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Latest News
Team-specific updates for the Colorado Avalanche.
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Avalanche Sign Georgii Merkulov to One-Year Contract
Colorado added AHL scoring depth Monday, signing the 25-year-old forward who put up 24 goals and 61 points in 70 AHL games last season.
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Avalanche Open 2026-27 at Home Sept. 30 Against Kings, the Franchise’s First September Game
Colorado opens the new 84-game season at Ball Arena on Sept. 30 against Los Angeles — the first September regular-season game in franchise history — with a schedule built around 28 division games and a Dec. 31 Winter Classic trip…
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Avalanche Plan to Open Cale Makar Extension Talks in Mid-July, Sakic Says
Joe Sakic says Colorado will begin extension conversations with Cale Makar and Artturi Lehkonen in mid-July. Makar can be a free agent next summer, and the market for stars has moved sharply upward this month.
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Landeskog wins Messier Leadership Award and Masterton Trophy
Colorado's captain earned both honors after returning from a serious knee injury.
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Georgiev terminates KHL deal, eyeing NHL return
The former Avalanche starter is leaving Russia to pursue another shot at the NHL after his North American career stalled.
Around the NHL
League-wide NHL coverage from the newsroom.
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Golden Knights trade Dorofeyev to Rangers, extend Andersson
Vegas dealt its 37-goal right wing to free cap space for defenseman Rasmus Andersson's extension.
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Sharks re-sign Graf to 3-year deal
San Jose locks in its 23-year-old right wing after a 21-goal, 46-point breakout season.
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Sharks Pursue Extension With Will Smith
San Jose looks to lock in its second young center after securing Celebrini long-term.
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Matt Rempe still working back from hand injury
The Rangers center missed most of 2025-26 with a hand injury requiring two surgeries and is not yet at full health.
Division Head-to-Head
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Team Snapshot
Standings
Western Conference
55-16-11
#16 in Western Conference
Upcoming Schedule
No upcoming games returned right now.
Rafters Player Value Leaders
- 1 Nathan MacKinnon C · #29 · Holding 85 Needs 2 days
- 2 Martin Necas C · #88 · Holding 80 Needs 2 days
- 3 Cale Makar D · #8 · Holding 74 Needs 2 days
- 4 Brock Nelson C · #11 · Holding 71 Needs 2 days
- 5 Artturi Lehkonen LW · #62 · Holding 64 Needs 2 days
No upcoming game is currently attached to this team page, so these values lean on season context and roster evidence until the next scheduled matchup appears.
No verified team movers today. Risers and fallers appear once this roster has a prior day of scores to compare against.
Roster
Centers
- Zakhar Bardakov — C, #93
- Alex Barre-Boulet — C, #27
- Gavin Brindley — C, #54
- Nazem Kadri — C, #91
- Parker Kelly — C, #17
- Nathan MacKinnon — C, #29
- Georgii Merkulov — C
- Martin Necas — C, #88
- Brock Nelson — C, #11
- Nicolas Roy — C, #10
- T.J. Tynan — C, #9
Left Wings
- Adam Beckman — LW
- Danil Gushchin — LW, #75
- Gabriel Landeskog — LW, #92
- Artturi Lehkonen — LW, #62
- Taylor Makar — LW, #16
Right Wings
- Fabian Lysell — RW, #23
- Logan O'Connor — RW, #25
Defense
- Nick Blankenburg — D, #37
- Brent Burns — D, #84
- Alex Gagne — D, #45
- Brett Kulak — D, #27
- Cale Makar — D, #8
- Sam Malinski — D, #70
- Josh Manson — D, #42
- Devon Toews — D, #7
Goalies
- Mackenzie Blackwood — G, #39
- Magnus Chrona — G
- Scott Wedgewood — G, #41