Canadiens deal Andrighetto to Avalanche
The Montreal Canadiens have traded Sven Andrighetto to the Colorado Avalanche for Andreas Martinsen, the Canadiens announced Wednesday.
Andrighetto managed only eight points in 27 games for the Canadiens this season, and chipped in just 28 points in 83 career contests. He was a third-round pick of the Canadiens in 2013.
He was once one of Montreal's most promising prospects, but never managed to earn consistent top-six NHL minutes in parts of four seasons in the organization. Andrighetto is a pending unrestricted free agent carrying a cap hit of $650,000.
"I'm going to try to be a great bottom-six forward,"--Andreas Martinsen on a conference call with media just now.
— Eric Engels (@EricEngels) March 1, 2017
Martinsen collected only 18 points in 110 games in parts of two campaigns with the Avalanche, who signed him out of Germany in 2015. He's a pending UFA with a $640,000 cap hit this season.
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