The Colorado Avalanche have joined the arms race in the Western Conference, bolstering an area of strength with the addition of defenseman Sean Walker from the Philadelphia Flyers.
Colorado traded a 2025 first-round pick and center Ryan Johansen, for Walker, a right-handed defenseman who is having a career year in his first season with the Flyers and a 2026 fifth-round pick. The Avs’ first rounder is top-10 protected.
Walker, 29, has six goals and 22 points while averaging a career-best 19:36 of ice time for the Flyers, who are in a playoff spot in the Eastern Conference but have been adamant about still being a seller before the Friday afternoon deadline.