With 90 hours and counting until the 2023 NHL trade deadline, Avalanche general manager Chris MacFarland outlined that Colorado is not dead-set on adding any particular asset or position this week.
But, he added, “if it makes sense, we’ll strike.”
“I don’t think we’re focused in on any one positional silo,” MacFarland told local reporters Monday night. “If there’s something that makes sense, whether it’s at forward or D, we’ll look at it.”
The salary cap is an especially critical component as Colorado (33-19-5) navigates its trade options before the 1 p.m. MST cutoff Friday. Forward Gabriel Landeskog (knee) and defenseman Erik Johnson (ankle) are both injured without an imminent return timeline, and whether they are able to return during the regular season will impact what the Avs can or can’t do at the deadline.