The Colorado Avalanche made the correct decision with the Bourque signings — that’s a fact — but the signings impact the roster in a number of ways. Those ways are all mostly related to the salary cap.
Here’s THE BASICS:
Rene Bourque was signed to a one-year, one-way contract, which means he’ll be with the team. Gabriel Bourque was signed to a one-year, two-way contract and has to clear waivers Tuesday morning before he reports to either the Avalanche or the Rampage (AHL).
It’s difficult to navigate the cap space of the Avalanche right now, but I believe they had just over 900,000 in cap space before the Bourque signings.