Rumor: 2026 Trade Rumors and Free Agency: Offseason Edition

[Ararana]

So Robertson is a f***ing idiot…

 

[Tommy Shelby]

I wonder if Ryan Shea is a guy the Avs are looking at in UFA.

His stats really remind me of Devon Toews tbh.

He's probably the most difficult FA to guess what his pricetag would be, but he's my #1 choice to sign besides Kulak

 

[Avs_19]

Robertson turned down $15M from Seattle.

Robertson to the Stars during this entire saga:

 

[EdAVSfan]

According to multiple sources, the Seattle Kraken were given permission by Dallas to talk to Jason Robertson, and offered him approximately $15 million per year on a eight-year deal — but the offer was declined.


That's absolutely nuts


It’s believed the two teams had worked out some kind of trade before the permission was granted, apparently including Seattle’s first-round pick — seventh overall in Friday’s draft.

That's also absolutely nuts! 7th overall for a sign and trade?? Usually the price is like a 3rd round pick!

I thinking you’re missing it here.

Robertson isn’t a UFA, he’s RFA.

Dallas still gets full comp on an offer sheet.

If Seattle offered 7th overall for Robertson, it wouldn’t be nuts

 

[AvsWraith]

Would he agree to go to Vegas or Florida? I heard those are nice.

 

[Ararana]

- Avs have had a list of top 4 LHD they’ve wanted to acquire. If not possible, re-sign Kulak who was a great fit and evaluate again by the TDL.

If July 1st comes around and we haven’t either traded for a D or extended Kulak, we can start to panic. There’s 5 days to do that.

Unlike previous years, Sakic has been able to get the key departure trades completed by the draft. This is all positive stuff.

Have you heard anything on Kulak? Is he open to extending in Colorado?

 

[Balthazar]

 

[zxczxczxczxczxcz]

Robertson's camp probably leaked it to show Dallas that a team is willing to pay him 15M so 14M is a discount.

 

[Bender]

Seattle is going to be BAD for a long, long time. What a f***ing moronic team with no direction.

 

[Tommy Shelby]

I hope the Stars pay him 14M, I really do

 

[AvsWraith]

Seattle is going to be BAD for a long, long time. What a f***ing moronic team with no direction.

Remember when they beat us?

 

[hockeyfish]

Seattle is going to be BAD for a long, long time. What a f***ing moronic team with no direction.

At least for once they seemed to target a top line player.

 

[dahrougem2]

Robertson don't want Ottawa. Don't want Seattle. Don't want Dallas.

What DO you want??

 

[AvsWraith]

I hope the Stars pay him 14M, I really do

15M now, please.

 

[hockeyfish]

Robertson don't want Ottawa. Don't want Seattle. Don't want Dallas.

What DO you want??

You know who.

 

[Colorado Avalanche]

Good. Dallas has to take some worse offer.

 

[The Abusement Park]

Robertson turned down $15M from Seattle.

 

[Colorado Avalanche]

I hope the Stars pay him 14M, I really do

Bye bye depth.

 

[Cousin Eddie]

Robertson don't want Ottawa. Don't want Seattle. Don't want Dallas.

What DO you want??

He wants the reverse Rantanen. He wants to end up in Colorado to haunt his old team.

 

[Avs_19]

So they won't be getting their top offer. They'll have to settle for second at best. Maybe third based on the Sens reports.

 

[AvsWraith]

Go to arbitration, take a 1 year deal, go UFA next summer, and really screw Dallas over.

 

[RoyIsALegend]

Robertson don't want Ottawa. Don't want Seattle. Don't want Dallas.

What DO you want??

To hit unrestricted free agency next summer with an ever rising cap.

 

[Pierce Hawthorne]

Is he expected to make below 5?

Really hard to say. The projections Ive seen have him around $4.5M. But given the lack of Dmen he could certainly end up higher.

Cap wages has Shea at $4.4M and Kulak at $4.0M.

I'd take both of them at those numbers, and then I think we'd have just enough space for a 7D at league minimum type deal:



Lehky - Mack - Necas
Landy - Nelson - Hughes/Brindley
Roy - Kadri - L'Heureux
LOC - Svechkov - Kelly
Brindley/Hughes

Toews - Makar
Kulak - Malinski
Shea - Manson
Gagne/Aamodt


Would be a very solid roster for October IMO. That defense would honestly be pretty deep, everyone essentially at a #5D level or higher.


And we wouldn't use any of our draft picks to make that happen, so we'd still have some good ammo to make moves at next year's deadline to fix the edges(Probably would want 1 Top 9F, and maybe a better 6/7D).

 

[Bender]

Remember when they beat us?

That was super fun

 

[hockeyfish]

That was super fun

Gee thanks Nuke, ya jerk.