Colorado Avalanche trade for Andre Burakovsky

Jerome Miron-USA TODAY SportsOver the past few years, Joe Sakic and the Colorado Avalanche front office have proven in they like to take a risk on buy-low candidates from other teams. Friday afternoon, the team took another chance on a young player when they traded for 24-year-old Andre Burakovsky from the Washington Capitals.

A former first-round pick in 2013, Burakovsky is a guy that has been a bit of a disappointment in Washington but the big winger has a world of talent and many believe that he could thrive in the right situation.

In exchange for Burakovsky, the Avalanche surrendered their 2020 second-round pick, the third-round pick they received in the Carl Soderberg trade as well as…