Behrens will be startig his pro career in the Ahl. Probably at least 1 season.

5 mil for Byram? wow

Just twistin the knife with that "Any Team" selection, huh

Hell yeah

Toews wont be moved IMO, they try to keep him and trade Girard.

If the Weegar extension numbers are accurate of 8 years around 6.5m aav. The comp to keep Toews has become much more palatable to the avs cap space

I'm just trying to be conservative. $5m is probably the highest he'd get on a bridge deal, considering that Dobson got $4m x3.

Lol, I didn't mean to do that. Originally I had a Kaut for Bode prospect swap as the first trade but decided to delete it so the focus of the AGM would be the roster and contracts rather than a minor trade. The trade setting was thus already on NYI when I made the Toews trade. Sorry about that.

If Toews only asks for $6.5m then I agree, keep him and move Girard instead and find a way to make the cap work. But I doubt Toews would ask for that little when he can probably get $8m+ on the open market.

Toews will be 30 when he gets a new contract. I think that is a legit possibility he is around 7m vs 9-10m. Look at how hard it was for Kadri to land his big money deal.
I can see it both ways, he gets a Hampus Lindhom or he gets a pietrangelo. Either way he has earned some series money

I don’t think Sakic will trade Toews, he’ll either let him walk or sign him.

Avs may need the capspace.

Toews brings an element to the Avs D that no one else can fill IMO. He’ll create the space somewhere else. The Avs best chance to win another cup is for the next 2 years so I can’t see Sakic trading him.

If Toews can return a young-ish 2C as a pending UFA then that's a trade you strongly consider.