Made the team worse. Congrats

Colorado says no. Colorado is doing a very delicate salary cap dance. Low cost / good value contracts like Jost's are key to retaining Landeskog, Makar, MacKinnon, etc. Malkin's cap hit (even with retention) is a non-starter.

value is good for avs but not sure they can swing that caphit.

avs can not afford this, even if you retained 50% avs cant afford it

They cant

depends on what they do with a few things. if they bridge makar, deal with ej(lrit or trade), and trade kardi and one of graves, donskoi, or compher they might be able to but it's close.

just hit delete at "trade Malkin"
He's not going anywhere, the same is true with Letang.
On top of it, their next best window to win a cup is both those guys coming back on really team friendly deals to try to make a run for it. I'm talking less than 50% of what they make now.
While at the same time taking on smaller roles. Malkin coming in as a 3C would be great.

lol that's not going to happen

I think you'd be surprised. There aren't huge markets for guys who are 36 years old. Especially on contracts with term.
I don't think your going to see a Pavelski pay raise here. That would be a mistake and I think both player and team knows this. For most older players it doesn't work out well.
Most of these guys know their time is ending.
You are more likely to see a Chara or Thornton salary scale here. Where guys went from 8 to 5 to 2 to league min over a couple years span toward the end of their career.
All on very short term deals.
You can average that out and realize Malkin on a 4x4 deal is probably better off. Yeah it might suck toward the end of that deal as he's near 40. Hell he might retire or be on LTIR by then.
But it averages out to about the same. And I think it works for both sides. These guys do not have forever in the tank and both know it.
Letang is in the same boat. He'll be 36, The market for 36 year old defense isn't what you think. You are looking at guys who are fast on pace for league minimum and they know it. So a 3x4 deal is much more realistic than you think. I think after next year you are looking at an open market value on Letang at 1x4-5 mil. If you think he's getting a big money deal like a 27 year old FA you are kidding yourself.
So you take that number, you give it term, and you get down to 3 mil or so. This opens up cap, it creates space to bring in a big name or two and change the core, and they are now the support players mixed with some youth.
That is the new window. It's why they aren't getting traded.