{"id":440052,"date":"2023-07-18T07:03:22","date_gmt":"2023-07-18T11:03:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/?post_type=news&#038;p=440052"},"modified":"2023-07-18T07:03:22","modified_gmt":"2023-07-18T11:03:22","slug":"ross-colton-signs-4-year-contract-extension-with-avalanche","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/news\/ross-colton-signs-4-year-contract-extension-with-avalanche\/","title":{"rendered":"Ross Colton signs 4-year contract extension with Avalanche"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Colorado Avalanche have agreed terms with Ross Colton for 4-year contract extension.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Ross Colton has signed a 4-year, $16M contract with the Colorado Avalanche. \u270d\ufe0f <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/mMtT6OpLJd\" target=\"_blank\">pic.twitter.com\/mMtT6OpLJd<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Sportsnet (@Sportsnet) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Sportsnet\/status\/1681056033911840768?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">July 17, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>The details of the contract are yet to be released, but it is believed it is worth around $4m per year, according to reports.<\/p>\n<p>The deal ties Colton to Colorado through the 2026-27 season and ensures that he will hit unrestricted free agency upon expiry. The Avalanche acquired Colton for a second-round pick during this year&#8217;s NHL draft.<\/p>\n<p>Colton moved to Colorado after a stint and Tampa Bay, which saw him lift two back-to-back Stanley Cups. However, the 26-year-old was not getting enough playing time and that will certainly change now with his new team.<\/p>\n<p>He bagged 16 goals and 32 points last campaign, while the year prior he had 22 goals and 39 points.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Colorado Avalanche have agreed terms with Ross Colton for 4-year contract extension. Ross Colton has signed a 4-year, $16M contract with the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4224,"featured_media":440053,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false},"tags":[17553,20482],"news_category":[16709],"gn_keywords":[17893,20483],"acf":{"announce":"The 26-year-old will receive around $4m per year","video":[]},"rank_math_focus_keyword":"","rank_math_description":"","rank_math_title":"","rank_math_robots":"","rank_math_canonical_url":"","rank_math_facebook_title":"","rank_math_facebook_description":"","rank_math_facebook_image":"","rank_math_twitter_title":"","rank_math_twitter_description":"","rank_math_twitter_image":"","rank_math_snippet_shortcode":"","rank_math_primary_category":"","rankmath_seo":{"focus_keyword":"","description":"","title":"","canonical_url":"","robots":"","facebook":{"title":"","description":"","image":""},"twitter":{"title":"","description":"","image":""}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/440052"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/news"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4224"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=440052"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/440052\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/440053"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=440052"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=440052"},{"taxonomy":"news_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news_category?post=440052"},{"taxonomy":"gn_keywords","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/gn_keywords?post=440052"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}