If you do the DAL trade you are essentially saying good by to Grubauer. Savard just feels unnecessary unless the d-Corp doesn’t get healthy. Personally I’d rather have Grubauer than Kdobie.

Not necessarily. You still protect Grubauer and let Seattle take Khudobin. MacDonald only needs another 13 games played to meet the eligibility critieria so he would be our unprotected Dman in the expansion draft.

Qdoba only costs $1.33M more than Francouz and the Avalanche can leave Groo unprotected in the Expansion Draft since he’s a UFA or let Seattle take Khudobin, which they will probably do from Dallas anyway.

Faska is a pipe dream though.

Adding Khudobin also gives the Avs a plan B incase Grubauer walks. Either run with Khudobin-Francouz (not ideal), or use Khudobin to acquire a starter - like Khudobin + prospect/pick for Merzlikins (extended). It's much easier to do a goalie trade if you can send a decent goalie back the other way.