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.

Moreover, Valeri Nichushkin, Casey Mittelstadt, and Zach Parise provide depth and scoring opportunities on the second line. Miles Wood, Ross Colton, and Joel Kiviranta also contribute to the ...

The Colorado Avalanche have little cap space to work with this summer. How can they address the second-line center position?

DENVER (AP) — The Colorado Avalanche will be without playmaking forward Valeri Nichushkin for an indefinite amount of time due to a lower-body injury. Coach Jared Bednar said after morning ...