanding a trade” when you have no idea if that’s true or not, or how strongly he felt, that’s not misinformation?

You can have whatever opinion you like. But it sounds like the reality is, you’re more concerned with people having a different opinion than you, than the actual spread of “misinformation.”

Here's a mirror. Use it, or don't. I don't care.

 

[dmac7719]

Aren't you worried about misinformation? Where's your proof that Byram "demanded a trade" from the Avs?

You seemed to justify the trade at the time. Which isn't a big deal at all, but I'm not sure why you're saying you hated it now.

Misinformation should always be a concern. But at some point you have to realize that just because you don't like what you've read/heard, doesn't make it misinformation

Byram wanted OUT.

Toews’ extension blocked his path to ever being the Makar partner on the top pairing.

Why do people keep ignoring this?

 

[Foppa2118]

Misinformation should always be a concern. But at some point you have to realize that just because you don't like what you've read/heard, doesn't make it misinformation

This is rich, since you also claimed that me clearly just stating my opinion, “I think they just didn't want to pay Naz like they didn't want to pay Mikko” was "misinformation."

You also said in the same conversation, "Mitts clearly worked under Bednar" when that's clearly not true.

There's way too much nuance in Byram's situation to matter of factly say, "Byram demanding a trade forced it to happen."

 

[The AntiBob]

Are we trading Nuke today?

 

[dmac7719]

This is rich, since you also claimed that me clearly just stating my opinion, “I think they just didn't want to pay Naz like they didn't want to pay Mikko” was "misinformation."

You also said in the same conversation, "Mitts clearly worked under Bednar" when that's clearly not true.

There's way too much nuance in Byram's situation to matter of factly say, "Byram demanding a trade forced it to happen."

Complains about misinformation, that states that their own opinion can't be construed as misinformation.
Misinformation comes from bad opinions with zero proof. You are entitled to your opinions, but that right doesn't prevent others from calling it out.

 

[Bill Peckerskull]

 

[Bill Peckerskull]

This guy is the king of talking without ever saying anything.

 

[Ararana]

If true, explains Chicago's offer a bit. They won a true bidding war. Good on Buffalo for holding out and not trading Byram until they got what they wanted. Rumors where strong that offers weren't that great last deadline.

 

[mapletreemarty]

This guy is the king of talking without ever saying anything.

That's a long way of saying people are doing their f***ing job.

 

[LOFIN]

This guy is the king of talking without ever saying anything.

This is why Dreger is my most disliked insider. Well, I guess Frank is bad too.

 

[mapletreemarty]

If true, explains Chicago's offer a bit. They won a true bidding war. Good on Buffalo for holding out and not trading Byram until they got what they wanted. Rumors where strong that offers weren't that great last deadline.

No one on the Chicago boards is happy with the price paid for Byram, and I don't blame them. All talking about the high price in fixing their mistake of picking Dach over Byram in 2019.... where have I heard these similar arguments before of overpaying to fix a previous mistake

 

[LOFIN]

If true, explains Chicago's offer a bit. They won a true bidding war. Good on Buffalo for holding out and not trading Byram until they got what they wanted. Rumors where strong that offers weren't that great last deadline.

Jarmo had to choose between overpay and MASSIVE overpay. And he took the latter.

 

[Ararana]

No one on the Chicago boards is happy with the price paid for Byram, and I don't blame them. All talking about the high price in fixing their mistake of picking Dach over Byram in 2019.... where have I heard these similar arguments before of overpaying to fix a previous mistake

It's a crazy price, I'm shocked there were even two teams willing to go that high. Chicago clearly didn't want to wait the 2-4 years it would have taken to develop a defenseman they took at 4. Makes me think they feel some pressure to get Bedard out of the bottom of the standings.

And it's fantastic for Byram. He gets to be the set and forget PP1 QB and he basically can ask for whatever he wants on his next contract and Chicago will pay up after spending so much to acquire him.

Bedard/Byram should be fun to watch, especially on the power play, but looking at the rest of their roster... woof. I don't think we have to worry about Chicago any time soon.