Confirmed Trade: [COL/SEA] Kurtis MacDermid for 2023 4th round pick

[TOGuy14]

Ron Francis is a bad GM.

Could have taken Grundstrom but instead choose a later 4th round pick two years from now...

 

[BringTheReign]

Avs saying this is Graves insurance or a Nemeth replacement are mistaken. We love MacD in LA, but he gets exposed in transition constantly. He’s a true heavyweight, and he can pull 7D duties periodically, but unless he takes a mammoth step forward I don’t think he should play regularly.

 

[not a troll]

This should have been a 7th or future considerations type of deal.

 

[SoundwaveIsCharisma]

Avs saying this is Graves insurance or a Nemeth replacement are mistaken. We love MacD in LA, but he gets exposed in transition constantly. He’s a true heavyweight, and he can pull 7D duties periodically, but unless he takes a mammoth step forward I don’t think he should play regularly.

I'm hoping the Avs play him as a winger TBH, heard that LA was already starting to try that out.

 

[BlueDream]

I think it’s a good move by the Avs. They have been losing the little grit they had with Graves, Calvert, Bellemare etc so MacDermid gives them that element. And this may be a “f*** you” to Vegas and Reaves after what happened in that series.

 

[MMC]

 

[Mike Jones]

This is a strange tweet only days after the expansion draft.

 

[FrozenKing18]

What an odd tweet

 

[BringTheReign]

I'm hoping the Avs play him as a winger TBH, heard that LA was already starting to try that out.

Worth a shot. He has decent top speed tbh, just takes him the whole damn rink to get up to it. I would hate to be a defenseman caught by him on a dump-in. He can send people through the boards and he regularly looks to kill people near the blue lines.

 

[HoseEmDown]

He is a better asset than a 4th round pick. Guaranteed.

Not if they lose him for nothing trying to get him through waivers next season.

 

[milehigh11]

Avs saying this is Graves insurance or a Nemeth replacement are mistaken. We love MacD in LA, but he gets exposed in transition constantly. He’s a true heavyweight, and he can pull 7D duties periodically, but unless he takes a mammoth step forward I don’t think he should play regularly.

for a second I thought you were talking about Graves.

 

[HoseEmDown]

Even if Seattle didnt want him, someone else might.

Example: Ottawa didnt want Vegas to take Methot. Vegas asked Ottawa for a first round draft pick. Ottawa refused. Vegas took Methot anyway. Methot was not good enough for Vegas' defence, so Vegas traded him to Dallas for a 2nd. Thats what Seattle should have done about 10 more times.

We don't know if LA offered Seattle anything to not take Clague or Grundstrom. We don't know if other teams told Francis they would give them better than a 4th for either of those players. They both might be better hockey players than MacDermid but his type still hold value in this league. Non established prospects who lose their waiver exemption carry little value.

 

[JeffreyLFC]

Not if they lose him for nothing trying to get him through waivers next season.

Why would they do that? They could find like 20 teams interested for him right now and they would offer way more than a 4th round pick in 2023.

 

[WhalerTurnedBruin55]

This is a strange tweet only days after the expansion draft.

I find it kind of amusing.

Given context it's obviously a joke.

 

[Richard88]

I don't mind the sarcasm, but it feels like Seattle lost a bit of the high-horse by having such an awful draft which makes it less funny

 

[HoseEmDown]

Why would they do that? They could find like 20 teams interested for him right now and they would offer way more than a 4th round pick in 2023.

Name 20 teams that would want Clague right now and would offer a 3rd to do it?

 

[leeroggy]

And MacDermid leaves Seattle tied all-time in every major category!!!

 

[JeffreyLFC]

Name 20 teams that would want Clague right now and would offer a 3rd to do it?

I will name my team the Habs. They would love a guy like Clague for a 3rd. I am pretty sure all western canadian team also.

Actually might as well list the whole NHL teams. I don't see how any team would not be interested in a young puck moving defender on a cheap contract.

 

[AHockeyFanatic]

I’m originally from Seattle and I wanted to like Seattle but I give them an F so far in how they’ve handled everything.

Just totally non-logical decisions.

 

[IranCondraAffair]

We don't know if LA offered Seattle anything to not take Clague or Grundstrom. We don't know if other teams told Francis they would give them better than a 4th for either of those players. They both might be better hockey players than MacDermid but his type still hold value in this league. Non established prospects who lose their waiver exemption carry little value.

Im confident Clague returns more than a 4th if they take him.

 

[Pierce Hawthorne]

Ya this is clearly Joe/Bednar looking to add a guy who can really punch faces when needed.

He's gonna be a 7/8D and probably only play when we're facing rivals like Vegas/Arizona/St. Louis.


Weird trade but I think it fills a need we had, even if it's a very small need.

 

[HoseEmDown]

I will name my team the Habs. They would love a guy like Clague for a 3rd. I am pretty sure all western canadian team also.

Actually might as well list the whole NHL teams. I don't see how any team would not be interested in a young puck moving defender on a cheap contract.

Chairot, Edmundsson and Kulak is Clague an upgrade on them? Vancouver? OEL, Hughes, Schmidt, Juolevi. Edmonton Nurse, Keith and Broberg. Calgary is probably the only one who might have interest but they aren’t paying a 3rd.

 

[Northern Avs Fan]

A 4th is a round, or two too high, but I don’t mind having a human weapon in storage.

 

[HoseEmDown]

Im confident Clague returns more than a 4th if they take him.

How so? Bean got a 2nd, he's not as good nor has the same pedigree. Nedeljkovic only returned a 3rd and he just had a great year. Clague hasn't proven a thing yet to get that high a return. If he was still waiver eligible where you can put him in the AHL if he doesn't make the roster then you take a chance. I'm not saying he isn't a good player it's just the way the league works.

 

[McJedi]

Kadri to PIT for Bryan Rust.

Avs fan. I’m down for that. Big time. Rust is a nice player.