Colorado doesn't have $9,000,000 to offer Horvat, And Sakic isn't dealing Byram for a rental either.

Instant no from Colorado. This trade is really half baked.

Also that Horvat extension is insane. Go try to make a cap compliant Avs roster for 2023-2024 with Horvat making $9M and MacKinnon making $12.6M. You’d need half your roster making $750k to even come close to cap compliant.

No appreciation of Avs cap. And no appreciation of Manson's NTC. No team paying Horvat 9m either....unless Jim Benning is a GM

How original

Really? Do you realize Horvat in on pace for 50 goals or more. If he keeps pace Horvat will fetch over 9 million per on the open market in the summer. As for Colorado's cap situation, Erick Johnson and a few others are coming off the books. Sakic could make it work. Colorado's top six would be set for 6 years.

Go ahead and try making an Avs roster with this contract on the books. You need to replace Byram, Manson, Johnson, Compher, Rodrigues, Cogliano, and Helm. And re-sign Newhook, Meyers, and some other RFAs. You have about $8M to replace those 9 players.

Umm okay. Canucks offered him close to 8 million a year and that offer got flat out rejected. He will get 9 million for his goal pace this year if he achieves it .

Im an avid nucks fan.I love Horvat but hes not getting 9 million a year come on.IMHO.

This might be one of the most half baked nonsense proposals on here. VAN isn’t getting Byram 1 for 1 for Horvat first, second on what planet does the defending cup champion gut their defense for a rental then astronomically over pay him? This is bad.

Just awful for the avs. Over paying on A rental
And an easy decline

Out right no one is paying him that

you realize he is on an unsustainable shooting bender of close to 22% this season, his career average is around 13%
You know front offices are aware of that

Anybody that pays Horvat $9m deserves to have their head examined. Dude has one career 60pt season is on track to score 50 sure but that’s shooting 30% higher than his career high and I got news for you GM’s especially GM’s that are analytics driven aren’t giving a career 54pt a season guy $9M especially if they want to stay employed.

No, Horvat was off to hot start, but is going to come back to reality. He's a 65 point guy. Miller had 99 points last year, but reality is he was 70 point during his peak years.
We will never know what Canucks offered....and even if was 8m, maybe Horvat rejected because he didn't want to be a Canuck for 7 years. 8m will be the best money is going to make.
Miller took the guaranteed money of 8m X 7. Good for him, but he is going to very unhappy playing in Vancouver, till age 37.

What an utter nonsensical garbage proposal. No way in heaven or hell the Avs touch that.