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4.5 • 566 Ratings

🗓️ 5 March 2026

⏱️ 21 minutes

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The Colorado Avalanche make another trade for a defenseman, acquiring Nick Blankenburg from the Nashville Predators for a 2027 5th round pick. Blankenburg provides offense punch as a cheap expiring UFA. Will he be the Avs 7th D or can he provide more than that for Colorado. Intro: 0:00 Instant reactions: 1:00 The stats: 7:30 Join the DNVR Supporter's Club and get a custom DNVR badge next to your name!: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC8aOXvlqQqMlTFvbbAarD-A/join An ALLCITY Network Production PARTY WITH US: https://thednvr.com/events ALL THINGS DNVR: https://linktr.ee/dnvrsports MERCH: https://store.allcitynetwork.com/collections/dnvr-locker SUBSCRIBE: https://www.youtube.com/c/DNVR_Sports Toyota: Visit Your Front Range Toyota Stores at a location near you - Toyota is the official vehicle of DNVR. Toyota - Let’s Go Places! Monarch: Use Monarch Money to get control of your overall finances with 50% off your first year at https://www.monarch.com with code DNVR Gametime: Download the app, create an account, and use code DNVR for $20 off your first purchase. Terms apply. Shady Rays: Head to https://shadyrays.com and use code: DNVRSR for 40% off 2+ pairs of polarized sunglasses. Try for yourself the shades rated 5 stars by over 300,000 people. Get 10 FREE meals at https://hellofresh.com/freeavalanche. Applied across 7 boxes, new subscribers only, varies by plan. https://www.bet365.com/hub/en-us/app-hero-banner-1?utm_source=affiliate&utm_campaign=usapp&utm_medium=affiliate&affiliate=365_03485318 or use code DNVR365 when you sign up. Must be 21+ and physically located in CO. Please gamble

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0:00.0	Welcome in to a DNBR avalanche emergency pod.
0:06.1	The a abs have made a trade, but not for a forward like we might have been expecting.
0:11.0	No, the abs go out and get Nick Blankenberg from the Nashville Predators for a 2027 fifth round pick.
0:19.3	Immediate reactions to this trade um what um i so two two immediate thoughts big blenkinburg
0:32.5	is good uh like he's an actual like solid depth defenseman but the size is going to be a problem
0:43.2	it sort of feels like they went out and they got Sam Gerard for one fifth of the cost
0:50.4	yeah like there are important differences there.
0:56.0	How they play the game is quite a bit different.
0:58.9	Nick Lincolnberg, more than his size and more than his puck moving ability, is more
1:04.6	known for being, like, extremely competitive and feisty on the back end like he is not an easy defenseman
1:14.5	to play against um Gavin brinley but a defenseman yeah like he he's not going to win a lot of
1:22.8	like like puck battles size component there yeah right there. Right. But the difference,
1:27.7	the difference between a Blankenberg and a Sam Gerard is that Gerard knew he wasn't going to win it. And so he was just like, I'm going to try and take your stick away. I'm not really going to engage a whole lot here. Big Blankenberg is like, I'm going to try and climb that tree and chew your ears off. Like, they, they got another small star here,
1:45.9	but one who fits their play style
1:48.0	really. like they they they got another small star here but one who fits their playstyle really well versus going out and getting like a simon benoit for example true does not in any way fit their play style but is more of your archetypal seventh defenseman.
2:05.4	Blankenberg is a guy that can do a little bit of everything for you,
2:08.3	but for a fifth round pick,
2:11.1	and not just a fifth round pick,
2:13.8	but the Avs had two fifth round picks in 2027.
2:16.0	They had their own in San Jose, and they gave their own in this deal. So they kept the higher of the two fifths.
2:21.9	I would have given both of those fifths for Blankenberg. Like that would have been fine in what we've seen in the market so far.
2:31.8	This feels like one of the more underrated ones where you're just like,
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