Quoting: jpsnow13
Good luck with that. As hard as it is to believe, Colorado will probably enter the playoffs with Rodrigues as 2C and it ain't good. They can still trade Girard for Dvorak though
They may go into the playoffs with ERod at 2C but it wont be because they dont have cap to add anyone. If anything the Avs are one of the contenders in the best cap position to add at this years deadline.
Just for a rough estimation of deadline cap space:
-assuming a pre TDL daily projected cap hit of 80.75M
-assuming 186 days in the season, 146 before the deadline, 40 after
(146 days)/(186 days)*(80.75M)+(40 days)/(186 days)*(Post TDL cap hit) = 82.5M
Post TDL cap hit = (82.5M-146/186*80.75M)*186/40 = 88.8M
The Avs can have a daily cap hit of up to ~88.8M from the deadline onwards and still fit under the 82.5M cap over the full season. That means they can add around 8M in AAV at the deadline
They have to account for bonuses (or take overages next season), but its very doable to add any of these guys via trade at the 2023 deadline