Valeri Nichushkin and Gabe Landeskog ... The two best long-term candidates to be the No. 2 center behind MacKinnon — Casey Mittelstadt and Calum Ritchie — were both traded.

Colorado Avalanche forward Valeri Nichushkin put on a show during the first period of Game 3 against the Dallas Stars in the opening round of the 2025 Stanley Cup playoffs. Valeri Nichuskin ...

DENVER — If trust is a two-way street, Valeri Nichushkin needs to stop kicking Stanley Cups to the curb. “We trust him. And that’s the management, the coaches — everybody trusts him ...

The Avs are one of the hottest teams in the league right now, riding an 8-0-1 stretch into a three-game Eastern Canada road swing that coincides with Valeri Nichushkin returning to the lineup and ...

So, too, is Casey Mittelstadt ... The long-term futures of captain Gabe Landeskog and Valeri Nichushkin, for different reasons, remain uncertain. There’s a path forward in which the moves ...

If Nelson simply slots into Casey Mittelstadt's old spot on the second line, he'll be playing with Valeri Nichushkin. That could be a very fun duo to watch in the postseason, and it could be what ...

At last year's NHL Trade Deadline, the Avalanche acquired Casey Mittelstadt from the ... Round 1 loss to Stars 2 weeks ago Avalanche’ Valeri Nichushkin gets bloody after Jamie Benn check 2 ...

Casey Mittelstadt, last year’s deadline ... Alongside some combination of Valeri Nichushkin, Artturi Lehkonen and Jonathan Drouin, the Avs’ new-look second line should be a pain to play ...