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Quoting: Skywalker87
Intersting take on what could happen. I would like to see some picks coming back are way.
I do like the idea of moving picks with 9, they need a goalie change there.
I would prefer ej to tbay, but I have a feeling it will take more. Another salary dump player +pick back with a mid level prospect going there. Maybe butcher?
Draft this year, my opinion the avs board might look like this: Patrick, Glass, Hischier, (makar or Miro Heiskanen) I like Tippett but in top 4.
I didn't want to over complicate it with draft picks, that is just cat nip on this site for people to get crazy about if its a good or bad trade. Just keep it to the core pieces as discussion points.
Barrie/EJ is a tricky combo....when EJ is out of the line up, Barrie really struggles against quality of comp. Without a RHD to push Barrie down to the 2nd pairing, his production really struggles. Hes a good Dman but he still needs to be the 3rd/4th Best Dman on a roster to truly be effective so he can open up.
Tippett is a Top 5 pick, I don't think Avs are winning the lottery in 1 or 2 spot so I just went for the guy who I think is the best fit for this team and Tippett IMO checks all the boxes. I do not like Nico, he has fallen off a cliff in terms of production from the WJC. His shot generation and primary points don't jump off the page compared to other guys in the Q who were top picks. Nico is producing at slightly less than Ehlers pace in his draft year. Tippett is producing at a Seguin/Skinner level pace in the OHL for their draft years. Its crazy once you start to see the numbers.[/quote]
I agree with the assessment of barrie. Keeping him in the second pairing with lots of o-zone starts to me is where we will get the best out of him.
With have dman we get back in a possible 9 trade will be telling as well. Established top 4 guy? Guy who will have to work his way up? But I'm more excited about getting a dman because I saw the improvements pratt and bednar had on the younger dman. Ie Z, Lindholm. They younger guys just seemed to respond better.
As for draft, we could debate rankings and fits all day long. That's a drink beer make a coga/Skywalker podcast on the draft haha but I do see how tippett would fit the avs. Rw, great shot, shot first, and a very underrated hockey IQ, and size. In the top 4 we are getting a great player. Which I'm excited for. Still hoping for another pick in the top 31, but they have drafted much better so I'm still exited