03 Dec 2014 02:27:32
Tampa Bay Lightning: Victor hedman

Colorado avalanche: 1 round pick 2015, duncan Siemens and jan hejda

1.) 03 Dec 2014
Not even close

2.) 03 Dec 2014
Hedman is playing his best hockey right now, and t.b are cup contenders this year no way he goes anywhere

3.) 03 Dec 2014
Not even close here. Colorado would have to offer something amazing to pry Hedman from Tampa

4.) 03 Dec 2014
03 Dec 2014 10:22:03
LOOOOOL, not.
Start with Duchene and Barrie if you want Victor. Future Norris winner.

5.) 03 Dec 2014
@drais hedman is great and all but he would never get you duchene and Barrie

6.) 03 Dec 2014
^ Drais is right.

I get your point drownedfish - but if Colorado WANTS Hedman, you HAVE to give up pieces like Duchene and Barrie.

The situation could be different if it was Tampa wanting Duchene and Barrie.

7.) 03 Dec 2014
Haha sorry but I would NEVER trade Duchene for Hedman.

8.) 03 Dec 2014
Not saying Hedman is not good or worth it.

9.) 03 Dec 2014
03 Dec 2014 17:34:39
duchene barrie for hedman - LOOOL

10.) 03 Dec 2014
03 Dec 2014 20:07:21
I guess you guys haven't seen Hedman play lately. The pairing with Stralman gave him the last few % he needed to be a top 5 defenseman in the league.
He's a cornerstone, franchise defenseman and will anchor the lightning blueline for at least the next 10 years.
So Duchene and Barrie is the very least COL would have to give up to only make Tampa consider.
I really don't think I'm biased here, because what would you say if it was the same discussion about Pietrangelo or Doughty.
Just wait and enjoy Victors greatness.

11.) 04 Dec 2014
Yeah but since they lost Stastny to FA lately, it would not be a smart move at all to trade Duchene. They need him. Otherwise they're "only" left with MacKinnon to play C. Or O'Reilly gets shifted to C what leaves a hole at wing. As for Hedman he's really good. And every team would be lucky to have him on their roster.

12.) 04 Dec 2014
03 Dec 2014 22:35:30
i could literally say everythign you just said and replace the word defenseman with centre and tampa with colorado and you have the definition of duchene.

13.) 04 Dec 2014
I am a HUGE avs fan and I agree we could not get Hedman. Realistically if we were looking at 1st round dmen Gudbrason and Schenn are more realistic players we could acquire with what we are willing to give up.

14.) 04 Dec 2014
Agree with you motherpucker.

15.) 04 Dec 2014
04 Dec 2014 08:42:19
Well, TB does not want to trade Hedman. Not at all. In this scenario, it'd be COL reaching out to TB, and the likely answer would either be an immediate click in the phone wire or something exaggerated like give us Duchene/MacKinnon, Barrie and some 1sts, if you want to Victor.
Having Hedman is a million times more important for Tampa than it would be to have Duchene.

16.) 04 Dec 2014
@Drais yeah I'm not saying Hedman is not valuable for Tampa. Hell he is. But if you look at it from the avs point of view, it would not make any sense to trade something like Duchene/MacKinnon, Barrie + for Hedman.

It's very simple. A trade like this would not make any sense for Tampa nor Colorado.

17.) 04 Dec 2014
^ lol looking at it from Colorado's point of view - they NEED D and have C depth. BINGO!

18.) 04 Dec 2014
04 Dec 2014 15:51:45
Thats what I meant, THEGR81. It fills COLs need, but it weakens TB. TB is super deep up front. Of course Duchene would help them and be good for Tampas offense. But Hedman helps the Tampa D so much more than Duchene could ever help their offense.
Thats the point were it's totally nonsense and where TB would need Barrie as a partial replacement for Victor + Duchene/MacK + picks to make up for it.
Sure not going to happen, from either side.

19.) 04 Dec 2014
@THEGR81 You should read the comments properly. Sure they need D! In the comment above I'm only referring to a Hedman trade. And you can't tell me that trading a package like Duchene, Barrie + (several) firsts, as Draisaitl_94 wrote, helps Colorado! This would be plain dumb.

I agree with you that they have to improve their D but not with a trade like this. Or am I wrong and Hedman would produce Duchene's and Barrie's (let alone all those firsts) for the Avs? NO.