Avalanche lock up Calvin Pickard for 2015-16

Colorado Avalanche goaltender Calvin Pickard. (Graham Hughes/CP)

The Colorado Avalanche signed goalie Calvin Pickard to a one-year contract Thursday.

Pickard’s new agreement is a two-way deal worth $850,500 at the NHL level. His AHL salary is $67,500, according to General Fanager.

In 16 appearances with the Avalanche last season he went 6-7-3 and put up a respectable .932 save percentage and 2.35 goals-against average. The 23-year-old spent most of the season in the American Hockey League with the Lake Erie Monsters where he went 23-17-9 with a .917 save percentage and a 2.61 GAA.

With Semyon Varlamov locked in as the starter and Reto Berra on a one-way deal with Colorado, Pickard could start the 2015-16 campaign in the AHL.

August 6, 2015

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Calvin Pickard
SIGNED BY
Colorado Avalanche
LENGTH
1 yr
CONTRACT TYPE
Re-signing
SALARY CAP HIT
$850,500
TOTAL
$850,500

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