The Colorado Avalanche have recently signed two players to contracts. With the signings, the team seems poised to keep filling the once-replete coffers.
On Tuesday, the Avs signed 19-year-old forward Igor Shvyrev to his entry-level contract. Colorado selected the Russian in the fifth round (125th overall) of the 2017 NHL Draft. His three-year contract carries a cap hit of $775,833 at the NHL level.
Last year Shvyrev split the season with Metallurg Magnitogorsk of the KHL and Stalnye Lisy Magnitogorsk of Russia’s junior league. While he didn’t have great numbers in the KHL — just one goal — he also saw very little time on the ice.