Patience Brad…patience. Trust CMac’s vision lol.

I agree. I think if he stayed in North America he’d find a bottom 6 role. As has been touched on before, I think he has an inflated sense of how good he is. But that’s a different conversation.

Had he stayed an Av I think he’d be slotted in on the 3rd line right now. He’s easily got more offensive upside than anyone currently in their bottom 6 outside of Colton. And that includes Drury. Who I like a lot. Only as a 4th liner though. Whereas the Avs I think (and have zero idea as to why). Feel as if he has some untapped offensive potential. Haven’t seen anything to indicate that.

While I agree that Kovalenko would be a good add to the Avs bottom 6, the question is would Kovalenko accept that? Some guys would rather go to Europe to be a star than a bottom 6 guy making a million.

Agree and it’s bordering on idiocy that the Avs didn’t resign him to a league min salary when SJ cut him lose. He would have been a very effective 3rd or 4th line player with some decent upside. Certainly better than Ivan or Steinberg. Just crazy they haven’t attempted to fill the holes at the bottom of this roster.

He also *returned* a franchise goalie in a trade. That’s not a bust.

Gushchin was a mid-third round pick, not a 1st round bust. But Olausson sure was. Imagine if they would have taken Matthew Knies or Logan Stankoven instead. I totally agree that Conner Bleackley was a horrific bust, especially considering that the two guys taken immediately after him were Jared McCann and David Pasternak. Tragic. When the Avs took Jost, I was hoping for Jacob Chychrun. Oh, well, at least they were consistent in their drafting. Too bad it was awful. Never would have gotten Makar if we had won the lottery that year, so at least that worked out.

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He’s a really skilled guy. But if my franchise defenseman was listed at 158 lbs, I would be telling him he needs to hire a nutrionist & spend every waking hour in the weight room.

I’m not ever going to say there can’t be exceptions. But you’re kind of demonstrating the point. If you can name all of the small players off – hand that have had major success in the pros. That’s because there’s been so few of them. The exceptions prove the rule.

And in this topsy turvy world we live in. Where Rico & I are suddenly agreeing on things lol. He is correct in stating none of these guys the Avs have drafted or acquired. Have the top end skill to overcome their small stature. So maybe it’s time to switch up their philosophy. Even now you look at their “top” prospects they’re all midgets. Brindley, Behrens & Gulyavev. Even Nabokov! Is considered to be an undersized goaltender by most standards.