The #Avs have selected Beckett Hamilton, a center from Red Deer in the WHL, with the No. 74 pick in the 2026 NHL draft.

Listed at 5-11 and 170 lbs, Hamilton had 24 goals and 62 points in 67 games last year.

He is from Humboldt, SK, and played in the Broncos system in his youth.

The #Avs have selected Egor Shilov with the No. 43 pick in the 2026 NHL draft.

Shilov, listed at 6-1 and 185 lbs, had 32 goals and 82 points in 63 games for Victoriaville in the QMJHL. He's from Tyumen, Russia.

Shilov is a Penn State commit.

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Brent Burns is going to make $2 million this year with the #Avs, assuming he gets to 10 games played.

Minnesota's Bill Guerin wins the Jim Gregory NHL GM of the year award.

Former #Avs GM Chris MacFarland was one of the three finalists.

#Avs will bring back their top-six defensemen from last season after signing Brett Kulak, Brent Burns to new contracts.

https://www.denverpost.com/2026/06/26/avalanche-burns-kulak-contracts-sakic/

#Avs had 17 of the top 20 guys from last year under contract on June 15 + an RFA + less than $3 mil in cap space.

They now have 15 of the top 20 + two young Fs + a glaring hole in the top 6 + a shade less than $11 mil in space. And Val Nichushkin is gone.
https://www.denverpost.com/2026/06/25/avalanche-trade-nichushkin-columbus/