Rumor: 2023-2024 Trade Rumors and Free Agency: Offseason Edition

[Hasbro]

Okay, just hear me out…..

Lehkonen-MacKinnon-Rantanen
Hall-Johansen-Nichushkin

Forget the NMC stuff for a second. Say you get him on the same deal as Johansen, you guys still out on him?

Absolutely

 

[Bill Peckerskull]

 

[Ararana]

 

[EdAVSfan]

Does a retained Brock Boeser make sense? Fills the gap in the top 6 RW.

 

[Mighty Makar]

Boeser isn’t too bad, but he’s kinda slow. Johansen is slow, too.

 

[EdAVSfan]

Boeser isn’t too bad, but he’s kinda slow. Johansen is slow, too.

I mean, the Avs aren’t really all that fast in terms of skating. But they play fast.

Lehkonen is decent, Mack obviously. But Nuke, Rants nor RyJo, are speed guys.

 

[Mighty Makar]

I mean, the Avs aren’t really all that fast in terms of skating. But they play fast.

Lehkonen is decent, Mack obviously. But Nuke, Rants not RyJo, are speed guys.

Boeser isn’t a great skater!

 

[Balthazar]

I mean, the Avs aren’t really all that fast in terms of skating. But they play fast.

Lehkonen is decent, Mack obviously. But Nuke, Rants not RyJo, are speed guys.

Yea the team is getting older so speed and relentlessness can't be main weapon anymore. We'll start facing faster teams and the Avs will have to adapt their style. It's on Bednar to try to win with a different style.

 

[Bill Peckerskull]

IDK if that is worth a 1st round pick. Maybe a decent prospect. Like what about the rights to JTC plus Denis Malgin?

 

[Pierce Hawthorne]

IDK if that is worth a 1st round pick. Maybe a decent prospect. Like what about the rights to JTC plus Denis Malgin?

Malgin isn't a prospect nor really decent lol.


I think it would take #27. The $6M retention alone is arguably worth a 1st. Plus Hall at $3M is pretty great value.

 

[henchman21]

The Avs really don't prioritize speed and skating as much as people think with one notable exception. If you look at the defense, it is a mix of great and average to poor skaters. In the top 6, there is only really one great skater (MacK). But in the bottom 6... that is where you see the Avs really having a preference. Above all else, the Avs want their bottom 6 to skate. Their 2nd preference is tenacity. If you can't do that, then a player is unlikely to stick in the bottom 6. LOC, Nieto, Cogs, Helm, etc. If they aren't great skaters, they better have battle to them (like PEB, NAK). The guys that don't stick around in bottom 6 roles are guys that either can't skate or are not tenacious players (why Meyers and Newhook have to step up that part of their game long-term). They don't really care much about size, big hits, fighting, skill... they want tenacity and speed on those lines. Anything else is just an extra.

 

[willy702]

IDK if that is worth a 1st round pick. Maybe a decent prospect. Like what about the rights to JTC plus Denis Malgin?

I don't get giving up a 1st for him either. If his "value" at full contract was basically nothing, then how is $3m in cap space worth a 1st now? If Hall has a good season I can see some team throwing out a late first at TDL but that's overpay time. Now is not the time for it.

 

[willy702]

Yeah I'm not trading Byram for this guy.

I don't think I'd give up Newhook for him either. Newhook has had better numbers in his early years. How much do you value the "hitting" part of his game? Aren't the Avs already held down enough for the tough guy routine with MacPunchy?

 

[Balthazar]

Hawks want Hall to play with Bedard so he has a couple of good players around him. They aren't flipping him retained to another team.

 

[AvalancheSpeedsters]

IDK if that is worth a 1st round pick. Maybe a decent prospect. Like what about the rights to JTC plus Denis Malgin?

Avs should still make an offer . He (Lindholm) can play wing and would be great C insurance for Johansen

 

[Bill Peckerskull]

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Wouldn't it be something if CMakic was able to snag Nylander?

Nuke/Mack/Nylander
Lehky/RyJo/Mikko

 

[John Mandalorian]

Apparently Arpon Basu has suggested/speculated that the Habs might be in on Newhook.

 

[AvalancheSpeedsters]

Apparently Arpon Basu has suggested/speculated that the Habs might be in on Newhook.

Don’t think there is anyone on their team (available) worth trading for , unless it’s for a pick the Avs could use to flip for another trade ?

 

[Anders Cain]

Apparently Arpon Basu has suggested/speculated that the Habs might be in on Newhook.

What would mtl even have relatively interesting since it obv wouldn't be Suzuki, caufield, dach? Hmm

 

[AvalancheSpeedsters]

What would mtl even have relatively interesting since it obv wouldn't be Suzuki, caufield, dach? Hmm

Jonath….+pick

 

[John Mandalorian]

What would mtl even have relatively interesting since it obv wouldn't be Suzuki, caufield, dach? Hmm

It wouldn't be 5OA obviously but don't they have a ton of draft picks?

What about a retained Anderson?

 

[BobRossColton]

What would mtl even have relatively interesting since it obv wouldn't be Suzuki, caufield, dach? Hmm

How about Jake Evans+ gurianov

Evans is another right C for 3rd line?

Or give us back Justin Barron

 

[Bill Peckerskull]

What about a retained Anderson?

This was my first thought. Don't love it, but he is another CBus reject that Bednar coached.