Rumor: Avs Proposals/Rumors/Free Agents 2016-17 Part XXV

[Cousin Eddie]

I am surprised Brisson hasn't requested a trade publicly yet.

Wont be long.

 

[S3rkie]

I am surprised Brisson hasn't requested a trade publicly yet.

Just give it time, Sakic has always been extraordinary. Unfortunately he's just extraordinarily bad at this job.

I imagine if we get close to August with no action something has to give on Duchene's end. If he didnt have so much love for the franchise I'm sure he would've already. Actually says a lot about Duchene as a person.

 

[AvsCOL]

It's a shame that it's going to take a public trade request to get this moving. Sakic has beeb sitting on this for far too long already, and he's going to lose all the leverage once teams know he HAS to move him.

 

[JoemAvs]

I am surprised Brisson hasn't requested a trade publicly yet.

I don't think Brisson and Duchene are the kind of player/agent combination that will publicly ask for a trade...

And I think in private it probably has already happened...


But you bet that the relationship with Brisson would be strained over this one...

And given that we already are not on the best of terms with Newport, pissing off another major agent is not really a great idea...

 

[Miri]

I am surprised Brisson hasn't requested a trade publicly yet.

Requesting the trade publicly would harm the organisation, because it would further lower his trade value. Duchene wouldnt do that to Avs, not that kind of person based on his off-ice behavior so far, even if he desires to be traded. At least i dont believe he would.

EDIT: Beaten to it :-D

 

[lonelybadger]

They need to trade him before free agency window opens or good luck finding a suitor.

 

[JoemAvs]

They need to trade him before free agency window opens or good luck finding a suitor.

The good thing is that while this might be the worst draft in recent memory, this UFA class in comparison is far worse.

Probably even epically bad.
Especially when it comes to forwards and especially centers...

It is Hanzal and Radulov at this point who will both get insanely overpaid by default...

Also a few third tier guys like Bonino or Gagner.

It is really awful. Don't think it would have that much impact on Duchenes value...

 

[hockeyfish]

I'm not sure a public request does much. Probably the worst kept secret in the league that he wants out.

 

[henchman21]

I am surprised Brisson hasn't requested a trade publicly yet.

He wouldn't do that to Sakic... not a single chance.

 

[Cousin Eddie]

I'm actually expecting Barrie to be traded before Duchene after all this

 

[AvsCOL]

I'm actually expecting Barrie to be traded before Duchene after all this

Well that would be a bad move.

 

[Cousin Eddie]

Well that would be a bad move.

Of course it would. I'm talking about what I think will happen, not what I believe should happen.

 

[The Pwnerer]

I hate that this will get dragged into the summer. Band-Aid is still fully attached.

 

[AvsCOL]

This whole situation is definitely causing ripples in the organization. If I were say, Landeskog, I'd be awfully worried right now about how I'd be treated in this situation.

 

[The Mars Volchenkov]

They've still got some time to make a move but disappointing. Overall, it wasn't the crazy draft weekend that it was hyped up to be.

 

[Freudian]

If there is anything that's overrated it's trade requests. There are probably 20-30 players in the league currently that's asked for a trade. I would expect someone like Evander Kane to have played 75% of his career with one.

Most of the the time the player is told to put on their big boy pants and deal with it because they are under contract and are being paid a lot of money to compensate for the inconvenience of playing on a team they might not find ideal.

Sakic knows Duchene would like to be traded.

 

[shadow1]

With Duchene (currently) not traded for a defenseman, I wonder who Sakic has in mind via free agency. They have a gaping hole on the left side due to the subtraction of Beachemin (it was gaping even when he was here to be honest).

Alzner? Kulikov as a cheapo option?

 

[forsbergavs32]

With Duchene (currently) not traded for a defenseman, I wonder who Sakic has in mind via free agency. They have a gaping hole on the left side due to the subtraction of Beachemin (it was gaping even when he was here to be honest).

Alzner? Kulikov as a cheapo option?

I'm guessing Kulikov, I doubt Alzner would want to sign here after just being in the conference finals.

Zadorov-EJ
Kulikov-Barrie
Bigras/Lindholm-Mironov

 

[member 116861]

The only guy I would sign at more than 2 years is Shattenkirk so hopefully they stick to 1 year deals which means Alzner is probably out of the question.

 

[StayAtHomeAv]

With Duchene (currently) not traded for a defenseman, I wonder who Sakic has in mind via free agency. They have a gaping hole on the left side due to the subtraction of Beachemin (it was gaping even when he was here to be honest).

Alzner? Kulikov as a cheapo option?

Zadorov
Barberio
Bigras/Lindholm

 

[RoyIsALegend]

Zadorov
Barberio
Bigras/Lindholm

Gives us a good shot at Dahlin, so I'm totally down.

 

[shadow1]

Zadorov
Barberio
Bigras/Lindholm

I agree the Avs need to work their young guys in, but that is an atrocious combination.

 

[CobraAcesS]

I'm guessing Kulikov, I doubt Alzner would want to sign here after just being in the conference finals.

Zadorov-EJ
Kulikov-Barrie
Bigras/Lindholm-Mironov

Yeah I could see them giving Kulikov like 3M for one year or something like that. Kulikov is going to know our depth on the left side is wide open and playing with Barrie will be easy as pie.

 

[JoemAvs]

Zadorov
Barberio
Bigras/Lindholm

Love it.

Especially with Bigras in there instead of Lindholm.

Bigras/Barberio - EJ
Zadorov - Barrie
Barberio/Bigras - Mironov
Lindholm


Is hopefully exactly what we are icing next season

 

[VikingAv]

Zadorov
Barberio
Bigras/Lindholm

Like throwing the toddlers into the deep end of the pool and just see what happens. Yikes.