The Colorado Avalanche are in desperate need of immediate help, if they want to get back to the top as soon as possible. One way to do that is to sign free agents, the other is to acquire improvements via trade. While the Avalanche’s main targets should be free agents, there are also some players that would be available to be given away in a trade.
However, the goal in some of those possible trades will not be to get immediate improvements, but rather to clear roster spots and acquire some late-round draft picks. Without further ado, here is who the Colorado Avalanche could give away and what for.