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Do you not think at some point the Avs are going to have to ice players on ELCs?And Trenin might be more of a Bambi than Rants.
Target more IQ over big and fast for the bottom 6.
Given the cap situation + the Rantanen extension, the extra $500K-$1M for depth players is really going to matter. Particularly if they're going to have to carry $2-4M in dead cap for ridding themselves of Nichushkin.
It seems to me that players with sub-$1M contracts generally come in 3 flavors:
1) They're solid players with old legs
2) They're on ELCs
3) They suck
The Avs have largely been choosing door #1, they certainly did this season. Maybe a migration to #2 would be something to consider?