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1 week ago | milehighhockey.com | Jackie Kay

Photo by Maksim Konstantinov/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images As the first sign of life in what portends to be a busy offseason, the Colorado Avalanche announced they have signed top prospect goaltender Ilya Nabokov to a two-year Entry Level Contract beginning in the 2025-26 season. The term of two years is due to Nabokov’s current age of 22. We have signed goaltender Ilya Nabokov to a two-year, entry-level contract through the 2026-27 season.

1 week ago | milehighhockey.com | Jackie Kay |Adrian Hernandez |Adrián Hernández

Photo by Andy Devlin/NHLI via Getty Images Now a month into the early summer, it’s time turn the page from the disappointments of the 2024-25 season and begin plans for the 2025-26 campaign, which will be here before we know it. Therefore here are our thoughts on how the Colorado Avalanche front office should proceed this summer. Ryan: We can learn a thing or about who we need on our team. If the Avalanche can get their hands on Sam Bennett, I would be happy with that.

1 week ago | milehighhockey.com | Jackie Kay

The ship has sailed. There will be no “legitimate” second line center (2C) joining the Colorado Avalanche anytime soon. It’s time to accept it and move on to a different strategy. This doesn’t mean stop attempting to improve the roster but the obsessive focus on finding a player to fulfill an ideal role without the resources to obtain it has led to multiple failures and continued to undermine the progress of building another championship contender.

2 weeks ago | milehighhockey.com | Jackie Kay

Photo by Melissa Tamez/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images Over the next month the Colorado Avalanche have a lot of decisions to make regarding their upcoming unrestricted free agents. One player in particular might shape the dynamic of the offseason ahead and that’s in the case of left winger Jonathan Drouin. It was a great signing for the organization, which was at least partially motivated by the friendship and history Drouin holds with superstar Nathan MacKinnon.

2 weeks ago | milehighhockey.com | Jackie Kay

It was a busy slate of games in the last day of round-robin matches at the World Championship. First, the Czech Republic took on Team USA and fell 5-2. Colorado Avalanche forward Martin Nečas scored a power play goal but it wasn’t enough to overcome the Americans who scored four goals in the third period to take the victory. The Czechs finished third in their group and will have a very tough match against Sweden in the quarterfinals on Thursday.