Fresh off their first shutout win of the season, the Colorado Avalanche are getting a boost to their defensive unit as they head to California for four games in six days. Veteran defenseman Erik Johnson and rookie blueliner Bowen Byram were back skating with the club on Sunday. They’ve been skating together at practice this
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In today’s NHL rumors rundown, Tuesday’s game between the Carolina Hurricanes and Nashville Predators is being postponed due to a COVID-19 situation. Meanwhile, the Ottawa Senators had one of their bright young stars removed from tonight’s game versus the Winnipeg Jets. There are questions out of the Vancouver Canucks organization about their coach and could
The Colorado Avalanche are set to challenge for the Stanley Cup this season. In a realigned West Division, the Avalanche will face tough opponents in the Vegas Golden Knights and St. Louis Blues. The rest of the division won’t be as much of a challenge, but the Avs still won’t be an easy ride. Among
Sports fans would not be sports fans without their expectations. Whether they are high, low or middling, expectations abound on social media, the local bar or suburban home. With the 2020-21 NHL season starting, fans, writers and even the organizations themselves and setting the bar for how they believe teams and players should perform. The
Right now, the Colorado Avalanche are focused on the 2020-21 season. But just around the corner lies a different sort of obstacle: the Seattle Kraken’s expansion draft. The highly-anticipated event will take place on July 21, potentially a month after the Stanley Cup is awarded, and each team (except the Vegas Golden Knights) will have
In today’s NHL rumor rundown, the Boston Bruins have named their 20th team captain on Thursday and his name is Patrice Bergeron. In Edmonton, there is a bit of controversy over a jersey number and there is news surrounding the Pittsburgh Penguins signing players and the Colorado Avalanche making a trade. Finally, the New York
It’s hard to believe that just one year after winning the Calder Trophy, given each year to the NHL’s most outstanding rookie, Colorado Avalanche defenseman Cale Makar is going to be in need of a new contract. After being selected fourth overall in the 2017 NHL Entry Draft, Makar decided to honor his commitment to
As the World Juniors wrap up this week, hockey fans will only have eight more days to kill before the NHL season is officially underway. The Colorado Avalanche have four prospects representing them at the tournament while the current team began training camp on Sunday. In this article, we’ll be focusing on the NHLers over
The two biggest rivals of the Colorado Avalanche are arguably the Detroit Red Wings and the Minnesota Wild. It’s been hard for Avalanche fans to get as riled up about facing those teams, as Colorado’s trajectory is going in the opposite direction of both those franchises. The Avalanche are one of the favorites to win
So close, yet so far away. Nathan MacKinnon has risen to the top echelon of the NHL over the last three seasons. After struggling to produce on some very bad Colorado Avalanche teams from 2014 to 2017, the Nova Scotian center’s hard work and training paid off as he carried a still very bad Avalanche
The Colorado Avalanche have one of the deepest rosters in the NHL. Their top-six is stacked with skill, led by the three-headed monster of Nathan MacKinnon, Gabriel Landeskog, and Mikko Rantanen. They have a star-studded defensive core with Cale Makar and Samuel Girard. Combine these two factors, and you have a Stanley Cup contender with
Calling the 2019-2020 Colorado Avalanche a contender for the Cup was an understatement. In a shortened 70 game season, the team racked up 92 points, which was good for second-best in the Central Division, only two points behind the 2018-19 Stanley Cup winners, the St. Louis Blues. The 2020 postseason was a wild affair that
In today’s NHL rumor rundown, Phillip Danault of the Montreal Canadiens is talking for the first time in a long time about his role on the team and contract extension talks. In Colorado, there are more updates when it comes to Brandon Saad. Are the St. Louis facing major contract issues for certain pending free
In today’s NHL rumors rundown, the Edmonton Oilers are moving one of their defensemen who is playing overseas. Meanwhile, newly-acquired forward Brandon Saad is interested in signing an extension with the Colorado Avalanche, but are the Avs interested in re-signing him? In Toronto, what’s the one trade the Maple Leafs might still be on the
Sports rivalries are a reason to circle your calendar, cancel plans and tune in to see who earns bragging rights, makes history and in many cases, gains playoff positioning. But not all rivalries are within their division or conference, which means that the rarity of these matchups makes them even more exciting. In the NBA,
In the salary cap era, every contract comes with risk, and sometimes the dollar amount attached to a player’s salary overshadows his abilities on the ice. It is more important than ever for organizations to find team-friendly deals in order to maximize the use of their cap space to bring in the best possible players.
It’s no secret that the Colorado Avalanche have a special player on the back end. Some may have known right from the minute they drafted Cale Makar. Some may have known after he led his NCAA team in scoring during his sophomore year and then contributed six points in 10 NHL playoff games, his first
In today’s NHL rumor rundown, one scribe wonders if the Boston Bruins could be revisiting the idea of trading forward Jake DeBrusk? In Montreal, with all the offseason moves the team made, are there players on the roster whose roles will go down and as such, could become trade pieces? Now that the Colorado Avalanche