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Predators send Colin Wilson to Avalanche for fourth-round pick

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SAN JOSE, CA - OCTOBER 28: Colin Wilson #33 of the Nashville Predators in action against the San Jose Sharks at SAP Center on October 28, 2015 in San Jose, California. (Photo by Ezra Shaw/Getty Images)

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Colin Wilson, who’s spent his entire career with Nashville after getting taken seventh overall in 2008, is on his way out of town.

The Preds have dealt Wilson to Colorado in exchange for a fourth-round pick in 2019, per TSN. The move essentially amounts to a salary dump for the Preds, who opened free agency by signing Nick Bonino to a four-year, $16.1 million deal.

Wilson has two years left on a four-year, $3.9 million pact. That was too steep a price for GM David Poile to continue paying, especially since the Preds have young forwards capable of replacing Wilson’s production (Kevin Fiala and Pontus Aberg, most notably).

Poile also needs to maintain cap space for Ryan Johansen and Viktor Arvidsson, both of whom are RFAs and in need of new contracts this summer.

For Colorado, they get a 27-year-old forward that, two seasons ago, posted career highs in goals (20) and points (42). It’s a decent upgrade in talent -- something the Avs need -- and the cost was minimal.