I think this off season duchene mack and landeskog are safe. I like proposing duchene + trades as much as the next person both here and Twitter, but the fact of the matter is Sakic went looking down that path earlier this year and he did not like what he saw. Even if he comes back and lights it up for five games he is not landing an oel, Weber, Josi, etc.
I think management is going to take a look at trading one of Berra or pickard, one of ej and Berra, and depending on what free agency looks like I think they will go hard after drouin for their first + holden. I know a first + Holden is not what drouin was originally worth but him sleeping through his alarm is not helping.
Landeskog mack and duchene are not the problem. MacKinnon will figure it out, and landeskog has been a consistent 50+ 2nd line winger. Duchene although he gets in slumps is always motoring around and trying, and has a good contract. He is the perfect second line center.
Barrie is not putting up the points he should be for the contract Newport will most likely ask for, and EJ will play 90% of a game in beast mode and then make a brutal error and cost the game or he will get injured and lose his rhythm.
The avs do not need to blow it up but they do need to make a change.
Ideally they can ltir Stuart, and find a way to turn pieces that are not mack, lando, duchene, varlamov into hamonic and radulov. Hamonic can be a steady, smart right side precense to help zadorov. Zads will not reach his potential beside Barrie or ej.
If boedker can be had for 4.5 that's fine with me as him and mack have been good, but if he wants more I would rather pay radulov.
Either way Matthias/cormeau/iginla/mitchell can not all be on the roster next year, I can't see iginla going anywhere but it would be nice if he would.
