imo I think Horvat would need to come with a real team friendly contract for the Avs to do this

Won’t be as friendly as whatever Newhook signs. These Newhook ideas r just as bad as the Byram ones…. Sakic isn’t gonna lose guys cause he mismanaged the cap. This isn’t the Island.

absolutely not

it should be a contending team for a while, who doesn't love winning cups and living in denver

- Once VAN locked in Miller to term any path that had them moving a win now player for futures became a lot less likely. Imo its far more likely they keep him and he walks for nothing than they trade him given where they are at (although the most likely is that they just give him a huge contract like everyone else).

- Also rentals don't get that type of return, and retention on rentals doesn't have any effect on the value, its simply a tool to make the trade compliant.

- Finally COL wouldn't have interest in trading a long term asset for a player they couldn't keep long term. If they were able to afford the next deal Bo gets then Kadri would still be on the team and all of this would be irrelevant. I could see a 1st + a smaller prospect as a pure rental if Van REALLY ****s the bed but again for the reasons above I don't think that situation is likely

GM Chris MacFarland

Newhook is a top six player. Him & Miller would be lethal

It’s Sakic’s team bro….. who cares what MacFarland’s title is

COL isn’t doing that.

GMCM

I'm pretty certain CM's been heavily influencing Sakic for years. The man behind the curtain

Are you his agent? 😉
Either way it’s the same mindset