Keep the defense mostly intact and add young talent

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Created by: Anus_McLeod

Team: 2023-24 Colorado Avalanche

Initial Creation Date: Apr. 22, 2023

Published: Apr. 24, 2023

Salary Cap Mode: Basic

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Let me know on trades. Tough to value young and somewhat unproven players without having a really good idea about how the organization views the player and their importance to the team's future, but I took a stab.

Nashville Trade: I feel like Livingstone makes Foote expendable for the Preds, but maybe they trade Barrie and/or Fabbro instead. I'm really not sure what direction they go, but having another Foote in Colorado sounds kinda cool, and the Avs have a spot for him.

Washington Trade: I have even less of an idea about McMichael in Washington, but it seems as though he's fallen out of favor a bit. Positionally and stylistically, I like this for the Avs. But I'm not sure if it makes sense for Washington. Olausson is arguably Colorado's top prospect, so I'm giving up what the Avs feel would be a good piece. He's also a couple years younger than McMichael, which may be better for the timeline. That said, I understand if the Caps would rather stick with McMichael.

Free Agent Signings

RFA	YEARS	CAP HIT
Foote, Cal	2	$850,000
Byram, Bowen	3	$4,250,000
Meyers, Ben	2	$800,000
Newhook, Alex	2	$1,500,000

UFA	YEARS	CAP HIT
Johnson, Jack	1	$775,000
Toews, Jonathan	1	$1,750,000
Helm, Darren	1	$825,000
Cogliano, Andrew	1	$825,000

Trades

COL

Foote, Cal [RFA Rights]

NSH

Ranta, Sampo [RFA Rights]
2024 4th round pick (COL)

COL

McMichael, Connor

WSH

Malgin, Denis [RFA Rights]
Olausson, Oskar

Draft	Round 1	Round 2	Round 3	Round 4	Round 5	Round 6	Round 7
2023
2024
2025

ROSTER

LONG-TERM OUTLOOK

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ROSTER SIZE	SALARY CAP	CAP HIT	OVERAGES	BONUSES	CAP SPACE
23	$83,500,000	$83,435,833	$637,500	$57,500	$64,167

Left Wing	Centre	Right Wing
Lehkonen, Artturi $4,500,000$4,500,000 LW, RW NTC UFA - 4	MacKinnon, Nathan $12,600,000$12,600,000 C NMC UFA - 8	Rantanen, Mikko $9,250,000$9,250,000 RW, C M-NTC UFA - 2
Landeskog, Gabriel $7,000,000$7,000,000 LW, C NMC UFA - 6	Newhook, Alex $1,500,000$1,500,000 C, LW RFA - 4	Nichushkin, Valeri $6,125,000$6,125,000 RW, LW NMC UFA - 7
McMichael, Connor $863,333$863,333 LW, C RFA - 1	Toews, Jonathan $1,750,000$1,750,000 C UFA	Foudy, Jean-Luc $847,500$847,500 ($57,500$58K) C RFA - 2
Cogliano, Andrew $825,000$825,000 LW UFA - 1	Meyers, Ben $800,000$800,000 LW, C UFA - 1	O'Connor, Logan $1,050,000$1,050,000 RW, LW UFA - 2

Left Defense	Right Defense	Goaltender
Toews, Devon $4,100,000$4,100,000 LD UFA - 1	Makar, Cale $9,000,000$9,000,000 RD UFA - 4	Georgiev, Alexandar $3,400,000$3,400,000 G UFA - 2
Byram, Bowen $4,250,000$4,250,000 LD/RD RFA - 2	Manson, Josh $4,500,000$4,500,000 RD NTC UFA - 3	Francouz, Pavel $2,000,000$2,000,000 G UFA - 1
Girard, Samuel $5,000,000$5,000,000 LD/RD UFA - 4	Foote, Cal $850,000$850,000 RD RFA - 1

Scratches	Injured Reserve (IR)	Long Term IR (LTIR)
Helm, Darren $825,000$825,000 C, LW, RW UFA
Johnson, Jack $775,000$775,000 LD UFA - 1
MacDermid, Kurtis $987,500$987,500 LD/RD, LW UFA - 1

Apr. 24, 2023 at 9:52 a.m.

ClockReads2113

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McMichael is probably a huge part of the team starting this year and if he isn't he'll be packaged for a top 6 player, so doubt Caps do this.

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Apr. 24, 2023 at 9:56 a.m.

Doobs92

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I think they give McMichael one more year before Washington considers trading him. I'm unsure about Foote, I would lean more towards them trading Barrie since it seems Nashville is going through a bit of a retool, and it doesn't hurt to keep a young defenseman.

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Apr. 24, 2023 at 10:57 a.m.

AK50

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Nashville accepts.

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Apr. 24, 2023 at 11:10 a.m.

herzausstein

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I think nashville doesnt plan on keeping barrie long term so that opens up a spot for livingstone and they keep foote on 7th dman but who knows. I havent been impressed by foote so im very open to trading him

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Apr. 24, 2023 at 2:49 p.m.

BoringBrianMacLellan

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You're on the right track with the value. I just think the Caps are still pretty high on Mikey, and his time in the minors this year seemed to really help him. He's probably got an opening night spot that's his to lose

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Apr. 24, 2023 at 3:24 p.m.

Anus_McLeod

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Quoting: BoringBrianMacLellan

Thanks. Maybe I'll revisit mid-next season. It makes a lot of sense for the Caps to give it one more go next year, so I'm not too surprised by the responses.

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Apr. 24, 2023 at 3:59 p.m.

Markassmark

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Well that's a nice deal for Newhook. The 5m 3rd pairing guy is a tough look

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Apr. 24, 2023 at 4:07 p.m.

Anus_McLeod

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Quoting: Markassmark

Well that's a nice deal for Newhook. The 5m 3rd pairing guy is a tough look

Yeah it might have to be a one year deal for Newhook to get that AAV. But i went with two because why not.

Girard is still top 4. He'll average over 20 min per night like he always does, regardless of how it looks on paper. Really Manson is the guy who arguably makes too much for his role.

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Apr. 24, 2023 at 5:20 p.m.

Ennis

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Sure. Preds accept.

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Apr. 24, 2023 at 5:25 p.m.

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Markassmark

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Quoting: Anus_McLeod

Yeah I like Girard at that price too but if he's your 3rd pairing guy then he's over qualified/overpayed for that role

Apr. 25, 2023 at 2:42 a.m.

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TJTwolf

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Quoting: Markassmark

Yeah I like Girard at that price too but if he's your 3rd pairing guy then he's over qualified/overpayed for that role

The Avs simply don't run their D that way which is what a lot of peope don't seem to 'get'. so even while Girard appears third pairing in the traditional sense on paper he's a 20+ minute per night guy. Those aren't third pair minutes.

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Apr. 25, 2023 at 2:43 a.m.

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TJTwolf

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Values are probably pretty fair. I'd say NAS accepts but WAS declines. As others have said on here, WAS seems pretty high still on McM.

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Apr. 25, 2023 at 9:10 a.m.

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NoVaSpartan

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Quoting: Anus_McLeod

Thanks. Maybe I'll revisit mid-next season. It makes a lot of sense for the Caps to give it one more go next year, so I'm not too surprised by the responses.

Even if Mikey does well this year, depending on if Oshie/Backstrom are back and depending on how much Sandin+Wilson will cost, I think this is a very reasonable trade to expect next year, since I would be concerned on Washington's end that they won't have enough money to bring back a progressing McMichael + Sandin and Wilson. I think you've done a pretty great job on the valuing here.

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