Rumor: 2026 Trade Rumors and Free Agency: Offseason Edition

[Muffin]

14th overall?

 

[zxczxczxczxczxcz]

2nd 3rd and 5th for Nuke.

 

[Ararana]

Alright the guys RIAL told us we were selling are all sold. Now work some magic Sakic, we need a defense again.

 

[BaconNater]

Have to applaud Joe just a regular guy getting all his work done so he can have Friday off

 

[Perratrooper]

If I’m being honest, would have love to see Roy moved as well as Lehkonen (if the price is right)

 

[hockeyfish]

Alright the guys RIAL told us we were selling are all sold. Now work some magic Sakic, we need a defense again.

Just have mystery player left to trade.

Anyway, Kulak signing in 5...4...3...2...1...

 

[AvsCOL]

A lot of holes on this roster right now…

 

[LOFIN]

If I’m being honest, would have love to see Roy moved as well as Lehkonen (if the price is right)

Why lmao? So that we can replace them with even more expensive players?

 

[Muffin]

If I’m being honest, would have love to see Roy moved as well as Lehkonen (if the price is right)

Who's going to play 3C then? Drury is gone already.

 

[RoyIsALegend]

I said we needed to move all 3 guys not just for cap space but also to avoid negative vibes.

- Teammates were sick of Nichushkin. MacKinnon has outright refused to play with him. Zero forgiveness for screwing up back-to-back playoff runs. One screw up(2023 playoffs), fine. Second screw up(2024 in season)… eh, maybe. Third screw up(2024 playoffs)… dead to those guys.

- Colton hasn’t been happy with his role for a long time. Bednar and him never saw eye to eye.

- Drury wanted more money and a bigger role than Bednar felt he was worth. Some people said to take him to arbitration for a 1 year. Yeah, great way to get a motivated player.

We needed to move these 3 guys for a variety of reasons.

Good vibes only. People fully invested in the team with the respect of their teammates and coaching staff.

Let’s go.

 

[Bill Peckerskull]

A lot of holes on this roster right now…

Approximately 140... 161 if you include the coaches

 

[AvalancheSpeedsters]

A lot of holes on this roster right now…

Hopefully more to come . Burn it to the ground . F it

 

[LOFIN]

Who's going to play 3C then? Drury is gone already.

You mean 4C?

Kadri is playing 3C.

 

[Balthazar]

All 3 players traded and no LD back, that means we have to re-up Kulak right? I don't see us trading for a better dman than that and the UFA market is hot garbage.

 

[EdAVSfan]

I said we needed to move all 3 guys not just for cap space but also to avoid negative vibes.

- Teammates were sick of Nichushkin. MacKinnon has outright refused to play with him. Zero forgiveness for screwing up back-to-back playoff runs. One screw up(2023 playoffs), fine. Second screw up(2024 in season)… eh, maybe. Third screw up(2024 playoffs)… dead to those guys.

- Colton hasn’t been happy with his role for a long time. Bednar and him never saw eye to eye.

- Drury wanted more money and a bigger role than Bednar felt he was worth. Some people said to take him to arbitration for a 1 year. Yeah, great way to get a motivated player.

We needed to move these 3 guys for a variety of reasons.

Good vibes only. People fully invested in the team with the respect of their teammates and coaching staff.

Let’s go.

Question now is… is it a Kulak re-signing or a trade for that top 4 LHD?

Or both?

 

[Cypher]

Landy - Mack - Necas
Kadri - Brock - Lehky
Kelly - Roy - LOC
??? - ??? - ???
???

Toews - Makar
??? - Malinski
??? - Manson
???

Bwood
Wwood

Roughly 13m in cap space to fill in the blank (includes 2.3m cap overage carried over form last year and 25k for burying Svechkov).

 

[AnimalMother73]

Anyone have ideas on a better LD than Kulak for top 4? Presuming we'll get a 5/6 LD for ~2mil

 

[BaconNater]

The Avs traded a #13 to open up space for an even better #13. Trust Joe

 

[Perratrooper]

Why lmao? So that we can replace them with even more expensive players?

Roy isn’t a good fit in terms of attributes versus what Bednar is looking for. Our team looks the most effective with speedy players that hound pucks, Roy is the exact opposite of that.

Lehkonen is great and should only be moved for an overpay, but he’s slowing down which makes his forechecking less effective. He’s Also often injured and on the wrong side of 30. He’s a player that could fall off quickly imo

 

[RoyIsALegend]

Landy - Mack - Necas
Kadri - Brock - Lehky
Kelly - Roy - LOC
??? - ??? - ???
???

Toews - Makar
??? - Malinski
??? - Manson
???

Bwood
Wwood

Roughly 13m in cap space to fill in the blank (includes 2.3m cap overage carried over form last year and 25k for burying Svechkov).

What in the world makes you think we will be burying Svechkov?

Where’s L’Heureux?

Neither guy would clear waivers.

Kadri is NOT a winger.

Brindley, Hughes, Ivan will come into camp competing for spots up front.

 

[The Kingslayer]

Landy - Mack - Necas
Kadri - Brock - Lehky
Kelly - Roy - LOC
??? - ??? - ???
???

Toews - Makar
??? - Malinski
??? - Manson
???

Bwood
Wwood

Roughly 13m in cap space to fill in the blank (includes 2.3m cap overage carried over form last year and 25k for burying Svechkov).

Please dont put Kadri at wing. It doesnt work. It wont work. That mans a C.

 

[Cypher]

Anyone have ideas on a better LD than Kulak for top 4? Presuming we'll get a 5/6 LD for ~2mil

Fill in the 2 left holes with Kulak and Oleksiak for like 6-7m combined.

 

[RoyIsALegend]

The Avs traded a #13 to open up space for an even better #13. Trust Joe

 

[Pierce Hawthorne]

Clearly the next move is gonna be a LHD. Whether thats Kulak or a trade. Even with thrse forward moves, we still have a full lineup for next year and quite frankly a good one for October month.


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


All 4 of Brindley, Hughes, Svech, and L'Heur will get a chance to prove theyre legit Top 9 or even Top 6 players... And if they dont prove it, they'll make an upgrade or 2 at the deadline again.

 

[Cypher]

What in the world makes you think we will be burying Svechkov?

Where’s L’Heureux?

Neither guy would clear waivers.

Kadri is NOT a winger.

Brindley, Hughes, Ivan will come into camp competing for spots up front.

Cause Bednar doesn't like players like Svechkov, L'Heuruex. They'll both get the Brindley/Bardakov treatment at best.

Kadri may not be a winger, but there's no other alternative at top6.

Brindley, Hughes, Ivan can compete all they want, but we all know they'll get 5-6 mins/game on the 4th line.