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Agreed.The Avs did well to find Rodrigues for 2M. You need to find bargain bin players like that late in UFA to compete. You can't turn around and offer those same bargain bin players substantial raises.
Easy pass on Rodrigues if he wants anything more than 2M. Let's not forget he is still a very inconsistent, flawed hockey player who seemingly only produces when paired with MacKinnon or Rantanen.
I think the Avs also need to be looking at players who offer something if not scoring.
I think its perfectly fine for the AVS to be bargain shopping for depth players who can produce 30-40 like ERod types. But please, at least let them be useful in other ways when their production lulls. Be an energetic hitter, or good PKer or great F/O person, or solid defensively. Just please have redeeming qualities outside of the erratic production, because lets face it: all 30-40 point players have erratic production. Theyll produce 7 points in 10 games then go 10 games with no points.