{"id":895687,"date":"2026-09-14T18:02:10","date_gmt":"2026-09-14T18:02:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/895687\/"},"modified":"2026-09-14T18:02:10","modified_gmt":"2026-09-14T18:02:10","slug":"report-joe-sakic-to-remain-as-colorado-avalanches-gm-on-full-time-basis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/895687\/","title":{"rendered":"Report: Joe Sakic to remain as Colorado Avalanche’s GM on full-time basis"},"content":{"rendered":"

Colorado Avalanche<\/a> franchise icon Joe Sakic is set to remain as the team\u2019s general manager on a full-time basis, according to a report from the Denver Post<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Sakic, 57, has reportedly committed to continue serving in the role with no search for a replacement. <\/p>\n

The Burnaby, B.C. native was originally tasked with overseeing Colorado\u2019s general manager duties in the wake of Chris MacFarland\u2019s departure from the organization in June.<\/p>\n

At the time, Colorado\u2019s ownership said Sakic would serve as the team\u2019s general manager through the 2026 NHL draft and into the start of the league year.<\/p>\n

Sakic originally served as Colorado\u2019s general manger from 2014-22, before being promoted to president after leading the Avalanche to their third Stanley Cup victory in franchise history.<\/p>\n

After Colorado was swept by the Vegas Golden Knights<\/a> in the Western Conference Final last year, Sakic has reportedly been \u201cinvigorated\u201d with a return to his old post.<\/p>\n

He has already taken care of this off-season\u2019s most pressing piece of business, an eight-year, $163.2 million extension for star defenceman Cale Makar<\/a> that set a new benchmark for highest AAV in league history.<\/p>\n

Under MacFarland, Colorado had failed to make it back to the Stanley Cup Final despite averaging over 50 regular-season wins in each of the past four seasons.<\/p>\n

The Avalanche won their fourth Presidents\u2019 Trophy last season with a 55-16-11 record, and will look for similar results this season with Sakic back in the GM role for the first time since their Cup victory in 2022.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Colorado Avalanche franchise icon Joe Sakic is set to remain as the team\u2019s general manager on a full-time…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":895688,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[433],"tags":[712,49,48,80742,448,82],"class_list":["post-895687","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nhl","tag-apple-news","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-colorado-avalanche-sports-hockey-team-team-nhl-api-21","tag-nhl","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/895687","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=895687"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/895687\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/895688"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=895687"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=895687"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=895687"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}