It’s safe to say that the Colorado Avalanche shocked some people by sending Chris Bigras down to the AHL on Saturday. However, they made the correct decision by sending him down.
Surprising why? Well, it probably has something to do with what Joe Sakic said way back at the beginning of the offseason, according to the Denver Post.
Sakic had made it pretty clear that they wouldn’t make any big moves in free agency, and that they would be giving Nikita Zadorov and Bigras larger roles with the team.
That appears to be the case for Zadorov as he’s had a lot of success this preseason, but Bigras is on his way to the “A.