After Borna Rendulic and Dennis Everberg, the Colorado Avalanche have decided to sign Andreas Martinsen — a 6-foot-3 forward that has spent the past three seasons with Düsseldorf in the German top-league DEL. For Düsseldorf, Martinsen was one of the key players, but what can we expect from him once he joins the Avalanche organization?
It is never easy to evaluate how successful a free agent signing from overseas will be in the NHL. The European ice surface is bigger than in North America, which has led teams to play more of an east-west game, rather than a north-south game, which is the common style in North America.