Sabres could do something like that imo

A late 1st and Ross Colton does not get the Drake

Edit: The LD prospect is useless to the Sens (undersized and at the deepest position on the Sens) and the other is a bust

I'm pretty sure for 8 x $5,500,000 Casey Mittelstadt would still be in Buffalo. I doubt you get him any cheaper than 8 x $6,500,000 or 8 x $7,000,000 he's going to get paid.

Just plain no.

idk what makes you think that the avs will accept that
also wtf is wrong with those line combos

Kovalenko is a bust? Repeat that back to me lol

24 years old, no NHL games yet (even though he was signed by Colorado in the summer). His goal production has dipped quite a bit from last season, and on a mid KHL team (based on standings, I don't actually follow KHL), so if he's good, he'd likely be getting a lot of playing time.

Sorry if that doesn't scream elite prospect to me.

If you're argument is that he ain't a bust cause he was a 6th round pick, sure, whatever. A draft pick is a draft pick in my book, but whatever.

Either way, he ain't worth Drake

i mean that gets you a autographed Bathserson Jersey but not the player himself, ott declines

I’m not sure what Batherson’s value is. I’m not going to weigh in on something I don’t know about. Perhaps something you should try out.

Kovalenko has been under contract with his KHL team. That’s why he hasn’t played an NHL game yet. He was so good last season in the KHL that the Avs signed him a season early to burn a year off his ELC. He flew over like a week ago to start his NHL career.

He is the best player on his team in the KHL (coached by Igor Larionov) and plays a very North American game: heavy, physical, forechecking. Way different than like the Gusevs and the Shipachov’s of the world.

Is Kovalenko going to be the next Kaprisov? No, absolutely not. But your comment kinda shows your ass a little bit here. You have no idea what you’re talking about on this one.

Say you don’t know what you’re talking about without saying it. Acting like Batherson is like a pt per game player, that would be a haul for a guy like that, there isn’t a chance COL does that trade.

Are you referring to Kovalenko as a "bust"? He literally just came over to the US and is regarded as a very good two-way prospect; played well in the KHL.

It's entirely possible that Buffalo simply did not want to pay Mitts and keep him long-term; they'll have other young players to pay soon and he got squeezed out. I think we can forget whatever rumors we heard of what he wanted from them; that sort of talk is unreliable hearsay or speculation. Who are his comps that are currently making $6.5-7M? I'm not even sure Necas, who is a better player, will get more than $6.5M.