Équipe: 2020-21 Avalanche du Colorado

Date de création initiale: 10 nov. 2020

Publié: 16 nov. 2020

Mode - plafond salarial: Basique

FLA trade --- Mainly just unloading Donskoi and his contract to a place where he can be a useful player. Borgstrom is specifically to flip in the next trade, as the Avs don't have a place for him (as a DU fan, he'll always have a place in my heart though, lol).

NYR trade --- Similar to the above, just unloading Compher to a place where I think he could fit in nicely. Howden is not very good at this stage of his career, so him and a third for Compher seems reasonably fair.

TB trade --- This is the main goal of the ACGM. Cirelli would be an awesome addition to any team, but especially this one. That "third" line would be extremely valuable and play a ton of minutes against the opponents best. Might even outscore them on a number of occasions.

The destinations are at least somewhat thought out:

-Florida is light on forwards, and Donskoi could be a nice fit in their top 9. They basically get him for a guy that doesn't want to play for their team anymore, and they have both the cap space and roster space.

-The Rangers need help down the middle. Compher provides some immediate assistance and then fills a bottom six role once their prospects develop. Really they should just trade for Cirelli, but if they don't then maybe this makes some sense.

-Tampa obviously doesn't want to move Cirelli but it seems something has to give. Here they get a first, a good prospect who can play this year (Kaut), and a mismanaged reclamation project with pretty nice upside (Borgstrom). They may be able to do better, but they can also certainly do worse.

In the end I don't see this happening. It's fun to look at on paper though.

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