Trade deadline or sooner

I would love for the Avs to bring Stastny back home for a crack at the cup
but I could see the Avs going after Copp instead, at the price of a 2nd they would take that gamble and try to extend him

Detroit isn’t a playoff team so it doesn’t make sense to acquire Copp unless we’re talking his UFA rights during the draft but a second is too rich.

You are in the playoff race though.

Winnipeg could get more in all of the above trades. With that being said, even if we were on the bubble by the TDL, I say hold on to everyone and try to make a push and acquire a couple more guys.

I think the Copp return is fine. I’d see a real contender offering a first round pick at the deadline for him though (with salary retention). I just see what Foligno went for last year and I have to think he’d fetch at least that.
Stas would bring more back too imo. He’s got quite a reputation around the league and is still playing quite well. I think he could bring back a 2nd. Maybe to Washington and the Jets could get one of their own seconds back.
Probably correct value on DeMelo. Although I’d hate to see him go, we saw how awful the Jets D was against MTL when he went down. I expect him to play more mins under Lowry.
All things considered though, I hope they don’t sell. The chips are clearly pushed to the middle and now that there’s a new coach it’d be incredibly disappointing if they just threw in the towel so early. We really don’t know what this team is yet with a new coach. Plus this is only really a half-ass rebuild, which I wouldn’t be a fan of. If they’re gonna sell, I’d rather it be nuclear. And that won’t happen until 2024 anyways.