![]() ![]() “Ross was a fabulous player for our organization, a very popular player, a very popular teammate,” BriseBois said. Tampa Bay has made a qualifying offer to Jeannot, who was acquired at the deadline for five draft picks and defenseman Cal Foote. He said he’s had conversations with Killorn’s representatives, and both sides are looking for a solution to make him a career-long Lightning player. ![]() He was projected for a $3.351 million AAV offseason extension, according to Evolving Hockey.īriseBois said he knew that he wouldn’t be able to retain Colton, unrestricted free agent Alex Killorn and restricted free agent Tanner Jeannot but still hopes he can keep two of the players. After the 2020-21 season, Colton signed a two-year, $1.125 million average annual value (AAV) contract as an arbitration-eligible restricted free agent. It was a dip from his 22-goal, 17-assist first full NHL season in 2021-22 but enough to get a major salary bump. And had to make decisions as to how best to allocate our cap space, and considering what we project that Ross will be awarded had we gone to salary arbitration, it just made more sense to trade him and use that cap space somewhere else and get an asset in return to hopefully replenish the pipeline.”Ĭolton had 16 goals and 16 assists last season while playing primarily on the Lightning’s third line. “But that’s just not the reality in a flat-cap world. You can’t say he’s not trying.“In an ideal world, not unlike in years past, I’d be able to bring everyone back,” BriseBois said. MacFarland has spent the first part of his off-season rebuilding a forward group that struggled behind their big guns. We’ll have a lot more on this trade coming up on Colorado Hockey Now, but I’m not so sure the Avalanche are done. “He has physicality to his game, is ultra competitive and his versatility will make him a valuable addition to our lineup in a lot of ways.” “Ross is a hard-working, two-way center with a championship pedigree,” said Avalanche General Manager Chris MacFarland. Here’s Avalanche GM Chris MacFarland’s comment on the trade: He’s a versatile player who can play either center or wing, but fits in with how Colorado wants to play. The 26 year old is a restricted free agent, so the Avalanche will have to negotiate a contract extension with him. ![]() He didn’t take a ton of face-offs, but finished at 56%. He also scored the Cup clinching goal for the Tampa Bay Lightning back in 2021. He scored 16 goals during the 2022-23 season, just one year after scoring 22. At the moment, yesterday’s trade looks like Alex Newhook for Ross Colton and the 31st overall pick.Īs for Colton, he’s a bulldog around the net. We’ll see if they hang on to both, but the fact that they made this deal without giving up either is pretty remarkable, to be honest. ![]() The Avalanche now enter Wednesday night’s draft still armed with two 1st round picks. In return, Colorado is sending away the 37th overall pick in the 2023 draft that they acquired on Tuesday. Ross Colton, who has been on both of our off-season trade boards, is now a member of the Avalanche. They didn’t even keep them all for 24 hours. We knew the Colorado Avalanche were not going to keep all those draft picks they got yesterday. ![]()
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