Edited Jan. 29, 2023 at 11:58 p.m.
Quoting: Dom1422
Regardless. They have no use for Merkely whatsoever. He’ll never even play a game for them let alone become an nhler. Kaut will probably end up with a bottom 6 role, the same role that Nieto plays… They gave up a current/future bottom sixer for a veteran that helps them more now, even if its slightly. They don’t care about their future bottom 6. They’re trying to win now. Olausson is at best a bottom 6 player, the 2nd is late and is lucky to even become a 4th liner.. They would 100% make this deal.
Is Monahan their 1st option? I highly doubt it, but there are a ton of teams looking to acquire the same players. There are for more buyers than sellers this deadline. They could easily strike out on a guy or two and set their focus on Monahan.
They have a large use for merkley. Their d prospect pool is the weakest part of their farm stystem, they are hoping to rebuild him up bc his talent and skill set meshes exactly what the avs do and how they play
You really don’t have a grasp on what the avs do and what their needs are
Again you just make up everything, they do care about their bottom 6, that is literally what they are doing with their prospects, the reason they moved kaut is bc he couldn’t be consistent enough, bednar does not want unknown effort levels with his bottom 6 players,.
Olausson Has a nhl level talent that teams can envision in their top 6, that’s his shot, it’s elite,. That’s how a guy like mike Hoffman made a career, his game wasn’t elite but his shot was. He was a top 6 winger for the majority of his career with that talent, I don’t think you know much about Olausson either
Dude I wouldn’t make claims about the avs when you don’t know a thing about them