And to those who said they wanted Matt Greene, he is currently benched by LA

Gleason >
- DougGilmour_93

LA is a lot deeper, Gleason might make their farm team

..and Gleason.
- The Law

no

LA is a lot deeper, Gleason might make their farm team
- Garnie

no

Tucker/Armstrong off payroll...increased ceiling....plenty of players who could be out the door.
- Colin Dambrauskas

that can pay for komarov

if he wins me a stanley cup and I will ha
- DDM-Coga

Hmmm ha ha happy dance

no
- DougGilmour_93

I'm pretty sure he could make their farm team

And yes LA has way better D than Toronto

Colorado has a lot going for them, they're young, up and coming and could be contenders for a while given their core... All selling points that add value. You can also add that Denver is a pretty nice place to live compared to a few cities around the league.

Let's also remember that Duchene signed for $6M to 2019 and there is NO (frank)ING WAY that O'Reilly = Duchene. Secondly, Landeskog is signed for $5.57M to 2021, how on earth can O'Reilly demand more than that?

With term you could shave off some dough per year. If somebody offered you $6.5M for one year or $5.5/5.75M x 8 years ($44-46M IN THE BANK!), which would you take? $6.5 WITH term simply is not happening.

If O'Reilly wants to remain with the Avs then he'll need to play ball and fit in with their plans. I also think that Stastny will need to take a bit of a pay cut if he wants to stay there as well.
- As_I_See_It

the Hope is that the Avs can get both of them signed for a combined cap hit under 13m a season. Wishful thinking but would be amazing

Tucker/Armstrong off payroll...increased ceiling....plenty of players who could be out the door.
- Colin Dambrauskas

Colin you said "plenty of players could be out the door". Yet your blog said you think maybe only Reimer will be gone as you only see one maybe two of the players you mentioned going? Which is it?


Also seeing big pivots are hard to find, why the heck did we give Colbourn away for basically nothing? Calgary seems very pleased with him.

I'm pretty sure he could make their farm team

And yes LA has way better D than Toronto
- Garnie

Dont know why there is hate toward gleason when hes our only stay home defender... and hes not slow as some of you are saying.... the tail end of the season the team "sucked" as a whole. Was not just him. But yeah obviously LA has better defense, but majority are getting up there in age like regehr mitchell and greene

Colin you said "plenty of players could be out the door". Yet your blog said you think maybe only Reimer will be gone as you only see one maybe two of the players you mentioned going? Which is it?


Also seeing big pivots are hard to find, why the heck did we give Colbourn away for basically nothing? Calgary seems very pleased with him.
- sparky

Big strong pivots not big and skinny and wimpy and we had no room for him.

the Hope is that the Avs can get both of them signed for a combined cap hit under 13m a season. Wishful thinking but would be amazing
- DDM-Coga

No reason to think that won't happen if those two are signing 5yr + deals.

Dont know why there is hate toward gleason when hes our only stay home defender... and hes not slow as some of you are saying.... the tail end of the season the team "sucked" as a whole. Was not just him. But yeah obviously LA has better defense, but majority are getting up there in age like regehr mitchell and greene
- DougGilmour_93

I like Gleason but I don't think he'd make LA - he'll he couldn't make it in Carolina this year.

No reason to think that won't happen if those two are signing 5yr + deals.
- As_I_See_It

He wants to be a leaf though

No reason to think that won't happen if those two are signing 5yr + deals.
- As_I_See_It

Thats my thought. combine Duchene and Landy existing contracts, thats 24m comitted long term to 4 out of your Top 6. Not a bad average.

He wants to be a leaf though
- Garnie

Clarkson wanted to be a leaf, working well

Colin you said "plenty of players could be out the door". Yet your blog said you think maybe only Reimer will be gone as you only see one maybe two of the players you mentioned going? Which is it?


Also seeing big pivots are hard to find, why the heck did we give Colbourn away for basically nothing? Calgary seems very pleased with him.
- sparky

Those are the players who I felt would be the most discussed...

I feel that there will be a few whose names will persist with respect to potential trade discussions over the summer. These such names are that of Nazem Kadri, David Clarkson, Jake Gardiner, and James Reimer.

This doesnt even take into account guys like Raymond, Bolland, Franson etc who may not even be re-signed.

Those are the players who I felt would be the most discussed...

I feel that there will be a few whose names will persist with respect to potential trade discussions over the summer. These such names are that of Nazem Kadri, David Clarkson, Jake Gardiner, and James Reimer.

This doesnt even take into account guys like Raymond, Bolland, Franson etc who may not even be re-signed.
- Colin Dambrauskas

y did leafs give Colborne away for nothing?

He wants to be a leaf though
- Garnie

your a mtl fan now?

Clarkson wanted to be a leaf, working well
- Jurco_28

Meh...had a bad year...3/4 of a year.

We have udder players to worry about more I believe.

Colin you said "plenty of players could be out the door". Yet your blog said you think maybe only Reimer will be gone as you only see one maybe two of the players you mentioned going? Which is it?


Also seeing big pivots are hard to find, why the heck did we give Colborne away for basically nothing? Calgary seems very pleased with him.
- sparky

He's been bouncing back and forth between top 6 and bottom 6...still has a way to go to prove himself even with Calgary.

your a mtl fan now?


- Leaffan8113

No, just trying to give them my luck



It will be in effect next series for sure

y did leafs give Colborne away for nothing?
- Jurco_28

it was either trade him for a pick or loose him through the waivers for nothing.

Yeah LA is looking really poopty, Richards and Brown
- DougGilmour_93

And Brown's 47m deal starts NEXT year, while Richards still has 6 years at 5.75m left. Let LA deal with those albatross'...we have our own.

y did leafs give Colborne away for nothing?
- Jurco_28

Waivers or trade for draft pick

Didn't have room

He wants to be a leaf though
- Garnie

You think he takes the "Clarkson home town discount?"