1/23/2024 0 Comments Steve downie tradeTalbot is a guy who will not score much, his career highs being 19 goals and 34 points in the 2011-2012 season, but will make the league's best PK even better and make the Avs 3rd line (which Downie was slated to join tomorrow night in Dallas) even better defensively. In acquiring Talbot, the Avalanche have brought in a veteran noted for his ability to play multiple positions and whose reliability and toughness will be key moving forward as the Avs look to turn their white-hot start into a legitimate playoff run. This is the second trade in the last 4 months in which the Avs downgraded in talent but upgraded in reliable veteran-ness that won't hurt your team with stupefyingly selfish penalties (the O'Brien-Sarich swap being the other). Downie is a guy with slightly better offensive numbers throughout his career than Talbot but is significantly weaker defensively and his playing style always teetered on the edge of self-destruction. His scoring and offensive chemistry with Matt Duchene will be one thing Avs fans will likely remember as well as his season-ending injuries his first two years in Denver. In trading Downie, the Avalanche move on from a player whose time in Colorado was largely marked both by great play and terrible luck. ![]() While the timing is certainly peculiar, the Avalanche dipped into their deep pool of talented forwards in an attempt to bring in a veteran player with a long history of success and leadership. The Colorado Avalanche have traded winger and recently demoted Steve Downie to the Philadelphia Flyers for veteran and 2009 Stanley Cup Finals hero Maxime Talbot.
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