How low will he go

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Created by: NMAvsFan

Team: 2024-25 Colorado Avalanche

Initial Creation Date: Mar. 10, 2024

Published: Mar. 10, 2024

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I know what he was reportedly asking for before the trade but I have to wonder if Mitts takes a little less money for long-term security and to be on a winner. Avs go long to get the AAV down and give him full near-term trade protection (NMC for years 1-3) then allow for some flexibility later on (M-NTC for years 4-8). Traded Manson to make space but the alternative is to trade Lehkonen which would bring back a good return but be a big loss. The reasoning there is that it's easier to replace a wing than an RD but Lehky just does too many things well to feel comfortable trading him.

Free Agent Signings

RFA		YEARS	CAP HIT
Mittelstadt, Casey		8	$6,750,000
Annunen, Justus		2	$850,000

UFA	YEARS	CAP HIT
Cogliano, Andrew	1	$850,000
Kulikov, Dmitry	2	$1,500,000
Hakanpää, Jani	2	$1,900,000

Trades

COL

2024 2nd round pick (NYR)
2025 4th round pick (DAL)

SEA

Manson, Josh

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No idea who would be on his M-NTC but I'm assuming he wants to stay out West so I picked a team with cap space and a need on the right next season.

Draft	Round 1	Round 2	Round 3	Round 4	Round 5	Round 6	Round 7
2024
2025
2026

ROSTER

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ROSTER SIZE	SALARY CAP	CAP HIT	OVERAGES	BONUSES	CAP SPACE
21	$87,700,000	$86,963,750	$0	$57,500	$736,250

Left Wing	Centre	Right Wing
Lehkonen, Artturi $4,500,000$4,500,000 LW, RW M-NTC UFA - 3	MacKinnon, Nathan $12,600,000$12,600,000 C NMC UFA - 7	Rantanen, Mikko $9,250,000$9,250,000 RW, C M-NTC UFA - 1
Landeskog, Gabriel $7,000,000$7,000,000 LW, C NMC UFA - 5	Mittelstadt, Casey $6,750,000$6,750,000 LW, C RFA	Nichushkin, Valeri $6,125,000$6,125,000 RW, LW NMC UFA - 6
Wood, Miles $2,500,000$2,500,000 LW M-NTC UFA - 5	Colton, Ross $4,000,000$4,000,000 C, LW NTC UFA - 3	Kovalenko, Nikolai $896,250$896,250 ($57,500$58K) RW RFA - 1
Cogliano, Andrew $850,000$850,000 LW UFA	Ivan, Ivan $845,000$845,000 C RFA - 2	O'Connor, Logan $1,050,000$1,050,000 RW, LW UFA - 1

Left Defense	Right Defense	Goaltender
Toews, Devon $7,250,000$7,250,000 LD NMC UFA - 7	Makar, Cale $9,000,000$9,000,000 RD UFA - 3	Georgiev, Alexandar $3,400,000$3,400,000 G UFA - 1
Girard, Samuel $5,000,000$5,000,000 LD/RD M-NTC UFA - 3	Hakanpää, Jani $1,900,000$1,900,000 RD UFA	Annunen, Justus $850,000$850,000 G RFA - 2
Kulikov, Dmitry $1,500,000$1,500,000 LD/RD UFA	Malinski, Sam $850,000$850,000 RD RFA - 1

Scratches	Injured Reserve (IR)	Long Term IR (LTIR)
Foudy, Jean-Luc $847,500$847,500 C RFA - 1

Mar. 10 at 12:44 p.m.

GeneralLandro

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I feel like they’re going to make Mittelstadt sign like a 8 x $5,500,000 or so

Mar. 10 at 12:47 p.m.

NMAvsFan

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Quoting: GeneralLandro

I feel like they’re going to make Mittelstadt sign like a 8 x $5,500,000 or so

I can't imagine he signs for less than $6.5M but if they can get him down below that, it would be great. The Avs don't have a ton of leverage; Mitts has arb rights and only one year to UFA so he can demand more.

Mar. 10 at 12:49 p.m.

GeneralLandro

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Quoting: NMAvsFan

I mean, if they hit him with like a ‘hey man don’t you want to play with MacKinnon Rantanen & Makar for the rest of your career?’

I feel like that there can get guys to take a decent ‘pay cut’

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Mar. 10 at 1:02 p.m.

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Quoting: GeneralLandro

That's kind of what we're banking on here. If he's looking for $50M in total compensation, that gets him to $6.25M AAV which is a little less than market value for a 2C but is still solid and helps them ice a competitive team.

Mar. 10 at 1:35 p.m.

Xqb15a

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Ivan won’t be NHL ready by next year imo, I would really hope they could get Mittlestadt done for a little less and not have to mess around with guys like Hakanpaa and Kulikov and keep Manson.

Mar. 10 at 2:53 p.m.

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Quoting: Xqb15a

Ivan won’t be NHL ready by next year imo, I would really hope they could get Mittlestadt done for a little less and not have to mess around with guys like Hakanpaa and Kulikov and keep Manson.

Definitely hope they can get him closer to $6M but I'm not sure if that's going to be possible. You're on record a saying Lehkonen would be the guy you would trade then pick up someone else. Would you simply re-sign Drouin or go looking for someone else in UFA and who would that be? Of course, if Landy can't come back, that changes things but I think we should operate off the assumption he will at least give it a go next season.

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Mar. 15 at 12:09 a.m.

kobeottosen19

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Quoting: NMAvsFan

I think 6.5 is way way too much for him, yes he is good but he is also having a career year. He has signed bridge deals for his past deal so yes he might be looking to cash in but it goes back to the hey take a little less so we can be really good. I don't know another situation in the league where it is better than the one he's in now

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