FTB: former Leafs pick makes NHL debut, and goalie trade options

Photo by Debora Robinson/NHLI via Getty Images ANAHEIM, CALIFORNIA - APRIL 09: Keaton Middleton #67 of the Colorado Avalanche looks on in the second period against the Anaheim Ducks at Honda Center on April 09, 2021 in Anaheim, California.You guys remember Keaton Middleton? Fourth round pick in 2016, big guy, immediate write-off by all of us? Well, he made his NHL debut last night for the Colorado Avalanche.

Signed to an ELC earlier this month, Middleton, 23, played his first game for the Avalanche wearing number #67 in their 2-0 win over the Anaheim Ducks. He was a late addition after Jacob MacDonald got suspended and Bowen Byram was placed under COVID protocols and was the 14th defenseman…