12. Taylor Hall’s agent is scheduled to meet with New Jersey GM Ray Shero during the team’s swing through Western Canada. I think that’s going to be in Calgary.
13. I’m making my prediction: Colorado goes big-game hunting. They are banged up now, but looked dynamite when healthy. And they’ve got plenty of assets.
SidHall is obviously a prime candidate...but who else would fall into big game hunting?
i would guess for extension included it would be a 1st, newhook/byram, compher/jost and a b level prospect
i would guess for extension included it would be a 1st, newhook/byram, compher/jost and a b level prospect
1st and Zadorov has been mentioned numerous times on main board lately. Both fan bases seem ok with that. That’s price with no extension though.
That seems extreme. Brannstrom was the main part of the Stone trade and Stone cane with an extension agreed on. Brannstrom was the 4th-8th vest drafted D prospect out there and the time of the trade while Byram is currently #1. I’m sure the cost will be high but not Byram high.I'd figure Byram would have to be a part of any Hall deal. For Bowers/Timmins/Kaut to have any sort of pull in a deal, New Jersey would really have to love them. Newhook will have to start looking much better as the season goes on to maintain, but even if he does, if they project him as a center it certainly isn't a position of need. If they project him as a wing, they really need a 1st line sort of projection guy more than a 2nd line. On defense they are pretty thin in the pool... basically Smith as a middle pairing guy, Misyul as a bottom 4 with maybe a touch more upside, and Walsh as a solid depth prospect who could break out. Vukojevic is a risky projection, but has tools. There isn't a high end defensive prospect there. Figure any Hall deal starts with getting them that guy, even if they have to take less pieces... ala Stone last year.
That seems extreme. Brannstrom was the main part of the Stone trade and Stone cane with an extension agreed on. Brannstrom was the 4th-8th vest drafted D prospect out there and the time of the trade while Byram is currently #1. I’m sure the cost will be high but not Byram high.
If that's really the only way to make a deal happen, if I'm the Avs I back off from Hall and start asking about Palmieri instead. Or I look to other team, like the Rangers with Kreider, or Anaheim with Kase and Rakell. I'm not willing to give up Byram for a late-20s player on an expiring deal, no matter how good he is.You have to look at New Jersey's needs too though. They don't need a center, they don't need depth forwards or defensemen... they need goaltending (which would be a waste on this deal) and they need a high end defensemen. With Hall, the Avs' 1st winds up in the 20s at least. So that pick isn't likely to net what they need. So they will want a top defensemen prospect out of the Avs. Timmins could play great in the AHL and improve his stock in that sort of trade, but that's not going to make the deal today. So, looking at the pool, you're left with Byram. I know it sounds steep, but when I look at what they Avs can offer and what New Jersey needs, I just don't see anything else they'd pull the trigger on when there is competition that can offer up better picks, and more projectable prospects to their pool.
We are all in for the next 5 seasons. Just how big of a game is Friedman thinking?
Let’s swing for a home run!
To Colorado
LW Taylor Hall
RD PK Subban
To New Jersey
2020 1st
2020 2nd
LD Nikita Zadorov
RD Connor Timmins
C/LW Tyson Jost
RW Martin Kaut
I agree that no team is likely to put up a better defensemen, but there certainly are teams that will be willing to give up top line wing prospects and better picks. So to beat them out, you have to go to Byram...I seriously doubt any other team is going to give up a Byram caliber defensive prospect (if there even is one) for Hall to beat out an Avs potential offer. I get that might make or break the Avs available pool for a Hall trade but if Shero refused to do it without Byram that's an easy situation to walk away from for me.
I bet the Avs could put together a competitive package without Byram.