My first impression of new Colorado Avalanche defenseman Samuel Girard was “This is a kid who can skate.”
Girard made his debut with the Avalanche against the Ottawa Senators in the SAP NHL Global Series game in Stockholm, Sweden. Naturally, the main storyline of the day was center Matt Duchene playing his first game with Ottawa against Colorado. Girard didn’t have that to get over because his old team is the Nashville Predators.
Well, it’s not going to be too long until young Girard is creating his own buzz.