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Our guest today is Conor McGahey, Colorado Avalanche radio play-by-play announcer. The Avalanche have won the Central Division regular season title four times in the last six seasons, but only once in the last three, winning the Presidents’ Trophy in 2025-26 with 121 points (55-16-11). After winning their third Stanley Cup in 2022, they were stunned in the first round of the 2023 Playoffs by the Seattle Kraken and then bounced in both 2024 and 2025 by the Dallas Stars. In 2026, the Avs swept the Kings in the first round, then rolled over the Minnesota Wild in five games in the second round, but then crashed out in the Western Conference Final in a sweep at the hands of the Vegas Golden Knights. Right after the playoffs ended, general manager Chris MacFarland left to join the Nashville Predators, with president of hockey operations Joe Sakic stepping back into the day-to-day GM role. With departures of depth pieces Ross Colton, Jack Drury and Valeri Nichushkin, but signing Cale Makar to the largest contract extension in NHL history ($163.2M), are the Avalanche set up to retain their Presidents’ Trophy and take another kick at the Stanley Cup?

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