(2013-2014)
30-16-6
January 28th, 2014. The Avalanche make two trades to bolster it's defense:
30-16-6| |35-12-6
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#44 Brooks Orpik | | #15 PA Parenteau
PA Parenteau (84 OVR) is having a good season with 20 goals, 34 points, and a +23 rating in 52 games. Ultimately, I needed to make a move on defense, even though Orpik (83 OVR) is an impending UFA.
He joins my team with 1 goal, 12 points, and a +5 rating in 53 games.
30-16-6| |19-31-2
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#27 Dennis Wideman | | #61 Andre Benoit
#22 Blair Jones | | #46 Stefan Elliott
| | 2014 1st Round Pick
For the same reasons as above, I made another splash on defense. While Brooks Orpik will help in defensive zone, I wanted a guy who can play in every situation. Having previously traded with 1st overall Pittsburgh, I thought the 30th overall Calgary Flames were a good team to target with my "future" assets.
Wideman (84 OVR) comes over with 5 goals, 17 points, and an ugly -23 rating in 52 games. Blair Jones (72 OVR) hasn't played in the NHL this season and will be sent down to Lake Erie of the AHL.
Meanwhile, Calgary gets a 1st Round Pick in the upcoming draft, along with one of Colorado's top prospects in Stefan Elliott (75 OVR). Elliott had 1 goal and a +2 rating in 2 NHL games this season, but I feel my team is good enough to deal him for help in the present.
Andre Benoit (76 OVR) was included due to too many defensemen on the Avalanche roster. He joins Calgary with 2 goals, 5 points, and a -2 rating in 25 games, having missed a chunk of the season due to injury.
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My line-up after the trades is as follows:
#90 O'Reilly - #9 Duchene - #11 McGinn
#92 Landeskog - #29 MacKinnon - #40 Tanguay
#55 McLeod - #7 Mitchell - #25 Talbot
#14 van Der Gulik - #24 Cliche - #58 Bordeleau
#8 Hejda - #6 Johnson
#44 Orpik - #4 Barrie
#2 Holden - #27 Wideman
#1 Varlamov
#35 Giguere
Extra: #5 Guenin, #16 Sarich, #20 Berra
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Stastny remains sidelined for 6 weeks due to elbow surgery.