The Colorado Avalanche are a couple months from starting their season, and may still have one big trade left, but the forward lines are pretty set at this point — let’s project the 2017-18 lines. Colorado Avalanche center Matt Duchene may still get traded this offseason; however, at this point it seems unlikely, so let’s…

via Colorado Avalanche: Projecting 2017-18 Forward Lines; Predicting Biggest Point Producer — Mile High Sticking

Colorado Avalanche left wing AJ Greer is a shining spot in the team’s shallow depth pool. He adds grit, skill and integrity. The Colorado Avalanche may not have one of the deepest prospect pools in the NHL, but one of the more intriguing options comes in the form of left wing A.J. Greer. Colorado picked…

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The management team of the Colorado Avalanche is solely to blame for the current mess involving Will Butcher and Nikita Zadorov It could be a tough week for the Colorado Avalanche. If they don’t sign Nikita Zadorov in the next couple days, he may well be the second high profile young defenceman this week to…

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The Colorado Avalanche roster players will soon be rated for NHL 18. The NHL 18 beta is soon opening, so I decided it is a good time to do a little bit of speculating about Colorado Avalanche player overalls. Here I will go through my guesses for the players possible overalls for those players, who…

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The Colorado Avalanche are losing out on defenseman Will Butcher, who may add insult to injury by signing with a Central Division rival. The Colorado Avalanche aren’t going to sign defenseman Will Butcher. The Denver University graduate is waiting until the August 15 deadline when he can become an unrestricted free agent and sign with…

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The Colorado Avalanche might not sign defenseman Nikita Zadorov, and that’s bad for a defense-starved team. It’s the waning days of July, and the Colorado Avalanche still haven’t signed their remaining restricted free agent, defenseman Nikita Zadorov. According to Zadorov, he’s given the team until the end of July, presumably to either accept his proposal…

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Every player has improvements they can make to help the team, especially on the Colorado Avalanche. Captain Gabriel Landeskog can make theses improvements to help the team next season. Colorado Avalanche left wing and captain Gabriel Landeskog had somewhat decent statistics last season. For the 2016-2017 regular season, he played 72 games, recording 18 goals and 15 assists…

via Colorado Avalanche: How Gabriel Landeskog can Improve for 2017-18 — Mile High Sticking

The Colorado Rockies beat the Pittsburgh Pirates 7-3 on Saturday night. That was the final score. However, much of the buzz after the game focused on what happened between the two teams in the sixth inning. Benches cleared in the sixth after Colorado’s Carlos Gonzalez saw an inside fastball from Pirates pitcher Chad Kuhl fly…

via Colorado Rockies: CarGo, Black on bench-clearing pitches versus Pirates — Rox Pile

Though a controversial signing by the Colorado Avalanche, Nail Yakupov could slot well into the team’s lineup. On the face of it, the Colorado Avalanche’s acquisition of winger Nail Yakupov is typical of the team. Yakupov is a player who just needs that right fit to unlock his potential. Sounds like Mikhail Grigorenko. And Jordan…

via Colorado Avalanche: Slotting Nail Yakupov into the Lineup — Mile High Sticking

Colorado Avalanche defenseman Nikita Zadorov is still a restricted free agent. However, the two sides are still talking, and it sounds positive. The Colorado Avalanche should have the services of defenseman Nikita Zadorov next season. Zadorov is a restricted free agent. He came to Colorado as part of — the main part of — the…

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