In the latest edition of "Can't Hear What Jeremy Says", Adrian Dater and Pat Salvas from "Dater On Avalanche" assess the Avs' free-agency moves, along with their draft choices.
So, the Avs drafted Matt Steinburg (Cornell) as some family friend favor to Joe Sakic. HOWEVER, they got the inside track on wunderkid Sam Malinski, also from Cornell, who looks like a diamond in the rough. Everyone thinks: "what did the Avs see in this guy..." Well, sometimes its just as simple as Claude Lemieux asking Sakic for a favor to give Olofsson a contract for one year...
So, the Avs drafted Matt Steinburg (Cornell) as some family friend favor to Joe Sakic. HOWEVER, they got the inside track on wunderkid Sam Malinski, also from Cornell, who looks like a diamond in the rough. Everyone thinks: "what did the Avs see in this guy..." Well, sometimes its just as simple as Claude Lemieux asking Sakic for a favor to give Olofsson a contract for one year...