Quoting: dannibalcorpse
Exactly - the Avs have enough versatile forwards that they're not locked into getting a center. Domi fully retained will have a $1.5M cap hit and will probably cost a 3rd, tops. If Montreal wants to take that offer for Monahan, sure, I'd take it - Monahan *is* a better player than Domi, IMO, and the fact that he can play center adds to that - but that's as much as I'd want to go. The Avs have spent a ton of draft capital and have a pretty bare cupboard - hell, Scott Wheeler at the Athletic could only do a top 14 for them this year. They gotta be judicious with what they spend this deadline.
exactly, you get it as a Non avs fan and have been saying the same thing what all avs fans have been all the time. ITs not that they are untouchable prospects or picks is just they cant afford to go all in every year and burn whatever they have left in the asset cupboards.
If they move a 1st, it has to be someone wiht term, they cant afford to burn those on retntals, same goes for any NHL ready prospects, they will need them to fill spots next year bc no contender is serious if 5/6th of their depth is 750k UFA signings. It will be trash for good reason.
They will add, they have all the talent in the world, 3 of the top players in the NHL in Mack Rants and Makar, you have to be serious at the deadlines but they cant try for homerun swings every year.
I would be fine with picking up a Matt Nieto, Jake Walman, and a Domi types and just take a run with what they have.