With training camp around the corner, teams are homing in on their camp rosters and the battles therein among players. Each team has mostly filled out their opening night roster, let’s be honest, but there are less than a handful of spots available on each team. With the cap crunch situation the Colorado Avalanche are in, it’d behoove them to consider some professional tryout offers (PTO) to players they believe have an opportunity to add a skill or skills to their lineup. These offers come with minimal risk and potentially great reward.
There are plenty of players who would fit this mold from aging veterans hanging on in the league to younger players still trying to make a name for themselves. There are roles to be earned on the opening night roster, and if one of these players can impress Avalanche brass, the opportunity is there for the taking.
Without further ado, the Avalanche should offer these three players a professional tryout and an invite to training camp.
3.) Matt Martin
The Islanders are in a cap crunch like the Avalanche are. They don’t have enough money to go around, and the likeliness they sign their bottom six players are hit or miss. A potential Islander loss is an Avalanche gain.
For those that aren’t familiar with him, Matt Martin is a meat and potatoes, blue collar player. A mainstay on the Islander fourth line for what seems like an eternity, he’d be an asset to any team who was able to acquire his services.
He hits anything that moves, he protects his teammates, and he can score the occasional goal too. He’s not what he once was as he’s gotten up in age (35), but he can still be a very serviceable fourth-line player. Martin also kills penalties (when he’s not in the box himself).
For a minimal risk like a professional tryout offer, Martin’s a guy the Avalanche brass should be looking at.