Out of Left Field Trade

Created by: TJTwolf

Team: 2021-22 Colorado Avalanche

Initial Creation Date: Jan. 21, 2022

Published: Jan. 21, 2022

Salary Cap Mode: Basic

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Left Handed

Original Team

Waivers Exempt

Right Handed

Position

Trade Clause

Max Perf. Bonus

Expiry Status

Term Remaining

McDavid, Connor

$12,500,000 ( Performance Bonus

$250,000)

NMC

UFA - 5

Description

A way outside the box idea but more just for fun. I've broken the LA trade into two parts although it could easily (and more likely would) be one trade were it happen (in the alternate cap friendly universe). As one trade it balances better with a bit of give and take in the player values. Highly unlikely to happen but there is 'some logic' to it. Cap being over slightly isn't an issue as the trades would likely be late/TDL to make it work, and assumes a certain amount has been accrued. There are a LOT of assumptions made!!! I'm ready for the burn. LOL!

Trades

COL

Danault, Phillip

Additional Details:

If the Avs are looking to go deep then serious depth at centre can't hurt. Danault's strengths defensively and in the face off circle answer a couple of areas of need for the Avs. Danault also answers a problem for next year. Locked up long term he can fill a void left by Kadri, and work in tandem with Newhook as 2C while Newhook develops. Just as with LA though it potentially leaves a hole, this time on D, and would really have to assume Byram is back and fully fit to work.

LAK

Girard, Samuel

Additional Details:

LA have been consistently linked with a search for a 'dynamic LHD' since last year. Sammy G definitely fits that description, and there's no question the Kings would be in on him if the price was right, but giving up Danault after just signing him is unlikely. However, if the Kings drop out of the running this year would they potentially go with the veteran Kopitar as 2C and give Byfield a shot at taking the role he's heading for anyway, and look to Vilardi to eventually develop into the 2C?

COL

Athanasiou, Andreas

Additional Details:

The Avs make a cap saving in the cheaper Athanasiou. He fits the Avlanche speedster style, and I'm surprised they haven't taken a look at him in the past, as reclamation projects have been popular in Colorado. Obviously dependent on his returning from injury.

LAK

Compher, J.T.

Additional Details:

Compher seems to be regarded by many as a cap dump after a poor season last year. Whilst the Avs make some cap room in this trade, JTC is a useful guy, though more a jack of all trades type player. His cap hit only looks as bad as it does due to the covid cap era.

COL

Gudbranson, Erik

Additional Details:

I like the idea of adding Gudbranson for physicality in the play offs. The Avs could go with playing Jack Johnson on the right as a RHD but he usually plays LD, so I decided to look at picking up a decent option to fill the right side role as JJ is better suited to the 7th D role at this point.

CGY

2022 3rd round pick (COL)

Additional Details:

This assumes that Calgary is out of the race and you can really insert your choice of right sided third pairing D in here. Calgary get a decent pick for an expiring contract if they're out of the race.

Draft	Round 1	Round 2	Round 3	Round 4	Round 5	Round 6	Round 7
2022
2023
2024

ROSTER

LONG-TERM OUTLOOK

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ROSTER SIZE	SALARY CAP	CAP HIT	OVERAGES	BONUSES	CAP SPACE
23	$81,500,000	$81,893,963	$1,741,463	$3,350,000	-$393,963

Left Wing	Centre	Right Wing
Landeskog, Gabriel $7,000,000$7,000,000 LW, C NMC UFA - 8	MacKinnon, Nathan $6,300,000$6,300,000 C M-NTC UFA - 2	Rantanen, Mikko $9,250,000$9,250,000 RW, C UFA - 4
Athanasiou, Andreas $2,700,000$2,700,000 LW, RW UFA - 1	Kadri, Nazem $4,500,000$4,500,000 C M-NTC UFA - 1	Burakovsky, André $4,900,000$4,900,000 RW, LW UFA - 1
Nichushkin, Valeri $2,500,000$2,500,000 RW, LW UFA - 1	Danault, Phillip $5,500,000$5,500,000 C NMC UFA - 6	Aubé-Kubel, Nicolas $1,075,000$1,075,000 RW UFA - 1
Jost, Tyson $2,000,000$2,000,000 C UFA - 2	Newhook, Alex $908,333$908,333 ($850,000$850K) C, LW RFA - 2	O'Connor, Logan $725,000$725,000 RW, LW UFA - 1

Left Defense	Right Defense	Goaltender
Toews, Devon $4,100,000$4,100,000 LD UFA - 3	Makar, Cale $9,000,000$9,000,000 RD UFA - 6	Kuemper, Darcy $3,500,000$3,500,000 G UFA - 1
Byram, Bowen $894,167$894,167 ($2,500,000$2M) LD/RD RFA - 2	Johnson, Erik $6,000,000$6,000,000 RD M-NTC, NMC UFA - 2	Francouz, Pavel $2,000,000$2,000,000 G UFA - 1
Murray, Ryan $2,000,000$2,000,000 LD UFA - 1	Gudbranson, Erik $1,950,000$1,950,000 RD UFA - 1

Scratches	Injured Reserve (IR)	Long Term IR (LTIR)
MacDermid, Kurtis $875,000$875,000 LD/RD, LW UFA - 1	Helm, Darren $1,000,000$1,000,000 C, LW, RW UFA - 1
Johnson, Jack $750,000$750,000 LD UFA - 1
MacDonald, Jacob $725,000$725,000 LD/RD UFA - 1

Taxi Squad
Miska, Hunter $725,000$725,000 ($0$0$0$0) G UFA - 1

Top Comments

Jan. 21, 2022 at 10:11 p.m.

NickC1988

Chicago

Joined: Jun. 2015

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Can we all please stop trading Girard for older players? Like, everyone on this site please sign an agreement? Because it really makes zero sense for COL to move Girard. Danault just signed an extension with LAK, I can't see him wanting to move so quickly, even if it is Colorado. He also doesn't want to be a 3C, that was his big issue in MTL. Byram has concussion symptoms and nobody knows when he'll be back to 100%, they really can't afford to move anyone on the back end. If anything, I think they may look into adding defensemen at the deadline.

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Jan. 21, 2022 at 10:32 p.m.

Ledge_And_Dairy

Joined: Jun. 2019

Posts: 38,668

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Calgary will be keeping Gudbranson for their own cup run. Assuming they fall ot is quite a stretch when they have 6-7 games in hand on the 4 teams in front of them and 3 of them are within 3 points

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Jan. 22, 2022 at 12:25 a.m.

Flamesfan90

Joined: Jun. 2018

Posts: 85

Likes: 25

If someone is willing to give up a 3rd for gudbranson the flames would take it and run

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Jan. 22, 2022 at 5:51 a.m.

Richard88

John 3 16

Joined: Apr. 2020

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I wanted Danault in the off-season but it would be stupid to trade for him at this price when we could have had him in UFA. Bad look for LA to trade a player who just committed to them as a free agent.

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Jan. 22, 2022 at 5:54 a.m.

TJTwolf

Joined: Jan. 2017

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Quoting: NickC1988

Firstly, no, I don't think anyone should stop. It's perfectly feasible to trade an older player for a younger one y'know? Not outside the bounds of reality. It does happen. The question is whether it's a relatively reasonable idea (i.e. not one for one for Carey Price). If you'd read any of the actual trade idea you would know it relied on certain assumptions and your points were already addressed, bar the falacious 3C argument. Danault himself never mentioned the 3C role directly as far as I can remember, but rather how he was utilised, and in Colorado it would be similar to how LA looks to use him. To shelter Newhook in a similar fashion to Byfield. By the time he reaches the end of his current contract there is no way he will still be a 2C if he's in LA and Byfield and Vilardi have developed correctly. The rest I won't bother re-writing here.

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