Avalanche Sign Christian Wolanin To Two-Way Deal

By Josh Erickson | at July 4, 2026 7:14 pm The Avalanche have inked left-shot defenseman Christian Wolanin to a two-way deal, PuckPedia reports. He’ll earn the league-minimum $850K NHL salary in the upcoming season with a relatively hefty $400K AHL salary under it. Wolanin, now 31, now switches organizations two summers in a row after a three-year stint in the Canucks’ system from 2022-25. While a high-end offensive threat from the blue line at the minor-league level, Wolanin hasn’t seen an NHL contest since suiting up 16 times for Vancouver in the 2022-23 campaign. After winning a Calder Cup…