Quoting: avsjunkie11
Isn't secondary scoring all that people have been talking about? Why would you want a top 6 forward to play defence? He's a 2nd liner at 60pts in my opinion, which is stellar. Mackinnon and Landeskog are also "underpaid" given last year and this year's (so far) performance and if they continue, Rantanen will get his raise I'm sure. Truth be told, I decided to "overpay" for the guy cause from what I had noticed, people were giving Nylander a high value. I also understand Nylander wanting his 8M cause in 4-5 years, that'll be a moderate value while still making bank. I didn't think Jost and Timmins would be valued so high. I understand the Avs and Sakic want to trust the process with the "wait and see" but some people just aren't as patient. Jost, Timmins, Meloche and that 1st aren't going to be superstars. Plus, the Avs still have Makar, Kaut, Bowers coming up and Ottawa's 1st and 3rd. I like Jost, truly I do. Timmins I feel will be a bust from being plagued with a concussion injury already (I know they aren't rushing it, which is good and I hope I'm wrong) and I will admit I don't know much about Meloche so I just threw that in. But, like everyone else here, I felt like playing around with assets.
Avs are a top 10 scoring team in the league (8th)....why do Avs fans scream about secondary scoring, bc its a lazy narrative that they have made up without actually taking the time to look at everything as a whole.
Secondary scoring isnt an issue, its what Avs fans are obsessed about and think they need to torpedo the future so they can maybe get a guy to score 15 more goals for them.
He isnt a 60 point 2nd line player, He isa 60 point player when he gets top line minutes and top PP time. Look at his usage. This isnt hard fo figure out. If you are going to play him on the 2nd line, he is going to have to learn how to be a 2 way player. So yes you want him to play defensive hockey.
Its a bad misguided trade that you havent found one support for, maybe chalk this up as a lose and move on