Iafallo has a solid season but to but compare him to Bura based on point totals is a bit of a stretch. Hes goign to be a 27 year old pending UFA next season and his 0.61 ppg last season (17 goals). Bura is still an RFA with 2 years of RFA control left and put up a ppg of 0.78 last season (20 goals)

age and considering contract control left and looking at their ppg....they arent close to equivalent seasons IMO. ppg and goals per game are at a complete different level
if you dont consider points per game then Iafallo "has a simliar season" to Rantanen who had 41pts (if 42 games)

Iafallo has a solid season but to but compare him to Bura based on point totals is a bit of a stretch. Hes goign to be a 27 year old pending UFA next season and his 0.61 ppg last season (17 goals). Bura is still an RFA with 2 years of RFA control left and put up a ppg of 0.78 last season (20 goals)

age and considering contract control left and looking at their ppg....they arent close to equivalent seasons IMO. ppg and goals per game are at a complete different level
if you dont consider points per game then Iafallo "has a simliar season" to Rantanen who had 41pts (if 42 games)

Yeah I know is a stretch, but I think it's more impressive to score 43 points in bad team of LA than 45 points in the good team of COL.

Then again Iafallo had more ice time and weren't injured.

Yeah I know is a stretch, but I think it's more impressive to score 43 points in bad team of LA than 45 points in the good team of COL.

Then again Iafallo had more ice time and weren't injured.

43 vs 45 points doesn't sound like a big difference, but when you factor in the PPG, ATOI, and games played there's a huge difference between them.

he had a great season, but that happens even on the bad teams. Someone has to score. Its like Blake Coleman in NJ before being traded, that was a bad team as well and he was getting the 3rd most Icetime out of the forwards. A bit of fools goal when guys like that on bad teams who play more than they ever have in their career start to produce more. They arent turning into 2nd line wingers at 27-28 years old.

I like Iafallo but hes a 3rd line Winger and I think thats pretty fair for Zadorov who on the Avs was playing around 4th/5th out of Dman in terms of TOI and 5v5 Icetime. He would be a 2nd pairing Dman on other teams. Fringe 2nd pairing Dman for tweener middle 6 winger. IMO thats pretty fair for a pure hockey trade

43 vs 45 points doesn't sound like a big difference, but when you factor in the PPG, ATOI, and games played there's a huge difference between them.

Well if you wanna use Coleman as a trade value comparison, he got Foote+1st.

Naturally I don't think Iafallo will land a same package, but I think Zadorov is not going to be enough.

I think I prefer Komarov. He's $500k cheaper which makes a difference. Maybe I'd reconsider if you retained at least $500k on Clutterbuck though.

The way I see it:

My previous proposal which I think is pretty fair: Wilde + Komarov = 3rd

Jost's value = 2nd + 3rd

Ergo, Wilde + Komarov + 2nd = Jost

I know that NYI don't have a 2nd until 2022, but perhaps an alternative solution could be found:

For example, if you want it to be a 3rd instead of a 2nd then retain a little bit on Komarov ( I know you probably won't want to retain too much before it becomes not worth it as he can be buried to save like $1m).

Another alternative instead of a 2nd is to include a swap of picks, like COL 2021 1st and NYI 2021 1st - with Colorado getting to choose between the NYI pick if it ends up higher, or just taking a 3rd as in your proposal.

So the options are:

- Wilde for Jost
- Wilde, Komarov, 2022 2nd for Jost
- Wilde, Komarov ($500K retained), 2021 3rd for Jost
- Wilde, Komarov, 2021 1st for Jost, 2021 1st

I would do any of them but the last one.

Iafallo also played 18:56 ATOI this season compared to Burakovsky 15:12 ATOI. So he got 24.5% more icetime, and still scored at a pace of 13.3 points/82 games less.

There are variables to statistics, try looking at them. Iafallo has been on an awful rebuilding team and Burakovsky has not.

Awful team or not, Iafallo is still playing 19:00 with Kopitar and Brown. Regardless of what the other 3 lines do that's still a pretty great opportunity to put up points, especially since more often than not it's Doughty who's anchoring the blueline behind those 3 forwards.

Thanks, glad you like it!

As you mentioned, I figure that NYR have a spot at 4C open, and Kamenev will be pretty cheap. He might even be able to push for a 3C spot if Strome is traded and Chytil is bumped up to 2C.

From Colorado's perspective, Kamenev is lost in the depth chart, and given that we have Kaut, Newhook, and Bowers coming through by 2021 it's unlikely that Kamenev will be given the minutes he needs to succeed.

Kamenev also isn't waiver exempt so we can't really give him a bigger role in the AHL either, and I think he'd be likely to bolt for the KHL if we pencil him in as 13th forward again. Conversely, Rykov is waiver exempt for one more year which gives us some more roster flexibility in 2020/21. Rykov also has the potential to fill a 6/7 D role on the team as soon as 2020/21.

Things also worked out pretty great for us the last time we acquired a LHD prospect from NYR...