JVR won't fetch a 1st without heavy retention, and NJD isn't the team to be trading away 1sts right now for 31 year old forwards.

Rumor is that the Avs have already offered 8 x $8 to Landy, which he rejected so good luck with that... DNVR confirmed that his $9-10 million ask is accurate.

Well.. as you can see.. I have the cap space for it. Also, he might just be p**sed off that talks have not gone forward. Funny enough, most Avs fans tell me he's staying in Colorado for 7-7.5M$ because he wants to stay and will give a discount. Also, I don't see anything about him turning down a 8X8 offer anyhwhere? Only that they are far apart.

It's all about egos in sports, less players that have that "link" to their teams today, all wil say "I want to stay a [INSERT TEAM NAME] for a long time..." and most wil think "He's staying for way less money 'cause he likes it here!" .. Not the case for 99% of the players.. Even here in MTL country people think Danault will stay for what he's actually worth. He wants 5-5.5M$ .. that's over paying by more than a million per year.

Your point of view.

Seattle definitely has the cap space for it, it's just a question of whether or not you want to play a 55 point/year player $9-10 million. If you do, great, go for it. That's too much IMO. His nearest comps are Kreider ($6.5m) and Anders Lee ($7m). The DNVR podcast has mentioned that he's declined an 8-year deal in the $7.5-8 neighborhood.

K.. Don't know the DNVR Podcast.. If they are actual sports journalists then they may have gotten that info, but haven't seen anthing in the actual sport media at this time. I remember talks about somethnig in the 7M$ figure, but nothing past that 7.5M$/yr. Most were talking about 5 to 6 years which would make sense. MackKinnon should get the bigger prize if Sakic views him as the face of the franchise .. But not getting Land back witht he Avs is understandable with MackK needing the contract and Makar who needs to stay. At the end, Cap Space is what makes the most interesting trades out there every 2-3 years.

Yeah like you said, it's all about if they want to spend that for him, but remeber for the last three years, he's been putting up 1.02; 0.81 and 0.96 pts per game. Yes, he's playing with that line, but if you can get Gourde/Wennberg and Tarasenko on a line with him, you'll be keeping that 0.80+ average for at least another 2-3 years. That's hard to come by and comes woth a price.

Seattle are also looking to sell tickets, so that's why I see them picking up Price, Landeskog, Tarasenko, Shattenkirk and Giordano. For a team to get such a line up, they need to pick top 5 for 5 to 6 years nowadays., They have such a window of opportunity. Even Vegas didn't have these types of players available, they mostly had 2nd to 4th liners.. Fleury was the big pick, they just suprised everyone with their depth and playing style. Seattle not only have young players to pick from, but can have a real 2 first line and top 4 Dmen from the get go. Big issue is gonna be the cap space.