Rumor: Avs Proposals/Rumors/Free Agents 18-19 part XIII| Trade Everyone!

[Balthazar]

There's no way in hell Sakic would even consider ROR. This board is really living in a fantasy world when it comes to bringing back former AVS players.

 

[Youngblood29]

13 Alexander Kerfoot - 17 Tyson Jost - 22 Colin Wilson
83 Matt Nieto - 34 Carl Soderberg - 11 Matt Calvert
10 Sven Andrighetto - 91 Vladislav Kamenev - 57 Gabriel Bourque

I dont really like, what Jost can produce (ATM) as an second line center.. Also not happy with Matt Nieto (like everybody else) etc..

So When we get Dano and Compher in the line up, how would you make the lines?

Will the Avs stick with the second line until the end and only shake the bottom six?
Or what will happend / should happen?

I would like to try Kamenev in the second line.. Maybe Bourque and Nieto Out..
But how to build the lines, I don't know

Would like to hear others opinion.

 

[Balthazar]

Artemi Panarin

Won't come here. Wants NY, FLA, LA type of destination. No logical reason to refuse to stay in Columbus just to come to Colorado.

Joe Pavelski

Old, expensive, will want long term and big money to come here. Unrealistic.

Wayne Simmonds

Too risky to turn into Milan Lucic 2.0. Will get paid for past accomplishments. High risk of body breakdown.

Anders Lee

Not bad. Not sure why he'd leave NYI.

Jordan Eberle

No. We have enough of players that size/style.

Yanni Gourde

Don't think he'll leave Tampa.

Derick Brassard

Meh.

Mats Zuccarello

See Eberle.

Jakob Silfverberg

Would be real nice next to Soda. Not the one to kickstart secondary scoring though.

 

[Pokecheque]

We're ~8 games in around the league - there are no rumours this early - and I'm hardy an insider privy to what GMs are thinking. But quality players moving at some point in a season is hardly unheard of, it happens every year. The Avs need their equivalent of what the Kings did with Richards / Carter. I'm not suggesting two adds or something of that sort, or specifically that calibre of player, but I'm not sure why suggesting that - at some point this year - Sakic should be looking to address secondary scoring and add a quality top six forward is such a contentious issue for you.

Where was I getting contentious? I simply asked you a question. You answered it. Thanks.

FTR, I wasn't necessarily against the Avs looking into getting a scoring center this offseason. I was pushing, albeit not very hard, for Sakic to see about bringing Paul Stastny back in the fold. In hindsight that may have been a mistake, but I thought he'd be a good fit. It may turn out the team still needs to look into a trade to address this issue. And yes, prospects can go bust, that's why an organization has to stuff the cubbards as full of quality talent as they can. I'm not naive enough to think all the guys, or even a majority of the prime prospects we're currently seeing in Loveland right now are going to be NHL mainstays. But for now, I'm okay with them seeing exactly what they have in Jost. If by August 2019 the role of 2nd line center is still a big issue, then I'll officially be concerned.

 

[rmthomson21]

There's no way in hell Sakic would even consider ROR. This board is really living in a fantasy world when it comes to bringing back former AVS players.

Wolski just terminated his KHL contract

 

[UncleRisto]

I like how someone always says the next UFA class is this and the next UFA class is that.

 

[McMetal]

No thanks on Eberle. We saw with the Oilers how he does when he was asked to be a line driver. Good player, but not what we need.

 

[Ceremony]

Panarin.

 

[Piestany88]

Lol. Skinner is a much better player than Kerfoot. How can you even compare the two?

Also, I doubt Pavelski leaves San Jose. Same goes for Lee in New York. Panarin has already apparently made it clear it's either L.A/NYR/CHI/TB/FLA if (when) he doesn't re-sign in Columbus.

So, what's left? 31 year old Wayne Simmonds, 32 year old Derrick Brassard, 32 year old Mats Zuccarello, Jordan Eberle, Yanni Gourde, and Jakob Silfverberg.

And that's assuming all of those players leave their teams for free agency. I don't see Zuccarello leaving the Rangers, and if the Islanders offer Eberle good enough money I can't see him leaving, either.

I'd be happy with Silfverberg but that's a long shot competing with so many teams for his services, including the Ducks.

No Skinner is terrible , Kerfoot is better . Have you watched Skinner lately, he is hardly an NHL player.

 

[CB Joe]

Give Jost more time. There is no need to be impatient now. The Avs are doing well. The big line is on fire and the goaltending has been great.

 

[AvalancheFan19]

No Skinner is terrible , Kerfoot is better . Have you watched Skinner lately, he is hardly an NHL player.

He got a hat trick last night

 

[Foppberg]

Give Jost more time. There is no need to be impatient now. The Avs are doing well. The big line is on fire and the goaltending has been great.

True enough, but I mean he's struggling badly. So I think just a simple switch to the wing could be good for him.

 

[The Abusement Park]

Give Jost more time. There is no need to be impatient now. The Avs are doing well. The big line is on fire and the goaltending has been great.

I mean something has to give. We can't have 3 lines that provide almost 0 offensive punch.

 

[Thepoolmaster]

I mean something has to give. We can't have 3 lines that provide almost 0 offensive punch.

We did last year

 

[ASmileyFace]

Panarin.

Give me bread man or give me death

 

[S E P H]

I fast-forwarded the Canes game at times, but after reading some of their GDT they mentioned that Avs' broadcasting team said that the Avs wanted Slavin in the Duchene trade. Makes perfect sense why they declined that offer and why Avs still managed to get a HMS Titanic load of pieces.

 

[Vaslof]

I fast-forwarded the Canes game at times, but after reading some of their GDT they mentioned that Avs' broadcasting team said that the Avs wanted Slavin in the Duchene trade. Makes perfect sense why they declined that offer and why Avs still managed to get a HMS Titanic load of pieces.

I feel like that would have been about worth it for Canes if Duchene re-signed with them. But that is a big if.

 

[The Abusement Park]

I feel like that would have been about worth it for Canes if Duchene re-signed with them. But that is a big if.

No way. Slavin is a big ask for Duchene. He's probably a true #1 dman, if not he's super close. Just a ridiculous shutdown dman.

 

[Lonewolfe2015]

I fast-forwarded the Canes game at times, but after reading some of their GDT they mentioned that Avs' broadcasting team said that the Avs wanted Slavin in the Duchene trade. Makes perfect sense why they declined that offer and why Avs still managed to get a HMS Titanic load of pieces.

Well turnabout is fair play, they wanted Jost + Kaut for Skinner.

 

[Colorado Avalanche]

I mean something has to give. We can't have 3 lines that provide almost 0 offensive punch.

I thought this was obvious before the season and this is something Sakic needs to fix. We are missing the whole second line.

 

[dahrougem2]

No Skinner is terrible , Kerfoot is better . Have you watched Skinner lately, he is hardly an NHL player.

I'm about 99% certain you don't know who Jeff Skinner is.

 

[Ivan13]

Why bother? Just ignore him.

 

[RoyIsALegend]

No Skinner is terrible , Kerfoot is better . Have you watched Skinner lately, he is hardly an NHL player.

Jeff Skinner is hardly an NHL player?

 

[Foppberg]

Why bother? Just ignore him.

I mean he's basically a meme at this point, I don't see why people keep responding to his posts. Sometimes he makes decent points but most of the time....

 

[Avsboy]

Only Panarin or Stone.