The Colorado Avalanche are heading into the 2019-20 season with one of the best rosters they’ve had in a while. They have a good mixture of youth and experience, skill players and grinders.
One of the players who falls more in the experienced grinder category is Matthew Nieto. The Avs picked up Nieto off the waiver wire in January 2017 from the San Jose Sharks.
So far, he’s played 181 games for Colorado, recording 26 goals and 34 assists. They’ve twice signed him to additional contracts. Now, the 26-year-old winger is entering the final year of his two-year deal, after which he’ll be an unrestricted free agent.