Have to agree to disagree but there's no way I'm paying Chicken Run that kind of money and once again it illustrates exactly why the Avs don't do it. There is ZERO chance of re-signing him.

Chychrun is constantly top of the league in individual scoring chances by defensemen. He is easily one of the best defensemen at getting the puck to net. The only 2 guys consistently better than him every year are Josi and Hamilton (Hamilton missed most of the season so obviously he wasn't there this year) He's also done this while playing on not 1 but 2 bottom of the league teams.

I can understand why it's a bad fit for the Avs due to term and lack of need for a #1 or #2 defenseman but Girard is certainly not better. Chychrun will rightfully get ~8M on his next deal, Girard would not get more than he is making right now

Chychrun isn’t a #1 dman at all, he has 2 40pt season in his career he has 17 more career points than Girard logging over 200 more minutes of PP time, his shot metrics 5v5 are middle of the road. You want to pay him $8.5M be my guest have fun with that and a guy that is a 2nd pairing dman.

Again, not arguing whether Avs can afford it. Just that Chychrun is better. I understand why the Avs can't make the trade but that doesn't mean it's a good deal for Ottawa either