henchman21
Mr. Meeseeks
- Feb 24, 2012
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The Avs have rolled with 21 and 22 man rosters for deecent stints this year. I'm not convinced another roster player comes up once Smith goes down. If Nieto is added I don't think it's as simple as him swapping contract places with Smith. I think it's more likely that it's simply another contract added.
The Avs have, but they are banking at a rate that should get them to ~3m now... with Smith. Meaning they could still take back a bunch of salary the rental moves. $3m more coming in than going out on the deadline with only Iggy, Mitchell, Tyutin, Bourque, and maybe Gelinas to sell isn't much. The last 4 make such little money that most teams won't even need the Avs to bring back or retain anything. Also assumes that all 5 could be sold (I only think 2 or 3 will be able to be offloaded).