Watch the video in context. Don't just read.the click bait headlines. He was talking about this season and this upcoming playoffs.
3rd option is making an unpopular core player trade to redistribute the cap hits and build the depth back up.
They better f***ing be aggressive. None of this patience BS.
It's going to be sad when we lose to a team that has ~17 mil in dead cap space.
The Avs have 5/6 of their top 6 forwards locked in for next season (assuming healthy Landeskog). They have all their 1st available for trade. Makar, Byram and Girard are all under the age of 25 which is not usually the age where Dmen peak. I’m certain they are giving a bridge to Byram with his injury history. Use Toews and draft capital to acquire a 2C. Use the rest of the cap space on players who are better fits for the bottom 6 than Newhook and Erod. Suddenly the team looks a lot better than this years version. It’s not as bleak as most think it’s going to be.
Dont be so negative.
In a 7 game series the Bruins are going to massacre them when Hall and Foligno are back in and with Ullmark in net, Swayman played today.
Avs have 13.2m to at minimum sign 7 forwards and resign Byram. Byram even on a bridge is in the mid 4s. I’d you move Toews and draft picks to get a 2C, odds are very high you’re adding cap. We’re looking at 5-6 m to fill out the whole bottom 6, replace an every night defensemen, and likely resign Newhook. Next years team will have worse depth than this years. It’s pretty bleak.
Bringin in JT Miller is like when Vince brought in the nWo.
Crowd went wild for Hogan when he turned. Gimme that quick babyface run for the Avs and we are money
Yeah I’ll have to just disagree with this take. Improving the top 6 doesn’t make a difference for you I guess. The bottom 6 is usually filled with guys that play a certain role. Fit matters. It will be a new look bottom 6 next year and you’ll have a hard time convincing me it’ll be worse than this years regardless how much money is spent on it.
Improving the top 6 has to happen, but rolling 2 4th or worse lines is going to hurt a lot. With your plan you’re also making the defense worse. This has been years in the making and pretty obvious.
We are rolling 2 4th lines now. That is my point. You can’t get lower than rock bottom. Losing Toews will hurt the D, but when he has games like he’s been having this year, I like the upgrade at 2C over Compher to more than offset that difference.
You say 2 4th lines now, and yeah that is their rough quality. The Avs wouldn’t be able to even pay half of them next season. It isn’t near rock bottom there. It can get a whole lot worse.
Miller isn't the answer. Not at that cap hit. They have to find someone cheaper.
