Chicago is in no position to be trading 1st round picks.
Yep.
I am very much against trading Girard and think Sakic made his bed the moment he made that awful Kuemper trade in regards to our goaltending in the playoffs and the consequences due to that.
But that deal is probably too good for the Avs to pass up.
Chicago would have to be way more confident than I am that this won't be a top10 pick (which I think it absolutely would be).
Fleury, Kubalik, Murphy and a top10 pick is just too good of a deal to pass up even if losing Girard really would hurt us. Chicago absolutely does not touch this.