With New Contract, Settled Family, Brock Nelson Sees Bright Avalanche Future: 'Feels Like a Special Group in a Special Place'

With new contract, settled family, Brock Nelson sees bright Avalanche future: 'Feels like a special group in a special place'

CASTLE PINES, Colo. — Brock Nelson was tempted to take a look around, but ultimately decided he had already found his new home.

With new contract, settled family, Brock Nelson sees bright Avalanche future: “Feels like a special group in a special place”

CASTLE PINES — Brock Nelson was tempted to take a look around, but ultimately decided he had already found his new home. Nelson could have been the top center available when the free-agent market opened July 1. Given that the salary cap ceiling increased more than in the past five years combined, with more big jumps coming in the next two offseasons, there might have been a chance to set off a bidding war for his services. Instead, the 33-year-o…

Brock Nelson Passed on Free Agency Temptation, Believes in Avalanche: ‘You Can’t Ask for a Better Spot’

It’s rare for notable players to make it to the opening day of free agency. And it was no different for the Avalanche’s trade deadline rental and No. 2 centerman Brock Nelson. But before the 33-year-old signed an extension with the Avs, the temptation was there. What kind of offers would be awaiting a centerman in high demand on July 1? “You’d be a liar if you said you didn’t think of a lot of different situations,” Nelson said on Monday ahead o…