The National Hockey League (NHL) announced today the 2025-26 regular season will open on Tuesday, Oct. 7 with a tripleheader broadcast exclusively on ESPN in the U.S., and on Sportsnet and TVA Sports in Canada.

The Colorado Avalanche fell short of winning another Stanley Cup this season, losing in the first round of the playoffs. The team pushed the Dallas Stars to seven games in the series, but ultimately couldn't finish the job.

Nikolai Kovalenko, former Colorado Avalanche forward, signed a two-year deal with CSKA Moscow in the KHL. How does this affect the Avs?

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The Colorado Avalanche and Josh Manson have agreed to a contract that will keep the blue liner in Denver for the next couple of years.

Avalanche general manager Chris MacFarland met with the media three times in short order — after the Charlie Coyle/Miles Wood trade, after the NHL draft ended and after the club signed Brent Burns. He mentioned Zakhar Bardakov as a player the Avs are excited to see in training camp twice.

Trades are a common occurrence in the NHL and a fact of life for most players. At some point, many of them can expect to be dealt at least once in their career. As the old saying goes, if Wayne Gretzky could get traded,

The Colorado Avalanche have extended Josh Manson on a two-year contract worth $7.9 million, in a deal that could benefit both parties.

Kovalenko didn't come to the NHL until the end of the 2023-24 KHL season, but that's when the Avs plugged him right into the playoff lineup. In 2024-25, he scored four goals with four assists in 28 games for the Avalanche, then three goals with nine assists in 29 games for the Sharks.