In today’s NHL rumors rundown, 14 players were elected for arbitration, including some bigger names like Ryan Lindgren and Martin Necas. Meanwhile, star goaltender Jeremy Swayman did not. Also, the Colorado Avalanche doesn’t seem willing to trade Valeri Nichushkin. Finally, the Edmonton Oilers have cleared some cap space by trading Ryan McLeod to the Buffalo
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Colorado Avalanche captain Gabriel Landeskog and general manager Chris MacFarland just finished a press conference with the media to answer any questions they had for them, and they were asked plenty of questions. When the Avalanche lost to the Dallas Stars in six games in the second round of the Stanley Cup Playoffs, many questions
The Colorado Avalanche haven’t played in a week, after obliterating the Winnipeg Jets in the first round of the NHL playoffs. The performance put the league on notice, as they piled up 28 goals in the five games – against likely Vezina Trophy winner Connor Hellebuyck. The domination was interesting, considering the Jets ripped Colorado
With the All-Star Game just around the corner, the Colorado Avalanche are in the midst of a pretty successful stretch. They have won seven of their last nine games, pushing them to the second-best record in the Western Conference at 32-14-3. A driving force behind the recent run of success has been the power play,
The Colorado Avalanche have one of the best offences in the NHL this season, currently ranked second in goals for per game (GF/GP) with 3.82 and eighth in power-play percentage (PP%) at 25.2. The is built to score tons of goals, and has been even better with the additional help of Valeri Nichushkin, who has