Colorado Avalanche have traded forward Ross Colton to the Nashville Predators in exchange for draft picks, while making a goaltender swap
The Colorado Avalanche have traded forward Ross Colton (no salary retention) and goaltender Isak Posch to the Nashville Predators in exchange for a 2026 third-round pick (Predators), a 2027 third-round pick (Avalanche), and goaltender Magnus Chrona.
Ross Colton has been a name this entire season, especially at the trade deadline, as a player the Avalanche might want to move off for salary cap reasons, and now they have successfully done so without having to give up any draft picks or valuable prospects.
Moving off his $4 million cap hit now frees up just under $7 million for the Avalanche to re-sign some key free agents this summer.
Isak Posch was a young goaltender prospect who played pretty well with the AHL Colorado Eagles, finishing with a 15-8-7 record, a .891% save percentage, and a 2.78 goals-against average.
In return, Magnus Chrona is a 6-foot-6 goaltender whom the Tampa Bay Lightning drafted in the fifth round of the 2018 NHL Entry Draft. This past season with the Milwaukee Admirals, he had a down season compared to his previous seasons, finishing with a 9-11-6 record, a .894 SV%, and a 2.94 goals-against average.
