Need to get Mr @Smitty426 into the Devils front office ASAP.

Defense is still young but the forward additions you made will help insulate the team defense. This team should grow well.

Love it.

Thanks Tintin, Fan. I'd love to think I'm that smart (I definitely am not)! Using all of my fellow Devs GM real good work here in this platform. They know the players all over the league, I just see the need and use their recommendations! Continue the good work, we'll will Fitzy to getting this team the way we know will make us a winner!

Take out Clarke, Kuntar, 7th you have a deal. As is…no.

COL traded a top of the round 2nd rd pick for Colton, he has subsequently become more valuable a likely end of the round 2nd round pick a year out and an end of a 3rd pick isn’t remotely worth it for COL. Easy no

Avs hold out for a better off than that for Colton, and I reckon they'd get it even with lowball offers in a cap crunch situation. Easy decline for them.

Has Colton raised his value?

Presumably 37th overall was the best offer back then for Colton. With a cap crunch getting back what you paid for Colton should be the expectation

Colton has most certainly raised his value (playing C which he hadn't played all that much in the NHL until this year and doing it well whilst maintaining his points pace) and he's also signed. You aren't trading for his RFA rights. You'd need to ante up for him, regardless of the cap crunch. He'd be in demand if he were made available. Whilst Avs fans like myself are saying he's moveable and might be the piece that has to be sacrificed it WILL be a sacrifice. It isn't that any of us dislike him or don't believe he's delivered.

If they moved him, what does Colorado need other than cap relief?

RFA rights to get him on the exact contract they got him on.

37th overall for 4 years of Colton at 4 mill AAV

Now it is 3 years of Colton at 4 mill AAV.

Also, you are negotiating against a clock, and a cap crunch. The second July 1st hits Colton gets a full NTC, significantly tanking his value.
On a hometown boy who's publically talked about how he'd love to play for NJD, that gives us an edge in negotiations.

he has an identical points/60 to his time is tampa , but his goal production is down significantly.

Again, if a team is willing to pay more than what you paid for him, go ahead and NJD would probably match any bidding war, but you'd question why that team wouldn't have outbid you last year.

If you choose to clear cap in a different way, call us about that too. Whether it's Girard or Georgiev or whoever, I'm sure NJD would be interested

Value.

It is very rare that teams moving guys out for a cap crunch get their money back.

RFA rights weren't to necessarily get him on the contract he's on. It was on its way to arbitration. 3 years signed is worth more than RFA rights any day of the week and twice on a Sunday. The clock and cap crunch, point taken, but it's not as if the Avs HAVE to move Colton. There are other options. As for the hometwon thing, sure it makes good press and all that but only gives NJ leverage with a player not a team they're negotiatiing with. His points per 60 is what I was referring to and he's playing a different game now as a C. Colton won't be sold cheap that much I can tell you.

As it is we don't even know for sure that they'll have to move anyone. The Landeskog factor. There's a big difference in getting value and getting full value. Cap crunch or no.

In terms of hometown leverage I was referring to Colton's full NTC that kicks in July 1st. How many other places fit the criteria of: A) having the cap space B) willing to give you your money back on colton C) Colton would waive to.

Again, if getting a free year of Colton and then getting your money back is being sold cheap in your eyes, I expect you to be very disappointed with the returns if you do have to shed salary.

Especially in the offseason when there are boatloads of UFAs that can be acquired for free.

In answer to the ABC I know not. Not info any of us are privy to on B & C, and the premise Avs fans have worked on (on here at any rate) is that Colton would be moved before the NTC kicks in were it to happen.

A year at 4 mil per isn't free and getting less than value IS being sold cheap. Maybe I will be disappointed in any returns but I have faith in Burnably Joe & GMCM when it comes to such things. If anyone can get good value then they can.