Avs fan coming in peace.
It appears Sakic's big sticking point is controllable assets. You, I hope, joked earlier about Sakic not giving up a third rounder for Kreider, but literally five months ago he gave up a second and a third rounded for a much inferior player in Burakovsky which many considered an overpayment at the time. The difference, Bura was an RFA and Sakic had control of that situation. It's not like Sakic isn't willing to spend, he just won't spend unless the situation makes sense and he has way too much patience.
Now I think Kreider fits the Avs like a glove right now, more so than Hall, and as you also said earlier Sakic has a ton of assets to work with. We'll see if they get something done. I personally don't think the Avs are going to win the cup this year, the next two years are probably more realistic, so if this goes down I'd like to see it as a trade with mutual interest in an extension.
Word from multiple insiders was Sakic walked away from the Hall discussions when he found out Hall wouldn't talk extension, I'd be shocked if Sakic gave up the assets required for Kreider as a pure rental this season. I'd like Sakic to try to trade for and extend Kreider but my expectation is he'll walk away when the bidding war for him starts ramping up or if Kreider is insistent on going to UFA.
