JTC and Donny are a pipe dream. Their analytics are poor and are overpaid. There will be no argument from that massive analytics dept that will get Seattle to take those guys. Jost would be intriguing to them I agree. We’ll see how Graves’ analytics hold up for him.
Donskoi's metrics have fallen off a cliff after joining the Avs, and he's clearly the ideal guy to eject in the expansion draft.
You can easily see from his underlying stats with San Jose what it was that attracted our analytics guys to sign him, but his metrics have fallen off hard since then, and he's clearly been our worst forward since signing.
If Donskoi doesn't revert to how he played in San Jose he's very likely going to find himself off this team one way well before his contract ends, whether it's a trade or the expansion draft.
Personally I wouldn't be opposed at all to sending a reasonably valued draft pick or a B prospect to Seattle to entice them to take Donskoi, as losing him would be the optimal outcome based on our roster outlook.
Removing Donskoi would allow Compher to slide back to RW, thus creating the space at 3C for Newhook to slot in. Kaut should be able to continue to play at a 3rd line/middle 6 level as he did in his 9 games last season; and either Kaut or Nichuskin would play on the 2nd line. An experienced 4th line forward would need to be signed to round out the lineup (whether it's Bellemare, Paquette, or someone else).
Capwise we'd have plenty of space having resigned all our key guys. We would be able to retain our extremely strong defensive depth, losing only Ian Cole from this years roster.
