After scoring 75 points the last two years for Avalanche AHL affiliates, the 28-year old defenseman will taking his talents back to the land of tiny knives and timepieces.
When Maxim Noreau signed a two-year AHL deal with the Colorado Avalanche in 2014-15, he surely viewed the opportunity as his best chance to return to the NHL. But when the organization chose instead to promote youngsters like Nikita Zadorov and Chris Bigras to bolster its struggling NHL blue line (and claim Andrew Bodnarchuk off waivers), he likely saw the writing on the wall.