Let him cook lol

And as I said. If that’s what he meant I agree. They are better on paper now than they were last year to start the season. But as I also said, that’s not saying much. But I’m glad you & chatGPT are here to clarify for him lol.

Since 21 – 22 the front office really hasn’t done much at all to warrant this whole “trust the plan/process” mantra that you are adhering to. But to each there own. They could’ve just left the roster they had to finish last year alone. Especially considering they made it a point at the end of year presser to say that they loved the group they assembled.

Having cap/roster flexibility is nice. But I’d personally rather have the set & forget 3C & hell..even Wood at this point. The thing that mystifies me is everybody keeps coming back to the cap flexibility & picks they got. What was the point? They are going to have to turn around eventually & use those assets to acquire a 3C.

I asked ChatGPT to interpret this sentence: “This team is far better to start the year than last year”

Response: That sentence means the speaker believes the team (sports team, work team, or otherwise) is beginning this year in a stronger, more prepared, or more capable state than they were at the start of last year.
It’s a comparison of starting points — not necessarily about how last year eventually ended, but specifically about how the team looks “at the beginning of the year.”

I think you interpreted his statement incorrectly.

As for your point about the Cup, it’s not won in August. A year ago, Nashville was crowned as the winners of the offseason, and they finished 31 points worse and missed the playoffs. Florida, meanwhile, looked objectively worse on paper after losing several key players (Ekman-Larsson, Montour, Tarasenko to name a few), but by the trade deadline they added Seth Jones and Brad Marchand, and the rest is history.

Right now, we’re looking at an unfinished roster. Comparing last year’s post-deadline team to this year’s pre-training camp team doesn’t really make sense. Why not wait to see how the roster shapes up over the course of the season and after the deadline before making that judgment?

Isn’t that kind of the problem & maybe what they should be trying to avoid doing for the 4th consecutive year? Having a completely passable or patchwork bottom 6, & trying to re – make large swaths of the roster in – season? That’s partly why they have few to none real tradable assets or prospects. As for the Dallas comp, is that the only metric we’re using to gauge the Avs off – season?

I don’t think the sky is falling. Their top 6 when healthy & everyone is available is fantastic. But all they’ve accomplished this off – season is they got worse at forward overall. And didn’t do anything to get tougher to play against. Especially on the back end. Which we all thought/felt they would prioritize. Instead they signed a 40 year old who had 11 hits all of last season. And looked cooked in the postseason.

You’re twisting yourself into a pretzel and stressing for no reason.

At no point should you be comparing a previous year’s playoff team to a training camp team. The 2026 playoff roster isn’t going to be what you see now. That is fact. And it’s proven time and time again. Dallas eliminated the Avs and their roster was gutted a lot more than Colorado’s since May.

Look at last year on opening night and how much worse it was than the 2024 playoff roster. It happens every year and to most teams

Even in 2021-22, the roster that started the year was nowhere near as good as the one that beat Tampa Bay.

Well Olofsson has much more in common with Tatar than you might think. Especially the skating. He’s not very fleet of foot.

I’m in agreeance with you & most. They should have a legitimate 2nd PP unit. But let’s be real, it isn’t going to happen. Bednar has never shown any desire to not play his first unit essentially the entire 2 mins. And I don’t think bringing in Victor Olofsson is going to spark him to actually construct & play a 2nd unit.

Sure if there’s injuries Olofsson will be a great fill – in on the PP. But that’s assuming Bednar even uses him there. You have to figure all of the following forwards are ahead of him for PP mins. Nate, Necas, Landy, Nuke, Lehky & Nelson. And in Bednar’s mind, he might even use Colton on the PP if necessary over Olofsson.

And I concur. Barring a ton of injuries or it being the last 10 – 15 secs of a PP. Girard should never be near the power play. He sucks on it.

He could mean that, but based on the way he wrote his comment. I took it as they’re better than they were when last season ended.

If it’s to be interpreted as they’re better now as constructed than to start last season. I would agree. But that’s also a pretty low bar when you look at their opening night roster from last year.

Is the goal not to win the Stanley Cup? I’m just advocating for moves that bring them closer to that objective. This whole off – season has been a big bowl of wtf? Outside of re – signing Nelson. Unless you happen to be a big fan of the Brent Burns signing. Everything they’ve done has made them objectively worse.

I didn’t hate what they did last year at the deadline. But it’s hard to advocate that the moves they’ve made this off – season have made them a better team than what was eliminated.

Honestly I made the case that after they re – signed Nelson & solidified 2C the play was to do nothing. Their forward core was set. And they were right at the cap. All they HAD to do was sign Malinski & eventually add a 6/7th D.

I was fine with them moving out Girard, Colton or even Necas if it made them better. But they did none of that. They gutted the bottom half of their forward core voluntarily. For a crappy midget prospect & worthless mid – round picks to CBJ. Hell, I was one of the few that was willing to bring back Wood. He had a tough year. But I think he’s a pretty valuable guy to have in your bottom 6 when he’s healthy.

It’s simple. You lose Coyle, Drouin & Wood. And you bring in Olofsson & Burns lol. How are they better? Or more suited to win in the postseason?

I thought he was the right fit for the Avs and was looking forward to having him here all next season. My teenager thinks he was awful and is cooked. Each of us can find national writers that agree with us.

So while I think Olofsson is a fine pickup at this price, I’d rather have Coyle. They haven’t shown they can use Coyle’s space for equivalent value, imo.

I get that Coyle helped us dump Wood as well, but I still don’t think it was worth it.