{"id":761159,"date":"2026-06-25T22:44:11","date_gmt":"2026-06-25T22:44:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/761159\/"},"modified":"2026-06-25T22:44:11","modified_gmt":"2026-06-25T22:44:11","slug":"colorado-avalanche-sending-f-valeri-nichushkin-to-columbus-blue-jackets","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/761159\/","title":{"rendered":"Colorado Avalanche sending F Valeri Nichushkin to Columbus Blue Jackets"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"c-paragraph\">The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tsn.ca\/nhl\/team-page\/colorado-avalanche\/21\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.tsn.ca\/nhl\/team-page\/colorado-avalanche\/21\" target=\"_blank\">Colorado Avalanche<\/a> are continuing their busy start to the off-season, as the team has agreed to trade forward <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tsn.ca\/nhl\/player\/valeri-nichushkin\/8477501\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.tsn.ca\/nhl\/player\/valeri-nichushkin\/8477501\" target=\"_blank\">Valeri Nichushkin<\/a> to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tsn.ca\/nhl\/team-page\/columbus-blue-jackets\/29\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.tsn.ca\/nhl\/team-page\/columbus-blue-jackets\/29\" target=\"_blank\">Columbus Blue Jackets<\/a> for three draft picks, the team announced Thursday.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">The Avalanche are receiving a 2026 second-round draft pick, a 2027 third-round draft pick and a 2028 fifth-round draft pick.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Nichushkin, 31, tallied 17 goals and 49 points in 72 games last season, and added two goals and four points in 12 playoff games.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">The veteran forward has spent the past seven seasons in Colorado and has enjoyed the most success of his career in Denver, logging 131 goals and 283 points in 404 games and helping the Avalanche win the 2022 Stanley Cup with 15 points in 20 games.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">This is the third trade the Avalanche have completed in the brief off-season period, as they also sent <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tsn.ca\/nhl\/article\/new-predators-executive-macfarland-strikes-deal-with-former-team-to-add-avalanche-center-colton\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.tsn.ca\/nhl\/article\/new-predators-executive-macfarland-strikes-deal-with-former-team-to-add-avalanche-center-colton\/\">Ross Colton and Isak Posch to the Nashville Predators<\/a> on June 16 and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tsn.ca\/nhl\/article\/preds-add-drury-in-four-player-trade-with-avs\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.tsn.ca\/nhl\/article\/preds-add-drury-in-four-player-trade-with-avs\/\">Jack Drury and Chase Bradley to the Predators on June 24<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Colorado is coming off a season in which they claimed the Presidents\u2019 Trophy with a 55-16-11 record, but fell in four games to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tsn.ca\/nhl\/team-page\/vegas-golden-knights\/54\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.tsn.ca\/nhl\/team-page\/vegas-golden-knights\/54\" target=\"_blank\">Vegas Golden Knights<\/a> in the Western Conference Finals.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Colorado Avalanche are continuing their busy start to the off-season, as the team has agreed to 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