Locking Colborne down long term just seems to me like having one less piece of the puzzle to have to find somewhere else.
You hope he takes a hometown discount and goes for a 4x2.0M contract. Use him as your forth line center knowing you can put him on the wing or in the shootout. I don't really see anything wrong with Monahan, Bennett, Backlund, Colborne down the middle.
Salary is a challenge, but I see moving out Stajan, Raymond, Bollig and to a lesser extent Engelland as the cap solution here, not skimping on a player who seems to be filling a need here.
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