With the Colorado Avalanche’s 17th loss in their last 20 games, they are firmly dead last in the NHL standings and there’s little reason for hope on the immediate horizon. There’s been significant smoke around the idea of the Avs moving a core player, primarily Matt Duchene and Gabriel Landeskog.
For the purpose of this piece, it’s only focusing on those two as it the team doesn’t have any apparent interest in moving Erik Johnson or Nathan MacKinnon and any deal involving Semyon Varlamov or Tyson Barrie makes the most sense in the summer.
It’s important to make the disclaimer this is not me saying these are trade rumors I’ve heard.