The Ryan O’Reilly contract situation has been so discussed that it would almost be a relief if he were traded. The Colorado Avalanche center has just one year left on the two-year contract he signed with the team last summer.
Ryan O’Reilly Contract Negotiations and Distraction
We all know how the contract came about. Ryan O’Reilly wanted more money, the Avalanche front offices wanted to pay him less — the exact same thing had happened two years before. The team took O’Reilly to salary arbitration, they made an eleventh hour deal on the literal doorstep of the arbiter’s office, and O’Reilly walked away with a two-year, $12 million contract.