![]() ![]() Evolving Hockey predicts a 4-year deal at $3.3 million per season. There’s still the matter of Colton needed a new contract, but that shouldn’t be too difficult. You could easily make the argument that they upgraded at the forward position, and grabbed a 1st round pick on top of it. ![]() If you look at the big picture, MacFarland moved Newhook for Colton and the 31st pick in the 2023 draft. Colton brings exactly what the Avalanche need. It woudn’t surprise me if the person most excited about this trade is Jared Bednar. Colton is aggressive, physical, and has shown the ability to create scoring chances for himself, something Newhook (and most of the bottom six) struggled with last season. ![]() Today, he moved out that 2nd round pick for Ross Colton, a player who fits more of the mold of what the Avalanche want on their third line. Then, he moved Alex Newhook while his value was still high for a 1st and 2nd round pick. And the moves over the last week are the easily the biggest he’s made to date.įirst, he got creative, giving up absolutely nothing for Ryan Johansen because the Nashville Predators were desperate to get out of (half) that contract. Yes, he played a bigger role than many realized as Joe Sakic’s right-hand man for years, but now he’s the man in charge. In the last week, he has really put his stamp on the roster. MacFarland spent most of his first year as general manager playing it relatively safe, making minor moves around the edges of the roster, holding on to what little assets his team had. If you want to read more of an in-depth look at Colton, I did a lengthy piece on him the day he was acquired.Īs Colton was in his final year of restricted free agency, this contract buys three UFA years and leaves the Avalanche with roughly $3M in cap space with only Ben Meyers left for the team to sign.Beyond Nathan MacKinnon and Mikko Rantanen, the majority of the forward core underperformed for the Colorado Avalanche in the first round against the Kraken.ĭon’t think Avalanche GM Chris MacFarland didn’t notice. He should be a welcome addition to the depth of a forward group that got a little too easy to play against by the end of last season. His physicality and competitiveness are big selling points of his game as well as his ability to score goals while battling in front of the opposition’s net. The addition of Colton, who scored 32 points last season (16 G, 16 A), should help shore up a sore spot in Colorado’s lineup last year as he is penciled in (for now) as the team’s opening night third-line center. Colton had filed for arbitration and the hearing was set for July 27, but with this agreement that hearing will obviously be canceled.Ĭolton, acquired by the Avalanche from the Tampa Bay Lightning the morning of the NHL Draft with one of the picks acquired the night before in the Alex Newhook trade, will turn 27 in September before he heads to Denver and joins the Avalanche for his first training camp with the organization. The deal is worth $16M total, giving Colton a salary-cap hit of $4M per season. DNVR Road Trips- Broncos at Bears in ChicagoĪfter a couple of weeks of waiting, the Colorado Avalanche and Ross Colton agreed to terms on a four-year contract Monday evening. ![]()
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