Colorado Avalanche General Manager Chris MacFarland has mentioned on multiple occasions about getting his team to be grittier. His moves seem to have done so, bringing in Ross Colton and Miles Wood for the middle six.
However, the fourth line doesn’t have the same grit it used to with the loss of Darren Helm to retirement and Logan O’Connor most likely playing on the third line. The current line consists of some combination of Ben Meyers, Frederik Olofsson, Andrew Cogliano, and Chris Wagner.
So how about Zach Aston-Reese coming on a cheap deal to the Avs?