Photo: Bridget Samuels/Flickr.

The Avalanche have announced that they have signed Matt Hunwick to a two-year $3.2 million dollar deal. I was pretty surprised to hear this, and am worried about what it means for Shane O’Brien and Ryan Wilson. I believe that both these players are necessary for the Avs to be successful. Perhaps they intend to keep Stefan Elliott in the top 7 defense, and allow Tyson Barrie more time to develop? Once Barrie is a more ready player for the NHL, I can see Hunwick being traded.

Also, it was announced today that Adam Deadmarsh has stepped down from his position as assistant coach. He will still work in the organization, in the player development office. He states that family reasons were behind the position change. Tim Army (last year’s video coach) will replace Deadmarsh on the bench.

Photo: Bridget Samuels/Flickr.

Today it was announced that the Avalanche have re-signed David Jones to a four year, $16 million per year deal.

I’m very pleased to see that Jones has been re-signed. He has had two 20 goal seasons in a row, and is an important part of the offense.

Here is an transcript of a conference call with the media, via Adrian Dater of the Denver Post, with Jones following the new contract signing.