Wonder if Avs double down on their offense strategy and do Drouin for Girard swap? To reunite Drouin & MacKinnon?
I have a hard time seeing the Avs move Girard short of a massive massive overpayment... While he struggled in this series, he had an excellent year, is 23, and is already a bargain at a 5M cap hit that is long term. Even if he doesn't improve and learn how to better handle the physicality of the playoffs, it's still a great deal for a very solid #2/spectacular #3 dman.
if, and it's a big IF, MB was willing to gamble a bit on a wild card, I could see a Drouin/Kadri swap working for both teams.
Kadri is a good hockey player, despite the propensity to make dangerous hits... He's on the last year of his current deal, so gotta believe he'd be on his best behavior all year long in trying to cement his next deal. Would be a suitable replacement for Danault, while adding a bit more offensive support to our top-9.
For the Avs, tough to say it they will want to cut ties with Kadri after back to back playoff miscues, but it wouldn't be surprising. They needed some better secondary scoring up front, and Drouin's a good addition in that regard wether he plays shotgun with his junior running mate Mac (freeing up Rantanen to slide to another line) or slotting into their 2nd line.