Confirmed Trade: [CHI/COL] Brandon Saad and Dennis Gilbert for Nikita Zadorov and Anton Lindholm

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[themelkman]

Colorado is so good.

 

[David25]

 

[Paradise Circus]

MacKinnon on the move

 

[JoeSakic13]

Sounds like we’re trading for eachother’s garbage

 

[JoemAvs]

Ugh I really don't like this.
Not a huge fan of Saad and Z staying in the division is not something I want to see...

 

[Michoulicious]

Hahaha Saad. Big Z is underrated.

Avs fan will realize when he's gone.

 

[Boxscore]

Why would the Avs do this? Saad could be the most overrated player in the NHL and the Avs already have a weakness on D.

 

[KingJoffrey]

Saad must be the most overrated player by managers.

 

[Papa Francouz]

Gross

 

[Captain97]

I like Saad in Colorado tbh. Second line of Burakovsky - Kadri - Saad is pretty nice

 

[JoeSakic13]

Hahaha Saad. Big Z is underrated.

Avs fan will realize when he's gone.

He’s able to make the big hit, but he still takes himself out of the play to do it. Sometimes even resulting in a goal right after it. With the emergence of our D prospects, the writing was on the wall.

 

[GirardSpinorama]

I don't hate it if we go out and replace Z with a big time addition on defense.

 

[Richard88]

 

[Cousin Eddie]

Surprised Colorado would trade Zadorov in the division but He’s currently their 7th D. Unless Colorado adds something significant they just got a lot better.

 

[MarkusKetterer]

This seems like a nice hockey trade. Assuming there’s no other parts. And you don’t look at the trade tree from the Chicago side. Panarin becomes Zadorov is oof on the Hawks side. O’Reilly side for the Avs can become meh at best (assuming they don’t win the Cup next year, then it’s a better trade tree for them)

 

[Avs44]

Chicago watched enough of Z trying to crush Kane every time they played, eh? Not a fan that he's staying in-division, but not at all sad to see him go.

Why would the Avs do this? Saad could be the most overrated player in the NHL and the Avs already have a weakness on D.

The Avs need a RHD. Zadorov isn't the solution here, and especially not with Cole and Graves around. Plus, Girard is locked in long term on the left side, and Byram is coming up on that side too. A reliable RHD for the next 1-2 seasons is the need.

 

[Spilot23]

Hahaha Saad. Big Z is underrated.

Avs fan will realize when he's gone.

We’ve always been told he was overrated and no one wanted him. Now he’s underrated?

Also don’t like him in the division though.

 

[Richard88]

Hope there's retention on Saad.

 

[atreyuavenged]

Don't like trading Z within the division.

 

[JWK]

Why would the Avs do this? Saad could be the most overrated player in the NHL and the Avs already have a weakness on D.

He's a part of that weakness.

 

[Michoulicious]

We’ve always been told he was overrated and no one wanted him. Now he’s underrated?

Also don’t like him in the division though.

I've never said that, but a lot of Avs posters wanted to trade him while none of the others D are physical.

A poster just said he's garbage.

 

[Tasteless Beaver]

Big move coming on defense for Colorado?

 

[Wintersun]

We had a surplus of LHD and needed an upgrade on Donskoi on the second line... That does it I guess, but I don't know if that's going to be good enough.

 

[JT Kreider]

So clearly no Hall in Colorado