{"id":138307,"date":"2023-07-17T17:43:39","date_gmt":"2023-07-17T21:43:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/?p=138307"},"modified":"2023-07-17T18:42:47","modified_gmt":"2023-07-17T22:42:47","slug":"ross-colton-signs-with-colorado","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/2023\/07\/17\/ross-colton-signs-with-colorado\/","title":{"rendered":"Ross Colton Signs With Colorado"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Colorado Avalanche have re-signed forward, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/c\/coltoro01.html?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2023-06-14_hr\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Ross Colton<\/a> to a four -year contract extension. Furthermore, the one-way contract carries an average annual value of $4 million.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\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\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">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\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">July 17, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h2>Ross Colton Signs with Colorado<\/h2>\n<p>Colton joined the Lightning halfway through the 2020-21 season. In 2023, he scored 16 goals and added 16 assists for 32 points in 81 games. Colton established himself as a key special teams player this year. Nine of his 32 points came on the man advantage.<\/p>\n<p>Throughout his young career, Colton has notched 47 goals and 83 points in 190 games. In 52 career playoff games, Colton has 10 goals and 19 points. Additionally, Colton has a clutch gene in the playoffs. He scored the game-winning goal in Game 5 of the 2021 Stanley Cup Finals against the <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/category\/canadiens\/\" target=\"_self\">Montreal Canadiens.<\/a> This was the game&#8217;s lone goal that won Tampa Bay their second Stanley Cup in two years.<\/p>\n<h3>Analyzing Colton On a Micro-Level<\/h3>\n<p>Corey Sznajder started a micro-stats tracking project called &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.allthreezones.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">All Three Zones<\/a>&#8221; in 2016. He covers passing stats, zone entries, zone exits, transition stats, and much more. Moreover, this gives hockey fans analytical context on a player&#8217;s style and the strengths and weaknesses of their game. Colton does not have many weaknesses.<\/p>\n<p>To start, Colton&#8217;s biggest strength is the offensive zone cycle. Colton is a player that meshes well with all different player archetypes. He can adjust his game accordingly no matter who his line-mates are.<\/p>\n<p>Colton was in the 97th percentile of &#8220;Cycle &amp; Forecheck Offence\/60&#8221; in 2023. This number is captured based on the frequency of shots and passes off the cycle a player creates. Next, to establish the cycle and maintain possession, a strong forecheck must be implemented.<\/p>\n<p>Colton has excellent forechecking metrics. He ranked in the 92nd percentile of &#8220;Pressures\/60&#8221; and in the 85th percentile of &#8220;Recovered Dump-ins\/60.&#8221; Colton played a massive role in Tampa Bay&#8217;s ability to maintain pressure on their opponents and cave them in.<\/p>\n<h3>Looking Ahead at Colton&#8217;s Future<\/h3>\n<p>At 26 years old, Colton brings youth to the Colorado Avalanche. As the team has a core led by Nathan MacKinnon, Cale Makar, and Mikko Rantanen, Colton joins the fold and looks to help this team contend further. After landing him in a trade, locking him up for the next four years is great for both sides in their quest for another championship.<\/p>\n<p>Main Photo: Kim Klement-USA TODAY Sports<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Colorado Avalanche have re-signed forward, Ross Colton to a four -year contract extension. Furthermore, the one-way contract carries an average annual value of $4 million. Ross Colton has signed a 4-year, $16M contract with the Colorado Avalanche. \u270d\ufe0f pic.twitter.com\/mMtT6OpLJd &mdash; Sportsnet (@Sportsnet) July 17, 2023 Ross Colton Signs with Colorado Colton joined the Lightning [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3765,"featured_media":138315,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","sfio_featured_image":false,"sfio_embed_code":"","_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[9,28,34,4548],"tags":[6824,1681],"class_list":["post-138307","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-lightning","category-avalanche","category-news","category-nhl","tag-ross-colton","tag-stanley-cup-final"],"modified_by":"Tommy Bennett","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/138307","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3765"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=138307"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/138307\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/138315"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=138307"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=138307"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=138307"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}