Ryan O'rielly On the Block

[bozybo]

Ryan trade talks have been flirting with our team for a couple of years now and Elliot Freedman has reported he is on his way out of Colorado. Wondering if most of the boys here would still want him on our team and if so what would you guys give up for him?

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[Pirate King Luffy]

No. We don't need him now.

 

[SaintMorose]

Colorado's biggest holes are on Defense and with ROR gone they'd likely want a LW.
Futures might also be pretty valuable as they aren't a playoff team with ROR and dont boast a great pool.

Problem for us is that LW spot is really the only area we have a surplus, so I dont think we have the pieces without over-paying; unless they are high on a piece that isn't going to leave a hole in our re-build?

 

[DCDM]

I'd imagine Colorado would want Brodie in return and that's just a big fat no.

 

[InfinityIggy]

We don't need O'Rielly like we did 2 seasons ago. We have a comparable player in Monahan and giving up the assets to get O'Rielly would set our rebuild back further than O'Rielly would push it forward.

Unless for some reason we can get him for a song, I would very easily pass on going after him.

 

[Volica]

This is already being discussed on the armchair GM thread.

I think the consensus is:
A) Can't give up major futures (Any 1st or ex-1st)
B) Can't give up any top 4 (because 5-7 have been horrid).

More or less, Calgary doesn't have the pieces currently to make it work, without mortgaging the future on a guy we don't know will sign here long term. I'd rather wait a year and shell out some major change if he wants to sign here.

 

[CraigsList]

I won't mind if and only if Treliving manages to find a way to not trade away any assets that won't hurt us.

I know most of us wouldn't want him, but he'd be a huge upgrade over a lot of our forwards. Having him play wing with Backlund and Gaudreau would be a great shut down line.

 

[tfong]

Markus Granlund for Ror?

 

[CraigsList]

Markus Granlund for Ror?

Will need 2 more +'s attached to Markus to even have them answering the phone.

 

[Ace Rimmer]

Don't expect the Avs to do us a favour after the offersheet fiasco. Even if we are under different management...

Expect them to ask for at least what they turned down before, rumoured to be Giordano+. Thanks anyway.

 

[Anglesmith]

When we signed him to an offer sheet, Backlund looked like he'd accrue more man-games lost than points by the end of his career, Monahan didn't exist, Bennett didn't exist, Jankowski was still 5 years away, Stajan was our best centre. We had lots of room to bring in ROR to help the team.

Now, we have at least four capable centres. Our team needs are elsewhere. And frankly, I'm starting to doubt ROR is really as good as he looked back at that time. Hard pass.

 

[CraigsList]

Don't expect the Avs to do us a favour after the offersheet fiasco. Even if we are under different management...

Expect them to ask for at least what they turned down before, rumoured to be Giordano+. Thanks anyway.

I didn't think Colorado management could overrate ROR worse than the Avs' fans on HF.

 

[Ace Rimmer]

I didn't think Colorado management could overrate ROR worse than the Avs' fans on HF.

Pretty sure that came from Feaster, actually. Not 100% on that though.

 

[CraigsList]

Pretty sure that came from Feaster, actually. Not 100% on that though.

I guess that was when Giordano didn't have his breakout season yet.

 

[Johnny GODreau]

I don't want O'Rielly, because of his contract negotiations. That could be a locker room breaker right there.

 

[RedHot]

We could probably just sign him next summer

 

[Ace Rimmer]

We could probably just sign him next summer

I'd rather keep our draft picks. Qualifying offer will be north of 6 million and he's RFA.

 

[CraigsList]

I'd rather keep our draft picks. Qualifying offer will be north of 6 million and he's RFA.

Isn't he a UFA in the summer of 2016?

 

[RedHot]

I'd rather keep our draft picks. Qualifying offer will be north of 6 million and he's RFA.

UFA, and we have plenty of space

 

[Unlimited Chequing]

I don't want O'Rielly, because of his contract negotiations. That could be a locker room breaker right there.

This is how I feel too. Talent aside, he sounds like he could be a pain in the ass on a management level. It's almost like anytime we hear about ROR, it's about something contract related.

 

[Ace Rimmer]

Isn't he a UFA in the summer of 2016?

In summer of 2016 yes, forgot about the extension he signed (for some reason I thought he went to arbitration and got a one year award).

What an awful contract extension for the Avs, puts him right into free agency. I know there's still another season away, lots of time to negotiate another extension but still...

 

[CraigsList]

In summer of 2016 yes, forgot about the extension he signed (for some reason I thought he went to arbitration and got a one year award).

What an awful contract extension for the Avs, puts him right into free agency. I know there's still another season away, lots of time to negotiate another extension but still...

We legitimately screwed them over ... Now we just need to complete the plan by signing ROR .

 

[Pirate King Luffy]

We legitimately screwed them over ... Now we just need to complete the plan by signing ROR .

It could have gone either way. We would have been screwed over...Avs just felt ROR was worth more.

Close call.

 

[Ynnek]

No thanks we don't need another winger and that's where he is best.

 

[Calculon]

I don't want O'Rielly, because of his contract negotiations. That could be a locker room breaker right there.

Absolutely this. In addition to the fact that O'Reilly would be largely superfluous at this point in time, him seeking to maximize his contract each and every time, while he has every right to do so, goes against the idea of building a homegrown team that wants to stay together.

Consider Brodie who made sure his salary next season was below that of Giordano's. O'Reilly isn't worth damaging that kind of spirit.