Realistic Trade Opportunities

Wolski is nothing more than a throw-in for cap relief depending on if and who gets acquired at the deadline. EC and Avery aren’t worth dick.

Avery = no trade clause
Wolski = barely played any games this year
EC = who?

In all seriousness, all these guys have expiring deals and none of them have done much to warrant an NHL roster spot this season (or even longer). Getting back a late round draft pick or a low ceiling prospect for any of those guys is a steal.

It’s such cases that makes me think that the NHL should have a trade deal with the KHL. Send these three oversees — and dumping their contracts in the process — and in return get either some prospect rights or a rental veteran for the remainder of the season and POs. Thoughts?

Zuke has to be traded. theres no way he will resign with us so we might as well get something for him

but seriously, whatever we can get for WW is worth it. Free up room to get someone who can help the PP

A couple days ago, I saw on the ESPN rumors page that the Avalanche might be interested in a reunion with Wolski.

If this is true it brings up some questions like:
1. Who would you be interested in bringing over (realistically) from the Avalanche team?
2. Would you package Wolski, Zuc and a pick, for someone good?

I honestly believe that the team we have assembled to date is a deep, grinding, defensive oriented team that can make a deep run in the playoffs. with that being said, I still feel that we aren’t a cup team at the moment. Yes, Boston is our biggest competition in the east (albeit the fact we are first and beat them…plus 3-1 record last year), and out west, Chicago, Detroit and Vancouver are all powerhouses.
For all those that want to keep the team, I am all for it. Let the youth develop and go from there. But, I can also see this team making a serious run if it adds a piece or 2. If you go back to ‘94, you can see a lot of similarities. Young, top flight goaltending, a solid defense core and a lot of youth in the front end. But we made the moves that needed to be made and won a cup. I think that can be done again. I don’t like including signature players from our roster in deals unless the front office and Torts really feel they are winning. IF we can get a player such as Weber, it would be hard to deal a McDonagh or Staal, but I would do it. For a Nash, I would deal those high end prospects even if his name starts with a K and ends in rieder. You gotta give to get. I don’t believe that the Prospals, Ruutus and bottom 6 type players make this team better. And getting rid of Dubi and a package for Ryan does nothing for me. Ryan can help, but you can’t tell me that top prospects aren’t on Anaheims wish list despite what the GM says. They want the best deal possible and I don’t think Dubi does it for them anyway.
Basically this whole spiel adds up to the fact that any deal we make has to make this team better then it is and some of the players and trades that are getting thrown out there don’t do that. We got a winner here and gotta keep growing it unless we can get a fair deal that we feel makes this team that much better.
Thanks for hearing me out.

I’m fine with a trade if it allows us to add assets, rather than swap assets.

Give up things like MZA, Wolski, Valentenko, picks, Bourque, etc.

Not roster players like Dubi, Artie, or anything like that.

AA and Dubi are already better than Morrow, and people want to trade them for him.

Enough with the grass is greener shit. This teams in first place and beat Boston for a reason.