Sold. No takebacks.

No.
No desire for this

It's pretty clear the Avs aren't interested in trading for a 6D this year. Between Malinski, Jones & JJ, they'll be fine. I expect to see that rotation start in November.

It would take a season-ending injury to do something like this and there will be better options on the market at the deadline. They'd much rather spend this cap at the TDL on a rental winger or center.

I think Columbus would be happy to rid themselves of his contract. As such, I don't think it would cost much at all to get him. Long winded way of saying that a second is way too much.

I also don't think Colorado should be paying their 6D that much.

Actually that's my conclusion too. I was just using this AGM to explore the idea. Here's my Hfboards post on it: https://forums.hfboards.com/threads/2023-24-trade-rumors-and-free-agency-season-thread.2937984/page-136#post-192036279

It's not really the contract. The cap is fine in Columbus this season. They just need the roster spot, and there's no point in leaving an NHL caliber defensive D in his mid 20s as a healthy scratch when he could contribute somewhere else. He's just been squeezed out in Columbus between Severson, top prospect Jiricek forcing their hand to give him a roster spot, and Gudbranson bringing important intangibles on top of the same role Peeke would serve.

Would CBJ consider retaining a bit, say $500k-750k? That would probably make this viable for Colorado. Or at the very least $225k which is the minimum amount they'd need retained without having to move anyone off their current roster (not counting Francouz on LTIR)

That's a hard sell to ask a team to retain for that long. The dollar amount of the retention isn't necessarily important, but teams only get three retention spots, and I could very much see Columbus needing all three of them as soon as next year to dispatch players like Provorov to make space for Mateychuk (who nearly made the team this season) or Kuraly, for example. Or... let's say maybe even Elvis? This coming summer, Columbus has quite a puzzle to figure out between long term deals for players coming off ELCs, prospects forcing their way to the NHL, and hopefully moving into a competitive window. I could see them wanting to keep as much flexibility as they can moving forward, even if Jarmo might not be the GM making those decisions.

I think that if Colorado is moving on from Girard or Manson, they’re probably looking to save money. Peeke on a bottom pairing is expensive for the role he’s play. I’d rather roll the dice with a guy making $1M

If they move on from Manson they're gonna need a replacement bottom 4 RHD who can PK...

I’m not trying to pay that type of money to anyone on the bottom pair. JJ is probably too old for another contract, but someone fitting that archetype is just fine imo. I think that making long term commitments to a bottom pair guy is just not something the Avs have the luxury of doing anymore.