Rangers can definitely be the Avs one stop shop for all their needs... if they pay up.
Knowing Sakic’s history, however, wondering if this doesn’t make him go the other way, and take all his existing offers off the table and decide to wait until next year...
You could be right as Avs board is scared shit that Sakic might be tempted to add a Newhook to any deal and maybe plug two or three holes they have in one shot deal if they decided they still are going to go for it.
It's a tough call no doubt and one can argue it either way. If it were me, the West looks very winnable for the Avs if they got a Kreider and if they got Grubauer, Rantanen and Kadri back in time for the playoffs which they should.
If I'm Sakic, I don't wait till next year with the Blues showing some vulnerability and the offensively starved Stars being your likely other biggest obstacle.
Going to be quite the fascinating trade deadline and we are going to be right smack dab in the mix and might determine who wins the Cup this year as Kreider is going to be quite the nice piece to add for some team for sure!