Avalanche acquire L’Heureux, AHL scorer in deal with Predators
Colorado’s swap for Zach L’Heureux puts one of the AHL’s most productive young scorers into a bigger NHL pipeline picture, while Chase Bradley’s exit hits the Eagles’ depth chart.
Colorado added one of the AHL’s most efficient young forwards when it acquired Zach L’Heureux and Fedor Svechkov from Nashville for Jack Drury, Chase Bradley and a 2029 third-round pick. The June 24 trade was the second deal between the clubs in recent weeks and came just three weeks after Nashville hired Chris MacFarland on June 2, a reminder that roster reshaping at the NHL level still runs straight through AHL performance, projection and role fit.
L’Heureux is the centerpiece from a development standpoint. In 30 games with the Milwaukee Admirals last season, he scored 14 goals and added 14 assists, with six of those goals coming on the power play. He also produced four goals and one assist in 25 NHL games with Nashville, evidence that his game already translates beyond the minors. Over 100 career AHL games, L’Heureux has 36 goals and 45 assists, and he has 10 goals and six assists in 18 Calder Cup Playoff games. Nashville drafted him 27th overall in 2021 and signed him to a two-year extension in March 2026, which made him a meaningful asset before the move.
Colorado’s outgoing piece with the strongest AHL footprint is Bradley, who spent his second pro season with the Eagles and finished with nine goals and three assists in 42 regular-season games. He then added five goals and five assists in 17 playoff games as Colorado pushed to the Western Conference Finals. In 104 career AHL games, Bradley has 23 goals and 11 assists, production that gives Nashville another winger with a real minor-league scoring record. Bradley’s path also matters: he was undrafted, signed a two-year entry-level contract with Colorado on July 2, 2024 after his college career at UConn, and made his NHL debut with the Avalanche last season.
For both affiliates, the ripple effect is immediate. Milwaukee loses a forward who had already become a top scoring threat and special-teams contributor, while Colorado opens up ice time and offensive responsibility for wingers trying to move up the Eagles’ lineup next season. Nashville, meanwhile, gets a forward in Bradley who has shown he can finish in the AHL and handle high-leverage games, and Colorado signals again that it is willing to move useful depth when the return fits its bigger NHL construction.
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