Things we need are picks and game breaking forwards...obviously the latter would be a prospect and not a current NHLer. By themselves neither Boone nor Savard would garner an A prospect but in a package and shopped around the league they might, not Byram level but maybe Newhook? I know he was picked in the mid first round in the last draft and don't know how high you or the team is on him but he could be someone Jarmo would look at.
I hope something does materialize between our two teams and these two players, I think they would go well with your current group (no Dzingel buyer remorse) and help the Avs get far in the playoffs. Tell MacKinnon to keep it up, my fantasy team loves him lol
I believe we've got picks in every round except the 2nd in the upcoming draft, and all of our picks in the 2021 draft if CBJ is looking to recoup some of the draft capital they spent last year.
As for Newhook, personally, I wouldn't mind trading him in the right deal, but I do know the org is extremely high on him. The Avs scouted him the entire year last year in the BCHL, explicitly expressed interest to him and his family, and nixed some potential trades at the draft when he was available to pick at 16. If he would be available for a Jenner + Savard package, I have absolutely no idea. He seems like the type of prospect where the gap between the value seen by the org and the value seen by the fans is rather large.
THANK YOU. You get a cookie.
As for proposals? I admit I'm short on ideas with Colorado, as I'm still grumpy that Kadri went there instead of being swapped for Savard.
And I don't know the roster there very well beyond the Big Names and (thanks to folks trying to get value for him) Tyson Jost.
Hey, no problem. We went through similar main board proposals for our young core players when we had our down seasons. If he ever does become available, though, please do give us a call
As for pieces available from our roster, I'd say the top line is a no-go unless we're swapping elite player for elite player. The second line could be touched, but only if it balances out the roster (i.e. the third line) and I'm not sure if Donskoi or Burakovsky would be seen as having enough value to CBJ to be the main piece involved in a trade for that package. They were both specifically targeted by the Avs due to their underlying numbers screaming that they had breakout potential, and it looks like that gamble has paid off this season. I doubt they're worth as much to you guys as they are to us right now.
Anyone could be had off the third and fourth lines, although we would prefer to keep the fourth line intact as is. Calvert-Bellemare-Nichushkin has become the first legitimate fourth line the Avs have seen in over a decade. Compher and Jost could enticing as younger guys with potential, if that's what Jarmo is looking for.
EDIT: Wanted to add that our defense is suspect right now with injuries to Cale Makar and Erik Johnson, and I figured CBJ had a good enough defense both now and in the future that they didn't want anything from our currently patchwork top-6.
As for our prospects, I would say of our three best guys, Byram is untouchable unless an offer comes around that we cannot refuse, Timmins has more value to the org than other teams due to his injury history (and his bounceback season this year), and Newhook, as I said above, might be held in higher regard by the org than he is by us fans. Draft picks, as always to a team looking to contend, are more than likely available if the price is right.
Any of these pieces entice you guys to move a package like that?
