Nyorai kuenderera mberi kweiyi ndima - Mushure mekufungidzira kwakawanda pamusoro pekuda kubva kuColorado, Avalanche yakatengesa Duchene kuOttawa Senators mukutengeserana kwematatu-timu munaNovember 5, 2017. Kubva kuOttawa, Avalanche yakawana Andrew Hammond, Shane Bowers 2018 yekutanga-kutenderera uye 2019
wechitatu-round pick. Pamusoro pezvo, Avalanche yakawana Samuel Girard, Vladislav Kamenev uye 2018 yechipiri-kutenderera sarudzo kubva kuPredators. Avalanche yakawana mitambo gumi yakatevedzana kubva musi wa 2 kusvika 22 Ndira. Mukati mechikamu ichocho, Avalanche yakapfuura vadzivisi vavo 41<unk>16. Pakurwisa, Avalanche yaitungamirirwa naNathan MacKinnon naMikko Rantanen. MacKinnon akapedza wechishanu muligi achiwana mapoinzi makumi mapfumbamwe nemapfumbamwe, nepo Rantanen akawana mapoinzi makumi masere nemana mumwaka wake wechipiri. Avalanche yakakwanisa kuenda kuma playoffs mumutambo wavo wekupedzisira wemwaka wenguva dzose, vachikunda maBlues, avo vairwa navo kunzvimbo yekupedzisira yekadhi remusango, 5<unk>2. Chikwata chakapedza nemapoinzi makumi mapfumbamwe nemashanu, kuwedzera kwemapoinzi makumi mana nemanomwe kubva mwaka wavo wapfuura. Avalanche yakaenzana nePredators inotungamira muligi munharaunda yekutanga. Mushure mekuzviwana vari pasi 3<unk>1, Avalanche yakaunganidza kuhwina Game 5 2<unk>1 mushure mekukora zvibodzwa zviviri mukupera kwechikamu chechitatu. Varlamov naJonathan Bernier vose vari kunze kwekukuvara, Hammond akatanga mutambo uye akaita basa-rakakwirira 44 rinoponesa. Zvisinei, maPredators akarova Avalanche 5<unk>0 muMutambo 6 kuhwina nhevedzano.