Jared Bednar often knows very little about the players Colorado obtains in mid-season trades. It doesn’t concern him: As he puts it with a shrug, “I coach the players that they give me.”
Team executives will, however, ask the coach to review video from time to time before making a deal. That was the case with the Avalanche’s newest acquisition from the Maple Leafs.
“Occasionally they’ll say, ‘Hey, we want you to look at this guy and see if he’ll fit,'” Bednar said before Denis Malgin’s Avalanche debut Dec. 21. “I looked a little bit at Malgin.