Are there any free agents left?
Let’s find out which gems and bargains are left for the Colorado Avalanche as free agency officially opens at 10:00 a.m. MT this morning. Also, where do some old friends and familiar faces land as recent Avs Jonathan Drouin, Ryan Lindgren and Joel Kiviranta are expected to hit the market.
It was a busy day around the league yesterday which saw Mitch Marner involved in a sign-and-trade to the Vegas Golden Knights, the defending Stanley Cup champion Florida Panthers retain both Aaron Ekblad and Brad Marchand, as well as numerous other big ticket re-signings contributing to the exploding defenseman market with new deals for Alex Romanov, Evan Bouchard and Ivan Provorov.
Big moves in the last 60 minutes
Ekblad: Florida (8 x 6.1M)
Marchand: Florida (6 x 5.33M)
Marner: Vegas (8 x 12M)
Bouchard: Oilers (4 x 10.5M)
Provorov: Columbus (7 x $8.5M)
Kuzmenko: Kings (1 x 4.3M) pic.twitter.com/igoNFGjEmB
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Colorado made a few small transactions of their own signing defenseman Sam Malinski to a one-year $1.4M extension and brought back third goalie Trent Miner on a two-year deal.
Who will the Avalanche sign today? Leave your hopes and predictions below.