Kyle Connor - Read Description

Team: 2020-21 Colorado Avalanche

Initial Creation Date: Aug. 7, 2020

Published: Aug. 7, 2020

Salary Cap Mode: Basic

COL best chances of winning a cup are in the next two years:
1) before Makar, Landeskog and Grubauer get paid
2) before MacKinnon/Francouz get paid and Kadri leaves

With that being said, I understand we are all big on Byram and his potential -BUT- seeing as COL best chance to win a cup is in the next two years, the impact Connor provides now, is more valuable to a cup run (in these two years) than having Byram will be.

Byram year 1 will maybe play third pair minutes. Year 2 he will (at best) be playing second pair minutes. Connor on the other hand fills out the top 6F, is an elite goal scorer and provides a MAJOR impact in the next two critical cup contending years.

I get that some COL fans will say "Byram will be a future elite top pairing D man", but he wont be "elite" status for maybe 4 years, well past this optimal cup window in the next two years (while Makar and MacKinnon are still cheap).

Core 4 on D moving forward become Makar/Girard/Graves/Timmins

**moving Compher is to save cap space (hence keeping Jost instead)

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