Deen’s Daily: Habs Land Dobson; Coyle, Wood Traded Away; Avs Making Space — Is Byram Returning?

The hours leading up to the draft had two notable trades and a re-signing. The Avs traded away Charlie Coyle and Miles Wood. Are they making space to possibly bring back Bowen Byram?

All that and more on this edition of Deen’s Daily — June 27.

Colorado Hockey Now

The Avs made one of two trades that broke before the NHL Draft on Friday. And they cleared a whole heap of cap space in the process.

Heading to Columbus are Charlie Coyle and Miles Wood. Heading to Colorado is prospect Gavin Brindley, and two draft picks. Get the full details of the trade below.

Read More: Avalanche Clear Cap Space, Trade Coyle and Wood to Columbus For Prospect, Two Draft Picks

Before the trade was announced, I answered questions in a quick pre-draft mailbag. And yes, clearing cap space was among those questions.

Read More: Avalanche Mailbag: Defense Upgrades, Necas Extension, Offloading Salary, & More

There have been rumors for weeks that a Coyle trade might happen. I still didn’t know if it would, but here we are.

What are the Avs’ next moves? One report has them linked to Bowen Byram. I still don’t think Byram would want to return and play behind Devon Toews and Cale Makar. But the report is out there.

Read More: Report: Avalanche Among Teams Interested In Acquiring Bowen Byram

Around The NHL

The NHL Draft is currently in process, and oh boy is it a slog. I’d take The Sphere over this any day of the week. I’d take anything over this.

Anyway, we’ll save draft recap stuff for tomorrow. But first, we’ve got another trade and a big extension to talk about.

NYI Hockey Now: The Islanders obviously selected Matthew Schaefer No. 1 overall. But before that, they acquired the No. 16 and No. 17 overall draft picks from the Montreal Canadiens. Noah Dobson was obviously the big piece going the other why. Here’s why he didn’t re-sign with the Islanders.

Montreal Hockey Now: It’s an incredible move for a team that just qualified for the playoffs and took that next step in their rebuild. Here’s why the Habs were smart to sell off assets for Dobson.

Florida Hockey Now: It’s official. Conn Smythe Trophy Winner Sam Bennett is re-signing with the Florida Panthers. I will say, he didn’t take as big a pay cut as I thought he would. The details of his contract are here.

Pittsburgh Hockey Now: Here’s the latest on the Pens trade rumors.

Also, the CBA extension became official on Friday, pending a vote from the teams and players. Here are details of what’s coming in 12 months.