Rumor: 2023 Free Agency and Trade Rumors: Will Sleepy Mac wake up for the deadline?

[henchman21]

There was a comment after the Eller trade that the Avs don’t necessarily see him as a bottom 6 player. Compher has been productive and actually has been more than a grinder this year (a contract year). But there are still times when he doesn’t convert chances when set up by someone else. If you put Eller with Rantanen, you might see more chances being converted. The problem is what happens in the bottom 6?

If the Avs view Eller as more than a bottom 6 guy, the problems run WAY deeper.

Good news, they don’t view him as more than that.

 

[Avs_19]

FWIW, Friedman said there was no chance Lindholm was getting traded and "basically" no chance Backlund was getting traded.

Both him and Marek also said they wouldn't be surprised if Hayes is going to CBJ around the draft.

 

[John Mandalorian]

If the Avs view Eller as more than a bottom 6 guy, the problems run WAY deeper.

Good news, they don’t view him as more than that.

This is based on what?

 

[hughdreamz]

This is based on what?

Bednar called him a 3C

 

[Sea Eagles]

I kinda wonder if they're trying to force Mikko into the 2C role.

I'd be like we have one, you did it in the playoffs just fine. You'll do it when you want to win and it matters because you're making 9M and you want to win.

What if not getting a 2C was making a point. Either you want the job when it matters or you don't. We know he can.

I believe we have such a deep forward squad, that doesn't even have to reply on JT in the top 6.

+ Erod played with Crosby, and did really well. He could do that with Mackinnon
+ Rants is an amazing center - every time he gets a chance there, he excels. We'd have a Crosby / Malkin combo
+ Our 3rd and 4th line full strength is possibly the best I've ever seen it if the below happened:

Landeskog - Mackinnon - E-Rod
Lehks - Rantanen - Nuke
Newy - Eller - Compher
Cogs - Helmer - LOC
(Nieto)

Then imagine Makar, Toews, G, Byram, EJ and Manson feeding them all the puck ! OOOOOFFFFF !!

The Colorado All Stars !

 

[henchman21]

This is based on what?

Bednar’s exact statement.

 

[Perratrooper]

Why was Mercer not a higher pick in his draft? He looked great at WJC, had great numbers in the Q and his draft year wasn’t particularly strong.

 

[dahrougem2]

FWIW, Friedman said there was no chance Lindholm was getting traded and "basically" no chance Backlund was getting traded.

Both him and Marek also said they wouldn't be surprised if Hayes is going to CBJ around the draft.

Lol the punishment for Hayes continues eh. First in Torts' doghouse, then scratched, then moved to wing, then sent to Ohio.

 

[John Mandalorian]

Bednar’s exact statement.

I don't rememeber which reporter made the comment about Eller possibly playing above 3C but I doubt they had a reason to make it up. But fair enough.

I'll also point out that the person you're quoting is the same person who said Newhook would be the 2C for several months. He pivoted on that pretty quickly. For all intents and purposes, Rantanen is the 2C - at least at the offensive end. If you look at Compher's stats, he's comparable to other 2Cs - because he's playing next to Rantanen. Given what it would cost, I'm not sure they're hype focused on following the classic template for line construction.

You might as well say the Avs are trying to replace Giambi. Because what they're doing is kind of the same thing.

 

[StLAvsFan]

If we can get to the finals, I'm pretty confident. Whoever comes out of the east will have been through hell

Will have been thru hell, and will be all revved-up & rarin' to put JTC, Jack Johnson, Lars Eller, Sam Girard, Evan Rodrigues, Dennis Malgin & few other guys thru hell too...possibly including Gimpy Gabe & Pylon EJ!

 

[AvStock]

Biggest question mark for me still remains. Why did McDud pay so much to retain on Eller as if he needed the room for another move?

 

[StLAvsFan]

"I certainly don't know where they're at in terms of return to play. We'll get a further update on EJ next week."

So, let me get this straight. Even keeping his cards close to his vest, does that comment sound like CMac is a confident guy who knows that Landeskog is gonna be the knight in shining armor showing up to save the day come playoff time? Or that EJ is gonna come back healthy & rarin' to go, and capable of skating more than 3mph? What about Josh Manson?

I'm also of the belief that Avs upper management has no faith that this team has the horses to go on another successful Cup run, so they got a couple of retreads in Eller & Johnson to make it look like they were "all-in," knowing full well those 2 deals barely moved the needle even 1°. Only time will tell, but I'm predicting Avs fans are gonna be cursing CMac's name if the Avs are able to scrap their way into the Finals, only to be overwhelmed by a stacked top-to-bottom Boston, Rangers, NJ, or Toronto team (or whoever), who actually did go "all-in."

 

[Vaslof]

Biggest question mark for me still remains. Why did McDud pay so much to retain on Eller as if he needed the room for another move?

Because he was trying to make a move, failed, no back-up plan.

 

[AvsWraith]

I have an issue with the waiting. Avs wait too long to do business. For instance, if we had put EJ on LTIR immediately after knowing the extent of his injury, and were serious about upgrading, we could've got Henrique before Anaheim stupidly kept playing him.

 

[AvStock]

I have an issue with the waiting. Avs wait too long to do business. For instance, if we had put EJ on LTIR immediately after knowing the extent of his injury, and were serious about upgrading, we could've got Henrique before Anaheim stupidly kept playing him.

Yup, seems like McDud doesn't know how to and will never know how to play 5D chess

 

[lionsDen]

I may have missed it but have we heard what the cap is gonna be and if not when should we hear?

 

[SuperJoe]

I may have missed it but have we heard what the cap is gonna be and if not when should we hear?

It should be 83,500,000

 

[Avaholic29]

This team is clearly exhausted. Macfarland completely turned his back on them.

 

[SoundwaveIsCharisma]

I personally think the Avs should have set a mandate that they’d basically sell the future and load up as much as possible from the moment MacKinnon truly broke out until this season. Essentially, treat it like a deadline to
win as many Cups as possible while MacK is making a fraction of what he would on the market

 

[AvsCOL]

I am truly disgusted that a team, in the middle of their contending window, added Lars Eller as their main deadline piece. Say the prices were too high, say the right players weren’t there, it doesn’t matter. Five years from now we’ll look back on this and wonder why they didn’t do anything. Look how aggressive TBL have been in the last few years, and tell me there’s nothing the Avs can do. Chris MacFarland should be ashamed.

 

[Balthazar]

I am truly disgusted that a team, in the middle of their contending window, added Lars Eller as their main deadline piece.

This is worse than that year when we added Namestnikov.

 

[Ararana]

13 million of LTIR room wasted because McFarland is a p***y.

 

[BaconNater]

Omg that goal against was the Avs trade deadline in hockey form! Lol


Wrong thread whoops: point still stands tho

 

[Galactico]

13 million of LTIR room wasted because McFarland is a p***y.

bUt We DiDnT hAvE NoThINg To TrAdE

 

[nammerus]

13 million of LTIR room wasted because McFarland is a p***y.

I was told by many knowledgeable posters that having no LTIR space due to the aforementioned returning early was likely the reason we didn't make a move...as opposed to CMac being an awful GM.