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Colorado Avalanche top line poised for monster season

The Colorado Avalanche's top line is poised to have a breakout season after encouraging signs from Necas, Nichushkin in preseason games.

The Colorado Avalanche could get enormous seasons from Martin Necas and Nathan MacKinnon in 2025-26. | Leila Devlin/GettyImages

The Colorado Avalanche have gotten off to a strong 2-0 start to their preseason. The two wins against the Utah Mammoth offer encouraging signs heading into the 2025-26 season.

But there’s one particular sign that offers the most encouragement for the Avs moving forward. In the Avalanche’s 5-1 opener, Valeri Nichushkin dropped three assists.