@coga16 thoughts on this girard trade? (It's more quantity over quality but it holds lot's of things the avs could flip)

That Colorado trade is so bad for the Oilers.

Any trade that involves G would require a significant asset coming back (e.g., Broberg +) or a player of equivalent quality. A trade like the one you've proposed here only makes sense if the Avs are rebuilding, which they most definitely are not. Pretty easy decline in my book.

It's 100 percent a risk and I knew that while making it and honestly I don't blame u for thinking it's the worst trade ever b u t

Girard is a top ten d-man in the league on a team-friendly deal long term which is perfect for the oilers.

If edmonton holds onto their assets for years to come and wastes mcdavids and drais primes with a lackluster d-core then what.

You still keep holloway and jesse you throw away some picks in drafts that won't matter cause the players won't match up with mcdavid or drai and yamamoto is a loss that can be replaced.

I am very determined on making this work so how about a 3 team deal that involves a rebuilding team getting these assets and then sending a star player to the avs

Keith is def done after this year either way. its only a mil in 2022-23 then 500K following year if you buy him out.

I thought it was they get 3.4 million in extra cap to use if he retires?

*cough* Chychrun *cough* *cough*

The issue with that is why wouldn't edmonton just do that trade for chychrun in the first place?

I would 100x rather have Girard thought cause his term is longer so what about a three team trade that includes Girard going to edmonton,debrincat and 25% of assets from edmonton going to the avs, and 75% of the assets going to the hawks

oh yeah I mean even if he DIDNT retire I bet they buy him out to clear space. So either way hes gone next year. His contract only is 1.5 mil in salary so he might just walk away.

they are not selling him for futures/prospects. Avs are in now.

klefbom will retire after his contract runs out and hard to say with smith. I think both LTIRetire after this season.

Haha you're the one trying to trade for G, I'm just throwing out other ideas that the Avs might go for assuming Byram establishes himself. Term and team-friendly deal makes G incredibly valuable. Debrincat's great, but he'd need a raise the same season that Mackinnon will get his dump truck full of cash. Couldn't see Joe going for that.

Players that make sense on paper but not in reality: Buchnevich, Reinhart, Hall (lol), Beauvillier, Hertl (could be interesting), etc.

That makes COL worse in the short term which means no. COL would want a young top 6 forward locked up at a similar number as a starting point.

Take 50% of Barries contract and Canucks still say no

A three team trade is probably about the only way you could do it but it does give you room to get more creative.

Girard is a great player but he's not what the Oilers need. The biggest issue with the oilers D is that they are too soft and play a finesse game. They need a cheap, meat and potatoes guy in the #4 slot who can punish and clear the net.