Jay McClement News

The Colorado Avalanche brought back one of the last remaining links to the team's Stanley Cup glory days, signing captain Milan Hejduk to a one-year deal.

When Colorado traded Chris Stewart to St. Louis early last year, many wondered how the Avs could part with a 23-year-old power forward that was coming off a 28-goal season.

After a very rocky start in Colorado following his trade from the St. Louis Blues, Jay McClement found his game a month into the season and never looked back.

During one of the many threads we had here on MHH for the first day of Free Agency last July, I pre-emptively mocked whichever team was going to overpay Jan Hejda in what had been a bananas market for veteran D. Then it ended up being the Avs who signed him...to a totally reasonable contract money-wise. It was exciting to see the Avs take a step ... (more)