The SHOCKING TRUTH behind the Brock Nelson Trade REVEALED... Colorado Avalanche News

It is absolutely insane the sellers market that the trade deadline was Gm lou lamorello and chris mcfarland finally came to a deal on center brock nelson But it cost the abs quite the load to get it done now lou lamorello Lover merhatem is a stubborn man. I fully believe that if he didn't see the correct offer He wouldn't have moved brock nelson at all and would have let him walk in free agency seeing that he's On an expiring deal this season however Not only did the avalanche acquire the necessary second line center that they needed to complete their cut run They also stole him away from all the other competition that needed him as well And hurt the rest of the teams in the west by doing so as well, which is a masterful move By gm chris mcfarland. What is up guys? It is avalanche digest here your number one source for all your apps news Don't forget to comment down below what you think because it can't just be me yapping the whole time And don't forget to subscribe we're gonna get right into it now Elliot friedman is a very plugged in insider in the nhl and he had this to say about other teams interested in brock nelson He said that there was a lot of interest in nelson winnipeg toronto the devils Washington just to name a few he also said that there was a possibility High possibility that there were other teams interested in him as well now When you ask me what exactly? Would be the team that needed brock nelson the most out of all of the abs direct rivals I would quite easily state that that team is the winnipeg jets Now the winnipeg jets have been probably one of the the best Without a doubt regular season team in the west this season. They boast an insane record They've been absolutely flying But it's also pretty unsustainable with the rate that they've been shooting with the rate that they've been scoring And the rate that they've been winning games now connor hellebuck is a star goalie He's been the best goalie in the nhl for the last Probably three seasons Uh, I would say before that would be andre basilevski But honestly, it's been connor hellebuck since then and no one really wants to talk about that just yet But they have a lot of great players It's just unsustainable the amount of success they've had and it's going to come crashing down in the playoffs Now if you ask me what the jets biggest hole is it's absolutely their second line center right near right now they have namastakoff filling in as their second line center and Anyone that knows the player knows that he's good. He's a good guy. He actually played For a little while on the abs He was acquired at a trade deadline to help the abs try and push for a cup way back in the day Unfortunately didn't work out there, but he's a good player He is not a second line center in any stretch of the imagination That is why brock nelson was so necessary for the jets to get at the deadline And yet they didn't acquire him the avalanche did now many other teams were also interested in Brock nelson services as I listed prior toronto could have used an extra center um Dallas would have loved to supercharge that already insane top nine And yet it's the abs that got them now. Why was this made possible? And that's quite easy to explain The avalanche were willing to pay a premium for it Lou lamorello absolutely would have been willing to sell it to anyone who gave him the best price He knew it was a seller's market this trade deadline as we saw many other insane trades happen and He knew that he could get either a good price on brock nelson or let him walk away in free agency That's just how stubborn he is The avalanche ended up paying their best Offensive prospect in callum ritchie and a first round pick in order to secure brock nelson Brock nelson is a certified bona fide Amazing second line center. He's good defensively. He plays on the penalty kill at least he did on the islanders He has an amazing shot that absolutely makes teams Pay when they make mistakes and he turns around he absolutely rips it past the goalie and just leaves you wondering Just what in the heck happened? He just got lucky and no he didn't he is just an amazing player now Who is callum ritchie you might want to ask well callum ritchie is actually a very interesting prospect He was drafted 27th overall in the 2023 draft And was actually injured at the time of the draft He was a point per game in his draft season in just 59 games He had 59 points As a player that going into that draft year was predicted to possibly be a 10th overall pick or in that range It was kind of interesting to see him being drafted at 27 It was definitely a huge fall off from what was expected The avalanche saw that and said we're going to take a shot at drafting this kid and he had an insane plus one draft year In just 50 games because remember he had to come back from injury that season. He had 80 points 28 goals and 52 assists. He is such an insane setup man, but also has some pretty good scoring touch as well Now the colorado avalanche did call him up to play nhl games when they were very injured And he only managed to score one goal. He was just not nhl ready He didn't look like he knew the pace of the game. It was pretty rough out there to be honest now That's okay because it's perfectly fine to take time to develop But the avalanche just don't have that time to wait for him. So they decided let's get a good Veteran to see who is already proven in the playoffs And let's see what it can do and let's see that right now what you are looking at right now Are brock nelson's playoff numbers as you can see? in that 2019 2020 season in 22 games that deep run for the islanders. He had 18 points Nine goals nine assists just an insane numbers to help complement A roster and keep in mind that's on an islanders team that prioritizes defense So it's not like he was getting the most offensive chances the year after that seven goals 12 points And then look at the the next time they were in the playoffs after that Every single season six in six games. He has five in five games. He has four He is just pointing up good numbers now They're not quite kale mccarr numbers and they're not quite nathan mckinnon numbers But honestly, I think as fans have been a bit spoiled with those insane over a point per game numbers that those players have put up But he is still such a great complementary piece and an absolute dog at scoring goals in the playoffs especially on a team that is very defensive minded like the New york islanders like they were now This allows the avalanche to put brock nelson next to another dog in the playoffs in valerie Nichushkin in only a few games valerie nichushkin of last season Before he went into the player assistance program put up nine goals against winnipeg and dallas in the first two rounds He was an absolutely insane score pair that with a good player like brock nelson And they are going to be insane if both of them get nine goals. That's a guaranteed stanley cup for the avalanche Just go home. Don't even bother playing the games but do because it's going to be so much fun to see And I guarantee you you wouldn't want to miss You don't want to miss a second of this insane series. That's going to happen the avalanche are absolutely primed for a cup run and they Actively hurt their competition by stealing brock nelson away from their competition It is going to be absolutely insane And maybe later in the next few videos. We'll get into looking at their other competition other than winnipeg but Thank you so much for watching in this video. Don't forget to comment down below what you think and subscribe