Confirmed with Link: Avs trade Conditional '25 1st + Ryan Johansen to Philly for Sean Walker + '26 5th

[Vaslof]

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Edmonton bolstering defense? Never!

 

[Chiarelli]

none of that stuff about RyJo can be true - the NHL has a rigorous program to investigate and validate injuries to make sure teams aren't circumventing the cap. Just look at Vegas.

 

[flyfysher]

Edmonton bolstering defense? Never!

Not on the blue line and lazy checking by the forwards (as a whole) hurts them even more although they did a good job of stopping Avs passes across the middle.

 

[Avs9296]

none of that stuff about RyJo can be true - the NHL has a rigorous program to investigate and validate injuries to make sure teams aren't circumventing the cap. Just look at Vegas.

The Avs timed the trade!

 

[Foppa2118]

My hero

I love this man, he's gonna milk the hell out of this minor injury

Phantom doctor huh? Checks out. I think that's the doctor Vegas uses too.

 

[Bender]

Edmonton bolstering defense? Never!

Feels like an 'after the fact - difficult to disprove' garbage by elliotte.

I can do it too - 'yeah I think that the Rangers were thinking about getting Henrique but then settled on Wennberg instead' - I'm so FULL of inside sources (aka bullshit)

 

[eramosat]

Even for an Avs defenseman, Walker is just insanely aggressive offensively. Both of his goals last night were the result of him barreling headlong into a place where he wasn't expected to be. That's awesome, but I have to wonder if that will burn us a time or two going forward. The Avs forwards are really good about covering for them in those situations, but even if they get into the proper position to replace him, forwards are usually not as good as defending off the rush as defensemen are, and having a forward back on D is usually something an opposing player is going to look to exploit.

So far he's making good decisions about when to make those aggressive moves, I just hope that pattern holds true.

All season long in Philly, he could be counted on for good decisions like the ones you refer to. It's not like he does it every game, not nearly that...but he certainly steps up and makes a big difference at times. I think he's learned how to time things, relative to his skills + opportunity...Lord knows it takes defencemen a long time to get it all straight...their best defensive and offensive positioning... in the NHL.

 

[Ararana]

RyJo hates Torts so bad lol

 

[The Moops]

Lost the trade?

 

[Pokecheque]

RyJo hates Torts so bad lol

Is there something new that's come up?