Too bad teams aren't tanking hard like last year. If this was a season ago Buffalo would claim him to improve their McDavid chances
They have traded they only center that can be treated like No. 1 so they are badly needing Auston 
Too bad teams aren't tanking hard like last year. If this was a season ago Buffalo would claim him to improve their McDavid chances
Who is to say Buffalo still isn't tanking
now we will certainly lose to them next week
Why? Wouldn't be the first time I was wrong. I never said I was able to predict the future.
As I said before, this is exactly my thinking as well. If they wanted to see what they have in these two they would have brought them up one at the time and keeping them both if they were happy with them. Again with the way Roy and Sakic have dealt with call ups so far this is very out of character. Now they might be trying to see if together they can adequately replace Barrie and the latter is the one on the block. That I can maybe see happening but bringing them both up at the same time for help I have a big problem believing. They shouldn't be that desperate because of two bad games especially after the way they have played for the last 1.5 month.You don't think there is a difference between seeing what Zadorov/Bigras can do in the NHL against NHL competition rather than what they've been doing against AHL competition?
It's the reason T.J. Hensick (and a ton of others) isn't an all-star.
Nashville brought up Fiala but they didn't bring up TWO young kids. If the Avs had brought up one OR the other, I wouldn't really think twice about it but bringing them both up at the same time and putting them both in an NHL lineup isn't something you see everyday from any NHL team. You can choose to dismiss it all you want but the timing of the Drouin availability of the past week and half and the timing of this call-up sure can lead to speculation.
We'll see what happens. Like I said, my personal preference is they keep both but I'm not convinced that's their plan.
So the Avs might have a deal worked out but it's dependent on if Zadorov or Bigras look good for a game or two, otherwise Tampa might back out? That's what makes no sense to me. I don't believe an NHL team is going to base everything off a very small sample size of NHL games when they've probably seen them play a ton over the last few years. If a 20 year old defenseman struggles (big surprise), they're suddenly going to just back out? I don't buy it at all.You don't think there is a difference between seeing what Zadorov/Bigras can do in the NHL against NHL competition rather than what they've been doing against AHL competition?
It's the reason T.J. Hensick (and a ton of others) isn't an all-star.
Nashville brought up Fiala but they didn't bring up TWO young kids. If the Avs had brought up one OR the other, I wouldn't really think twice about it but bringing them both up at the same time and putting them both in an NHL lineup isn't something you see everyday from any NHL team. You can choose to dismiss it all you want but the timing of the Drouin availability of the past week and half and the timing of this call-up sure can lead to speculation.
We'll see what happens. Like I said, my personal preference is they keep both but I'm not convinced that's their plan.
Of course not, but what's the point of having scouts in the AHL then? Are they really going to change their opinion on a 20 year old defenseman just based off a few NHL games? As I mentioned before, there are only 3 defensemen in the NHL younger than Zadorov and Bigras. No smart team is going to change their opinion on two guys that young based off a few games, and the Avs aren't going to risk losing valuable points just so they can showcase a couple of guys.
