Photographs: Andreea Cardani
The Colorado Avalanche have acquired ahead Danil Gushchin from the San Jose Sharks in trade for ahead Oskar Olausson.
Gushchin, 23, has topped the 20-goal mark in every of his three seasons within the AHL, totaling 70 objectives and 80 assists for 150 factors in 182 contests with San Jose. In 2024-25, he scored a career-best 28 objectives and added 23 assists in 56 contests for the Barracuda, and led the AHL with 14 power-play objectives.
Gushchin additionally skated in 12 video games with the Sharks in 2024-25, and has two objectives and three assists in 18 profession NHL contests. He was initially a third-round choose by San Jose within the 2020 NHL Draft.
Olausson, 22, tallied 11 objectives and 15 assists for a career-best 26 factors in 61 video games with the AHL’s Colorado Eagles in 2024-25. Over three professional seasons, Olausson has totaled 33 objectives and 33 assists for 66 factors in 163 video games with the Eagles.
A primary-round alternative (twenty eighth general) by the Avalanche within the 2021 NHL Draft, Olausson has performed 4 video games within the NHL, together with two this previous season.
