BobRossColton
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Hypothetically, I don't see Manson doing well up there or malinski. So do you make a trade or sign a vet?Who the hell said Cale needs surgery?
Hypothetically, I don't see Manson doing well up there or malinski. So do you make a trade or sign a vet?Who the hell said Cale needs surgery?
21 man roster with no cap space can be a major headache for teams when injuries occur, I don't know if the Avs are willing to go there.Yes it is. Now, this factors in several things happening:
1) Avs cap hit for Nichushkin is only 2M
2) Mittelstadt signs for 6M
3) Drouin signs for no more than 3.8M (if he comes in lower, Mittelstadt can be higher)
4) 4LW is 775K such as Kiviranta and Wagner plays 4C
5) Avs run a 21 man roster with a F/D hybrid like Caleb Jones being the healthy scratch rather than 22.
Marner is what they need and not Guentzel. Marner is an elite winger and Guentzel is another good 1st line piece, but not elite. Marner has had his struggles in the playoffs, but he's wouldn't be the first or last to find that switch on a different team (see Cheese). Guentzel and his contract would be a large mistake for Carolina IMO. Seal the good, but not great team for the long term.Hmm? I disagree. Guentzel will be Carolina's high paid winger and Toronto don't need Necas, they need defense and goaltending.
Now Marner to Nashville makes a ton more sense.
I don't disagree but they are reportedly already working on a Guentzel deal.Marner is what they need and not Guentzel. Marner is an elite winger and Guentzel is another good 1st line piece, but not elite. Marner has had his struggles in the playoffs, but he's wouldn't be the first or last to find that switch on a different team (see Cheese). Guentzel and his contract would be a large mistake for Carolina IMO. Seal the good, but not great team for the long term.
Probably Ottawa as wellTwo teams i could see interested feeling like they need to take the next step are Buffalo and New Jersey.
RIP Pierre Dorian.Probably Ottawa as well
Need to bring back, sign right now
- Mitts (RFA)
- Drouin
Be nice to bring back, if cap allows
- Trenin
- JMFJ
- Duhaime
Depth fillers to bring back, call-ups when needed
- Kivi
- Olofsson
- Tufte
- Polin (RFA)
- Jones
- Prosvetov
Let walk via UFA
- Walker
Retire
- Parise
- Cogliano
For the start of the season, if Landeskog is good to play, I don't know how to make it work. Even my contracts to Mitts and Drouin are team friendly. A 4m 3C seems like a luxury Avs can't really afford.
Next season is the most critical part. In that deal, the difference would be 1mil. Not enough to solve our cap issues. The cap is going to increase very sharply, that should take care of the Rantanen extension.
So, we would still be forced to trade someone else besides Rantanen for next season. As for 2025 onwards, if you think Terry + additional 5,5mil player is better than having Rantanen, sure. I don't agree, but we all have our opinions.
It's going to be resolved but it will have to wait until next season. Landeskog will be at training camp, that timeline puts him at 16 months which is the end of his recovery from the surgery.Landy situation needs to be resolved next season or the Avs gonna find themselves in the same spot. If he’s back then all good, if not then they really need to replace him and name a new captain.
Avs used Landy’s LTIR to get players, but none of them replaced him. You can get all the depth players you want but no one is gonna bring what Landy brings. If he’s not coming back, we need a legit top 6 winger. Drouin has been good but he’s no Landy either.
I don’t really want Trenin back. He was good in some respects but ultimately I found him way too slow to be an effective player for the Avs. I don't think Duhaime is as good a player and yet IMO he accomplished more.I would like Trenin back personally. If we are hell-bent against keeping him at C I think he could sub-in for Colton during the season at 3C, but he's most effective at LW. He's like a Nuke-lite if he could work on his foot-speed. I like the flexibility he gives us at F and think he wouldn't look out of place in a checking role in the top 2 lines. I don't think he got a look there primarily just because our only other C option was Wagner.
Ritchie could take 4C duties potentially or just sign one. I'd like to move Wood, but if not he should be on the 4th line come playoff time ideally. Trenin is better than Wood at 3LW IMO, or even move Trenin to 3C and put Colton back on the Wing
Duhaime didn't get much ice but he also didn't show me much in crunch time, no reason to keep him or Walker. Trenin and Drouin would the 2 guys I'd keep, and still explore Mikko deals.
Drouin - MacKinnon - Rantanen
Landeskog - Mitts - Lehkonen
Colton/Trenin/Wood/LOC/Kovalenko/Ritchie/Kivi/Foudy
I think you can afford to lose Colton from that list for cap purposes. Saves us about 2M prob
Kovalenko - Trenin - LOC
Wood - Ritchie/UFA - Kiviranta/Foudy/UFA
If Landeskog can't go, keep Colton and put him on Mitts wing to start.
IMO the Avs roster next season looks like this:
Lehkonen - MacKinnon - Drouin
Landeskog - Mittelstadt - Rantanen
Because if you (we?) don't trade Rantanen , you are once again hamstringing the team's depth and accepting that yes, you will be top heavy.
Which is exactly why we need to trade him and re-tool the team.Because if you don't trade Rantanen, you are once again hamstringing the team's depth and accepting that yes, you will be top heavy.
They’ve got to get some ELCs in the lineup. Both for financial reasons, and they need the young legs.I think Sean Behrens is on this roster to start next season 100% in a 3LD role.
If you think that Rantanen is the best way to solve our cap issues then fine, I'm ok to explore that option. If you think that this team will be improved by swapping Rantanen for two or three lesser players, wrong. Unless you trade him for a guy like Saros, who is a difference maker in that position.Which is exactly why we need to trade him and re-tool the team.
And Trenin might be more of a Bambi than Rants.I don’t really want Trenin back. He was good in some respects but ultimately I found him way too slow to be an effective player for the Avs. I don't think Duhaime is as good a player and yet IMO he accomplished more.
We've talked pretty extensively about the notion that the Avs have to cut a $3-4M to fit Mitts in, debating about whether they should dump Lehkonen, Girard, or Manson.I mean, there's absolutely no reason to bring back Trenin at $2M to be the 4C, or Duhaime at $1.2M to be a 4LW.
Both of those roster spots should be filled by league minimum, or at most $1M players. We can simply buy another Trenin/Duhaime at next years deadline for 3rd round picks if we need too. And quite frankly it's probably a good time to give some younger guys a real chance to earn those slots.
Honestly if they manage to get rid of Nukes cap hit entirely(Doubtful but for arguments sake), this summer gets extremely easy to manage cap wise.