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Lars Eller for Zadorov

Created by: Richard88
Team: 2020-21 Colorado Avalanche
Initial Creation Date: Sep. 30, 2020
Published: Sep. 30, 2020
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Free Agent Signings
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4$5,000,000
3$2,750,000
2$2,350,000
Trades
1.
COL
  1. Eller, Lars
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Solid and experienced 35-40 point 3C with term until Mackinnon's contract renewal.
WSH
  1. Zadorov, Nikita [RFA Rights]
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Gudas/Dillon replacement
2.
COL
  1. 2020 2nd round pick (FLA)
  2. 2021 4th round pick (FLA)
FLA
  1. Jost, Tyson [RFA Rights]
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2020
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Sep. 30, 2020 at 9:11 p.m.
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I like the trade for both teams
Sep. 30, 2020 at 9:30 p.m.
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Seems to work pretty well honestly, not just for Washington but for Florida too. Getting a young, highly drafted center looking to play higher in the lineup would be a great move for a team with center depth of their caliber. Zadorov seems like he'd fit pretty well with the Caps too (Russian ethnicity aside)
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Sep. 30, 2020 at 10:05 p.m.
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The trades look great. Avs don't have a second this year and Jost is most likely going to get shipped out. Eller would be great on this team (though they would probably prefer a top 6 winger) and Z doesn't fit the direction the Avs are going. They could land a winger in another trade or FA.
Burakovsky deal looks good, Graves is hard to get a read on. I hope they re-sign Namestikov, Joe had his eye on him for a while.
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Sep. 30, 2020 at 10:11 p.m.
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Counteroffer: RFA rights to Boyd and UFA rights to Dillon for RFA rights to Zadorov. Just an idea from a fan. Maybe there's a 4th round pick thrown in on one side or the other, but it feels right to me. Boyd was 5th on the Caps in points/60 this year but Reirden didn't play him. The Avs have had some luck before with a forward Reirden didn't play.
Sep. 30, 2020 at 10:27 p.m.
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The problem with any Eller trade is it opens an Eller-shaped hole in the Caps lineup, and no one in the organization can come close to filling it (no, McMichael's not ready). There are no decent 3Cs in the UFA market, so the Caps would have to go out and trade for one. Much simpler to just sign Dillon and keep Eller.
Sep. 30, 2020 at 11:33 p.m.
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Quoting: dad
The trades look great. Avs don't have a second this year and Jost is most likely going to get shipped out. Eller would be great on this team (though they would probably prefer a top 6 winger) and Z doesn't fit the direction the Avs are going. They could land a winger in another trade or FA.
Burakovsky deal looks good, Graves is hard to get a read on. I hope they re-sign Namestikov, Joe had his eye on him for a while.


Pass on Dillon he doesn’t have the wheels to fit on this team effectively and Boyd has zero value to the Avs.
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Oct. 1, 2020 at 6:12 a.m.
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Thanks for the constructive responses everyone! smile

Quoting: Eli
Counteroffer: RFA rights to Boyd and UFA rights to Dillon for RFA rights to Zadorov. Just an idea from a fan. Maybe there's a 4th round pick thrown in on one side or the other, but it feels right to me. Boyd was 5th on the Caps in points/60 this year but Reirden didn't play him. The Avs have had some luck before with a forward Reirden didn't play.


Colorado are moving Zadorov because there's a log-jam at LHD so I'm not sure Dillon is a fit.

Moreover, there's a good chance Dillon walks in UFA in 1 weeks time, in which case the trade would effectively be Zadorov for Boyd, which is just awful for Colorado.

Quoting: Kalopsia
The problem with any Eller trade is it opens an Eller-shaped hole in the Caps lineup, and no one in the organization can come close to filling it (no, McMichael's not ready). There are no decent 3Cs in the UFA market, so the Caps would have to go out and trade for one. Much simpler to just sign Dillon and keep Eller.


Fair point. I guess Caps would bring in someone like Haula in UFA or do a separate trade for another 3C. Might be a bit convoluted but if they want Zadorov then it might be something that works.

Alternatively Washington could trade their 2021 2nd and ARI 2020 3rd for Zadorov and keep Eller. But that would leave them without any 2nd or 3rd rounders in 2020 and 2021 so isn't ideal.
Oct. 1, 2020 at 6:34 a.m.
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Thanks for the constructive responses everyone! smile



Colorado are moving Zadorov because there's a log-jam at LHD so I'm not sure Dillon is a fit.

Moreover, there's a good chance Dillon walks in UFA in 1 weeks time, in which case the trade would effectively be Zadorov for Boyd, which is just awful for Colorado.



Fair point. I guess Caps would bring in someone like Haula in UFA or do a separate trade for another 3C. Might be a bit convoluted but if they want Zadorov then it might be something that works.

Alternatively Washington could trade their 2021 2nd and ARI 2020 3rd for Zadorov and keep Eller. But that would leave them without any 2nd or 3rd rounders in 2020 and 2021 so isn't ideal.


Thanks! The issue with planning to sign Haula for Eller's salary is that five or six teams are planning to sign Haula for Eller's salary. Of the two "centers" in UFA who are under 30, with a 50 point season, he's the one that plays center. He's gonna get 5M, easy. Even under a flat cap. And he'll play 2C somewhere.

Sometimes I pencil Travis Boyd in at 3C on the Caps, or even at 2C, because, again, he was 5th on the team in points/60, and I think he's capable of a lot more than he got to do on Reirden's 4th line. But I also said that about Andre Burakovsky, and I was so, so, so right about it then.

But if the Caps can't afford Dillon, that would change my view, to where maybe they offer Boyd and their 2021 3rd for Zadorov?
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Oct. 1, 2020 at 6:55 a.m.
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Quoting: Eli
Thanks! The issue with planning to sign Haula for Eller's salary is that five or six teams are planning to sign Haula for Eller's salary. Of the two "centers" in UFA who are under 30, with a 50 point season, he's the one that plays center. He's gonna get 5M, easy. Even under a flat cap. And he'll play 2C somewhere.

Sometimes I pencil Travis Boyd in at 3C on the Caps, or even at 2C, because, again, he was 5th on the team in points/60, and I think he's capable of a lot more than he got to do on Reirden's 4th line. But I also said that about Andre Burakovsky, and I was so, so, so right about it then.

But if the Caps can't afford Dillon, that would change my view, to where maybe they offer Boyd and their 2021 3rd for Zadorov?


That's interesting about Boyd having a good P/60. It would be a risk for a team like Colorado to bring in an unproven 3C though. Sakic is pretty high on analytics though, not least with Burakovsky, so he might be willing to bet on a guy who has stats suggesting that he could produce 35+ points in a bigger role. That said, Boyd's career faceoff % of 39.5% is a big yikes.
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That's interesting about Boyd having a good P/60. It would be a risk for a team like Colorado to bring in an unproven 3C though. Sakic is pretty high on analytics though, not least with Burakovsky, so he might be willing to bet on a guy who has stats suggesting that he could produce 35+ points in a bigger role. That said, Boyd's career faceoff % of 39.5% is a big yikes.


Yeah. I don't think Boyd has played much center in the NHL. He played center up through the AHL, and then won the Cup playing a little bit of 4L. Mostly 4R this year. He's got, like, 350 career faceoff attempts, so... meh. Needs practice on that. But for teams that like to match handedness to a situation or to try to beat a particular guy on faceoffs, right shot centers can be valuable. I don't think that's a thing the Caps worried about, the last couple years, leaving Kuznetsov on the dot with similar numbers.

eta: what I'm saying is on teams where guys just take their strong side draws, the same guys who are bad at faceoffs become average, and guys who are average become good. Does that get Travis Boyd to 55%? No. But if it gets him to 48%, and you put him in on his strong side for a a left shot linemate who's 51% overall, but only 45% on the right circle? The team wins more draws and the numbers show in the other guy.

2nd edit: Compher was 4th on the 'Lanche last year in faceoff attempts, and won 51% at evens. Boyd can play RW, and be the guy who covers back on defense. Forget all that other stuff. But if you want to really drill down, Compher is over 50% on offensive zone draws. A couple years ago Boyd was over 50 on defensive zone draws, but the sample size was, like, three.
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Oct. 1, 2020 at 10:25 a.m.
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That works pretty well. And you have space to bring in some defensive help so that's good, too, because having both Timmins and Byram in the lineup is just not going to happen.
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