This is an interesting trade a few days before the entry draft.
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Welcome to the Colorado Avalanche, Ryan Johansen!
So Nashville turned Seth Jones into debt AAV and Galchenyuk who is worthless. Nice job boys.
Wishing the best for Galchy
ANOTHER perfect example of giving away a player, a DECENT player, FOR NOTHING (See: Boeser to Chicago!) These deals are happening all over the NHL. And honestly, this is HURTING Nashville, in a way, retaining $4 Mill to be paid to no one working for them. (Worse than the OEL buyout, on average!). Sorry, but I was just SO surprised when you were 'flabbergasted' at the thought of, "Why would Vancouver give away a player for free?". BECAUSE! … It would help them. The same way it's helping other teams around the league.
Way better trade for colorado than it is for the preds
Bill Foley was asked how much would he want the cap to be: 135 million. He might get his wish in 6yrs.
Some people have said DeBrincat was a possibility on the Preds
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Johansen never lived up to is billing.
We traded an allstar defenseman for him.
28 points for 8 million? Gawd awful.
Johansen has got to be the most overrated forward in the show. 8 million for what???
Montreal, Arizona, Penguins, Minnesota, Ottawa, Toronto, back to Arizona, Colorado and now Nashville.. good lord.
What is Trotz smoking? Slam dunk by the Avs.
This trade benefits both teams. Avs get a solid center that can slot into the second or third line and Nashville rids themselves of a contract without having to buy it out. The question is will Trotz now use that cap space to go after DeBrincat?
Johansen is a big steal for the Avalanche! In solidifying the Centerice position they are a threat to make another Stanley Cup run!!! Sakic knows the value of big Captain Gabe and its impossible to fill that void BUT Johansen is a good center for sure!
Whether it's Johansen's declining abilities or Nashville's tepid scoring talent, his days as a potential no.1 center option are capped.
Poor Galchenyuk, I keep rooting for him to eventually click at the pro level
Max Domi to Nashville?
Wow, Future Considerations got snubbed by Nashville, considering Gally is glorified FC at this point.
good trade for the aves
I’m actually surprised you think was a good trade for Nashville
Belarusian genes….so, a Russian.
Surprise surprise, turns out to be a unmotivated slug who just wants the money.
Canadiens need to learn from their mistakes…steer clear of Russians!
Let some other team draft Michkov, and get their own valuable education.
But here's another take: I can only assume that there's a clause somewhere, that says, "A team cannot simply GIVE AWAY an asset for NOTHING." And so, SOMETHING has to be added going the other way, no matter how pointless that might be. But honestly, this is getting to be an embarrassing JOKE for The NHL. where teams are needing to GIVE AWAY players, or even worse, give away players WHILE STILL RETAINING THAT PLAYER'S SALARY!!!, or EVEN WORSE, moving a player AT THE COST OF sending a DRAFT PICK WITH THEM!!! Is ANYONE going to suggest (ADMIT), MAYBE the system is BROKEN?!?!?
Ryan johansen is a turtle on the ice. Glad he was dumbed
Maybe Nashville is interested in J.T. Miller
Cheaper for Nashville than buying him out,
Johansen always seems like he's underperformed since signing that deal, so I think this is one that can work out for both sides in his new role at a more reasonable cap hit.
good deal for both teams
Nashville is up to something…watch thier next move
Man Preds were so desperate to dump Johansen they took on a guy who is a week away from UFA status.
Willing to bet Duchene is next.
Good move for the avs. Low risk, high reward
Suitcase Galchenyuk.
I'm pushing for Galchenyuk to tightrope a long career with a bunch of teams. I want him to break the teams played for record!
I have a funny feeling that Nashville is getting ready to acquire Ryan Nugent Hopkins
Great work by C-Mac. perfect pick up for the Avs
I call this a fair trade. Johansen could bounce back, but he is also 30 years old, so he could be at the declining end of his career.
By the way, this is what I think will happen with J.T. Miller and the Canucks, but maybe a year earlier, so with 3 years left in his contract, they will give him away with either 50% retention, or some assets.
A win for the Avs for sure. I think Johansen comes in as a 3rd line center with the Avs still looking for a bigger trade for the 2nd line center. I'm sure this means that Compher is gone though.
I like it for Colorado and Johansen. Nashville get cap space so thats good too.
Shocked to see you in a preds jersey for this one
I think as Value, Avs win the trade. I think as contract situation goes, its a little sketchy. Even though its 4 million for the Avs, thats still alot in the bank given the sitaution they are in. It's not just a 2C position that's the problem, its depth scoring and chemistry in general. Without Landeskog again, we still have holes, and not alot of money to work with now that we have to give big boy contract to Byram. I am not a fan of this trade honestly.
I don't understand how this is a good deal for Nashville whey they pay half his salary and get nothing back. Do they not know Bill Guerin's number? Even if Johansen is not as good as he once was I would rather have him over Ryan Hartman as the first line center. Surely some team would give them literally anything in return. If not then keep him and trade him at the trade deadline.
This move makes sense for Nashville. Doesn't really change anything for them except saves money.
Ayo! Here we go
This could mean Nashville is not going for the playoffs
As an Avs fan I love the move as we need a 2nd center. He'll bounce back playing with top talent this season!
I'm trying to understand why this isn't a steal for Colorado and why Shannon isn't wearing an avalanche jersey
I find it interesting that Nashville unloaded 2 of their worst 3 +/- forwards (Niederreiter and Granlund) at the trade deadline and their fortunes improved down the stretch. Now they've traded away the 3rd person of that group, and paid to do it.
Wow. 50% retention. So Nashville has $4M in dead cap space for the next 2 years. Why not just go the buyout route then? Head-scratcher that they didn't get some return such as draft picks. Bad start for Trotz.
Wow. Preds got fleeced, I’d say he is worth at least a 2nd?? And the retained salary! I guess lots of it is a cap dunk, be he was ok last year, and he was great 2 years ago! I guess they are betting on the youngins doing well. Does Nashville have a bigger move in mind?? Doubt it, but it’s always an option.
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