Very curious to see if Jost has any kind of value on the market, or if opposing GM’s view him the same way Avs fans do.
I think we'll be pleasantly surprised by the return he gets....
Not to say he returns a legit Top 6 forward with term or anything like that. But there's this perception of Jose being a legitimately useful bottom 6 forward around the league. Otherwise Johnston and the HNIC staff wouldn't have made it a headline that he's likely moved on the show last night.
Teams are going to be interested. Despite how awful and useless we've seen him be, his underlying numbers aren't terrible, and he is still a former Top 10 1st round pick who's still only 21 and in his 3rd year of NHL hockey.
Teams will have interest in taking him on as a guy they may see with legit upside still who at the very least can play a defensive role on the team right now. Especially teams that are awful right now like Detroit, Ottawa, LA, etc. I actually think Jost would have been the Kings 4th best forward last night for example.
In terms of straight up pick value if we were to move him... From a team like LA or Ottawa I could see us getting a late 2nd round pick. Like the Vegas 2020 2nd LA just got. Or from Ottawa getting the Dallas 2020 2nd they have. That type of value.