I’m blown away that whoever printed that has a job at the athletic. It’s why i cancelled my subscription.

That just seems terrible to me how much better is Jones than Girard really especially when Girard has term at a good cap number

Was this from one of the writers or in the comment section?

Horrible trade for the Avs.

i'd rather have Girard than Jones

Plot twist: OP posted this in the comment section so he could come here saying he saw it on The Athletic

Even if Jones had 6 years left in term this deal sucks for Avs.

I would stop reading whoever on the Athletic who though that was reasonable haha

NHL 21 easy mode rejects this trade

I’d rather have SamG straight up lol

is the athletic trolling now?

The writers involved were Scott Burnside and Jon Vogl

Ask the writers lol

so guys who suck at their job. Saw that vogl and Portzline were writing that article. Guys are awful at taking rumours. Portzline gets clowned on constantly by Blue Jackets fans for being wrong and out of touch with the team

But....the Avs get to dump Newhook and it only costs them a 1st....

I would stop following those two guys.

I'm pretty sure it was Burnside and Vogl in this article

There are 5 guys who wrote it, portz is one

Colorado fans . . . What would Colorado offer up in a trade for Jones?
Columbus fans . . . What would you realistically expect for Jones?

Would something like Bowers, one of Timmins/Barron/or Helleson, and a conditional '23 2nd rounder (becomes a first if he re-signs) be acceptable??

I wouldn’t do that even if Jones was extended

Timmins, 1st, kaut. Newhook and byram are no starter for a guy that’s be second pair

I think that is too much for Jones, considering the role he would be in...(he could even be 5th in TOI behind Makar Toews Girard and Byram) That is paying a good price for a guy to fill a limited role.

I wouldnt want to trade all that and justify playing him over Byram in terms of minutes. You probably have to pay that to get him but for the role, that seems like an Overpay

if he gets to market, sign adam larsson at 4m instead of trading Jones at 5m when Larsson actually can do the job people say that Jones can do

No.

I like jones personally and think he’s worth a decent package. I don’t think avs need him in the slightest though.

I dont think the avs need him either.
I just dont trust the Jones downhill decline over the past 2 years as well, I think hes going to be a problem for whatever team trades for him and extends him with a massive deal. It will be a bobrovsky level bad the day its signed type deal