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NHL Notebook: Martin Nečas and Logan Cooley sign eight-year extensions
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Ryley Delaney
Oct 31, 2025, 16:00 EDTUpdated: Oct 31, 2025, 08:30 EDT
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The Colorado Avalanche have signed one of their forwards for the long haul.
On Thursday, the Avalanche announced that they’ve signed forward Martin Nečas to an eight-year deal with a cap hit of $11.5 million.
Originally drafted by the Carolina Hurricanes 12th overall in the 2017 draft, Nečas became a regular in 2019-20. It wasn’t until the 2022-23 season that the right-shot centre broke out, scoring 28 goals and 71 points in 82 games. He reached the 20-goal mark once again in 2023-24, his final full season with the Hurricanes.
Through 49 games, Nečas had 16 goals and 55 points in 49 games, but he was traded to the Hurricanes in the Mikko Rantanen trade. Nečas found success after the trade, scoring 11 goals and 28 points, giving him a career-high 27 goals and 83 points in 79 games.
In 11 games with the Avalanche in 2025-26, Nečas has seven goals and 13 points in 11 games.

Logan Cooley signs long-term extension

Another young player who signed a long-term extension recently is Utah Mammoth forward Logan Cooley. On Wednesday, the Mammoth announced that Cooley has signed an eight-year deal worth $10 million annually.
Drafted third overall in the 2022 draft by the then Arizona Coyotes, Cooley scored 20 goals and 44 points in 82 games in 2023-24, his rookie season. In his first season in Salt Lake City, Cooley scored 25 goals and 65 points in 75 games.
So far through 11 games, the Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania native has eight goals and 12 points in 11 games, as the Mammoth are off to a strong start. That included a seven-game win streak in October.

Stars and Flyers make a trade

On Thursday, the Philadelphia Flyers and Dallas Stars made a minor trade, as the Stars acquired Samu Tuomaala from the Flyers for Christian Kyrou.
Tuomaala was drafted 46th overall in the 2021 draft. Coming to North America in 2023-24, the Finnish winger scored 15 goals and 43 points in 69 games with the Flyers’ American Hockey League team. He followed that up with an 11-goal, 32-point campaign in 2024-25, where he played 46 games with the Lehigh Valley Phantoms.
Kyrou, the younger brother of St. Louis Blues’ Jordan Kyrou, was drafted 50th in the 2022 draft by the Stars. A defenceman, Kyrou scored eight goals and 23 points in 57 games in the AHL his rookie season, and followed it up with four goals and 15 points in 36 games last season. Kyrou has played four games this season.

John Tavares reaches 500 goals

Another player has hit a career milestone, as John Tavares scored his 500th goal on Wednesday, becoming just the 49th player in National Hockey League history to do so.
Earlier this season, the 2009 first overall pick became just the fourth player to score 500 points with two different teams, 621 of them came with the New York Islanders, while the rest have come with the Toronto Maple Leafs.
Through 11 games this season, Tavares has six goals and 14 points in 11 games. Not too shabby for the 35-year-old.
Ryley Delaney is a Nation Network writer for FlamesNation, Oilersnation, and Blue Jays Nation. She can be followed on Twitter @Ryley__Delaney.

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