In two minor-league trades Monday, the Avalanche dealt defenseman Karl Stollery to San Jose and Lake Erie teammate Michael Sgarbossa, a forward, to Anaheim. In return, the Avs got forward Freddie Hamilton from the Sharks and defenseman Mat Clark from the Ducks. Both Hamilton and Clark will report to Lake Erie.
In another trade that has yet to be confirmed by Colorado, TSN reports the Avs acquired 2009 first-round draft pick Jordan Caron from Boston for veteran Max Talbot. Caron, 24, has played 11 games with the Bruins this season and 132 in his NHL career. Talbot, 30, is typically a third- or fourth-line forward. Caron is 6-foot-3, 205 pounds with more upside.
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Black-and-blue-eyed Nathan MacKinnon talks about his broken nose after Monday’s NHL trade-deadline-day practice:
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Avalanche captain Gabe Landeskog said there’s more to the story in what angered Cody McLeod late in Saturday’s 3-1 loss to Minnesota. McLeod fought the Wild’s Charlie Coyle after an center-ice faceoff with less than 4 seconds to play in the game. I have yet to find a video that supports this, but Landeskog said Coyle picked the fight by slashing McLeod in the back of the legs before the faceoff.
“I don’t think it’s anything that should be blown out of proportion,” Landeskog told me after practice. “I think Cody, like the rest of us, was frustrated and played hard out there. And Coyle was standing in the back of him, slashing the back of his legs, and Cody turned around and does his job — like he would to anybody. It doesn’t matter who it is, if somebody is slashing you in the back of the legs, you assume they want a piece of you. And Cody took care of Coyle … Cody did what he had to do, and a lot of us would do the same thing. So I agree with Cody there. That’s the way I saw it. I haven’t seen it on video after.”
Ryan O’Reilly talks about trade deadline, what , and next contract:
Daniel Briere, 37, was not traded as a pending UFA. His 307-goal career will likely end in Colorado:
