1. Cody Hodgson
Position: C/RW Age: 26 Shoots: R 2015-2016 team: Nashville Predators 2015-2016 stats: GP: 39 G: 3 A: 5 P: 8 PIM: 6 +/-: 2
The Colorado Avalanche absolutely love to take chances on former first-round picks that have fallen off (i.e. Skille, Gormley, Grigorenko, etc.), and Hodgson would make a lot of sense as their next reclamation project.
He is smart, creative, versatile and defensively responsible. People forget, he scored 20 goals in 2013-2014. Also, he was a teammate of Matt Duchene’s in the OHL for two seasons, when Hodgson served as captain for the Brampton Battalion. In fact, during that span from 2007-2009, he actually outscored Duchene by 48 points in the regular season and eight points in the playoffs.
Isn’t it worth bringing him into camp to see if the duo can rediscover any of that chemistry? Even if they don’t, Hodgson is a serviceable player, who can also play a bottom-six role, and would likely accept an AHL assignment.
