Overview
- The Colorado Avalanche announced they signed Nikita Novosyolov to a two-year entry-level contract and did not disclose the financial terms of the deal.
- Novosyolov is a 21-year-old, undrafted netminder from Krasnoturyinsk, Russia, who posted back-to-back elite VHL seasons including a 22-10-8 record, a .932 save percentage and a 2.10 goals-against average in 2025-26.
- His experience at the higher KHL level is tiny and problematic, with a three-game stint that produced a .870 save percentage and a 5.33 GAA, so his KHL results offer limited evaluation value.
- Colorado already has NHL goalies Mackenzie Blackwood and Scott Wedgewood plus AHL options Ilya Nabokov and Trent Miner, so Novosyolov is expected to serve as depth with likely AHL opportunities if injuries create openings.
- The move arrives as part of an active offseason for the Avalanche after a Presidents’ Trophy regular season followed by a conference-final sweep and gives the club low-cost insurance while it assesses its goalie pipeline and broader roster plans.