This is a major overpay for Colorado.

LOC is extremely valuable to Colorado. Virtually untouchable.

Byram is a top 4 guy who is young with a huge pedigree. His value is pretty well documented here.

Cal Ritchie is the Avs #1 prospect now and is at like… 2 pts per game in the OHL since returning from his injury.

In return, the Avs get 3 rentals and a call up guy. Including Greer, who has bad blood with Colorado.

There’s really nothing in this that works.

This is a flat "no." Explanation NOT needed.

IKR? This is the kind of trade you make at the very end of a Cup window on a last hurrah. If they made this trade, it would definitely be a last hurrah and waste about 5-8 more chances at a Cup.

This is so awful for COL, 2 pending UFA’s, for a cost controlled stud 22yr old d, a C prospect killing it in juniors, a 1st rd pick, and oh yeah a stud pk winger on a $1M contract who has 4 MORE goals than Lindholm. This is beyond stupid for COL. And then you literally add into the trade a guy COL drafted, that he had one of the more epic meltdowns in AHL history and COL nontendered him. So bad for COL.

I know that this may be a foreign concept for any Canadian under 30. But We just won the cup not too long ago (3x since anyone up north), and we are not in to blowing up several future years of our squad, for a one and done shot at the cup. See above.

If the Avs thought they could use Greer, they wouldnt have let him go for nothing

Flames gladly accept

Not even close. Lindholm alone fetches a better return. If Byram could stay healthy it'd be much closer but he can't so it isn't close.

I wish I had your blind optimism lol

Easiest no to a trade with Calgary that I think I've seen on here. For reasons see above.

And yet somehow there’s still people saying no. Capfriendly is iconic

I think the naysayer is going to be very disappointed with whatever return they get (if any).