Confirmed with Link: Avs trade Jermey Hanzel + '25 3rd for Yakov Trenin + D Graham Sward

[RoyIsALegend]

Offense is touch and go?

He has 15-58-73 in 58 GP

He's 20 years old playing his 6th season in the WHL.

I wouldn't take too much from the point totals; he absolutely should be dominating.

 

[5280]

Boom

 

[Bill Peckerskull]

Avs website already has him wearing #15

 

[Pokecheque]

Interesting...if Sward and Hanzel are comparable prospects why did Nashville make this deal? Was Sward just not going to sign or something?

 

[JLo217]

My move now is to wander to the main board or to the other teams boards to read fan reactions. So far my take is that the Avs are killing it. Every other team is pissed about the players they moved. Especially Sabres fans.

 

[a mangy Meowth]

My move now is to wander to the main board or to the other teams boards to read fan reactions. So far my take is that the Avs are killing it. Every other team is pissed about the players they moved. Especially Sabres fans.

Yep seems like the general consensus is that the Avs made some very shrewd moves

 

[Alienblood]

The bottom-6 is going to be a nightmare to play against.

all.12.of.them.lol

 

[McMetal]

Every time I look at Trenin's offensive stats I'm a little surprised, because it seems like every time he plays the Avs he looks like a solid top six forward who scores at will.

 

[Alienblood]

Lads, do you think these moves are to deal with Vegas and Dallas?

Vegas yes Dallas are no threat, they aren't even big and physical

 

[Tommy Shelby]

Vegas yes Dallas are no threat, they aren't even big and physical

Except Pavelski who will score 18 goals in 6 playoff games against us

 

[Alienblood]

Except Pavelski who will score 18 goals in 6 playoff games against us

well yeah very true

 

[Avs425]

Maybe i missed the talk earlier but was this a sign and trade for some reason? Seems odd that we sign Hanzel to a contract then trade him away right after?

 

[Muffin]

Maybe i missed the talk earlier but was this a sign and trade for some reason? Seems odd that we sign Hanzel to a contract then trade him away right after?

It does seem kind of weird. We could've just traded his rights to Nashville.

 

[a mangy Meowth]

Maybe i missed the talk earlier but was this a sign and trade for some reason? Seems odd that we sign Hanzel to a contract then trade him away right after?

I saw some speculation that, for whatever reason, it may have been so that the Avs could pay his signing bonus, saving Nashville a little cash

 

[Avs9296]

He's 20 years old playing his 6th season in the WHL.

I wouldn't take too much from the point totals; he absolutely should be dominating.

Wait.....he was playing in the WHL when he was 14?! Holy shit that's pretty good.

 

[the_fan]

So is Trenin a C or W? He’s listed as a center

 

[henchman21]

Offense is touch and go?

He has 15-58-73 in 58 GP

Yeah... offense is about tools, impact, and projectability. Not stats. Production can follow those things, but in juniors you have guys who will have no NHL future on a PP, getting full 2 minutes shifts to score. You'll have players with very good shots at a junior level be setup to be trigger men where they are very successful at that level, but don't have a NHL shot that'll be consistent. Many times, on bad WHL teams... you get guys who get all the top minutes simply because there is nobody else. etc. etc.

Point is, his tools are not there and the impact is not consistent given the roles he's playing. You take away his PP usage, he's probably a mid 40 point guy in the Dub. Which sounds great on paper, but is really pretty average for a top pairing WHL defensemen.

Sward is not going to be a NHL point producer. He's going to be the type that just produces with what is around him. If he's on a high scoring team, he may leech out 20-25 points. If he's on a bad team, he might be a 10 point guy. There is going to be no real driving of offense for him. His legit best (and I really don't think this will happen) is left handed Chris Tanev.

Wait.....he was playing in the WHL when he was 14?! Holy shit that's pretty good.

He played 1 game when he was 15. Then a full season 19-20 (at 16), Covid odd year, 21-22, 22-23, and this year. If it wasn't for the oddities around Covid, he'd be in the AHL or ECHL today.

 

[Heyduke]

I like him already.

 

[Colorado Avalanche]

He looks to be awful on faceoffs so he's going to fit right in

can we get RyJo back? Just to take faceoffs

that CNap nickname is looking more ridiculous every day. More like CDawwwwwggg

Well, he still naps 95% of the season. IT's fine.

 

[littletonhockeycoach]

specifically Vegas ya

Winnipeg plays physical and over the line. Avs last game vs them showed how deficient the D was and that Bowness had figured the Avs out.

Impressive moves made by CMac. Nuke and Landy returns might be considered icing on the cake.

To Chris MacFarland:

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A dish of crow that I am happy to consume. I expected zero out of CMac and wasn't shy about saying so.

 

[wayninja]

i feel like all of these names are made up

 

[Foppa2118]

I like him already.

Chicken shit fight by McNabb.

 

[Bill Peckerskull]

i feel like all of these names are made up

What do you mean?

 

[The Mars Volchenkov]

Trenin’s apparently been the guy in Nashville to mentor and house younger Russian players. Interesting timing…

 

[Metallo]

i feel like all of these names are made up

I would say that you are correct and that it goes for all names.