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The Colorado Avalanche finally reach the salary cap floor by signing Peter Mueller to a two year contract worth four million dollars.
With NHL training camp starting in the coming weeks, the Colorado Avalanche finally made a move this offseason by re-signing one of their own young forwards. The Avalanche and Chris Stewart agreed to a two-year, $5.75 million deal. The Avalanche have yet to sign their other young forward, Peter Mueller.
Mile High Hockey believes this deal hints at the front office possibly making a somewhat significant move soon:
Nhlnumbers.com has the updated salary cap list as well with a calculated total Colorado cap of $39.64 million or about $3.75 million under the cap floor. The $2.875 million number is significantly lower than DDC's prediction and makes me wonder what else the Avs have up their sleeves, cuz I don't see them giving Peter Mueller more $$$ than Stewart. There may be signs of life in the front office after all.
Training camp begins September 17.
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Avalanche Sign Winger Peter Mueller To Two Year Contract Worth $4 Million
The Colorado Avalanche have signed forward Peter Mueller to a two year contract worth a total of four million dollars, the team announced today.
The contract, which will pay Mueller $1.5 million this season and $2.5 million next season, has been long expected and should finally place the Avalanche above the salary cap floor for the 2010-2011 season.
Mueller, 22, was obtained via mid season trade from Phoenix, was a major reason the Avalanche were able to make the playoffs this past season. Unfortunately, he was unable to play against the San Jose Sharks in the first round series due to a concussion. An explosive scorer, Mueller tallied 20 points in the 15 games he played with the Avalanche last season.
Sep 10 3:55p by Matthew Muzia - 0 comments