Parallel Universe for Amusement

Created by: Anus_McLeod

Team: 2023-24 Colorado Avalanche

Initial Creation Date: Mar. 7, 2024

Published: Mar. 7, 2024

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

Not saying the Avs screwed up or anything, but I just keep thinking about an alternate route they could have gone...

What if, instead of the Mittelstadt acquisition, the Avs pulled the trigger on the rumored Byram for Gauthier trade and then gave up their 2024 1st for Henrique? They would be down another first but have one of the league's best prospects in the pool. Gauthier and Ritchie could be a lethal combo for a long time.

I acknowledge that Henrique is more of a short term fix than Mitts, but let's assume they extend him for 1-2 years at a reasonable price. Also, I assume the 1st is sufficient for Henrique with no retention. If I need to throw in a 4th or whatever to match what Edmonton gave up then fine.

Are the Avs better off here? The most relevant players in the prospect pool is in the taxi squad section for illustration.

Free Agent Signings

RESERVE LIST	YEARS	CAP HIT
Behrens, Sean	3	$950,000
Ritchie, Calum	3	$950,000
Gulyayev, Mikhail	3	$950,000
Gauthier, Cutter	3	$950,000

CREATED		YEARS	CAP HIT
Henrique, Adam		1	$5,825,000

Trades

COL

Byram, Bowen

Additional Details:

Reversing

BUF

Mittelstadt, Casey

COL

PHI

Byram, Bowen

COL

Gauthier, Cutter [Reserve List]

ANA

From Philly for Byram

COL

Henrique, Adam

EDM

2024 1st round pick (COL)

Additional Details:

From Anaheim at full salary

Draft	Round 1	Round 2	Round 3	Round 4	Round 5	Round 6	Round 7
2024
2025
2026

ROSTER

LONG-TERM OUTLOOK

EMBED

TEXT-EMBED

ROSTER SIZE	SALARY CAP	CAP HIT	OVERAGES	BONUSES	CAP SPACE
22	$83,500,000	$81,608,750	$637,500	$0	$1,891,250

Left Wing	Centre	Right Wing
Drouin, Jonathan $825,000$825,000 LW, RW UFA - 1	MacKinnon, Nathan $12,600,000$12,600,000 C NMC UFA - 8	Rantanen, Mikko $9,250,000$9,250,000 RW, C M-NTC UFA - 2
Lehkonen, Artturi $4,500,000$4,500,000 LW, RW NTC UFA - 4	Henrique, Adam $5,825,000$5,825,000	Nichushkin, Valeri $6,125,000$6,125,000 RW, LW NMC UFA - 7
Parise, Zach $825,000$825,000 LW UFA - 1	Colton, Ross $4,000,000$4,000,000 C, LW UFA - 4	O'Connor, Logan $1,050,000$1,050,000 RW, LW UFA - 2
Wood, Miles $2,500,000$2,500,000 LW UFA - 6	Kovalenko, Nikolai $896,250$896,250 RW RFA - 2	Cogliano, Andrew $825,000$825,000 LW UFA - 1

Left Defense	Right Defense	Goaltender
Toews, Devon $4,100,000$4,100,000 LD UFA - 1	Makar, Cale $9,000,000$9,000,000 RD UFA - 4	Georgiev, Alexandar $3,400,000$3,400,000 G UFA - 2
Girard, Samuel $5,000,000$5,000,000 LD/RD UFA - 4	Manson, Josh $4,500,000$4,500,000 RD NTC UFA - 3	Annunen, Justus $775,000$775,000 G RFA - 1
Johnson, Jack $775,000$775,000 LD UFA - 1	Walker, Sean $2,650,000$2,650,000 LD/RD UFA - 1

Scratches	Injured Reserve (IR)	Long Term IR (LTIR)
Kiviranta, Joel $775,000$775,000 RW, LW UFA - 1		Landeskog, Gabriel $7,000,000$7,000,000 LW, C NMC UFA - 6
Jones, Caleb $775,000$775,000 LD/RD UFA - 1		Francouz, Pavel $2,000,000$2,000,000 G UFA - 1
		Henrique, Adam $1,456,250$1,456,250 LW, C M-NTC UFA - 1

Taxi Squad
Gauthier, Cutter $950,000$950,000 ($0$0$0$0) LW, C RFA - 3
Ritchie, Calum $950,000$950,000 ($0$0$0$0) C RFA
Gulyayev, Mikhail $950,000$950,000 ($0$0$0$0) LD RFA
Behrens, Sean $950,000$950,000 ($0$0$0$0) LD RFA
Malinski, Sam $850,000$850,000 ($0$0$0$0) RD RFA - 2
Foudy, Jean-Luc $847,500$847,500 ($0$0$0$0) ($57,500$58K) C RFA - 2

Top Comments

Mar. 7 at 8:38 a.m.

HockeyManiac95

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Ha ha ha...no

Mar. 7 at 8:45 a.m.

Anus_McLeod

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Quoting: HockeyManiac95

Ha ha ha...no

Seriously? It's like Mitts and a late 1st for Henrique and arguably the best prospect in the league. I get there is an argument against it, but a ha ha ha no is crazy.

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Mar. 7 at 12:23 p.m.

HockeyManiac95

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Quoting: Anus_McLeod

Seriously? It's like Mitts and a late 1st for Henrique and arguably the best prospect in the league. I get there is an argument against it, but a ha ha ha no is crazy.

Yeah just thought I'd brighten your day 😏.

In all seriousness though, I like us on reality better than this. We still have 2 of the next 3 years firsts, a 2C we can actually extend, AND we still have one of the league's top center prospects in Cal Ritchie

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Mar. 7 at 1:17 p.m.

M96N29

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I think we're better off with Mitts, though I'm taking the optimistic view that we'll be able to extend him. It sounds like Cmac definitely sees Mitts as a longer-term guy. I don't know why, but I was always nervous about the Avs and Henrique. I don't see him putting any team over the top this year and I wasn't thrilled to think about keeping him around longer. Probably totally wrong and he'll be lifting the cup as an Oiler.

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