What do the Avalanche do with Josh Manson?
Do you notice a theme in this article? Everything is tied to the Avalanche’s salary cap situation, including Josh Manson’s contract. His cap hit throught his contract, which expires after this season, is $4.5 million. This is where the team could shed some of that salary by agreeing to a trade with another team.
Manson is 33 years old and also nearing the end of his career. He’s with Sam Girard on the second defensive pairing. I don’t think that he’s necessarily done anything wrong to warrant him being moved, but perhaps it would be a smart move strictly for cap purposes.
I don’t expect anyone to try and be a Cale Makar-like player. I think that we could possibly find a cheaper option than Manson. An idea would be someone who is younger and has shown some scoring ability but with room to grow.
It might be easy for another team to figure out an extension with Manson. That would be a big selling point from the Avalanche.