Confirmed Signing with Link: [COL] Joe Colborne (2 years, $2.5M AAV)

[M.C.G. 31]

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[HockeyFan100]

Love it. Great deal.

 

[M.C.G. 31]

Also sign Fedor Tyutin to a one-year deal.

 

[AINEC*]

Good signing for COL

 

[Gunnar Staal]

Calgary looks pretty bad for not qualifying him now. Was he supposed to get more if he was?

 

[Soundwave]

Surprised Calgary wouldn't pony up that for him, he's a decent player.

 

[GirardSpinorama]

lol, can't believe we got him for around the same price as Matthias.

 

[SEALBound]

IMHO, one of the better value signings today.

 

[SmellOfVictory]

Calgary looks pretty bad for not qualifying him now. Was he supposed to get more if he was?

No, but he was going to go to arbitration, and the arbitrator may have given him more than this.

 

[Snakepit]

Surprised Calgary wouldn't pony up that for him, he's a decent player.

Darren Dreger @DarrenDreger
Told Colborne had other options for more money, but sees his opportunity with the Avalanche as his best fit.


He's taken the Flames to arbitration before, I doubt he then would have signed here for that much. He played his college hockey in Denver too.

Good move for the Avs

 

[TNT87]

Not bad at all.

 

[CoachBadkitten]

Yes!! This is good.

 

[AimForTopCheddar]

We got Brouwer who fits our team better. I wanted Colbourne to stay but he didn't really earn the money he could've gotten us to pay.

 

[JohnDingman]

hahah good luck avs fans. this is a player who had his stats inflated near the end of the season in Calgary. To be quite frank he sucks and doesn't use his size to his advantage. good riddance. Happy he is gone from Calgary

 

[Satastic]

Why didn't Calgary qualify him?

 

[Calgareee]

Why didn't Calgary qualify him?

Would have gone to arbitration and likely gotten ~3.5 from arbitrator. Not worth that.

 

[Sonofamitch]

Why didn't Calgary qualify him?

Cuz he really isn't that good. People just look at his inflated stats and think he's good.

 

[Skobel24]

Decent middle 6 guy. Don't expect him to be a center, he's a winger at this point. Doesn't use his size as much as he could. Should still be good for 30+ points.

 

[MuffinMerc]

Good luck Joe!

 

[WhiskeyYerTheDevils]

Good call for Calgary to let him go IMO.

 

[qwerty]

What a mistake on Treliving's part. Doesn't qualify him and loses him with out gaining an asset. This is just slightly more than what Lance Bouma is getting right now and Joe Colborne is miles better than Bouma. Poor asset management by Treliving I must say.

 

[CgyFlamesftw]

Why didn't Calgary qualify him?

Would of went to arbitrator, and could of gotten from 3.5-4.0 million. Not worth it considering he scored something like 12 of his goals last 20 games of meaningless season.

 

[MessierII]

Great deal avs

 

[YourARumour]

Solid pick up at that term and price point

 

[Skobel24]

What a mistake on Treliving's part. Doesn't qualify him and loses him with out gaining an asset. This is just slightly more than what Lance Bouma is getting right now and Joe Colborne is miles better than Bouma. Poor asset management by Treliving I must say.

He didn't qualify him so he could try to get him cheaper. It was a necessary risk. Even then, Colborne's rights wouldn't have been worth much at all.