Rumor: 2026 Trade Rumors and Free Agency: Offseason Edition

[shadow1]

@The AntiBob

 

[The Kingslayer]

@The AntiBob

Should have asked for this guy in the Mikko trade.

 

[Pierce Hawthorne]

Get Nikishin. Simple as that. If he's available, pay whatever.

 

[The Kingslayer]

@The AntiBob

The price the Hawks just paid for Bo I would pay that for Nikishin.

 

[The Abusement Park]

Get Nikishin. Simple as that. If he's available, pay whatever.

Nichushkin for Nikishin

 

[The AntiBob]

That's definitely a bidding war we'll lose.

 

[RoyIsALegend]

We don't have the assets to get Nikishin.

 

[The Kingslayer]

We don't have the assets to get Nikishin.

Just dont let him fall into the hands of the enemy and im good.

 

[chet1926]

Not really sure what people are expecting this summer. CMac literally left us im about the worst possible scenario. No money, no good trade assets, no draft picks.

Not sure what Sakic can possibly be expected to do. Nuke isn't getting us anyone good. No one wants a declining player with a drug history. We'll be lucky if we can dump him for salary savings. Drury is maybe a 3rd round pick if we are lucky. UFA sucks.

We don't have anything to work with, nothing great is happening this offseason. Best we can hope for is Makar signing for semi reasonable and maybe Kulak re-signing.

 

[The Abusement Park]

We don't have the assets to get Nikishin.

Not with that attitude.


And asset base.

 

[The AntiBob]

We don't have the assets to get Nikishin.

If only we had zellers or Ritchie or a few firsts or Curran.



We've got Dell'elce though..

 

[Balthazar]

We don't have the assets to get Nikishin.

Or the money to pay him. If they trade him as an RFA with arbitration rights there's probably a financial reason behind it.

 

[dmac7719]

Should have asked for this guy in the Mikko trade.

Ya, that would have gone over well here. Ask for a rookie that hadn't even left Russia yet, in a trade for Rants.

 

[dmac7719]

If only we had zellers or Ritchie or a few firsts or Curran.



We've got Dell'elce though..

None of those players fall into the category of being able to acquire Nikishin

 

[The Kingslayer]

Ya, that would have gone over well here. Ask for a rookie that hadn't even left Russia yet, in a trade for Rants.

First off nothing ever goes over well here. Secondly, wouldnt be 1 for 1. Necas + Nikishin for Mikko.

 

[The AntiBob]

Or the money to pay him. If they trade him as an RFA with arbitration rights there's probably a financial reason behind it.

I think we'd make the room, and you sign him 8 years.


Roy
Nuke
And our already near 7m in cap space

Run Brindley, Hughes, ivan², gagne

 

[dmac7719]

First off nothing ever goes over well here. Secondly, wouldnt be 1 for 1. Necas + Nikishin for Mikko.

Why does Carolina do this? Again, makes no sense

 

[The AntiBob]

None of those players fall into the category of being able to acquire Nikishin

Still looks better than what we currently have..

 

[RoyIsALegend]

Or the money to pay him. If they trade him as an RFA with arbitration rights there's probably a financial reason behind it.

Carolina are swimming in cap space. I don't think it's about money.

Brindamour made him a healthy scratch for 2 games in the playoffs and had him getting limited minutes on the 3rd pairing. He put Mike f***ing Reilly in there over Nikishin. There's been rumors of a coaching/style fit there. He isn't buying into the way Rod wants him to play.

After just winning a Cup, Brindamour has earned the trust of the management. If he doesn't like how Nikishin plays and Tulsky can get something good for him, they'll pull the trigger.

 

[The Kingslayer]

Why does Carolina do this? Again, makes no sense

Dont say that when KD just made the deal he did for Bo haha

 

[Balthazar]

Carolina are swimming in cap space. I don't think it's about money.

Brindamour made him a healthy scratch for 2 games in the playoffs and had him getting limited minutes on the 3rd pairing. There's been rumors of a coaching/style fit there. He isn't buying into the way Rod wants him to play.

After just winning a Cup, Brindamour has earned the trust of the management. If he doesn't like how Nikishin plays and Tulsky can get something good for him, they'll pull the trigger.

 

[dmac7719]

Still looks better than what we currently have..

I take Nelson and Kadri over Ritchie and Curran any day of the week. Glad they aren't in the Avs system anymore, cause it means they used them on players that will actually contribute to the team now

 

[dmac7719]

Dont say that when KD just made the deal he did for Bo haha

Tulsky isn't KD, like come on man

 

[Bill Peckerskull]

 

[The Kingslayer]

Tulsky isn't KD, like come on man

Im just saying GM's mess up. No GM gets it right all the time. Its possible the Avs just wanted Drury more and never thought to ask. Or CMac did ask and Carolina told him Nik was off limit.