Quoting: coga16
But would you rather have Tatar and domi at the expense of Jost, Graves, etc or Toffoli with Graves and Jost on the team and Avs can explore a Zads trade for draft capital so they have assets at the TDL to add
Thats a whole other can of worms.
I was speaking purely on a "who would you rather have basis" Jost & Graves and that circus aside.
I think COL pursues Hall first and foremost.
If they can get him, move Compher/Zadorov, keep Jost (cheaper version of Compher) & Graves, Namestnikov walks.
If COL cant get Hall, I can very well see a scenario where they keep Compher/Graves, resign Namestnikov and trade Jost/Zadorov
Or COL tries to target a UFA (Hoffman/Dadonov/Toffoli) and keep Graves/Jost, trade Zadorov/Compher, Namestnikov walks (the Jost vs Compher debate would be depending on cap space - as Jost will probably be about 1.5mil cheaper).
In all scenarios I see COL:
- Trading Zadorov
- Trading one of Compher/Jost
- Resign Graves
- Attempting to sign a UFA first (Hall, Hoffman, Dadonov, Toffoli), or resigning Namestnikov if UFA market doesnt work out