Hobey Baker Award winner Will Butcher has turned down the Colorado Avalanche's contract offer to become a free agent. The Avs took the defenseman in the fifth round of the 2013 draft and held his rights until midnight Tuesday. When he didn't sign, he became a free agent. Read more http://www.espn.com/nhl/story/_/id/...-rejects-colorado-avalanche-become-free-agent