Avalanche ink Martin Necas to massive contract extension

The Colorado Avalanche have solved one of their biggest problems, signing forward Martin Necas to an eight-year contract extension on Thursday.

The team announced the deal through the 2033-34 season, keeping the 26-year-old in Denver through the prime of his career.

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The deal is reportedly worth $11.5 million per season, including $60 million “front-loaded” in signing bonuses. Necas also has a no-movement clause through the first seven years of the deal, according to NHL insider Elliotte Friedman.

Martin Necas was the prize of the massive Mikko Rantanen trade last season, so it was important for GM Chris MacFarland and team president Joe Sakic to lock him down.

Necas was set to be a free-agent this summer, so clearly MacFarland didn’t want to have to deal with that situation again. By extending Necas, there won’t need to be a trade or any fear he could leave the Avalanche in eight months.

He’s been on fire to start the 2025-26 regular season, posting seven goals and six assists, good for 13 points. That’s third on the Avs, trailing only superstars Nathan MacKinnon (17 points) and Cale Makar (15 points).

Rantanen only played a handful of games with the Carolina Hurricanes, before being moved to the Dallas Stars and signing an eight-year, $96 million deal with the Avalanche’s hated rival. Rantanen knocked Colorado out of the playoffs last year with a Game 7 hat trick in their first-round series.

Rantanen is considered one of the top-10 players in franchise history, with the Avs hoping Martin Necas can eventually join that list.

This is a big day for the franchise — and now all the focus can be on winning a Stanley Cup this year and beyond.

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