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Colorado Avalanche: Ranking How Likely Players are to be Traded

By Nadia Archuleta

TORONTO, ON - JANUARY 14: Colorado Avalanche Left Wing Gabriel Landeskog (92) celebrates his goal with Right Wing Mikko Rantanen (96), Center Nathan MacKinnon (29) and Defenceman Tyson Barrie (4) during the second period of the NHL regular season game between the Colorado Avalanche and the Toronto Maple Leafs on January 14, 2019, at Scotiabank Arena in Toronto, ON, Canada. (Photo by Julian Avram/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images)
TORONTO, ON - JANUARY 14: Colorado Avalanche Left Wing Gabriel Landeskog (92) celebrates his goal with Right Wing Mikko Rantanen (96), Center Nathan MacKinnon (29) and Defenceman Tyson Barrie (4) during the second period of the NHL regular season game between the Colorado Avalanche and the Toronto Maple Leafs on January 14, 2019, at Scotiabank Arena in Toronto, ON, Canada. (Photo by Julian Avram/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images) /
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PHILADELPHIA, PA – OCTOBER 22: Colin Wilson #22 and Sven Andrighetto #10 of the Colorado Avalanche skate with teammates against the Philadelphia Flyers on October 22, 2018 at the Wells Fargo Center in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. (Photo by Len Redkoles/NHLI via Getty Images) /

No Problem Trading

I’d say a large majority of Colorado Avalanche players fall into this category. The future of these players with the team depends largely on how the Avs do in the next couple weeks or so.

If the Avs freefall out of the playoffs, they may decide to build up some even stronger draft stock. Therefore, any of these players should expect to get traded for a mid-round or even late-round draft pick.

Colin Wilson, Matt Nieto, Sven Andrighetto, and Mark Barberio would be some of the first players on the list. Honestly, I think if Joe could get any kind of draft pick for these players, he would make the trade. Players such as Gabriel Bourque and Patrick Nemeth would probably have to be packaged in with more desirable trade package.

Joe Sakic loves to make AHL-level trades. I think he just doesn’t want to be left out of the excitement. He makes trades just to make them, but they’re not particularly impactful. So, essentially the entire regular roster of the Colorado Eagles would be on this list as well.

Any of the players who don’t make it later on this list should consider themselves trade bait.

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