When the Colorado Avalanche traded Ryan Graves it became clear that Joonas Donskoi was the favorite to be selected by the Seattle Kraken. Wednesday night they made that a reality. Donskoi was an important part of the Avalanche roster, and now Joe Sakic has the job to find a way to fill his role. Will it be in free agency or will he give one of the youngsters a chance to take that spot? The Avalanche also save $3.9 million in salary cap space. Does that help with the Gabriel Landeskog negotiations?

We also get to the final part of the Locked on NHL Mock Draft and yes I make my pick for the Avalanche and yes I got the guy at the top of my board. Tune in and subscribe!

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