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Colorado Avalanche Acquire Andre Burakovsky

June 28, 2019 at 2:00 pm CDT | by Gavin Lee 11 Comments

The Colorado Avalanche have added some more skill and youth to their team, acquiring Andre Burakovsky from the Washington Capitals in exchange for a 2020 second-round pick, a 2020 third-round pick (previously acquired from Arizona in the Carl Soderberg deal) and minor league forward Scott Kosmachuk. Burakovsky is set to become a restricted free agent, and Kosmachuk is actually set to become a Group VI unrestricted free agent in a few days.

Burakovsky could potentially accept his $3.25MM qualifying offer as well, given that his development hasn’t quite gone the way the Capitals hoped the last few seasons. In fact, the 24-year old forward has now posted two 25-point years in a row, a far cry from the 17-goal 38-point sophomore season that looked like his coming out party. Armed with plenty of speed and skill, Burakovsky was the 23rd-overall pick in the 2013 draft and quickly made his way to the NHL.

In Colorado, he will likely receive a bigger offensive role on the left wing where the Avalanche needed some more depth. A change of scenery may be the key to unlocking his full potential, something the Avalanche will hope for after giving up a not-insignificant package for him. Those two draft picks plus the potential $3.25MM salary is a fair amount of assets for a 25-point player, so he will have pressure on him to perform with his new team.

For Washington, trading Burakovsky was basically inevitable after extending the qualifying offer. The team didn’t have enough cap space to afford him this season and he just wasn’t providing the necessary offense for their championship goals. With a new contract due for Jakub Vrana and potential extensions on the horizon with Nicklas Backstrom and Braden Holtby, moving Burakovsky was an obvious choice. Getting two relatively high draft picks out of the move is a win, though GM Brian MacLellan had tried to secure another young player during the most recent season and wasn’t able to.

At the very least, Washington now has some more ammunition for a potential trade deadline acquisition. Depending on where Vrana falls they could also potentially circle back to 20-goal forward Brett Connolly, who is scheduled to become an unrestricted free agent on Monday and was previously too expensive for the team to retain.

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  1. kingcong95

    4 years ago

    Once again the Avs bail the Caps out of Capegeddon. They could have done this with one pick.

    Reply
  2. jdgoat

    4 years ago

    They got their goalie of the future last year for basically only money. I wouldn’t say they exactly bailed them out.

    Reply
  3. jdgoat

    4 years ago

    I guess a second rounder was a pretty high price to pay along with Orpiks money.

    Reply
  4. 66TheNumberOfTheBest

    4 years ago

    Steep.

    Reply
  5. kingcong95

    4 years ago

    Without Orpik, the cost was a first. That’s what Carolina was offering, but no way could they send Gru to a division rival.

    Reply
  6. M34

    4 years ago

    What the hell sakic? You could have just signed andrighetto and been better off.

    Reply
  7. Mark Black

    4 years ago

    There’s little to no metrics that show Andrighetto as being on par or better than Burakovsky.

    Reply
  8. MacJablonski--NotVegasLegend

    4 years ago

    Joey Big-Hair overpays again…

    Reply
  9. AstrosWS20

    4 years ago

    This makes no sense after the Soderberg trade. I mean sure we’re a bit more needy at wing than center, but the cap savings we got from the Soderberg trade are now gone and for an overpay. That’s a steep price for about a 25 point player to me. I was hoping getting rid of Soderberg might indicate Panarin being a possibility, but I don’t know what’s happening now.

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  10. M34

    4 years ago

    I am ready to rule out panarin, just based on the fact that you will certainly have to overpay or at least put yourself in a tough situation come time for Mack and Landy.
    I suppose Joe could still potentially get ahold of Lee and Nyquist, that would fill out the top six, then you could find some cheap depth guys after that.

    Burakovsky was still a reach though.

    Reply
  11. ThePriceWasRight

    4 years ago

    would love to see Pavelski go to Colorado. could use a good veteran leader who can still put up some points the next 2-3 years before MacKinnon gets paid

    Reply

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