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

[AVSfan2daMAX]

CMac is having an amazing start to the off-season.

 

[Tommy Shelby]

Wow, I was expecting one of the 1sts, this is great

 

[Gumballhead]

We only have one use for 2nd round picks, and it's to piss the rest of the league off when we acquire great team fits for them.

 

[SuperJoe]

Amazing usage of assets by Cmac! Upgrading from Newhook to Colton is huge. And we still have a late 1st? This is a masterclass!

We still have pick 27 and 31, just trade all the picks we have, don't care, throw in 2024, 2025 and 2026 1st in picks available

 

[Cake Malar]

Hopefully they can sign him to an extension and keep his cap hit around $3m

*Edit - long term I mean

 

[SoundwaveIsCharisma]

You knew the 2nd was going to be included. Sakic/CMac hate 2nd round picks.

 

[JoeSakic13]

You knew the 2nd was going to be included. Sakic/CMac hate 2nd round picks.

Based on the results when we DO use them, so do I.

 

[Avs_19]

First thought: Awesome trade. Some more good work by CMac here.

Second thought: Tanner Jeannot.

 

[SuperJoe]

What are the expectations on the contract?

 

[Murzu]

Yup! Love it! Colton is gonna fit like a glove here!

So this was your next move.. lol. Thd story writes itself

 

[Vk1ing]

We basically traded Newhook for Colton a first and a prospect. That's a haul

 

[redacted]

So this was your next move.. lol. Story write itself

CMac is really trying to win me over.

 

[Ararana]

 

[shadow1]

For the sixth year in a row, the Avs complete a trade for an RFA (Grubauer, Burakovsky, Toews, Lehkonen*, Georgiev, Colton).

Big fan of the trade, big fan of the player. Colton only averaged 12 minutes per night in 2022-2023, largely playing LW on a line with Nick Paul. I expect Colorado will use him as a center, and also expect an increase in his 32 point output as his ice time goes up.

 

[JoeSakic13]

 

[GoNordiquesGo]

Maybe he wanted out for a bigger opportunity. Its a bit weird how much they paid to get Jeannot vs what they got for Colton...

 

[SuperJoe]

What about a 3x3 contract?

 

[Gumballhead]

So we get a cheap asset at a position of need for a draft pick that even for us was gotten rid of quickly (we had it less than 24 hours, damn we hate 2nd rounders!), and if we want we can delay until next year the RFA decision on a young center, and he's definitely a center and brings more to us than Newhook probably ever could.

 

[Vaslof]

We basically traded Newhook for Colton a first and a prospect. That's a haul

We called him NewJost when it should have been NewDuchene

 

[Murzu]

What kind of a player is Colton? What roles he can play, is he speedy, how's his IQ?

 

[TheForsbergShow]

Just looking at the stats, 153 and 188 hits the last two years, solid on the draw, potential for 20 goals and over 40 points.

That is much better for our 3rd line than newhook or compher, and for only pick 37?

Exciting offseason so far.

 

[jabubenice]

cmac is f***in cooki!! ok i see u "C"!!

 

[Hasbro]

Newhook for Coulton wouldn't have been a bad trade.

 

[JoeSakic13]

Hmmmm we gave up pick #37 so that we could give up player #37. I respect that.

 

[Bill Peckerskull]

We basically traded Newhook for Colton a first and a prospect. That's a haul

That's fair, brother