Confirmed Trade: [COL/TBL] Ross Colton for 2023 2nd round pick (37OA)

[KingsHockey24]

Montreal with another L.

 

[Muffin]

So Newhook for Colton and a 1st. Wow. CMac fleecing.

 

[Prettyisland]

Avs pro scouts don't just look at points and age.

Oh tell them I said hi

There's way more to the game then points... And Newhook is awful at all the rest of the stuff.

Colton plays physical, he's gritty. And actual Center which Newhook never will be.

Mtl probably doesn’t need him at center. I’m not going to write off a 22 year old kid playing behind a top 6 filled with a mix of sure fire and potential Hof guys. I’ll reserve my opinion when the kids got a year in a habs jersey. I just find the bashing of this kid on the way out to be hyperbolic

 

[Pierce Hawthorne]

That's just fantastic work from CMac/Sakic. To turn Newhook into two Top 37 picks and then turn around and trade only one(The lowest at that) for a better player?

 

[JoeSakic13]

Sakic is a magician, it's kind of crazy how good of a GM he is. Gets two high picks for Newhook and then uses one of them to get Colton who is probably better than Newhook.

He’s so magical that he manages to pull off these trades despite not being the GM.

 

[Hale The Villain]

Sakic is a magician, it's kind of crazy how good of a GM he is. Gets two high picks for Newhook and then uses one of them to get Colton who is probably better than Newhook.

That may be because Newhook is 5 years younger and has a lot more offensive potential.

 

[KevSkillz4]

Come on guys, don't compare Newhook and Colton. Newhook is a 22 years old player with much more offensive potential than Colton lol.

 

[The Pwnerer]

Cmac is cooking right now. Fantastic asset management.

 

[Ezpz]

Colton is already 27, I don't think there's as much untapped potential as people think. He is a better fit than Newhook for the win-now avs though. Sakic is what other gms should look at and emulate.

 

[Scotianhab]

Montreal with another L.

Colton is too old for our young core.

 

[Petes2424]

Perfect example of how “Value” is interpreted differently by different franchises. Montreal paid double for Newhook over Colton. Colorado gets a much better player, who will contribute more, for half the cost…

 

[Joe Sakic]

Very happy with the trades so far.

Also really like Ross' low qualifying offer. That is also great news for us.

You just know someone is going to dramatically overpay for Compher on the open market.

 

[Prettyisland]

Avs pro scouts don't just look at points and age.

You get beers with them? Lol my post was meant to be cheeky at best. I just find the label of that trade as an absolute fleecing to be premature. I’m happy you guys swung it around to get a player you are happy with. Not every trade between us has to be the Roy trade lol

 

[MMC]

 

[Rob Brown]

Colton is too old for our young core.

hes only 26 lol

 

[Pierce Hawthorne]

Oh tell them I said hi

Mtl probably doesn’t need him at center. I’m not going to right off a 22 year old kid playing behind a top 6 filled with a mix of sure fire and potential Hof guys. I’ll reserve my opinion when the kids got a year in a habs jersey. I just find the bashing of this kid on the way out to be hyperbolic

Newhook spent plenty of time in the Avs Top 6 last year. He spent plenty of time playing with Mackinnon and Rantanen as well.


Nothing worked. Fwiw I'm not writing him off either. I still think he can turn into a solid middle 6 winger in the right situation. But he needs to start putting in more effort, more willingness to engage in battles and fight for his space on the ice. With the Avs he was always extremely soft and far too easy to knock off pucks, etc. His skating was never as good as the scouts believed and because of that he has had major issues creating space and separation for himself at the NHL level so far.


But again I do think in the right situation he could turn into a solid middle 6 guy. But that was never going to happen with the Avs.

 

[Flgatorguy87]

Seems like a really nice move for Colorado. This feels like ripples of the Jeannot trade.

 

[Superlative Soup]

Tidy work by the Avs

 

[Double Dion]

Colorado... I hate you so much. Really nice work. I was shocked at how much Newhook returned and shocked at how little they got Colton for. Ever since they listen to Double Dion and traded that bum Stastny things have been going magically.

 

[AslanRH]

He was behind quite a deep Center group in TB, so hopefully he is still more center than wing, but I like this.
Numbers on the dot look good, but seems he doesn't do much for the PK which would have been a nice bonus for the Avs FWD group.

 

[Phion Keneuf]

Wizardry from the Avs getting a better player and upgrading their picks.

 

[bl02]

Avs get Colton, 50 percent Johansen, first rounder, for basically newhook and number 37 overall.
I would say that is pretty good work.

 

[Blackhawkswincup]

Great job by Avs

 

[Crunchrulz]

Why would they trade him?

Tampa needs CAP space badly to fill out the roster. Colton was due for a big raise Tampa could not afford.

 

[innitfam]

Big dick moves by the Avalanche. Well donem