The 2023-24 NHL season has been a roller coaster ride for the Colorado Avalanche. A lot of new faces joined the team this offseason, and there was always going to be a learning curve to sort out line combinations and overall chemistry. However, it’s taken a bit longer than the team hoped. As the calendar
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In today’s NHL rumors rundown, former Edmonton Oiler Tyson Barrie confirmed that the Oilers were in on Erik Karlsson trade talks. Meanwhile, Devon Toews has said he’d like to stay with the Colorado Avalanche but is looking for a fair deal. Finally, a number of insiders are weighing in on the drama between the Tampa
At this stage of the NHL offseason, the Colorado Avalanche have accomplished all of their goals for the summer. They acquired a pair of centers (Ryan Johansen and Ross Colton) to fill the hole left by Nazem Kadri last offseason, signed the blossoming Bowen Byram to a bridge deal, and took fliers on players looking
There’s a buzz circling the Toronto Maple Leafs as they head into an offseason filled with uncertainty. Major questions require answers and it does sound like president Brenden Shanahan will address some of them later this week. Change is inevitable in a hard salary cap world, the Maple Leafs know this better than anyone. General
In a frustrating loss to the Pittsburgh Penguins, who are vying for a playoff spot in the Eastern Conference, the Colorado Avalanche showed flashes of a comeback, just to allow another goal and lose 5-2. But there are some bright spots and some lessons as they look to finish atop the Central Division again. Here
Welcome to the Detroit Red Wings Rebuild Role Models series where I’ve been analyzing NHL rebuilds that have either recently concluded or are still ongoing to learn any lessons available, both good and bad. The Red Wings are in the second stage of their rebuild, where teams must pull themselves out of the league’s basement
The Colorado Avalanche, losers of four straight games, sought to right the ship when they hosted the St. Louis Blues at Ball Arena in Denver Tuesday night. While Colorado has locked up home ice for the first three rounds of the playoffs, the Blues are in a tight battle with the Minnesota Wild and Calgary
Amidst the crowded 2021-22 Norris Trophy field, one dark-horse candidate has emerged to unexpectedly submit his portfolio to be crowned the NHL’s best defenseman. The dramatic entrance belongs to none other than Devon Toews, the Colorado Avalanche‘s other dazzling blueline star. Despite missing 11 games this season, he has gradually crept up the scoring leaderboard,
We’re only a few days from the joys of another Christmas morning, but it’s not too late for the NHL’s 32 franchises to place some last minute requests for the North Pole’s head honcho. Compared to the beginning of the 2021-22 season, the Colorado Avalanche are in a much better position of wading through a
The Colorado Avalanche have been pouring on the goals lately, and Friday showed that the only person that’s getting tired is the guy manning the flashing red light behind the net at Ball Arena. The Avalanche racked up three goals in each of the first and second periods en route to a 7-3 victory over
After Tuesday night’s 6-3 loss at the hand of the Washington Capitals, the Colorado Avalanche fall to 1-2-0 and extend their frustrating start to the season. Although Nathan MacKinnon made his season debut after being kept out of the first two games by COVID-19 protocol, the team failed to capitalize on the return of their
In today’s NHL rumors rundown, the Toronto Maple Leafs are being forced to sign a goaltender to an amateur tryout due to cap space restraints. Meanwhile, the Edmonton Oilers are getting an important forward back into their lineup. The Montreal Canadiens have been told the league won’t challenge their decision to place Shea Weber on
As the 2021-22 campaign approaches, expectations for the Colorado Avalanche are once again riding high. The team is favored to win the Stanley Cup, over both the defending champion Tampa Bay Lightning and the Vegas Golden Knights, who ended Colorado’s season in the second round last year. Fans and bookmakers alike are showing a tenacious
The injury bug has struck the Colorado Avalanche again, but maybe it never left. Missing players slashed Colorado’s playoff run short last summer, and the bench is getting pretty thin again for the Avalanche just 10 games into this season. Six players are out, with the most recent being leading scorer Nathan MacKinnon, who only
The highly anticipated start of the 2020-21 NHL regular season on January 13th is fast approaching. Before the puck drops let’s take a second to review and grade the offseason moves made by the Colorado Avalanche’s front office. Decisions such as drafting, trading for and re-signing players can potentially give the team a better chance
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 Colorado Avalanche have signed defenseman Devon Toews to a four-year contract extension, carrying a cap-hit of $4.1 million per season. At the start of the offseason, Toews was traded to the Avalanche from the New York Islanders for a 2021 and a 2022 second-round draft pick. Prior to the trade, he had played two
In today’s NHL rumor rundown, head coach of the Montreal Canadiens, Claude Julien, spoke about the Max Domi trade and discussed why the team was able to make the deal they did. Are the Colorado Avalanche done making moves? It doesn’t sound like it, but more moves start and stop with Joe Sakic’s ability to