{"id":470936,"date":"2025-08-20T12:04:51","date_gmt":"2025-08-20T16:04:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/?p=470936"},"modified":"2025-08-20T13:32:01","modified_gmt":"2025-08-20T17:32:01","slug":"report-swedish-sniper-signs-with-colorado-avalanche","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/2025\/08\/20\/report-swedish-sniper-signs-with-colorado-avalanche\/","title":{"rendered":"Swedish Sniper Signs with Colorado Avalanche"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Making news today is someone with a strong wrist-shot. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/o\/olofsvi01.html?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2025-06-24_hr\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Victor Olofsson<\/a> has signed a new deal today with the <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/2025\/08\/06\/nhl-rumours-colorado-avalanche-defender-could-be-trade-bait\/\" target=\"_self\">Colorado Avalanche.<\/a> He&#8217;s a great add to many teams, and this is no exception. According to PuckPedia, it&#8217;s a one-year deal for $1.575 million.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">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&#39;d be cool if that sticks around. <a  href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/GYbdUylHkL\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">pic.twitter.com\/GYbdUylHkL<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; JFresh (@JFreshHockey) <a  href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JFreshHockey\/status\/1957983898228650046?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">August 20, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h2><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/o\/olofsvi01.html?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2025-06-24_hr\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Victor Olofsson<\/a> Signs New Deal with Colorado Avalanche<\/h2>\n<p>Olofsson comes from the home of the famous Modo Hockey club in Ornskoldsvik, Sweden. The town of just under 33,000 people, has gave us the likes of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/n\/nasluma02.html?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2025-06-24_hr\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Markus Naslund<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/f\/forsbpe01.html?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2025-06-24_hr\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Peter Forsberg<\/a>, and the Sedin brothers (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/s\/sedinhe01.html?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2025-06-24_hr\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Henrik<\/a>\u00a0and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/s\/sedinda01.html?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2025-06-24_hr\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Daniel<\/a>). Moreover, for Olofsson, he could be seen as a bit of a late-bloomer. Drafted in the seventh round of the 2014 NHL Entry Draft to the Buffalo Sabres, he didn&#8217;t play his first full NHL season until 2019-20 as a 24-year-old.<\/p>\n<p>However, when he made it, he did make an impact. That first campaign saw him make the all-rookie team. It was the first of three seasons now that he has recorded 20 goals. Furthermore, he is a career plus-15 minute a night player, carrying a shooting percentage of 13.5%. He&#8217;s a strong skater, who can unleash an excellent wrister from anywhere in the zone really. He&#8217;s definitely a great depth piece to have on your roster. That&#8217;s why the <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/2025\/06\/24\/nhl-rumours-vegas-golden-knights-trade-maple-leafs-star\/\" target=\"_self\">Vegas Golden Knights<\/a> had taken a flyer on him for the 2024-25 season.<\/p>\n<h3>What He Brings Based on What He&#8217;s Been Doing<\/h3>\n<p>As Victor Olofsson signs, looking back in 2024-25, he had 15 goals and 14 assists for 29 points in 56 games. He received some power play time, but not enough to really boost his offence. That&#8217;s saying something for how productive he was, given the opportunity, or lack thereof. Look for that to change in 2025-26. He&#8217;s a great pickup, who brings skill and offensive upside in a depth role. Never have too many of those guys around.<\/p>\n<p>That&#8217;s what his new general manager was thinking, too. Colorado has a reputation of constantly tinkering, and Olofsson&#8217;s skillset and potential seems to fit that bill. Let&#8217;s see how it works out.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">After signing Olofsson for $1.575M, <a  href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/GoAvsGO?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#GoAvsGO<\/a> have $1.33M Projected Cap Space with 23 active players (14F\/7D\/2G) + O&#39;Connor IR<a  href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/kWHp6UrvjH\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/t.co\/kWHp6UrvjH<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; PuckPedia (@PuckPedia) <a  href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/PuckPedia\/status\/1958202458028806370?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">August 20, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><em>Main Photo Credit: Stephen R. 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