Colorado receives defenseman Sam Girard, winger Vladislav Kamenev, center Shane Bowers, goaltender Andrew Hammond, Ottawa’s 2018 1st (protected), Nashville’s 2018 2nd, and Ottawa’s 2019 3rd round pick.
Ottawa receives center Matt Duchene.
Nashville receives center Kyle Turris, who immediately put pen to paper on a six-year extension worth $36 million.
There are a lot of moving parts (literally) and layers to this trade, so I’m going to share my thoughts on a team-by-team basis.
From Colorado’s perspective
- Sam Girard is a really nice get for the Avalanche. He was absolutely dominant in the QMJHL over the last two seasons — he tallied 180 in 152 combined regular season and playoff games during that stretch — and is off to a nice start to his NHL career.