Is this a joke?

So you say COL needs a RHD to insulate their right side... and they swap Barrie for Tanev. That doesn't sound like a great trade tbh. And the Avs aren't desperate for forwards so an injured Bae, overrated Sutter, and 'last-shot-at-making-an-impact' Leivo aren't going to sway the balance

VGK puts Clarkson on LTIR so his caphit is, for the most part, gone.. and the trade becomes Hutton's rights (a 4/5 Dman) for Miller. When Kevin Hayes rights were only worth a 5th rd pick...

That Barrie trade is straight trash

Absolutely not. When a 1st and Virtanen was about to get you Barrie and the 10OA gets you 3OA + Seabs (Can't believe Benning said no TBH seabs isnt THAT bad) then each of these trades are fair value. Heck i should add Motte or Granlund to that VGK deal and ask for Gusev as well. The value is there for Barrie especially for a guy who they will probably lose to FA anyways so why not get some guys back that can help in return all for around 2 million each.

Your GM was basically going to get a 1st rounder plus a would be 3rd liner on the avs for Barrie and the deal fell through because of Benning wanting it to be 2020 1st instead. So you thinking it's trash is absolutely idiotic.

That’s what that dumb gm Benning was offering, not what Sakic was asking. Big difference.

Leivo and Virtanen are similar so Insert a 1st rounder (which i swapped for the mass of retained salary and 3 NHL players) and there's a similar deal to what was on the table at the draft.

As far as the Hutton/Miller trade. Hayes was going to be a UFA no? Where as Hutton is still an RFA.

I think what got the ball rolling at the draft was the 10th overall. Two top 10 selections can impact your team in 2 years if you draft properly whereas an influx of bubble players or bottom 6 forwards doesn't have the same value to it.

Yes, Hayes was UFA, and Hutton is RFA, but what I was getting at was the value of the player. Even if VGK is able to sign Hutton, there's no way he replaces the loss of Miller, so with the Clarkson contract not affecting either team (because of ltir), it's basically Hutton for Miller which is a big fat L for Vegas.