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Created by: Wqrrior

Team: 2020-21 Colorado Avalanche

Initial Creation Date: Apr. 30, 2020

Published: Apr. 30, 2020

Salary Cap Mode: Basic

Free Agent Signings

RFA	YEARS	CAP HIT
Burakovsky, André	6	$4,950,000
Graves, Ryan	2	$2,750,000
Kamenev, Vladislav	2	$775,000
Nichushkin, Valeri	1	$2,950,000

UFA		YEARS	CAP HIT
Merrill, Jon		1	$960,000

Trades

COL

Rakell, Rickard

ANA

Timmins, Conor
2021 1st round pick (COL)

Additional Details:

playoff protected 1st

COL

Gaiduchenko, Sergei [Reserve List]
2021 2nd round pick (FLA)
2022 5th round pick (FLA)

FLA

Zadorov, Nikita [RFA Rights]

COL

Copp, Andrew

WPG

Jost, Tyson [RFA Rights]

Draft	Round 1	Round 2	Round 3	Round 4	Round 5	Round 6	Round 7
2020
2021
2022

ROSTER

LONG-TERM OUTLOOK

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ROSTER SIZE	SALARY CAP	CAP HIT	OVERAGES	BONUSES	CAP SPACE
24	$81,500,000	$77,963,734	$0	$5,425,000	$3,536,266

Left Wing	Centre	Right Wing
Burakovsky, André $4,950,000$4,950,000 RW, LW UFA - 2	MacKinnon, Nathan $6,300,000$6,300,000 C M-NTC UFA - 3	Rantanen, Mikko $9,250,000$9,250,000 RW, C UFA - 5
Landeskog, Gabriel $5,571,429$5,571,429 LW, C M-NTC UFA - 1	Kadri, Nazem $4,500,000$4,500,000 C M-NTC UFA - 2	Rakell, Rickard $2,463,139$2,463,139 RW, LW UFA - 2
Copp, Andrew $2,280,000$2,280,000 C, LW, RW UFA - 1	Compher, J.T. $3,500,000$3,500,000 C, RW UFA - 3	Donskoi, Joonas $3,900,000$3,900,000 RW UFA - 3
	Bellemare, Pierre-Édouard $1,800,000$1,800,000 C, LW UFA - 1	Kaut, Martin $863,333$863,333 ($425,000$425K) RW RFA - 3
Nichushkin, Valeri $2,950,000$2,950,000 RW, LW UFA - 2		Calvert, Matt $2,850,000$2,850,000 LW, RW UFA - 1

Left Defense	Right Defense	Goaltender
Girard, Samuel $5,000,000$5,000,000 LD/RD UFA - 7	Makar, Cale $880,833$880,833 ($2,500,000$2M) RD UFA - 1	Grubauer, Philipp $3,333,333$3,333,333 G UFA - 1
Graves, Ryan $2,750,000$2,750,000 LD UFA - 3	Johnson, Erik $6,000,000$6,000,000 RD M-NTC, NMC UFA - 3	Francouz, Pavel $2,000,000$2,000,000 G UFA - 2
Byram, Bowen $894,167$894,167 ($2,500,000$2M) LD/RD RFA - 3	Cole, Ian $3,450,000$3,450,000 LD/RD UFA - 1
Merrill, Jon $960,000$960,000 LD UFA - 1

Scratches	Injured Reserve (IR)	Long Term IR (LTIR)
Kamenev, Vladislav $775,000$775,000 C RFA
Lindholm, Anton $742,500$742,500 LD UFA - 1

Apr. 30, 2020 at 3:49 p.m.

littlejerryseinfeld

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Interesting.

Apr. 30, 2020 at 3:52 p.m.

NicholasM2699

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Is Copp really a step up from Jost? I don't see that move being all that necessary.

Apr. 30, 2020 at 3:55 p.m.

JeffW

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Copp isnt a step up from calvert.. seems like an unnecessary trade, probably to much money for nichushkin. I'd rather keep zadorov than cole also

Apr. 30, 2020 at 3:57 p.m.

bhavikp27

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Quoting: NicholasM2699

Is Copp really a step up from Jost? I don't see that move being all that necessary.

Copp is good defensively. Probably the best defensive forward if he was to get traded to COL. Similar production offensively to Jost as well. So, I would say yes.

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Apr. 30, 2020 at 4:03 p.m.

Wqrrior

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Quoting: JeffW

Copp isnt a step up from calvert.. seems like an unnecessary trade, probably to much money for nichushkin. I'd rather keep zadorov than cole also

Copp is better both defensively and offensively. And he has been placed on a line with hardly any offensive support this past year. Avs need to move on from Jost, and he won't get much more than a decent third liner. Key to playoff success is being superb in both ends. Having both Calvert and Copp on two lines with their defensive flare will make penalty killing and defensive zone coverage very difficult for the other team.

Also Val costs a bit more than he should to make it only a 1 year deal. I'd rather use his rights as trade bait, though I don't see that happening.

Apr. 30, 2020 at 4:22 p.m.

ClockReads2113

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Valeri should not be on the 4th line. He's arguably the best defensive forward in the game. Needs to be in top 9 at least.

Apr. 30, 2020 at 4:25 p.m.

Wqrrior

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Quoting: ClockReads2113

Valeri should not be on the 4th line. He's arguably the best defensive forward in the game. Needs to be in top 9 at least.

Copp is a better defensive forward than Val.

Apr. 30, 2020 at 4:32 p.m.

bunzy1034

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Can Jost play center?

Apr. 30, 2020 at 4:35 p.m.

ClockReads2113

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Quoting: Wqrrior

Copp is a better defensive forward than Val.

Copp is good, but just about no one is better than Valeri: https://public.tableau.com/shared/7HBYDC7Y6?:display_count=y&:origin=viz_share_link

Apr. 30, 2020 at 4:38 p.m.

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Wqrrior

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Quoting: bunzy1034

Can Jost play center?

yes

Quoting: ClockReads2113

Copp is good, but just about no one is better than Valeri: https://public.tableau.com/shared/7HBYDC7Y6?:display_count=y&:origin=viz_share_link

Much has to do with the team they are on. WPG struggled as a whole this year. Swap Copp back to last year and his stats are great. Val's were awful. Copp has consistently been better, Val is good, yeah, but he has a lot going his way on COL

Apr. 30, 2020 at 5:33 p.m.

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Xqb15

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Quoting: Wqrrior

Copp has scored 4 more pts than Calvert and 9 more pts than Jost in the last 3 years. His and Calvert CF% are in the same area, and Jost is going to make a million less next season than Copp. I’ll take Jost his potential and save the million 7 days a week.

Nichushkin is an RFA you don’t need to over pay him that much to take a 1yr deal and no way Kamenev gets anything more than a 1yr deal.

But I like the general ideas.

Apr. 30, 2020 at 5:55 p.m.

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Dan10900

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Quoting: bhavikp27

Copp is good defensively. Probably the best defensive forward if he was to get traded to COL. Similar production offensively to Jost as well. So, I would say yes.

Second to Nuke, but yes

Apr. 30, 2020 at 5:56 p.m.

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Dan10900

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Ik it's basically a necessity in every trade now, but with this team do you REALLY need to protect that first lol

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