The Avalanche have just announced their first roster move of the summer as they have signed T.J. Galiardi to an entry-level contract.
If you follow Jori's blog you might have noticed she actually scooped the Avalanche website on this one. I unfortunately missed it amidst the post-season fervor. The tears must have blurred my vision.
Galiardi appears to be an excellent prospect as he was 2nd in the WHL in rookie scoring (18g, 52a - 70pts in 72 games) and led all playoff scorers with 24 points in 16 games for the Calgary Hitmen.
He appears to be quite a playmaking left-winger and if there's one thing teams need, it's a slick left winger.* He is rated #6 for Avalanche prospects by HockeysFuture with a 7.0C rating. And he played for Dartmouth so the team could be adding another Ivy Leaguer to go along with David Jones.
*Disclaimer: Played left-wing through most of my "career" so may be biased towards the position.
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Gilraldi, Mercier (assuming he leaves Miami) and Nigel Williams. Those are the prospects to watch out of training camp this year I think.
I think a new coach will have *ahem* a different perspective on McLeod, McCormick and Arnason coming out of camp this year. So there could be more room for Richardson, Hensick and some other skaters.
Nice blog...
Mike
www.pitchingideas.net
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