Probably ones that aren't available; Pietrangelo (of course), Dunn (absolutely yes to him), Edmundson, Parayko (would cost too much than what I would want to give up), Schmaltz, Barbashev, Schwartz, Sundqvist, Bokk, and Tarasenko. Also I would take Schenn, but not because he's amazing, but because I am desperate, lol. There are quite a bit of pieces I like from the Blues, they on paper don't look bad at all. Only three players I can't see them trading are O'Reilly, Thomas, and Kyrou.
Moreso than with Schenn.It's funny because I just can't get excited by Schenn myself. I guess that is true for some people with Hayes too.
I think the key right now is Francouz. If he ends up failing miserably the Avs are in very serious trouble. And even THEN I don't think he's a long-term guy. But if they can put something together that allows them to be a contender as the expected window of contention opens, we should be happy with the results.
I really think we should trade Barrie, for an offensive d-man he has look pretty bad during this horrible stretch of a slump. Get something decent for him while we can and shake up the team a bit ; hopefully bring some life back to this team. Barrie game isn’t going to age well anyway.
We have our own big boy goalie brewing in Sweden. Adam Werner will turn just 22 on May and he has posted quite respectable numbers so far in his career.
Leafs just had to do an emergency recall of Hutchinson as Andersen got placed on IR and Sparks may have a concussion. Varlamov would be the perfect add if Andersen is out long term (and varlamov is in fact not that injured).
I am fine with sitting out this season and not doing anything too crazy, this team is not as good as they were the first 30 games but are not as bad as they have been the last 10. If they can get a medium term 2 C solution, or a big fish that will sign long term (IE Stone) I am all for it, otherwise I would hope they sell off a tweener forward and a tweener D at the deadline.
Just read an article from Mirtle that the leafs only have 1 million of cap space at the moment (because they do not want to use LTIR due to the pending Marner/Matthews bonuses).
The only true cap dump on their team is Zaitsev (who I would not touch) but a guy like Brown or Hyman might be useful in exchange for a cheaper lesser skilled forward like Nieto (I know it is not much savings but at this point every little bit helps). The guy I would really want is Kapanen but I cannot see them trading him until the offseason.
Sorry Patagonia I have no idea how to add a quote into this already posted post. I just don't see how the Avs can fix the OT issue. I do not see Bednar being fired, and I can't see a surefire OT winning player on the market.
The question is if Sakic is thinking about making trades to save this season as the Avs are falling behind, should he wait until trade deadline or do it now, because by the trade deadline this team might very well be too far back already to catch up the way they are playing right now.
Can you keep Bednar then, though? I'm not the biggest fan of him right now but I realize good coaches don't exactly grow on trees.This wouldn't be the worst year to miss the playoffs with us having two 1st round picks, it wouldn't be the worst thing if Rantanen cooled off a bit, with it being his contract year.
I wouldn't mind if Sakic made a minor trade or two, but no way i would trade for any of the big name rentals.
Can you keep Bednar then, though? I'm not the biggest fan of him right now but I realize good coaches don't exactly grow on trees.
I don't think that matters. I don't always believe the players listen to him now, how well will they listen next season if they fail to make the playoffs this year?Bednar isn't responsible for the bottom 9 we have, he also isn't responsible for having basically no top pairing defenseman. Those are the 2 reasons why we are losing.
Can you keep Bednar then, though? I'm not the biggest fan of him right now but I realize good coaches don't exactly grow on trees.
I'm concerned the players will practically shut him out if they fail to make the playoffs after such a hot start.Our roster has just been exposed, i can't blame this slump on Bednar even though he has made some questionable decisions lately. But for now i think he deserves another year.
Fans on the Blues board think he might be done. Kind of like us with EJ. That's scary.Just checked out Tarasenko and man.. I didn't realize how bad he's been this year. only 22 points so far. Not even on pace for 50.
Just checked out Tarasenko and man.. I didn't realize how bad he's been this year. only 22 points so far. Not even on pace for 50.
Fans on the Blues board think he might be done. Kind of like us with EJ. That's scary.