Avalanche Improve Greatly in NHL Trades, Add Key Players

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00:00In terms of who did the best and who wins, the Avalanche, the Stars, the Panthers, now

00:11I heard some people say that the Jets didn't get better when they got Tanev and Shen, they

00:17just got tougher.

00:18Or was it the Leafs with Lawton and Carlo?

00:24You know, I would not say Lawton, but Carlo is something that they needed.

00:31And then Pittsburgh gave up a lot.

00:34They didn't give up Crosby, obviously, or Raquel, at least, unless there's paperwork

00:40we haven't seen yet.

00:42At the end of the day, who wins?

00:46Colorado is loaded now, and Dallas with Rantan, and then like Edmonton, to me, didn't do anything.

00:54Who's going to stand out against those teams that they'd have to face to get to the Western

00:59Finals and back to the Stanley Cup Finals?

01:02A lot of the Canadian teams were handcuffed.

01:04A lot of players have the no trade clause list, and Canadian teams are on it.

01:11The good Canadian teams are already strapped for money.

01:13They didn't have a lot of room.

01:14Like, good job by the Leafs squeezing Carlo in, but they really didn't have a lot of room

01:18to do something huge.

01:19I think, Scott, listen, they're all winners.

01:21I mean, let's not dismiss the Tampa Bay Lightning.

01:23They just sort of added more grit and veteran experience and winning pedigree to the lineup.

01:31It's hard.

01:32Listen, Marshawn's good, but let's not get crazy here.

01:34It's not a nice pick up.

01:35I mean, the Seth Jones move, I think it's a little bit better.

01:37So, the Panthers are for real, but, you know, Scott, let's talk about what the Avalanche

01:40have done here.

01:41They called Rantan his bluff, right?

01:44So, they offered Rantan $12 million, reportedly, and he was like, more.

01:48You know, he wanted to hit like the $14 million a year range.

01:52He never thought, though, that they were going to trade him.

01:55Like, it wasn't hostile.

01:56Like, they were going back and forth.

01:58Like, Nate McKinnon didn't even know he was going to get dealt.

02:00It wasn't planned.

02:01Basically, the Avalanche walked away from a meeting with the agents and were like, we

02:06don't like where this is going, and we're not going to give him a cent more than $12

02:10million a year, and then they just traded him.

02:14Boom.

02:15And it shocked the world when they did, but look how Necas is playing for them right now,

02:19Scott.

02:20Now, you turn around, you bring in Brock Nelson as well.

02:24Now, you turn around, you bring in Charlie Coyle as well.

02:28You know, you got three for one now, basically, right?

02:31You got some good players, and you add to an already good hockey team.

02:35I think the Avalanche-

02:36Loaded up the middle.

02:37They're loaded up the middle.

02:39They are.

02:40And I think the Avalanche, like, are...

02:41You always have to ask yourself, are they a better team now than they were like two

02:45days ago?

02:46Yes.

02:47And if you look at the Avalanche, you're like, yeah, damn, you're effing right they are.

02:51You just picked up Brock Nelson and Charlie Coyle.

02:53You got multiple positions here.

02:55We got defensemen.

02:56We got forwards.

02:57We're adding guys.

02:58To me, the Avs are the winners of the trade deadline.

03:01And from the Ratnan deal and how they handled this and how they took the money instead of

03:06giving it to Ratnan and bringing in three different players, Scott, I think the Avs

03:09are the winners to me.

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