The Colorado Avalanche made a trade with the Washington Capitals over the summer that at first I thought was an overpayment. Colorado sent over a second and third round draft pick in next summer’s draft and pending UFA Scott Kosmachuk for restricted free agent Andre Burakovsky.
That seemed an awful lot for a reclamation project.
Well, I can see why the Avalanche wanted the 24 year old. He’s a speedy skater with a sniper’s shot. But the party line was that he was never getting enough chances to make good on those gifts.