If the Avs don't open the vault to hire Dorion or Jarmo as head scout it's a big mistake IMO. It's a no brainer investment that will pay huge much needed dividends.
Drafting their way to a better team will give them at least one playoff run, and perhaps more, that they wouldn't have had at some point down the line. Which would put millions in Kroenke's pocked he wouldn't get by continuing to draft poorly.
Their drafting outside the top 10 has struggled forever and the next 5+ years is when they'll need it the most, with a contending team not getting high picks, the cap crunch causing them to lose key players, and the core aging. Not to mention a potential reset/rebuild coming somewhere down the line where they'd need good young NHL'ers.
Best move would be to have Dorion run NA and Jarmo run Europe. That would be pricey though and traditionally the organization doesn't like to spend much on scouting, or things outside the actual roster.
Both have had their reputations take a big hit and may not get another NHL GM gig. This should be a path they should pursue, going back to their roots where they had most of their success.
Only thing preventing this before was that they just hired Klip. Now that's not a factor anymore.