Friedman: Colorado Avalanche looking for forward help

[Master P]

They're not?! I agree that this thread is no place to start a Lightning/Avs battle, but then say yes, ours were better during Covid with masks on and an asterisk. Yours have been better ever since.

Oooh you’re just jealous, I get it now.

No worries.

 

[KirkAlbuquerque]

Zibanejad is your man

 

[Perratrooper]

Blackhawks have too many forwards at the moment.

-Donato is off to a great start and can play all over the lineup for 2 million.
-Reichel has 2 years at 1.2 and upside.
-Craig Smith can play everyone and only 1 year at 1 million.
- Joey Anderson is a viable NHLer right now. Hes 2 years at 800k

Anthansiou and Mikheyev are probably too expensive.

What’s the ask on Reichel and/or Donato?

 

[KrisLetAngry]

What kind of extension is he looking at you think? 2-3 year bridge type deal at ? He’s a guy I would assume any suitor would be looking at extending for a few years.

He's 26 and next year DOC is a UFA. He has never made more than a million dollars.
I'd expect him to get as much as possible.

This year really will determine his value so it is hard to say. I think he would sign a deal like 2.75 to 3.25 x 5 years with no trade protection. Maybe a signing bonus of 1 million first year.

 

[A1LeafNation]

He can’t practice until then right? I wonder how much runway he’ll need until he’s in game shape

I think he can

 

[StIvany4Norris]

DOC would be awesome on the Avs

Probably less expensive than he should be, 3rd or something like a 4th and sweetener probably gets it done

 

[OVO16]

Probably target players who are currently a scratch with teams. Just as placeholders

Leafs have an abundance now with Dewar coming back soon

 

[Perratrooper]

DOC would be awesome on the Avs

Probably less expensive than he should be, 3rd or something like a 4th and sweetener probably gets it done

Olausson+4th

 

[StIvany4Norris]

Olausson+4th

sure

 

[Honour Over Glory]

Lol, a fan of another team trying to act like they know more about Landys situation then Avs fans. Good stuff.


Will be sure to come back to this post in the next couple of months after Landy returns. What a clown post.

So you're mad I posted about his injuries and another NHL player not some NBA one for timeliness and what not?

What a clown reaction.

 

[Honour Over Glory]

Olausson+4th

It'd cost more than that. Doc has been a fantastic penalty killer and is far better than the usage Sullivan has him in.

Oskar's issues are not Doc's, his game away from the puck is strong and he's a very good forechecker and uses his size more each year. He's also an incredible skater for his size and he can line up at all 3 forward positions while being a very good cap hit.

Humphreys and the Rangers 2nd wound be my ask.

 

[sxvnert]

Leafs have a slightly used Robertson.

 

[Muffin]

Zacha and Coyle.

I wonder when the Avs move out Landeskog's contract and give the C to Mackinnon. If he is done, Bruins LTIR him.

Why would the Avs pay anyone to move Landeskog's contract? It's either he plays or he's LTIR.

 

[benfranklin]

Oooh you’re just jealous, I get it now.

No worries.

Nothing to be jealous of. You have two covid Cups, a superstar, and a bunch of solid role players. I love the city of Tampa. One of my favorite places to visit as well as fanbases.

We have the reigning MVP and the current generational dman. I dont even mean it offensively, but none of your players are better than ours.

MacKinnon at best you can argue is equal to Kucherov, but obviously voters think otherwise so as of today MacKinnon > Kucherov.

Makar >>>>>>>> Hedman
Rantanen > Point
Mittlestadt as of today is better than Guentzel or Cirelli. Well see what happens when he has real wingers vs random rookies.
Nuke is on par with the other of Guentzel or Cirelli, assuming sober lol.
Toews>>>>>>>>anything after Hedman

I dont really dont understand the logic saying that any of Tampa's roster is better than the Avalanche outside of goaltending.

 

[Master P]

Nothing to be jealous of. You have two covid Cups, a superstar, and a bunch of solid role players. I love the city of Tampa. One of my favorite places to visit as well as fanbases.

We have the reigning MVP and the current generational dman. I dont even mean it offensively, but none of your players are better than ours.

MacKinnon at best you can argue is equal to Kucherov, but obviously voters think otherwise so as of today MacKinnon > Kucherov.

Makar >>>>>>>> Hedman
Rantanen > Point
Mittlestadt as of today is better than Guentzel or Cirelli. Well see what happens when he has real wingers vs random rookies.
Nuke is on par with the other of Guentzel or Cirelli, assuming sober lol.
Toews>>>>>>>>anything after Hedman

I dont really dont understand the logic saying that any of Tampa's roster is better than the Avalanche outside of goaltending.

Did you get it all out of your system?

 

[Nogatco Rd]

Dump your overpaid trash somewhere else. We will leave Landy on IR and operate in IR just fine. We literally just need low paid NHL filler to fill the gap until our injured players start filtering back. Currently half of our forwards are AHL players, and not the type that is on the cusp of playing in the NHL either

Sonny Milano had a solid year last year for the caps (15G in 49 gp), but lost his spot to vrana and has been a healthy scratch since. Wonder if there could be a fit there.

 

[Cypher]

Well for one, Ball and Landeskog's injuries were not similar in the least, one had a sliced cartilage and quadriceps issue that needed surgery and one needed multiple (3 for his knee), the only similar part in this is the cartilage transplant that both had done. Albiet, Lonzo Ball had his done at a younger age for his surgeries vs Landeskog. As a fan of Landy, I gave up hope he'd come back to play, but then seeing the clips of him skating around brought back some of the hope but it's end of October and still no timeline.

This isn't the first time that Lonzo Ball thing has been brought up, cracks me up each time, is it you that keeps doing it?

I understand he's really being cautious with the knee, of which I wouldn't blame him at all, but I recall that skating clip being around June or so. I figured the slow ramp up he talked about would mean he'd be training with the team and gearing to return November, but at this point his joke of "Sometime between September or April," is probably the way to go.

So Lehkonen is returning Nov 5th according to Bednar, Nichushkin can't return until mid November, if they got back Landeskog near the end of November or even December, that'd be huge for that top 9 and then whenever Ross returns, even more help. It'd be pointless for the Avs to really add much more than experienced depth players with low cap hits that can be buried or waived.

Edit: Just to provide you with some better facts...

What is a knee cartilage transplant? Explaining why Avs captain Gabriel Landeskog will miss 2023-24 season | Sporting News

The Avalanche captain also missed the entirety of the 2022-23 NHL season.

www.sportingnews.com

https://x.com/i/web/status/1655949066994589705

It would suck if he returned and injured it more, that'd be it at that point. Ball isn't the best example for this, different sport. Methot would be a better one. Marc was 34 when he got his surgery. Never played again.

Cause Landeskog himself has been in talks with Lonzo Ball about the rehab process. But whatever you say screen doctor, you know best I guess.