Jonathan Drouin signed a one-year contract to stay with the Avalanche. Financial terms were not disclosed.
The 29-year-old forward had an NHL career-high 56 points (19 goals, 37 assists) in 79 regular-season games for the Avalanche last season and three assists in three playoff games.
“He came in and took $825K or whatever it was to sort of reestablish himself and show the type of player that he can be,” Avalanche general manager Chris MacFarland said May 23. “The hands and the skill, which we were the beneficiaries of this year, in large part to his credit. He took advantage of the situation and had an incredible year and again, at this time, I’d be lying to you if I said it won’t be a challenge to get something done.
“But ‘Jo’ is certainly a guy that a lot of teams would love to have last year’s Jonathan Drouin. He’s young, he’s skilled, he was dialed in and took advantage of the opportunity that was presented to him.”
Selected by the Tampa Bay Lightning with the No. 3 pick in the 2013 NHL Draft, Drouin has 337 points (96 goals, 241 assists) in 564 regular-season games for the Avalanche, Montreal Canadiens and Lightning and 24 points (six goals, 18 assists) in 36 playoff games.
The Avalanche also retained Joel Kiviranta, signing the 28-year-old forward to a one-year contract. He had nine points (three goals, six assists) in 58 regular-season games last season and two points (one goal, one assist) in eight playoff games.
Defenseman Calvin de Haan signed a one-year contract. The 33-year-old had 10 points (three goals, seven assists) and 82 blocked shots in 59 regular-season games for the Tampa Bay Lightning last season and no points in one playoff game.
NHL.com independent correspondent Ryan Boulding contributed to this report
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