Colorado Avalanche sign Victor Olofsson to one-year contract

The NHL's free-agent forward market is now even thinner as reports are indicating that the Colorado Avalanche have signed Victor Olofsson to a one-year contract.

UFA F Victor Olofsson is expected to sign with #GoAvsGo for 1 year deal https://t.co/s8qU8unJ8A https://t.co/WjUKCKH5Gm

— PuckPedia (@PuckPedia) August 20, 2025

The former 2014 seventh-round pick of the Buffalo Sabres spent last season with the Vegas Golden Knights, scoring 15 goals and 29 points in 56 points. Olofsson spent the prior six seasons in the Sabres organization before his one year on the desert strip.

Victor Olofsson, signed with COL, is a veteran scoring winger. Spent literally his entire career as a perimeter one-timer merchant and then suddenly puts up unreal defensive numbers? Not sure I buy it but it'd be cool if that sticks around. pic.twitter.com/GYbdUylHkL

— JFresh (@JFreshHockey) August 20, 2025

Olofsson also appeared in nine Stanley Cup Playoff games for the Golden Knights, collecting four points, before getting ousted in the second round by the Edmonton Oilers. It was a somewhat down year through and through for Olofsson, who when he was with the Sabres, was closer to a 40-point pace throughout his six years with the organization.

With questions about his physicality, and play without the puck, Olofsson went unsigned for almost two months of the offseason, with the Avs finally taking a chance he can reclaim his scoring touch and provide some secondary offence among their middle six.

In 307 career NHL games, Olofsson has scored 105 goals and 106 assists for 211 points.  

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