No matter how Thursday night’s Frozen Four matchup between the University of Denver and Notre Dame shakes out, the Colorado Avalanche will have one prospect playing for a national championship this weekend. Pioneers defenseman Will Butcher figures to log some major minutes, and will likely draw several shifts against the top line for the Fighting…
via Avalanche prospects Butcher and Morrison set to battle in Frozen Four — Mile High Sports
The Colorado Avalanche signed Rene Bourque after an impressive preseason. But does he have a future with the club? When the Colorado Avalanche brought Rene Bourque to training camp on a PTO, I thought he would certainly be cut. I thought the team wanted to bring in some competition for the young guns while the…
via Colorado Avalanche Must Decide What to do with Rene Bourque — Mile High Sticking
Colorado Avalanche center Tyson Jost will play against the St. Louis Blues on a line with Gabriel Landeskog and Matt Duchene in his NHL debut. Colorado Avalanche prospect Tyson Jost has cleared United States immigration and is slated to play his first NHL game against the St. Louis Blues at home. With just six games…
via Colorado Avalanche: Tyson Jost Brings Excitement to the Team — Mile High Sticking
The Colorado Avalanche are winding down their worst season in the team’s 21-year history. Find out why you should keep watching the death spiral. Some Colorado Avalanche fans have stopped watching games altogether while some go to every home game and watch the others religiously. Most of us are somewhere in between. Some fans are…
via Colorado Avalanche: The Death Watch Begins — Mile High Sticking
Erik Johnson, who turned 29 Tuesday, is signed through the 2022-23 season, at $6 million per year. The Avalanche’s top defenseman is not untradable, but probably close to it. So his assessment of how things have gone in this horrible season comes in a context of mutual long-term commitment. “If you look at everybody up…
The third period again proved to be Colorado’s undoing on Tuesday night as the Avalanche surrendered three goals in the final frame en route to a 4-2 loss to the St. Louis Blues at Pepsi Center. Over their last three games, all losses, Colorado has allowed an astounding 12 goals in the third period. John…
via HIGHLIGHTS: Avs’ third-period woes continue in loss to Blues — Mile High Sports
The Colorado Avalanche will have a lot of available cap space this summer, and will probably go after at least one big name in free agency because of it. The Colorado Avalanche cannot afford to go after an aging name again in free agency. They also need to make sure that they don’t offer someone…
The Blackhawks went from down two goals to scoring five third-period goals as Chicago won its fifth straight game with a 6-3 victory over the Colorado Avalanche.
via Avalanche Fall Apart In The 3rd, Lose To Blackhawks — CBS Denver
The Avalanche has won three of its last five. Colorado beat Carolina and New Jersey, then lost to Ottawa and Arizona before getting goals from Matt Duchene, J.T. Compher and Carl Soderbeg in a 3-1 win over Detroit Wednesday night at the Pepsi Center. In this horrible season, that qualifies as a hot streak. “I…
via Avalanche on a hot streak after winning 3 of last 5 games — The Denver Post
The Colorado Avalanche will rely heavily on this year’s NHL draft to begin a much needed rebuild. So, it’s time to take a look at the top five players for them to consider with their first pick in the draft. The Colorado Avalanche have 14 games remaining — it’s time to start talking about the…
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