The Colorado Avalanche keep taking care of business even as the dog days of summer are in full swing. Here we are in late July, and we have news about the team.
The Avalanche have re-signed pending restricted free agent Sheldon Dries to a one-year contract. The contract is worth $735,000 at the NHL level and $395,000 at the AHL level.
The Avalanche signed the undrafted Dries during free agency last summer. At the time, I wrote that I expected him to be strictly an AHL-level signing.
However, Dries showed well in camp and played well in the preseason, so he started the 2018-19 season with the Avs.