Chris Stewart Traded to Avalanche
Denver, CO - Chris Stewart is back home. Acquired by the Avalanche this evening from the Washington Capitals. The 2nd place Avalanche added some grit and goal scoring to their lineup with the acquisition of Chris Stewart. "I am very excited to come to a team in this position, hopefully I can contribute and not mess up this roll the Avalanche are in" said Stewart on a conference call.
The right winger adds scoring and grit to the Avalanche lineup, something they were lacking throughout the year. "We don't want to get pushed around when the standings start to tighten up closer to the playoffs." said GM Swayze11. Stewart is expected to skate on the 2nd line and hopefully spark the powerplay which is 23rd in the league. "Our special teams need to get better. We wish Tomas all the best in Washington." said the general manager.
Here is how the trade broke down:
To Washington:
Tomas Fleishmann
Marcus Johansson
Ludvig Rensfeldt
2nd (TB)
To Colorado:
Chris Stewart
The projected lineup for the Avalanche looks like the following:
Perron - Spezza - Huselius
Erat - Lombardi - Stewart
Mueller - Galiardi - Nystrom
Kopecky - Johnson - Adams
Stuart - Jovanovski
Quincey - Kuba
Clark - Hjalmarsson
x- Hunwick
Anderson
Greiss
"We gave up a lot of the future in this deal but with Stewart being only 22 years old and on an excellent contract, we felt we could sacrifice some of the future." said the general manager.