Rumor: 23-24 Trade Rumors and Free Agency Part Trois: The Road to the Deadline

[dahrougem2]

Can you imagine MacFarland does nothing then expects this guy to be the 2C savior lmao

 

[Bill Peckerskull]

Can you imagine MacFarland does nothing then expects this guy to be the 2C savior lmao

Yes, I can

 

[Mighty Makar]

Yes, I can

Same!

 

[The Abusement Park]

Can you imagine MacFarland does nothing then expects this guy to be the 2C savior lmao

Thanks for giving him the idea.

 

[AllAboutAvs]

Can you imagine MacFarland does nothing then expects this guy to be the 2C savior lmao

In his defense at least he would be able to play more than 15 secs per shift before being dead tired.

 

[Ararana]

Can you imagine MacFarland does nothing then expects this guy to be the 2C savior lmao

And yet still just as effective as JT2C in the postseason.

 

[Colorado Avalanche]

Can you imagine MacFarland does nothing then expects this guy to be the 2C savior lmao

NewKovy

 

[JLo217]

595 days…

 

[Zandar]

With Calgary selling, may be time to trade Ryjo in a package for Kadri. Calgary gets out of the long term deal and they could possibly flip Ryjo this or next season.

 

[AllAboutAvs]

Stay positive guys. Things are looking up as far as 2C is concerned. As Possibilities we now have Kovalenko, Mikko (as last resort) and let's not forget.....IIRC somebody here on HFAvs mentioned Drouin as well.

 

[JLo217]

Stay positive guys. Things are looking up as far as 2C is concerned. As Possibilities we now have Kovalenko, Mikko (as last resort) and let's not forget.....IIRC somebody here on HFAvs mentioned Drouin as well.

I’m somewhat already over this season

 

[AllAboutAvs]

Davidson just said on Sportsnet that Jenner told him he doesn't want to go anywhere else, wants to stay and be part of the solution.

 

[Balthazar]

Deadline scenarios, from most likely to least likely:

1- Henrique/Wennberg
2- No 2C (adding a winger and a bottom 6 center similar to Eller)
3- No top 6 addition
4- Long term solution (Zegras, Mittelstadt)

 

[RoyIsALegend]

Deadline scenarios, from most likely to least likely:

1- Henrique/Wennberg
2- No 2C at the deadline (adding a winger and a bottom 6 center similar to Eller)
3- No top 6 addition
4- Long term solution (Zegras, Mittelstadt)

I'll take the bet that 1 and 2 can be swapped.

 

[Balthazar]

I'll take the bet that 1 and 2 can be swapped.

I say we get Henrique and a goalie.

CMac is banking on Landy and Nuke coming back + trying Ritchie at 2C next season. He has shown that he's a gambler.

 

[dahrougem2]

I say we get Henrique and a goalie.

CMac is banking on Landy and Nuke coming back + trying Ritchie at 2C next season. He has shown that he's a gambler.

He can gamble deez nuts on his chin if he doesn't trade for a legitimate 2nd line center.

 

[Ararana]

I'll take the bet that 1 and 2 can be swapped.

Neither Henrique or Wennberg are 2Cs, so 1 and 2 are essentially the same thing.

 

[Bill Peckerskull]

Well, that answers that

 

[Mighty Makar]

Tabernac!

 

[The Abusement Park]

Well, that answers that

No surprise there. Firing your GM and the new GM trading your captain would be insane.

 

[Linds]

No surprise there. Firing your GM and the new GM trading your captain would be insane.

It would be, but it would be playing chess not checkers

 

[John Mandalorian]

Well, that answers that

He wants to stay in Columbus and get that Dustin Brown statue.

 

[Bender]

Well, that answers that

Lol keep going john davidson, you're clearly a top notch executive who's been there forever and a consistent bottom-dweller and rebuilder. You sure know what you're doing!

Honestly, he's SUCH a moron. Another former goaltender, turned broadcaster (for the Rangers for a long-time) who someone decided was going to be a great GM/president when all he's ever done was prove he's no better than garth snow.

Circumstances - mostly the scarcity of other centers actually available - have made it so at this particular time, teams would be ready to pay a premium to acquire a guy like Boone Jenner. If there were 4-5 other good centers who were on non-contenders about to become UFAs, then no one is paying nearly as much for this guy than they would right now.

But he is too stupid to recognize this and is going to hang on to him because Boone is the only one who can 'mentor' the young players... not the rest of the garbage vets that he decided to bring on-board to continue to be a losing organization. He cannot and has never showed the ability to build a decent hockey team that can make the playoffs consistently... it's a frikkin' miracle that he's still employed by ANYONE.

The owner must really not give a shit because jesus christ, WTF is this :

2000-01	Columbus Blue Jackets	NHL	Dave King	Out of Playoffs
2001-02	Columbus Blue Jackets	NHL	Dave King	Out of Playoffs
2002-03	Columbus Blue Jackets	NHL	King, MacLean {+}	Out of Playoffs
2003-04	Columbus Blue Jackets	NHL	MacLean, Gallant {+}	Out of Playoffs
2005-06	Columbus Blue Jackets	NHL	Gerard Gallant	Out of Playoffs
2006-07	Columbus Blue Jackets	NHL	Gallant, Agnew, Hitchcock {+}	Out of Playoffs
2007-08	Columbus Blue Jackets	NHL	Ken Hitchcock	Out of Playoffs
2008-09	Columbus Blue Jackets	NHL	Ken Hitchcock	Lost in round 1
2009-10	Columbus Blue Jackets	NHL	Hitchcock, Noel {+}	Out of Playoffs
2010-11	Columbus Blue Jackets	NHL	Scott Arniel	Out of Playoffs
2011-12	Columbus Blue Jackets	NHL	Arniel, Richards {+}	Out of Playoffs
2012-13	Columbus Blue Jackets	NHL	Todd Richards	Out of Playoffs
2013-14	Columbus Blue Jackets	NHL	Todd Richards	Lost in round 1
2014-15	Columbus Blue Jackets	NHL	Todd Richards	Out of Playoffs
2015-16	Columbus Blue Jackets	NHL	Richards, Tortorella {+}	Out of Playoffs
2016-17	Columbus Blue Jackets	NHL	John Tortorella	Lost in round 1
2017-18	Columbus Blue Jackets	NHL	John Tortorella	Lost in round 1
2018-19	Columbus Blue Jackets	NHL	John Tortorella	Lost in round 2
2019-20	Columbus Blue Jackets	NHL	John Tortorella	Lost in round 1
2020-21	Columbus Blue Jackets	NHL	John Tortorella	Out of Playoffs
2021-22	Columbus Blue Jackets	NHL	Brad Larsen	Out of Playoffs
2022-23	Columbus Blue Jackets	NHL	Brad Larsen	Out of Playoffs
2023-24	Columbus Blue Jackets	NHL	Pascal Vincent	Out of Playoffs

Keep going, johnny boy - it's clearly working.

 

[Perratrooper]

It’s not good that the team looks even more tired after the All Star break.. Bo even mentioned the whole team is tired from being on the road for so long.

I wouldn’t be surprised if CMac does nothing and hopes that LOC, Val, Landy and Kovy are the solutions to our problem even though they clearly won’t be.

 

[Bender]

No surprise there. Firing your GM and the new GM trading your captain would be insane.

He's hardly new. He's been there the whole time with Jarmo every step of the way. He needed to dump Jarmo though because after the moves they made last summer -> getting Provorov and Severson and the Babcock fiasco, someone had to take the blame for them being somehow just as bad as the year before.

I'll add this - IF Jenner actually said that he wants to stay (and that's a big IF because I'm not convinced I can trust anything that fat bastard davidson says) then it's probably for the best the Avs don't even trade for him at all and switch to someone like Mittlestadt who is apparently - actually available.

The reason I say that is if I'm Jenner and I've been through that kind of crap since 2013 and he still doesn't mind staying there, then I question his competitiveness and ultimate desire to win a Stanley Cup. That team will not be in a position to contend by the time his current contract is up. I get wanting 'to be part of the solution' but sometimes timing is everything and nothing says he couldn't go back there after his current contract is done. It's like Gaudreau and choosing Columbus that left most people scratching their heads... we were like - really? But then when you think back to 'johnny hockey' and his play in the playoffs, you start to make connections and say - ah yeah, ok I get it - Columbus.