Avs say no. They're not trading Girard for picks and prospects and a year of a worse defenseman.

“Worse” lol

There isn’t any reason for COL to do that. That trade basically is one year of Sanheim, a d prospect that isn’t anything special, and an AHL dman for the 5 premium years (24-29) of a puck moving dman on a sweetheart deal. I mean not to be mean but that is just awful. If COL moves Girard they will want immediate help in the form of a similar type production forward who is on a good contract and cost controlled (relatively) for a similar amount of time. Plenty of deals out there centered around guys like that in Necas, Sharangovich, Beauviller, Bennett. This is a very easy no.

The team is essentially the exact team we had this year and finished at the bottom of the league

We just swap our best 2-way D for a similar player who is a step back defensively and a step forward offensively. And eat cap for some reason

With a healthy team we might be decent, but I doubt we are a playoff team

Doubt Sanhiem signs for anything more than 5.5M, and calling Attard an AHL D is one of the biggest under evaluations of a player I’ve seen on here. Guy will be top 4 with ease. I’d take him up here.