On the Colorado Avalanche, Ottawa Senators and Carolina Hurricanes …
Bob McKenzie: Think the Ottawa Senators would have interest in both Matt Duchene and Gabiel Landeskog. Likely more interested in Landeskog, but guessing they would find the price too high.
Bob McKenzie: Think the Carolina Hurricanes would have some interest in making a deal with the Avalanche, and they would have the ‘tools to talk trade’ with them.
Luke DeCock: The Hurricanes do have the defensive assets to make a deal with the Avalanche, but it depends on how far they want to go.
Chris Nichols of FanRag Sports: Elliotte Friedman on 630 CHED talking about the Colorado Avlanche, Gabriel Landeskog, Matt Duchene and Tyson Barrie, and who could be traded first.
Friedman says that he hasn’t heard Barrie’s name and adds that the Avs are looking for defensemen, so trading one doesn’t solve their problem. Barrie is signed to a reasonable long-term deal (four years at $22 million), so they would have to have a good reason to trade him.
“Every conversation I have now about defensemen comes back to what the Edmonton Oilers did – Taylor Hall for Adam Larsson. And that is what the cost is to get a good defenseman in this league now.”
The Avalanche need quality defenseman, not to trade them.
“As for which of the two goes first, I’d be lying if I said I could answer that one totally,” continued Friedman of the remaining Landeskog and Duchene. “I think there are teams in on Landeskog. I think the price is higher for Duchene. But I can see a team that thinks they can win it this year making a run for Duchene because he’s such a scorer right now.”
Duchene has two years left on his five-year, $30 million contract.
Landeskog has four years left on his seven-year, $39 million contract.