DENVER (AP) — Yakov Trenin scored against his former team early in the third period, and the Minnesota Wild beat the Colorado Avalanche 3-1 on Monday. Jake Middleton had a goal and an assist ...

Even a figure near Nathan MacKinnon’s $12.6 million average annual value might already have posed a challenge to the Avalanche. “We’re going to have to replace him in the aggregate ...

Colorado Avalanche right wing Mikko Rantanen ... “You lose a superstar and we’re going to have to try and replace him in the aggregate — 50-goal scorers don’t grow on trees,” MacFarland ...

Colorado general manager Chris MacFarland felt the timing was right to trade the star forward and bolster the Avalanche’s roster for the future. “I think it was just a tough business decision ...

The Colorado Avalanche, in town to play the Bruins ... “There’s nothing done in a vacuum. Mikko earned the right to be an unrestricted free agent and he’s five months away from that.

He helped the Avalanche win the Stanley Cup in 2022. Trading a superstar is never easy, and MacFarland certainly had some anxious moments. “It hurts, right ... to try and replace him in the ...

general manager Chris MacFarland felt the timing was right to deal him away and bolster the Avalanche’s roster for the future. “I think it was just a tough business decision here for us ...

BOSTON — (AP) — Facing the prospect of Colorado's star winger Mikko Rantanen becoming an unrestricted free agent after this season, general manager Chris MacFarland felt the timing was right to deal ...