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Originally Posted by shadow1
They started nearly all of their shifts in the defensive zone, and the Avalanche allowed 218 goals, a three way tie for 15th (Dallas and Pittsburgh). Not great, but clearly more reliable than whoever Ottawa used as a shutdown defense pair, given that their 236 goals against ranked them 24th in the NHL.
Bottom line is the Avalanche don't do this trade because it forces them to make a defensive move in free agency.
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I think they were using Kuba-Cowen. And Cowen had a pretty terrible last half of the year and a brutal playoffs as a rookie. He's got really good potential though.
O'Byrne has been very useful for us and don't need to trade him for a 2nd/3rd line forward, which we already have a bunch of.