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Originally Posted by Erick Estrada
Strange how they felt they had to offer up that money and term to an aging vet like Iginla when they really could have used a defender capable of playing solid top 4 minutes.
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They did go after a few defenders, but those players decided to go elsewhere. From what I've heard they were in on Stralman, Orpik, Niskanen, and they also inquired about Leddy.
The Avs two best defensive forwards in Landeskog and O'Reilly have both looked terrible this year. Landeskog just seems out of it, he's not playing the aggressive powerforward game that he is known for. O'Reilly looks disinterested, and I really hope that they trade him while teams still have the image of O'Reilly as a hardworking two-way forward with offensive upside.