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Avalanche, Martin Necas in Active Talks as Contract Clock Ticks

His camp is watching Kirill Kaprizov’s contract as a pricing guide.

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Apr 28, 2025; Dallas, Texas, USA; Colorado Avalanche center Martin Necas (88) looks on during the third period against the Dallas Stars in game five of the first round of the 2025 Stanley Cup Playoffs at American Airlines Center. Mandatory Credit: Jerome Miron-Imagn Images

Overview

  • Necas said at Colorado’s media day that he and the team are communicating on an extension and that he likes his fit, but he offered no timeline or details.
  • The 26-year-old is entering the final season of his two-year, $13 million deal after a career-high 83-point campaign and a 28-points-in-30-games start with the Avalanche.
  • Colorado’s tight cap picture — $1.3 million in space with Nathan MacKinnon at $12.6 million and a record-setting Cale Makar extension expected — complicates a sizable raise, per multiple reports.
  • Insiders suggest a repeat of last season’s pace could push Necas into the ~$10 million AAV range, and a trade remains an option if no agreement is reached.
  • Elsewhere, Rasmus Andersson refuted a Vegas-only trade claim even as Calgary watchers see a pre-2026 deadline move as possible, and Columbus GM Don Waddell says Yegor Chinakhov’s months-old trade request stands pending a meeting with coach Dean Evason.