Will Zellers was at his billet house in Wisconsin — watching the play-in games of the Minnesota State High School Hockey Tournament — when he received a phone call from his agent.
He was on the move.
At first, the 19-year-old forward thought he had to pack his bags and join another USHL squad to close out the 2024-25 campaign.
But less than eight months after hearing his name called out in the 2024 NHL Draft by Colorado (third round, No. 76 overall), Zellers received word that the Avs were shipping him east.
“I was pretty surprised that I was getting traded at a young age,” Zellers said Monday at Boston’s Development Camp.