Palat

It may be tough to get Palat to waive but there aren’t many more promising places to be traded than Colorado

That’s an over pay on Nuke, and I think the return on Zadorov would be better, and I’d do the lines a tad different but all in all this is something along the lines I expect the Avs to do.

I'd definately keep zadorov over cole. The hard part would be getting palat to waive

If Palat waives then I think the price is about right. I've asked Tampa fans and they think a 2nd is all it would take due to the limited number of teams he'd waive for that would also have capspace. I think he'd be a great fit on this team, and the fact that he has very manageable 2 year term is great.

Zadorov gets more than just a 3rd in return. More like 2nd + 3rd/4th.

Burakovsky, André 2 $5,500,000 ----- On a 2 year deal it'll probably be much less than that. If it's 4-5 years then it's around $5m.
Graves, Ryan 1 $2,000,000 ------ underpayment. He'll get closer to $3m.
Jost, Tyson 1 $1,400,000 ---- underpayment. Closer to $2m (see Crouse or Bennett contracts)
Nichushkin, Valeri 2 $2,950,000 --- overpayment, closer to $2m is likelier, though 2 year term is probably right.