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• Norris Trophy Odds for 2026: Makar, Hughes, Werenski Lead the Race

With the start of the 2025–26 NHL season approaching, attention is already turning to the front-runners for the James Norris Memorial Trophy. This year’s preseason odds have shaped the conversation for sports betting circles and fans alike, with Cale Makar priced at +135, Quinn Hughes at +190, and Zach Werenski at +850 entering training camps. […]...2025
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• Norris Trophy Odds for 2026: Makar, Hughes, Werenski Lead the Race

With the start of the 2025–26 NHL season approaching, attention is already turning to the front-runners for the James Norris Memorial Trophy. This year’s preseason odds have shaped the conversation for sports betting circles and fans alike, with Cale Makar priced at +135, Quinn Hughes at +190, and Zach Werenski at +850 entering training camps. […]...2025
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• Hurricanes’ Seth Jarvis & Sebastian Aho Duo Is Underrated
When it comes to NHL duos, the ones that are usually thought of are Connor McDavid/Leon Draisaitl, Sidney Crosby/Evgeni Malkin, and Nathan MacKinnon/Cale Makar. While they are very much deserving…...2025
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• Morning Flurries: Is summer over yet?

Photo by Helen H. Richardson/MediaNews Group/The Denver Post via Getty Images It’s finally August, maybe something will happen. Another day, another week of nothing of significance happening around the NHL and for the Colorado Avalanche. But it’s the middle of summer so let’s see what we can find. Don’t miss the Mile High Hockey Top 25 Under 25 series. Amazingly, we identified 26 players...2025
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• McDavid, Crosby, Makar invited to attend Canada Olympic camp in Calgary
Edmonton Oilers center Connor McDavid, Pittsburgh Penguins center Sidney Crosby, Colorado Avalanche center Nathan MacKinnon, Avalanche defenseman Cale Makar and St. Louis Blues goalie Jordan Binnington are among 42 players invited to Canada’s national teams orientation camp that will decide … Continue reading → The post McDavid, Crosby, Makar invited to attend Canada Olympic camp...2025
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• Mile High Pollster: Re-signing Makar should already be the ultimate priority

Photo by Ashley Potts/NHLI via Getty Images Would you rather have a Marty Necas extension in February 2026 or a Makar extension in July of the same year? The dominos are starting to trust-fall toward the 2026-27 NHL regular season, and all of this looking ahead really has me thinking. Among the more pressing topics of this offseason has been what to do with the Martin Necas decision. But w...2025
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• Avalanche extend Josh Manson through 2027-28

Photo by Matthew Stockman/Getty Images The Avalanche future blue line is looking clearer. One of the Colorado Avalanche’s most recognizable defensive stalwarts is staying in Denver. Josh Manson signed a two-year contract extension with the Avalanche Thursday, securing his services through the 2027-28 NHL season, barring a future trade that he approves. The new deal carries an average annu...2025
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• Penalty Kill Excellence: The replicable quality of all Stanley Cup champions

Photo by Michael Martin/NHLI via Getty Images The last 27 Stanley Cup champions have sported a power play that kills ~80% or more of their opponents' advantages. The 2025 Stanley Cup has been awarded to the Florida Panthers, and the parade was in full force this past weekend. Whenever the season comes to an end like this, I begin searching for common threads and comparables among Stanley C...2025
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• Morning Flurries: Colorado represented well on preliminary Olympic rosters

Winslow Townson-Imagn Images Four Colorado Avalanche will be extra busy in February. Milano Cortina 2026 is fast approaching as NHL players are gearing up to participate in the Olympics for the first time in over a decade. Leading up the the February festivities, each of the 12 nations expected to vie for gold in the men’s ice hockey tournament have just revealed six members of their rost...2025
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• 2024-2025 Colorado Avalanche Grades: Defenseman

Photo by Michael Martin/NHLI via Getty Images Taking a look at the regular season performances of all the Colorado Avalanche defenseman. In honor of finals week wrapping up at my university a couple of weeks ago, I wanted to look back at the individual performances of each Colorado Avalanche player and “grade” their regular season performances, starting with the defenseman. For the sake o...2025
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• 2024-25 Player Review: Zach Werenski had a Norris-caliber season
One can speculate that Zach Werenski will be exactly Nathan MacKinnon away from winning the Norris Trophy. Cale Makar will likely end up with the honors, the result of being on a team with a superstar and a better power play. No disrespect to Makar, but what Werenski did on a worse team in even worse circumstances not only puts him in the argument for best defenseman, but also most valuable player...2025
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• Morning Flurries: Ray Bennett is gone

Photo by Andy Lewis/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images One change is set in motion for next season. The Colorado Avalanche found their scapegoat as it was revealed at the start of the Chris MacFarland and Joe Sakic press conference that assistant coach Ray Bennett was let go. No discussion on who or what they are looking for in a replacement behind the bench nor a timeline for replacement. ...2025
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• Open Thread: Draft Lottery, second round, and Worlds
It’s a new month, new week, and time for a fresh off-season thread! There was some fascinating conversations in the last thread, which I’ve come to expect from this community. Let’s keep it going! We also have a lot of new things to cover: Draft Lottery This kind of snuck up on me, but the draft lottery is tonight, Monday May 5, at 7:00 PM ET on ESPN. Unlike in previous yea...2025
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• Recap: Rantanen scores hat-trick, Avs implode in 4-2 disaster as Stars advance

Jerome Miron-Imagn Images That didn’t go well. The Colorado Avalanche needed to be perfect for 13 minutes away from advancing to the 2nd round of the playoffs. That was until an old friend turned out the lights. Mikko Rantanen had his second four-point period in the series, scoring a hat-trick and an assist on the go-ahead goal to cap off one of the biggest implosions in Colorado franchis...2025
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• NHL 25: Nichushkin scores twice, Avalanche advance to Second Round

Ron Chenoy-Imagn Images It was another classic Game 7 battle between the Colorado Avalanche and the Dallas Stars. The Colorado Avalanche will advance to the Second Round of the Playoffs with a win over the Dallas Stars. Per NHL 25, Colorado and Dallas will engage in another battle for the ages that saw both teams score twice in the third period. However, with the score tied 2-2 with 2:17 l...2025
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• Recap: Avs rally and force a Game 7 on Saturday night in Dallas

Ron Chenoy-Imagn Images Jared Bednar has another chance to defeat arch-nemesis Pete DeBoer. DENVER, CO — The Dallas Stars will have to fight a little harder if they want to knock the Colorado Avalanche out of the 2025 Stanley Cup Playoffs. The Avs scored a come-from-behind, and 7-4 victory Thursday night to force a pivotal Game 7 against the Stars in their Western Conference First Round se...2025
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• Preview: Avalanche look to ramp it up as NHL returns from Four Nations break

Photo by John Russell/NHLI via Getty Images The Avs return to action to visit the division rival Nashville Predators. After the remarkable success of the Four Nations Faceoff, which captivated the sports world in North America for the last 10 days, the National Hockey League is back in action Saturday, with 14 games occurring across the league. The Colorado Avalanche return to play with s...2025
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• Saturday Stats: What will the Avs do during the Four Nations break?

Perry Nelson-Imagn Images Two weeks off? I’m about to get so much done! It’s here, it’s really happening - the Four Nations break is upon us and I’m about to have so much more time for activities. I’m finally going to build that plant stand my girlfriend has been bugging me about since pre-season! She’s going to be so happy! Obviously we know what Nathan MacKinnon, Cale Makar, Devon Toews...2025
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• Avalanche Comeback Yet Again in Donskoi and Grubauer Return to Ball Arena
Photo by Michael Martin/NHLI via Getty Images Avalanche win 4-3 in Kraken’s first game in Colorado Today the Seattle Kraken travelled to the Mile High City for their first ever game at Ball Arena. Two familiar faces returned for their first game against the Colorado Avalanche in front of the Avs faithful since going to the Kraken this offseason, Joonas Donskoi and Philip Grubauer. Recap: ...2022
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• Prospect Need to Know: A steady diet of Cale at UMass
Sophomore defenseman Cale Makar was a wonder on opening weekend. Learn more about him and other hot prospects in our weekly wrap The post Prospect Need to Know: A steady diet of Cale at UMass appeared first on TheHockeyNews....2018

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"Canada Canada is led by Connor McDavid, Nathan MacKinnon, Sam Reinhart, Brayden Point, and Cale Makar."

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"Avalanche defenseman Cale Makar left Tuesday night's win over the Kraken after he "tweaked something," head coach Jared Bednar said."

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"Avalanche defenseman Cale Makar has been suspended one game for his hit on Kraken leading scorer Jared McCann."

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"Longtime Boston Bruins defenseman and Hockey Hall of Famer Bobby Orr welcomed Colorado Avalanche star Cale Makar to an exclusive club."

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"With Sakic needing to fill out the bottom six, re-sign Cale Makar and Philipp Grubauer; is it unrealistic to see a team throwing a huge contract at Landeskog to pull him away from Ball Arena?"

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"For the Colorado Avalanche’s top-pairing defensemen of rookie Cale Makar and sophomore Ryan Graves, if you asked them if they’d be in this position a couple years ago, they’d probably tell you no."

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"With a lot of talent surrounding him, the goal is clear in Denver: make a deep playoff run The post Cale Makar is making life in the NHL look easy as a rookie appeared first on TheHockeyNews."

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"Sophomore defenseman Cale Makar was a wonder on opening weekend."

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"Nico Hischierwill not be around for the Toronto Maple Leafs to draft unless they win the lottery after shooting up the rankings, but Cale Makar might be around."

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• Martin Nečas and the Long Game: A Case for a Contract Extension

Photo by Michael Martin/NHLI via Getty Images If the Avalanche fix the Nečas problem, if there is one, they only stand to benefit from it. In professional sports, silence can be deafening—particularly when it surrounds a player rumored to be discontented. In early June, veteran insider Nick Kypreos reported that Martin Nečas was less than fully satisfied with his experience during his ini...2025
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• Avalanche extend Josh Manson through 2027-28
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• Breaking: Brent Burns signs one-year deal with the Avalanche

Photo by Grant Halverson/Getty Images Brent Burns has played all 82 games for the last 11 seasons Brent Burns is coming to the Colorado Avalanche. The six-time NHL All-Star and 2017 Norris Trophy winner signed a one-year $1 million contract Wednesday with the three-time Stanley Cup-winning Avalanche. Burns could earn $3 million more in games played bonuses. If the Avalanche don’t have the ...2025
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• Morning Flurries: Colorado represented well on preliminary Olympic rosters
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• Morning Flurries: Landeskog gives update

Photo by Ashley Potts/NHLI via Getty Images A duo of Avalanche forwards have given local interviews recently. While the majority of the Colorado Avalanche are off for the summer and away from the spotlight, Captain Gabe Landeskog made a public appearance with DNVR to promote the final episode of his Clean Sheet documentary airing on TNT and Max. He discusses the emotions of the documentar...2025
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• 2024-2025 Colorado Avalanche Grades: Defenseman
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• Open Thread: Draft Lottery, second round, and Worlds
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• Recap: Rantanen scores hat-trick, Avs implode in 4-2 disaster as Stars advance
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• Martin Nečas and the Long Game: A Case for a Contract Extension
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• Avalanche extend Josh Manson through 2027-28
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• Breaking: Brent Burns signs one-year deal with the Avalanche
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• Breaking: Cale Makar wins second Norris Trophy

Photo by Claus Andersen/Getty Images Celebrating a historic 30-goal season for the Avalanche defenseman. Today is the day the NHL has decided to announce the winner of the James Norris Memorial trophy and as expected Colorado Avalanche superstar defenseman Cale Makar took home this year’s award. Adding to his impressive collection of hardware, this is Makar’s second Norris win in his fift...2025
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• Colorado Avalanche 2024-25 Player Report Card: Valeri Nichushkin
The Colorado Avalanche may have experienced their most challenging season since Cale Makar arrived in Denver. Seemingly half the lineup was missing at various points this season, making it difficult…...2025
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• Morning Flurries: NHL’s Quarter-Century Team

Jerome Miron-Imagn Images Also, several Avalanche still have something to play for. While the Colorado Avalanche are on hiatus, the accolades keep rolling in as four members of the burgundy and blue were named the NHL’s quarter-century team. It should come as no surprise that current Avalanche superstars Cale Makar and Nathan MacKinnon were selected joining Avalanche legends and Hall of F...2025
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• Analyzing Colorado’s playoff power play woes

Photo by Randy Litzinger/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images The move has already been made but what can we learn from the past? In the immediate aftermath of the Colorado Avalanche’s first round playoff exit in defeat by the Dallas Stars there was a change made to relieve assistant coach Ray Bennett of his duties. He fell on his sword for a power play that was at least part of the reason the...2025
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• 2024-25 Player Review: Zach Werenski had a Norris-caliber season
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• Avalanche extend Josh Manson through 2027-28
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• Breaking: Brent Burns signs one-year deal with the Avalanche
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• What Would It Take for Cale Makar to Surpass Bobby Orr?
Cale Makar has been making history virtually from the moment he entered the league. What began as a promising career has since blossomed into one that has fans, experts, and…...2025
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• Recap: Rantanen scores hat-trick, Avs implode in 4-2 disaster as Stars advance
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• Recap: Avs rally and force a Game 7 on Saturday night in Dallas
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• Stars push Avalanche to brink of elimination with 6-2 smacking

Jerome Miron-Imagn Images Dallas led just nine seconds in, and the Avalanche stand to get eliminated if they don’t push forward. This was a big night for the Colorado Avalanche and Dallas Stars, as just about 76% of teams that win game five go on to win a playoff series in the NHL. With that said, it was the biggest game of the year, and Colorado didn’t rise to the occasion, losing 6-2 in ...2025
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• Landeskog scores & Avalanche pulverize the Stars to even the series

Photo by Andy Cross/MediaNews Group/The Denver Post via Getty Images The boys needed to fight and scrap, and they did that and then some. Win 4-0 and tie the series at 2-2. DENVER — The Colorado Avalanche were the aggressive, hard-nosed team they needed to be Saturday night at Ball Arena The Avs evened up the best-of-seven series against the Dallas Stars at two games apiece with a 4-0 shut...2025
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• Bobby Orr Congratulates Cale Makar As Avalanche Star Joins Record Books

Longtime Boston Bruins defenseman and Hockey Hall of Famer Bobby Orr welcomed Colorado Avalanche star Cale Makar to an exclusive club. Makar, after the Avalanche bested the Tampa Bay Lightning in the Stanley Cup Final on Sunday night, became the youngest defenseman to win the Conn Smythe Trophy since Orr did so 52 years ago, […] The post Bobby Orr Congratulates Cale Makar As Avalanche Star J...2022
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• Avs top D-man Makar suspended 1 game for hit

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• Stanley Cup Final: Avalanche's Cale Makar makes history with Conn Smythe Trophy win
Makar is just the third defenseman aged 23 or younger to ever win the Conn Smythe...2022
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• Cale Makar and Ryan Graves proving to be an ideal pair for the Colorado Avalanche
Photo by Jared Silber/NHLI via Getty Images The Avs’ young top pair on defense open up about playing with one another Life comes at you fast, and in the National Hockey League, it can move even faster it seems. For the Colorado Avalanche’s top-pairing defensemen of rookie Cale Makar and sophomore Ryan Graves, if you asked them if they’d be in this position a couple years ago, they’d probably te...2020
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• WATCH: Cale Makar scores wild goal of the year candidate to lift Avalanche in overtime
Makar was able to deke his way through the defense and beat Marc-Andre Fleury top shelf...2022
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• Ryan Graves has found a home with the Colorado Avalanche
Photo by David Kirouac/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images The NHL’s leader in +/- offers many contributions for the Avalanche One of the more interesting storylines outside of Cale Makar’s rookie brilliance and Valeri Nichuskin’s resurgence is the emergence of Ryan Graves as a staple on the blue line for the Colorado Avalanche. The tale of how Graves arrived in Colorado is well-known. Brought ...2020
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• MacKinnon and Rantanen are focused on repeating, not scoring
Ron Chenoy-USA TODAY Sports It’s Mile High Hockey Lab time, and we just released our 21st installment! Mikko Rantanen and Nathan MacKinnon are on the precipice of realizing statistical benchmarks that will set them apart for the rest of their NHL careers. For Mikko Rantanen, that means scoring 50 goals in the regular season. He has 48 goals and nine games to reach that number and beyond. M...2023
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• Colorado Avalanche mile high after first Stanley Cup triumph since 2001

Nathan MacKinnon nets Cup winner and Cale Makar wins Conn Smythe in Tampa, where the two-time defending champion Lightning were knocked out in Game 6....2022
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• Norris Trophy Odds for 2026: Makar, Hughes, Werenski Lead the Race
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• Avalanche extend Josh Manson through 2027-28
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• Morning Flurries: Landeskog gives update
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• Breaking: Cale Makar wins second Norris Trophy
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• Colorado Avalanche 2024-25 Player Report Card: Valeri Nichushkin
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• Martin Nečas and the Long Game: A Case for a Contract Extension
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• NHL Playoffs contenders and pretenders for 2025 Stanley Cup

Getty Images Which teams are showing up, and who needs to show us more? The first round of the NHL Stanley Cup playoffs is still underway with us having just over a week of games in the books. The first chance for series to be wrapped up is on Tuesday, with Toronto and Carolina having the opportunity to shut the door and move on. Playoff hockey and the regular season are entirely different...2025
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• Avs blow third period lead again, lose in overtime as Dallas takes series lead

Isaiah J. Downing-Imagn Images 6 power plays with 0 conversions. The Colorado Avalanche are a mess. It’s been back-to-back overtime games, blown third-period leads, and tragic finishes for the Colorado Avalanche. There’s no way around it. This was as bad as it gets. Despite the Avalanche beginning the overtime period with 3:21 left on the power play, they failed to convert, as they did all...2025
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• Star Russian rookie arrives in stunning move to shake up 2025 NHL Playoffs

Photo by Bruce Bennett/Getty Images Alexander Nikishin is the real deal, and he’s playoff ready. The Hurricanes simply ran out of time at the NHL trade deadline. The organization was too preoccupied with shipping off Mikko Rantanen that it left little room for the Canes to add talent for a playoff push. As it stood Carolina was a very good team entering the playoffs, but lacked the spark n...2025
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• Open Thread: Colorado Avalanche vs Toronto Maple Leafs (5:00 p.m.)

Photo by Mark Blinch/NHLI via Getty Images It’s a Colorado Avalanche gameday! Following a strong performance in an emotional overtime victory over Mikko Rantanen and the Dallas Stars Sunday afternoon, the Colorado Avalanche will embark on their final Eastern Conference road trip of the season, which will take them through Eastern Canada. The Avs will face the Maple Leafs in Toronto to star...2025
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• Preview: Avs look to keep rolling into Ontario as road trip begins against Maple Leafs

Photo by Andrew Lahodynskyj/NHLI via Getty Images The Avs enter this trip with a nine-game point streak. Following a strong performance in an emotional overtime victory over Mikko Rantanen and the Dallas Stars Sunday afternoon, the Colorado Avalanche will embark on their final Eastern Conference road trip of the season, which will take them through Eastern Canada. The Avs will face the Map...2025
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• MHH Roundtable: Hopes and fears for what lies ahead

John A. Babiak Unpacking where the Avalanche stand after all their moves. After concluding what some might consider a shocking and franchise-altering trade deadline, especially in concert with other moves made this season, we unpack where the Colorado Avalanche stand heading into the final 16 games of the regular season. What move did you like the best? Adrian: I liked the addition of Mart...2025
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• 4 Nations Face-Off: Preview & Discussion Thread
With the majority of National Hockey League players preparing to enjoy a mid-season break, 92 of them will instead be heading to Montreal & Boston to take part in the NHL & NHLPA’s 4 Nations Face-Off tournament. Teams representing four of the world’s hockey-craziest nations, the 7 game schedule will allow the top players from Canada, Finland, Sweden, & the United States to show off the...2025
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• Avalanche score second straight shutout with 2-0 victory over Flyers

Ron Chenoy-Imagn Images The defense was solid and Mackenzie Blackwood was incredible once again. Two straight games and two straight goose eggs for the opposition. Following a topsy-turvy month of January coupled by the shocking trade of Mikko Rantanen to the Carolina Hurricanes, the Colorado Avalanche are back on a roll. After getting outmuscled and outwitted in the opening period, the Av...2025
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