Avalanche lucky Bruins balked at trading Brandon Carlo for Gabriel Landeskog — Mile High Sports

On Thursday morning, Adrian Dater reported that the Colorado Avalanche have had discussions with the Boston Bruins regarding forward Gabriel Landeskog. Apparently, general manager Joe Sakic and the Avs wanted a package centered around defenseman Brandon Carlo, and the B’s said no. Thank heavens they did. Sure, the Avalanche desperately need help on the blueline.…

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Will Washington make a run at Wade Phillips? — ProFootballTalk

Broncos defensive coordinator Wade Phillips is unemployed, but he wants to stay in Denver. With a vacancy now in Washington, could the Super Bowl 50 champions have some competition? Three years ago, Phillips was a candidate to join Jay Gruden’s initial staff. Given the NFL’s advancement-limiting rules that allow teams to block position coaches under…

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Kyle Shanahan would be a head coach who schemes to his personnel — Mile High Report – All Posts

Former Denver Broncos offensive lineman, Tyler Polumbus, gives us insight into what kind of head coach Kyle Shanahan would be. For many, what we saw lacking the last two seasons was an offense built to the players’ strengths and instead had an offense built for players to work within the confines of what Rick Dennison and/or…

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HIGHLIGHTS: Freefall contines, Avs’ latest losing streak now at five — Mile High Sports

The Colorado Avalanche now have three different losing streaks of five games or more on the 2016-17 season after falling in Calgary. During their latest five-game skid, Colorado has been outscored 23-10 including the 4-1 margin on Wednesday night. The Avalanche were nearly blanked by Brian Elliott, who made 17 saves in the win. Patrick Wiercioch…

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Rams make key late shots to pull out 76-71 win at San Jose State — Mile High Sports

Read this story at CSURams.com Colorado State picked up its first Mountain West road win of the season by holding off a pesky San Jose State squad, 76-71 at The Event Center, Jan. 4. With the victory, the Rams improved to 10-6 on the year and 2-1 in conference play, while the Spartans fell to…

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Colorado Avalanche Should Consider Trading for Hampus Lindholm — Mile High Sticking

The Colorado Avalanche are struggling mightily this season, and part (most) of the reason for that struggle has to do with dismal defensive zone coverage. The Colorado Avalanche need a defenseman, and particularly a left-shooting defenseman, with some serious talent. Those kind of defenseman don’t just grow on trees because they take a while to…

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