hockeyfish
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Pshaw! Sakic just has to come up with a better offer than Bozak & 2nd.
Holden and a 3rd!
Pshaw! Sakic just has to come up with a better offer than Bozak & 2nd.
We'll always be in the market for a top 4 defensemen if we don't develop the high talent prospects we have. Do people just want the defense to suck forever?
Zadorov is a non starter.
Ha, let's just trade away all of our defensively sound forwards.Landeskog for Drouin++
I'd much rather have holes on the wing than holes in your top 4 on defense.We have just as much of a hole in the Top 6 as we do the Top 4 right now as well though.
We only have 4 Top 6 players on the roster right now, and we have 1 prospect who will likely be a Top 6 guy within a year.
That still leaves 1 Top 6 hole with no prospect or player in the system with any sort of real shot at filling that hole.
If we moved Zadorov for Drouin, we would fill the Top 6 hole, but it would then create a hole in the Top 4.
I think for Sakic/Roy it would basically have to come down to what kind of a plan they have in place for this summer that we dont know about. Maybe they know more about the Radulov situation then us, and maybe we're actually closer to signing him this summer then we think. Or perhaps the Avs really like a couple Dmen for this year draft and plan on taking them with our 1st, allowing us to make a trade for that Top 6 forward we need. Or maybe the Avs have plans to go hard after Byfuglien/Yandle/Coburn this summer instead of a free agent forward.
We dont know what Sakic/Roys game plan is. But if they are interested in Drouin and believe he still has the same elite potential he had when he was drafted, then we shouldn't be making lesser players like Zadorov and Bigras untouchable just because of the hole it might create(Remember they aren't even in the NHL right now).
So just hype backlash then
Ha, let's just trade away all of our defensively sound forwards.
Landeskog for Drouin++
Hell no.
Why the eff would the Avs give up a proven thing for a piece like Drouin?
Unless Hedman or Kucherov are coming as well, you can forget about this hopefully.
With ROR the Avs had to settle for all potential for a proven young star because he forced the issue with his contract problems.
Now Drouin asks for a trade (which makes him look terrible IMO) and we give up our captain for him?
That is crazy. That would make us look incredibly foolish.
The Avs can't really afford to trade for him.
And the only piece that might make sense are our 1st or Zadorov if Roy/Sakic are not as high on him as they were before.
Or maybe Bigras.
All depends on how they rate their own prospects. I am not sure I want any of those pieces traded for Drouin but I probably would not hate it if they decide to go that route. But only if they are not convinced of Bigras/Zadorov ever turning into the top pairing quality Ds that we hope them to be.
Barrie for Drouin
Bigras is in his draft +2 year isn't he? Does he realistically have top 3 potential?
Yes he does
Drouin's value is probably similar to Zadorov. Same age, same NHL experience but unproven. Delusion the higher pick but Zadorov is more a special breed because of his size and position. Still, that's not something I'd do and Tampa would want more.
maybe i'm in the minority or the only one but i personally value bigras more than zadorov.
maybe i'm in the minority or the only one but i personally value bigras more than zadorov.