Confirmed with Link: Ross Colton Traded To Avs for #37 OA Pick In 2023 Draft, signs 4-year x $4M deal

[RoyIsALegend]

Gotta be honest.

I know it’s totally normal procedure, but if I’m a team exec and I’m talking with you close to getting a deal done and you go and put a deadline on it with arbitration… probably doesn’t sit well with me.

Good thing I’m not a hockey exec.

 

[jaisen73]

Gotta be honest.

I know it’s not totally normal procedure, but if I’m a team exec and I’m talking with you close to getting a deal done and you go and put a deadline on it with arbitration… probably doesn’t sit well with me.

Good thing I’m not a hockey exec.

Actually, management now knows he can't be given an offer sheet (which is rare) and given that the vast, vast majority of those who file for arbitration get a contract done before the process starts, they're probably happy. Let the guy find a place to live, send an offer and expect a counter offer from his agent, etc. because it's early July and this will get done before a hearing.

 

[Foppa2118]

Gotta be honest.

I know it’s not totally normal procedure, but if I’m a team exec and I’m talking with you close to getting a deal done and you go and put a deadline on it with arbitration… probably doesn’t sit well with me.

Good thing I’m not a hockey exec.

Yeah but the deadline to file for arbitration was today at 5pm EST. At least this guarantees he'll have a contract, and doesn't have to risk holding out.

They'll most likely get the deal done before arbitration, but he and his agent had to cover their bases. He said they told him after the trade that their intention was to sign him and they'd circle back over the weekend, but that obviously didn't result in the deal getting done yet.

 

[Balthazar]

At least this guarantees he'll have a contract, and doesn't have to risk holding out.

If it goes to arbitration it guarantees a 1 year, straight-to-UFA contract. Sometimes holding out like Rants did is better.

 

[Foppa2118]

If it goes to arbitration it guarantees a 1 year, straight-to-UFA contract. Sometimes holding out like Rants did is better.

Honestly that would probably pay Colton more in the long run. He'd get a fair deal on the one year, and then almost assuredly get more as a UFA long term, than from the Avs who usually get good deals.

But the downside for him is he'd be giving up some security and a chance to stick with a perennial Cup contender that believed in him and wanted to trade for him.

I think it gets done before hand though. When was the last time the Avs actually went through arbitration? Tyson Barrie in 2016?

 

[Metallo]

Slow Avs can't get the deal done in time and it delays other moves (best case scenario) until they have cost certainty. Noice!

 

[LTCPain75]

 

[Northern Avs Fan]

One year would be awful.

This is all standard business and I’m sure a multi-year deal will be worked out, but the Avs can’t go to arbitration.

 

[sethro109]

He's 26, so I assume this is his last year of RFA? If so then we definitely need at least a 4 year deal.

 

[Balthazar]

One year would be awful.

He's 26, so I assume this is his last year of RFA? If so then we definitely need at least a 4 year deal.

That's why holding out >>>> arbitration in most cases

 

[dahrougem2]

Colton isn't about to hold out lol come on. When is the last time a 3rd line forward held out?

 

[sethro109]

Colton isn't about to hold out lol come on. When is the last time a 3rd line forward held out?

For us? Ryan O'Reilly was behind Staz and Duchene at the time right?

 

[PAZ]

That's why holding out >>>> arbitration in most cases

Colton would get paid more as a UFA than whatever deal he gets here if that's his end goal.

I don't think it is, but it gives his side a bit more leverage.

 

[Balthazar]

Colton isn't about to hold out lol come on.

Well of course not he filed for arbitration. He literally can't.

 

[niwotsblessing]

For us? Ryan O'Reilly was behind Staz and Duchene at the time right?

O'Money would hold out even if he had years left on his contract.

 

[S E P H]

Gotta be honest.

I know it’s totally normal procedure, but if I’m a team exec and I’m talking with you close to getting a deal done and you go and put a deadline on it with arbitration… probably doesn’t sit well with me.

Good thing I’m not a hockey exec.

Yeah, it comes across as a cautious move by his agent, but not a super good look.

 

[Chiarelli]

3 x 4.2 my guess and everyone will be pissed

 

[Linds]

I'd rather go 6+ years with a lower AAV than a 2 or 3 year deal

 

[Foppa2118]

I'd rather go 6+ years with a lower AAV than a 2 or 3 year deal

I bet the Avs would too and that's why the deal isn't done yet. Might have to settle on a 4 year deal.

 

[AvsWraith]

Edit: forgot where I was.

 

[The Kingslayer]

Watch it be 4x4

 

[redacted]

I'd rather go 6+ years with a lower AAV than a 2 or 3 year deal

Why would 6 years be less?

 

[Metallo]

Who do we think Colton, or his agent, is using as a comparable for negotiations?

Joseph Woll, Paulie Ester, and Trevor Linen.

 

[Alienblood]

3 x 4.2 my guess and everyone will be pissed

4.2 that's too high

 

[BobRossColton]

My guess 5x3.7