Proposal: CHI-COL: Big deadline trade

[Kevin Musto]

To Chicago:

-Casey Mittelstadt
-Josh Manson
-Ivan Ivan
-Colorado 2026 1st round pick

To Colorado:

-Seth Jones
-Jason Dickinson (@50% retention)
-Ryan Donato

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[Linds]

Value is terrible for the Avs and the salary cap..

 

[lionsDen]

What can you retain on jones? I think that has Colorado over the salary cap.

 

[Kevin Musto]

Value is terrible for the Avs and the salary cap..

It improves their roster, and they can fit it cap-wise

 

[Coffee]

It improves their roster, and they can fit it cap-wise

Please retain on Jones

 

[Kevin Musto]

Please retain on Jones

6 years of retention?

Colorado doesn't have the assets

 

[lionsDen]

What can you retain on jones

6 years of retention?

Colorado doesn't have the assets

We can’t have a 4rd at 9.5 that’s probably the biggest reason Colorado says no

 

[lionsDen]

I’d say take miles wood and make the first a conditional and I’d probably be swayed

 

[Kevin Musto]

What can you retain on jones

We can’t have a 4rd at 9.5 that’s probably the biggest reason Colorado says no

That's too bad Colorado doesn't have any good prospects.

That'd be the only way Chicago retains for 6 years.

 

[Mrfenn92]

I’d say take miles wood and make the first a conditional and I’d probably be swayed

For Seth?

 

[lionsDen]

For Seth?

Since you won’t retain I’d say add miles wood to the deal proposed I think it’s 5 years at 2.5

 

[Kevin Musto]

I’d say take miles wood and make the first a conditional and I’d probably be swayed

yeah it could be Wood going to Chicago instead of Ivan

What's the condition?

 

[Mrfenn92]

Since you won’t retain I’d say add miles wood to the deal proposed

Ok just wasn’t sure

 

[lionsDen]

yeah it could be Wood going to Chicago instead of Ivan

What's the condition?

Top ten protected if that’s still allowed.

 

[Esq]

Bad for both teams

 

[Pierce Hawthorne]

That's absolutely horrendous wtf. Seth Jones has no value at $9.5M.


Edit: Ok reading some of the replies things appear to have at least gotten somewhat closer...


IMO:


- Remove Dickinson
- Move his $2.125M retained over to Jones, so Jones would come to Colorado at $7.375M.
- Replace Manson with Wood



Mittelstadt + Ivan + 2026 1st + Wood for Jones(@7.375M) + Donato



I'd be tempted to do that one but I probably wouldn't pull the trigger unless the Avs had a separate deal lined up for a better 2C then what Donato would be for us. I like Donato quite a bit but more as a utility middle 6 guy then a pure 2C.


Maybe Chicago fans feel that deal isn't any good at that point but IMO Jones has to be retained down to $7.5M before he starts to enter positive value territory and without that retention I dont think the Avs would have any interest in him.

 

[a mangy Meowth]

passpasspasspasspasspasspasspasspass

 

[shadow1]

Drouin-MacKinnon-Necas
Lehkonen-Donato-Nichushkin
Wood-Drury-Colton
Kiviranta-Dickinson-O'Connor

Toews-Makar
Girard-Jones
de Haan-Malinski

This roster is (at best) a wash, but costs $3.4M more.

Colorado isn't touching this deal.

 

[RoyIsALegend]

Drouin-MacKinnon-Necas
Lehkonen-Donato-Nichushkin
Wood-Drury-Colton
Kiviranta-Dickinson-O'Connor

Toews-Makar
Girard-Jones
de Haan-Malinski

This roster is (at best) a wash, but costs $3.4M more.

Colorado isn't touching this deal.

$3.4m more this season… limiting cap space moving forward… plus giving up a 1st round pick.

This is an easy pass.

 

[Drake1588]

No one is touching Jones without retention, and Chicago can't afford to retain for that long. He isn't getting traded yet. More years need to burn off that contract.

 

[Bizz]

Seth Jones is gonna cost Chicago a 1st to dump, not Colorado.

 

[Dr Amazing]

Terrible for the Avs how about Josh Manson for Seth Jones retained salary and a 1st rounder if the Avs are taking Jones contract 1 for 1.

 

[John Mandalorian]

6 years of retention?

Colorado doesn't have the assets

His contract was Chicago’s mistake. You expect Colorado to pay for that? Guess again.

 

[JoeSakic13]

Seth Jones with no retention is wild.

This trade would make him the highest paid defender in the Avs lineup. That alone should be enough of a warning sign that this is a bad idea.

 

[bobholly39]

Not paying Rantanen so you can afford to pay Seth Jones is certainly one way to go for the Avs...