Finally healthy, defenseman Conor Timmins was paired with 2019 first-round draft pick Bo Byram in Day 1 of the Avalanche’s development camp Wednesday.
This was a glimpse of the future in Colorado — a future Timmins doubted over the last year.
Timmins, 20, signed his entry-level contract with the Avs on March 2, 2018, shortly before he absorbed a hit to the head in junior play that forced him to miss the entire 2018-19 season with concussion-like symptoms. When he signed his contract, Colorado expected him to have a great summer, make the big club out of training camp and become that valuable right-shot, puck-moving defenseman the Avs ended up getting from Cale Makar in the 2019 playoffs.