Should the Colorado Avalanche make a run at trying to acquire Rangers Artemi Panarin? With how their cap space, draft stock, and prospects look, probably not.

It’s time for the Avs to snap out of the closest thing to a funk this team has encountered this season. Colorado is 2-3-1 in its past six games, which includes the worst loss of the season — a 7-3 defeat Saturday night against Nashville at Ball Arena.

To steal a line from former NHL coach Alain Vigneault, "If I was a betting man," I would be tempted to lay money on one of the Dallas Stars, Colorado Avalanche or Florida Panthers, and in that order, to acquire Panarin from the New York Rangers.

Several members of the Colorado Avalanche have been selected to join their national teams in Milan, Italy, for the 2026 Winter Olympics.

The Anaheim Ducks have followed their worst stretch of the season with one of their best. They will try to keep the momentum going when they visit the Colorado Avalanche on Wednesday night.

The Avalanche suffered only two regulation losses in their first 40 games of the 2025-26 NHL season but came away empty-handed on their trip to the Sunshine State earlier this month, losing to the Florida Panthers and Tampa Bay Lightning in a span of three days.