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20th January 2026
Penguins Bolster Blue Line in Trade with Avalanche
The Colorado Avalanche and the Pittsburgh Penguins became the latest teams to make a trade as NHL squads scurry to make moves ahead of the Winter Olympic Games, which begin in February. The Avalanche, who are the best team in the league by a wide margin, acquired forward Valtteri Puustinen and Pittsburgh’s 2026 seventh-round draft pick, while the Penguins received defenseman Ilya Solovyov.Solovyov, a 25-year-old from Belarus, was drafted in the seventh round of the 2020 NHL Draft by the Calgary...