"Hopefully Johnson waives his NMC or we threaten to send him down."

Well that's the thing, you can't "move" down a guy with a N"M"C haha...

I think instead of paying for all these depth pieces, you should start with no retention on Eichel, and giving Kuemper his deserved 6million, though, besides that little trolly bit. You also have to pay Newhook, Mackinnon, and Byram next year... so none of this really works

I think that trade will lose you MacKinnon

"Dynasty for years" you get 1 year. Mac is then gone and now you've got no money to pay Newhook and Byram and Colorado's depth is now Toronto Maple Leafs like, aka non-existent.

we have like 16 mil coming off the book next year, mack already said he would take less, and most prospects havent proved enough to warrant alot. Kuemper hasnt been that great so far, i feel that it is fair based on his play so far.

Mack did NOT say he would take less than his current AAV lmfao. He said he'd take less than his going rate, which is arguably at 12million right now. He probably signs in the neighborhood of 9million

Newhook only played 1 game this season with the Avs and got sent down bc they needed to bring up cheaper guys to make the cap work bc they were dealing with injuries, IR etc. They were able to recall 2 guys once they did that move.

Dude if you are going to act like you are the authority about another teams players and t heir worth, at least know the simple facts first.

Explain how Byram hasnt lived up to the hype so far? Break it down for us, you want to pretend like you know everything about hockey and other teams players, come on explain yourself

He played six last year and was ok, played one this year and was not great, Had been decent in the AHL but hasnt proven that he should be in the NHL like most people thought he would be going into thsi season. Byram was a fourht overall pick who struggled D+1 in the WHL came to the NHL looked bad last year and finally looks decent this year. Normally fourth overall picks are supposed to be good players by now, byram is average. Until he elevates his game you cant pay him more than he is worth, Once again you know nothing about hockey