The Avalanche re-signed restricted free-agent depth forward Sheldon Dries to a one-year contract Friday and also added forwards Miikka Salomaki, Kiefer Sherwood and Mike Vecchione to one-year deals in free agency.
All four will probably begin next season with the AHL’s Colorado Eagles. Dries, 26, played 50 of his 55 regular-season games with the Eagles last season.
Colorado has not made a big free-agent splash but two possible targets — forward Taylor Hall and goalie Corey Crawford — remained unsigned Friday afternoon when only two of TSN’s top-10 free agents had agreed to terms. Hall, the 2018 Hart Trophy winner, is No. 2 on that list behind defenseman Alex Pietrangelo.
The COVID-19 crisis has changed the free-agent climate, with teams less likely offering big money and long term. The Calgary Flames’ six-year, $36 million signing of goalie Jacob Markstrom was the only contract longer than three years and $10 million Friday, although Matt Murray signed a four-year, $25 million extension with Ottawa.
Salomaki, 27, comes from the Nashville Predators’ organization, playing 41 games for the AHL’s Milwaukee Admirals last season. Sherwood, 25, split last season with the Anaheim Ducks and the AHL’s San Diego Gulls. Vecchione, 27, who has played just two career NHL games since graduating from Union College in 2017, played for the AHL’s San Antonio Rampage last season.
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