At this point I trust U Denver’s development more than the Avs. Not sure how much you know about the Avs and their drafting/development but it’s been subpar. I honestly like this draft this summer. Could be sneaky good. But yea the Avs have definitely held interest in DU players over the years.
Not a post against you personally... I just feel some facts need to start coming out on what the Avs do at the AHL level.
In the Eagles era (18-19 on, ) and players who played more than 20 games for the Eagles:
100 Game NHLers:
AJ Greer (projects to 200+)
Dominic Toninato (probably won't hit 200 despite being at 184)
Sheldon Dries
Jacob MacDonald
Kiefer Sherwood (will easily get 200+ at 187 now and established)
200+ game NHLer (typical threshold for making it):
Logan O'Connor
Ryan Graves
Of note too, Francouz only hit 73 games and doesn't count. Newhook misses the Eagles' threshold. Kyle Burroughs also doesn't count due to the oddities in the Covid year, only 11 regular season AHL games. Will likely hit 200+ NHL.
That's 7 guys with already 100+ games and at least 4 will hit 200+ games. It excludes a few who could be tangentially related and hitting that NHL threshold. The first ~3 seasons produced ~6 guys. This is very far from elite, but this this development record is not nearly as bad as it is made out to be. It also shows that with some actual talent, they can get guys into the NHL. Greer would have done it here if Bednar had a higher tolerance for penalties. Sherwood was a victim of depth.