Late Wednesday night the Colorado Avalanche announced their final Restricted Free Agent signing of the 2022 offseason. It had dragged on a while after receiving his qualifying offer but forward Shane Bowers finally agreed to terms on a one-year two-way contract to bring him back to the organization for another season.
As a former first round pick in the 2017 draft by the Ottawa Senators and subsequent trade to the Avalanche in the Matt Duchene deal the anticipation has been brewing for several years that Bowers would make his NHL debut, which hasn’t happened yet.