Confirmed Trade: [SEA/COL] Tomas Tatar for 2024 5th round pick

[Bruce Granville]

So, Avs aren‘t trading Rantanen then?

 

[tigervixxxen]

He was such a bad fit, I am not surprised at all. A couple healthy scratches and the wheels start turning.

 

[KovalchukFistPump]

Thought you had to wait until January 1 to trade a UFA you sign in the offseason

Maybe not for 1 year deals? To give them a chance to trade them early in the year if they dont work out?

 

[Frank Drebin]

One of the worst trades the Knights have ever made was acquiring this guy.

Yeah the whole tatar to pacioretty deal cost quite a few assets.

 

[ForsbergForever]

Monahan trade incoming?

 

[LemonSauceD]

making room for Garland I see

 

[JetsFan815]

I was about to come in and shit on the Kraken for providing cap relief to the Devils without making it worth Seattle's while thinking Tatar makes like $4 million against the cap. Surprised to see he only makes $1.5 mil. Nothing to lose here for the Kraken.

 

[vokiel]

I'd take him on the habs... Want Anderson?

 

[biturbo19]

He’s always been one of those guys that analytics have totally flattered. He’s been a good player, don’t get me wrong. But I definitely thought his possession play would fit well with Colorado, at least in the regular season.

He’s been useless. Could also just be a very, very finesse oriented player never know for grit has just aged out of his useful NHL lifespan. Drouin looks like a gritty power forward compared to Tatar.

It was a low risk move though. It didn’t work so the page is turned. The Avs scouts have absolutely zero chance of turning that 5th into anything useful (they will pick some obscure overage goalie from Russia or a BCHL defenseman not in anybody’s top 300) so they basically just have him away.

It just never really seemed like a fit to me. He doesn't play with remotely the same intention as the Avs system kind of demands. Pace, aggressiveness, directness. He's gone none of those.

They really did try to patchwork a huge portion of their roster together with cheap to acquire stopgaps in a whole, "misfit toys" approach. Thinking that at least something would stick. But that hasn't altogether worked.

Who said it was a "steal"??? Avs fans???

All the threads this summer, incredulous that this guy wasn't signed yet. Applauding the cheap price when he finally did sign. There's a very large contingent who just couldn't seem to believe that Tatar is not a highly in demand player around the league. Just seeing it as a free 20G-50pts or whatever. It was very much a thing.

 

[Super Cake]

Yeah the whole tatar to pacioretty deal cost quite a few assets.

It was like a 1st, 2nd, 3rd for Tatar and then later on, they trded Tatar and Suzuki for Pacioretty.

Crap trades that pretty much amounted to nothing. Pacioretty was useful, but always seemed to get injured and disappeared in the playoffs.

At least the Knights won the cup, but our center depth would be better if Suzuki was on it.

Lets see how Tatar does for Seattle.

 

[Petes2424]

It was like a 1st, 2nd, 3rd for Tatar and then later on, they trded Tatar and Suzuki for Pacioretty.

Crap trades that pretty much amounted to nothing. Pacioretty was useful, but always seemed to get injured and disappeared in the playoffs.

At least the Knights won the cup, but our center depth would be better if Suzuki was on it.

Lets see how Tatar does for Seattle.

When you add it all together, the Knights gave up more for Pacioretty than any trade in modern history, because you have to add in the 3 picks they gave up for Tatar.

 

[Cypher]

Happy that management made the right business move and shipped him out. Clearly it wasn't working. Most GMs wouldn't swallow their pride after a signing a player and trading him just 29 games later. Glad they are business > feelings, like moving on from EJ.

 

[Pierce Hawthorne]

It really didn't work out for him with the Avs. Admittedly I thought he'd be an excellent fit for us but I think it's clear now just how much of an impact Hischier had on him last year.


Oh well, basically turned out to be a free 5th round pick for us so still can't complain about that and now we have some more space for whatever the next plan is.

 

[Bone Density]

Probably a favor to Tatar as well. Let's him get more playing time somewhere else.

 

[Prairie Habs]

Tatar feels like he should have already been on the Kraken. Being a recent expansion team they still have an "island of lost toys" feel, and its fitting Tatar has ended up there,

 

[Spender]

Can we dump RyJo while we're at it?

 

[tmg]

I was about to come in and shit on the Kraken for providing cap relief to the Devils without making it worth Seattle's while thinking Tatar makes like $4 million against the cap. Surprised to see he only makes $1.5 mil. Nothing to lose here for the Kraken.

Devils?

 

[SoundwaveIsCharisma]

Clearly Avs are tanking and will begin to sell anyone not bolted down to the franchise

 

[Bender]

I'd take him on the habs... Want Anderson?

I believe that would cost too many 1st round picks...

 

[tucker3434]

It was a little weird how poorly he fit here. Have to think he’ll be much better in Seattle.

 

[Bender]

Not gonna lie, I'm abnormally excited about this 5th round pick!

 

[Colorado Avalanche]

Surprised we got something.

Good luck to Tatar. It wasn't meant to be.

 

[Pierce Hawthorne]

I'm curious what the Avs do with that cap space now and if they do anything.

It was rumored just a few weeks ago that we were looking to add some more scoring depth, so this really fells like a pre-cursor move to something else honestly. Tatar didn't work out but that doesn't really change the fact we still need help on our 2nd line. RyJo has been a massive disappointment and Drouin has looked fantastic but the points aren't following his play so far.

 

[MarkusNaslund19]

I was about to come in and shit on the Kraken for providing cap relief to the Devils without making it worth Seattle's while thinking Tatar makes like $4 million against the cap. Surprised to see he only makes $1.5 mil. Nothing to lose here for the Kraken.

He also wasn't on the Devils anymore, but the Avs.

Obligatory:

 

[Drury_Sakic]

Good on Colorado trading him somewhere he probably will fit in better.