There are quite a few free agents on the NHL market this summer, and pundits will suggest the Colorado Avalanche should go after a defenseman such as Mark Fistric or Anton Volchenkov. While Colorado certainly look perpetually thin on the blueline, the truth is the forward depth isn’t any better.
At the NHL trade deadline the team acquired left wing Mikkel Boedker from the Arizona Coyotes. According to former Howlin Hockey editor William Grigsby, one reason the Coyotes were willing to unload the talented Boedker was because he’s a pending unrestricted free agent, and he already turned down a contract extension offer from Arizona.