When the Colorado Avalanche traded Matt Duchene last week (doesn’t that seem like a long time ago already?), the pieces acquired in return all had “don’t count on them right away, this is all about the future” stamped on them by many pundits. Well, the future is now for two of those pieces already.
Defenseman Samuel Girard has already played two games for the Avs, and on Wednesday, Vladislav Kamenev will officially be a member of the team. Kamenev, a Russian center who was a second-round pick of the Nashville Predators in 2014 and acquired in the Duchene three-way deal, has been called up to Colorado from the San Antonio Rampage, BSN Denver can reveal.