The Avs couldn’t have won the Stanley Cup without “Moose ... Jonathan Drouin, Val Nichushkin or Gabe Landeskog. But, no. Let’s trade a top winger for garbage in return.

Swapping a 100-point scorer and a pivotal piece of a Stanley Cup champ (Rantanen ... while it’s giving Landy $7 million to rehab and Val Nichushkin $6.1 million with fingers crossed.

The Colorado Avalanche have already been without key forward Valeri Nichushkin for the last 10 ... it for a roster that fashions itself a Stanley Cup contender in 2025. An excellent opportunity ...

DENVER — Trading Moose is fan abuse. Surely, they’re not done. Right? Shipping out Mikko Rantanen has to be the beginning of a mid-season makeover — not the Finn-ishing piece. Surely, somebody’s ...

Trading Moose is fan abuse. Surely, they’re not done. Right? Shipping out Mikko Rantanen has to be the beginning of a mid-season makeover — not the Finn-ishing piece. Surely, somebody’s coming.

The Avs are good but won’t be elite while they’re stuck waiting out Gabe and Val. Payton has a young ... through the regular season, but the Stanley Cup Playoffs are a different beast.

Colorado will be without Jets-killer Val Nichushkin, who is currently sidelined ... for nearly a decade and led the Avalanche to a Stanley Cup in 2022. So I was curious to pick the brain of ...

Of the 32 NHL teams, 16 make the Stanley Cup Playoffs each year. Playoff spots are determined by number of points in the 82-game regular season. The top three teams from each division ...

Plenty of The Athletic’s NHL readers seem to think so. We asked you for your thoughts on the top contenders for the Stanley Cup, the leading candidates to win individual awards and some of the ...