The Curious Case of Joe Colborne continues to fascinate me.
The Denver Post had an article about how he was looking forward to a bounceback season after posting 8 points in 62 games last season (he had 44 the year before). Then they waived him. Everyone thought he'd be the first callup in the event of injury or one of the many young guns just didn't cut it. Nope.
http://hfboards.mandatory.com/posts/138959479/Quote:
Colborne started working his way down the lineup, then it was reported he was a healthy scratch, then it was reported he had a nagging some such keeping him out, then it was reported he wasn't traveling with the team due to some sort of injury, then it was reported he hasn't resumed skating. It's a fair wonder at this point if they just told him to stay home.
Colborne is on the final year of a 2-year deal that pays him $2.5 million this season. I'm surprised the Avs are effectively eating the contract, even one as relatively modest as this one. This is the club that outright refused to use an amnesty buyout (admittedly they didn't have any truly monstrous contracts at the time but they still could've used at least one). They done bubble-wrapped the guy!
I suppose it's not worth expending much energy thinking about a player who never expended that much energy on the ice but still surprising on many fronts.