Can we all please stop trading Girard for older players? Like, everyone on this site please sign an agreement? Because it really makes zero sense for COL to move Girard. Danault just signed an extension with LAK, I can't see him wanting to move so quickly, even if it is Colorado. He also doesn't want to be a 3C, that was his big issue in MTL. Byram has concussion symptoms and nobody knows when he'll be back to 100%, they really can't afford to move anyone on the back end. If anything, I think they may look into adding defensemen at the deadline.

Calgary will be keeping Gudbranson for their own cup run. Assuming they fall ot is quite a stretch when they have 6-7 games in hand on the 4 teams in front of them and 3 of them are within 3 points

If someone is willing to give up a 3rd for gudbranson the flames would take it and run

I wanted Danault in the off-season but it would be stupid to trade for him at this price when we could have had him in UFA. Bad look for LA to trade a player who just committed to them as a free agent.

Firstly, no, I don't think anyone should stop. It's perfectly feasible to trade an older player for a younger one y'know? Not outside the bounds of reality. It does happen. The question is whether it's a relatively reasonable idea (i.e. not one for one for Carey Price). If you'd read any of the actual trade idea you would know it relied on certain assumptions and your points were already addressed, bar the falacious 3C argument. Danault himself never mentioned the 3C role directly as far as I can remember, but rather how he was utilised, and in Colorado it would be similar to how LA looks to use him. To shelter Newhook in a similar fashion to Byfield. By the time he reaches the end of his current contract there is no way he will still be a 2C if he's in LA and Byfield and Vilardi have developed correctly. The rest I won't bother re-writing here.

Still early days my friend, but yes as the description says it relies on that assumption. It also does say insert your own choice of RD that fits.

You consider him to be that bad?

Certainly it would be a surprise and like you I'd have been happy if they'd signed him in the off season. I agree it would certainly be unusual for a team to move a guy that soon but I'm sure it has happened before. Also Danault would have a pretty fair shout in the destination with the NMC. I agree that Sammy is a lot to give up but then there are other elements that can always be added and sometimes a team will move a guy even though the trade appears unbalanced player for player and still win from it. However, as it says, the idea is certainly a pretty left field idea.

He had a really good start to the year but hasn’t been very good lately. A 3rd round pick for a 3rd pairing defencmen seems like a good deal

Hes been a solid depth guy overall. I dont think its a value issue I just dont see Calgary ever falling out of the race until the last couple weeks if at all

A trade with LA that could work better could be Girard for Roy + Vilardi/Turcotte. Avs get a big PKing RHD and young middle 6 C, whereas LA trade from a position of surplus (they have MANY RHD's and young C's) to fill that puckmoving LHD spot in their top 4.