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• Opinion: Ray Bennett Was A Scapegoat For Colorado’s Shortcomings

Mark J. Rebilas-Imagn Images Ray Bennett deserved to be fired, but the team continues the trend of blaming one individual for an entire year of disappointment. Ray Bennett deserved to be let go — years ago. The Colorado Avalanche are still mourning Saturday’s loss to the Dallas Stars as they coughed up a two goal lead in the third period of Game 7 while former Avs superstar Mikko Rantanen...2025
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• 5 biggest questions heading into the Avalanche offseason

Photo by Michael Martin/NHLI via Getty Images Breaking down the burning questions that must get answered this summer. With the long offseason ahead there will be plenty of time to dissect where the Colorado Avalanche go from here but for now these following five issues loom the largest on the horizon. As always, roster construction and contracts play the biggest part Is Landeskog reall...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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• Avalanche '100% confident' in Bednar after loss
Colorado's Jared Bednar's job on the bench is safe after the Avalanche were ousted in the early rounds yet again, and general manager Chris MacFarland said on Tuesday he is "100% confident" that the coach can turn the franchise's playoff fortunes around....2025
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• Opinion: Rantanen trade blew up in our faces, fire Bednar and MacFarland

Isaiah J. Downing-Imagn Images It’s just a business after all, right? This organization needs a fresh start, and it starts by breaking a few hearts. It starts with GM Chris MacFarland. When he makes the right moves on the battlefield, MacFarland comes off as a genius, but like most of your friends were while playing Call of Duty Zombies, the quick trigger finger would come back to bite th...2025
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• Avalanche prepare for the playoffs, Landeskog not likely to play in Game 1

Isaiah J. Downing-Imagn Images The Stanley Cup Playoffs begin on Saturday. CENTENNIAL, Colo. — The Colorado Avalanche are getting ready for war. First Round The Avalanche will take on the Dallas Stars to open the First Round of the playoffs. We recently learned that both teams would square off against one another on Saturday night. Saturday Game 1 schedules confirmed:#stlblues at #gojet...2025
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• Morning Flurries: Ray Bennett is gone
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• Avalanche prepare for the playoffs, Landeskog not likely to play in Game 1
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• Friday Feels: Playing Out the String

Isaiah J. Downing-Imagn Images The Avalanche regular season cannot end soon enough What do you say about a team that isn’t playing for anything? Honestly, why am I showing up to write this column when the Avs aren’t showing up to play the games? Just because I made a commitment to cover 82 games and I don’t have a choice?! I am them as they are me, as you are me and we are all together in ...2025
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• Recap: Avalanche ride opportunistic middle period to shutout win over Kings

Isaiah J. Downing-Imagn Images The Avs extend their league-best home win streak to 11 games. The Aval-wagon is rolling along! The Colorado Avalanche defeated the Los Angeles Kings Thursday night by a final score of 4-0. While the Avs did not have their A-game in this contest, they were opportunistic in the second period, finding three goals on a measly five shots, showcasing this team’s ab...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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• Morning Flurries: Documenting Landeskog’s Return

Photo by Matthew Stockman/Getty Images Catching up on all the recent Gabe Landeskog news. The world around Colorado Avalanche captain Gabe Landeskog has been pretty quiet since the nearly two years after his major cartilage replacement knee surgery culminating with Chris MacFarland stating Landeskog wouldn’t be ready to play or even practice before the trade deadline. Suddenly news drop...2025
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• Battle For The Central Division Title
After the action involved during yesterday’s hectic NHL trade deadline, I know that many fans of the True North franchise have become a bit more worried about how the 2024-25 season will play out for our Winnipeg Jets. Especially since two of the team’s biggest Central Division rivals made some of the biggest moves of the day. The Colorado Avalanche’s GM made a few moves over ...2025
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• Avalanche Trade Deadline Bingo Card 3.0

Photo by Scott Rovak/NHLI via Getty Images It’s time to bring some old friends back to Colorado! After going back to the familiar faces well over the last several trade deadlines with the likes of Cal Soderberg, Patrik Nemeth, Jack Johnson and Matt Nieto as key returnees in past years, now it’s time to identify and predict the next former player targets for the Colorado Avalanche in the up...2025
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• MHH Roundtable: Who are these guys?

Photo by Jonathan Kozub/NHLI via Getty Images It will be a furious finish to the season. As the Colorado Avalanche enter the Four Nations extended break, here are our thoughts where the team stands as they enter the stretch run and the impending trade deadline. Now that the dust has settled on the Mikko Rantanen trade, any final thoughts? Evan: I still don’t love the trade even weeks late...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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• Opinion: Rantanen trade blew up in our faces, fire Bednar and MacFarland
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• MHH Roundtable: Will MacKinnon win the Hart Trophy?

Photo by Mark Blinch/NHLI via Getty Images At the break we take stock of where the Colorado Avalanche stand. After 49 games and a record of 32-14-3, which is good for the top spot in the Central Division, the Colorado Avalanche are in a great position for the stretch run portion of the season. This nine-day break gives everyone a chance to pause and reflect before things get very busy agai...2024
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"Colorado Avalanche GM Chris MacFarland said trading Mikko Rantanen to the Carolina Hurricanes was a "tough business decision," calling the star winger a "superstar human being."

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"Chris MacFarland and the players have made it well-known Number 13 will be welcomed back with open arms to the locker room, and support him in whatever way necessary."

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"If Christmas rolls around and it's uber apparent that the Avalanche are top-heavy in their forward group and still don't have the scoring help to return to contention, Joe Sakic and Chris MacFarland may have some work to do."

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"Reports around the league indicate that the Colorado Avalanche are still in the mix to sign playoff hero Nazem Kadri, and new Avs GM Chris MacFarland said a couple days ago that the door had not been closed on a Kadri return to Denver."

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"No doubt Avalanche assistant general manager Chris MacFarland was comfortable with and influential in bringing Murray in on a reasonable contract."

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"Through two season with the Colorado Eagles, head coach Greg Cronin has done his job"

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"Twitter Tuesday: Taylor Hall, Taylor Hall and more Taylor Hall"

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"COLUMBUS, Ohio - Assistant general manager Chris MacFarland is leaving the Columbus Blue Jackets organization for another position."

• 5 biggest questions heading into the Avalanche offseason
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• Opinion: Rantanen trade blew up in our faces, fire Bednar and MacFarland
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• Friday Feels: Playing Out the String
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• Mile High Pollster: Fans fear Dallas the most heading into the playoffs

Photo by Derek Cain/Getty Images Mikko’s new club looks like the likely 1st round matchup! It's another installment of Mile High Polter! Adrian Hernandez took to X this week to get the Colorado Avalanche fan perspective, and some interesting results have come back. Let's take a look! How'd we do at the deadline? Let's start questioning whether this Avs team is better now than before the tr...2025
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• Morning Flurries: Documenting Landeskog’s Return
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• Open Thread: Trade Deadline Frenzy

Photo by Michael Martin/NHLI via Getty Images Who will make the biggest deal or the worst deal? Trade deals line day finally here as the day of many dreams and fantasies, will any come true? What will be the biggest — or dumbest — trade made in the NHL today? How many members of the Colorado Avalanche be on the move in their quest to dress 50 players this season? Let us remind of the form...2025
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• Breaking: Avs acquire Brock Nelson in a deal that sends Cal Ritchie & more

Photo by Michael Martin/NHLI via Getty Images Avs get a head start on deadline day and make a mid-game trade for Brock Nelson. The Avalanche are still playing a game against the San Jose Sharks, but that hasn’t stopped General Manager Chris MacFarland from dealing ahead of tomorrow’s trade deadline. The Avalanche have sent Oliver Kylington, Calum Ritchie, a 2026 1st round pick, and a condi...2025
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• Avalanche Trade Deadline Bingo Card 3.0
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• Opinion: Rantanen trade blew up in our faces, fire Bednar and MacFarland
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• Avalanche prepare for the playoffs, Landeskog not likely to play in Game 1
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• Recap: Avalanche ride opportunistic middle period to shutout win over Kings
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• Mile High Pollster: Fans fear Dallas the most heading into the playoffs
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• Battle For The Central Division Title
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• Breaking: Avs acquire Brock Nelson in a deal that sends Cal Ritchie & more
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• Avalanche Trade Deadline Bingo Card 3.0
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• Opinion: Rantanen trade blew up in our faces, fire Bednar and MacFarland
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• Recap: Avalanche ride opportunistic middle period to shutout win over Kings
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• Avalanche score second straight shutout with 2-0 victory over Flyers
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• Opinion: Mikko Rantanen’s trade generates new generation of Avs hockey

Photo by Jonathan Kozub/NHLI via Getty Images The Avalanche have jumbled things up in a massive way. Holy smokes. The Colorado Avalanche traded Mikko Rantanen, sending shockwaves through the organization and the entirety of the NHL. In return, the Avalanche got Martin Necas, Jack Drury, a 2025 second-round pick, and a 2026 fourth-round pick from the Carolina Hurricanes. The Chicago Blackh...2025
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• An Avalanche of injuries, 2024-25 edition

John A. Babiak The season is four games old and the injury ward is already filling up for the Avs. The season is only four games old, and the injury list is already much longer than anticipated for the Colorado Avalanche. Some faces from the start of the season remain the same, but some new ones have entered the fray as well. This was a series two years ago I’d hoped wouldn't make a comeb...2024
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• Avalanche trade Erik Brannstrom to Canucks for Tucker Poolman

Photo by AAron Ontiveroz/The Denver Post Brannstrom signed with Colorado on July 2nd Colorado Avalanche General Manager Chris MacFarland continues to be hard at work prior to puck drop on the NHL season. The club announced today that they have traded Defenseman Erik Brannstrom to the Vancouver Canucks, in exchange for Defenseman Tucker Poolman, and a 2025 4th round pick. We have acquire...2024
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• Opinion: Mikko Rantanen won’t be traded. Deal with it.

Geoff Burke-USA TODAY Sports It’s another off-season, and some Avs fans have found a new scapegoat! Part of me didn't think writing this article was worth the time. Still, Mikko Rantanen is the new scapegoat for some Avalanche fans, who seem to find new and unrivaled levels of delirium every season, so here we are. If you think the Colorado Avalanche should trade Mikko Rantanen, please giv...2024
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• Open Thread: NHL Draft 2024 (5:00 p.m. MT)

Photo by Bruce Bennett/Getty Images The future is bright for these stars. Tonight, the future is made for several up and coming hockey stars. The NHL Draft takes place in Las Vegas tonight starting at 7:00 p.m. ET with coverage on ESPN, NHL Network, Sportsnet, and TVAS. It takes place at the historic Las Vegas Sphere, a major new venue for the league in what may be the final on-location ...2024
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• MHH 2024 Mock Draft

Photo by Kyle Harris/NHLI via Getty Images Who will the Avalanche select at 24? What better way to pass the time to the 2024 NHL Draft than a mock draft? Get to know the likely first-round candidates plus a few options for the Colorado Avalanche at pick 24. The festivities kick off on June 28th in Las Vegas. We will be live at The Sphere to bring all the details! Bonus: Check out our picks...2024
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• Gabriel Landeskog NOT retiring, more Chris MacFarland updates

Photo by Matthew Stockman/Getty Images The end-of-season press conference opened up some eyes into the insight of the Avalanche. The Colorado Avalanche's end-of-season press conference brought plenty of news and information but left much to be desired. First and foremost, let’s get it out of the way right away: Gabriel Landeskog is not retiring. The Avs PR spokesperson said this right from...2024
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• Signing Nazem Kadri would cost the Colorado Avalanche a key contributor
Ron Chenoy-USA TODAY Sports The Avalanche simply do not have enough cap space currently available to sign Kadri at fair market value. ...2022
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• Opinion: Devon Toews has priced himself out of Colorado

Photo by Christopher Mast/2023 NHLI The Avalanche are better with Toews, but the writing is on the wall an inflated market for NHL defensemen. Devon Toews came to the Colorado Avalanche, likely in the same way he will leave. He left the Islanders for Colorado not because they didn't want him around but because New York couldn't afford to keep him. Toews' value has drastically improved afte...2023
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• A final Avalanche of injuries report
Photo by Steph Chambers/Getty Images The final edition to this series for the 2022-23 season is here. The Colorado Avalanche hosted a somewhat end-of-season conference for the first time in a long time but for one man at the very end of this list specifically. Those media members in attendance did make sure to ask about others who ended the season injured, just as the entire season had bee...2023
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• Evan Rodrigues continues to shine
Photo by Zac BonDurant/Getty Images In midst of the darkness of injuries, an almighty Evan has risen from below. Evan’s are always an interesting character to come by. You never know who it’ll be. Whether it’s a managing editor or an NHL player, Evan’s are just built different. While I won’t toot my own horn, I will toot the horn of Evan Rodrigues. While he didn’t have an NHL team to call ...2023
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• Avs elevate Sakic to president, MacFarland to GM

Executive vice president/general manager Joe Sakic has been named the Avalanche's president of hockey operations, clearing the way for assistant GM Chris MacFarland to take over as the fifth general manager in Colorado team history....2022
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• Through two season with the Colorado Eagles, head coach Greg Cronin has done his job
Photo by AAron Ontiveroz/MediaNews Group/The Denver Post via Getty Images How do you evaluate an AHL coach? Is “success” winning, or developing NHL talent? There may not be a tougher coaching job out there like being the head coach of an American Hockey League team. With much roster turnover throughout the season with call-ups to the NHL team or from the ECHL affiliate, it can be hard to keep ...2020
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• Possible trade deadline acquisitions for the Avs
Photo by Chase Agnello-Dean/NHLI via Getty Images Some names are available, while some names are off the board. The NHL Trade Deadline is quickly approaching, it’ll be here before you know it. Of course, with the trade deadline comes all the rumblings of who could end up where. For the Colorado Avalanche, this is no different. They will be bringing in players, whether they’re from its ros...2023
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• Opinion: Ray Bennett Was A Scapegoat For Colorado’s Shortcomings
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• Avalanche prepare for the playoffs, Landeskog not likely to play in Game 1
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• Mile High Pollster: Fans fear Dallas the most heading into the playoffs
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• Avalanche score second straight shutout with 2-0 victory over Flyers
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• Breaking down the curious case of Casey Mittelstadt

Photo by Bill Wippert/NHLI via Getty Images Where does the center’s game go from here? A critical factor in the path back to the Stanley Cup for the Colorado Avalanche rests on the fortification of their forward depth. A move the organization optimistically believed would solidify their second line at the center position was in their spring trade for Casey Mittelstadt. Early returns have b...2024
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• MHH Roundtable: The Long Goodbye

Photo by Ashley Potts/NHLI via Getty Images The staff shares thoughts on Colorado’s second round playoff exit. Before a summer of uncertainty can unfold, we must put the 2023-24 Colorado Avalanche season to rest. After getting eliminated in six games in a tough second-round meeting with the Dallas Stars here are our thoughts as we reflect on what transpired. After getting knocked out in ...2024
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• The roller coaster train ride of Valeri Nichushkin

Photo by Ashley Potts/NHLI via Getty Images The implication, reactions, and facts surrounding the latest news surfacing about the Russian forward. Managing Editor’s Note: I am going to do the best I can to get the correct information and reaction around a very sensitive topic surrounding Valeri Nichushkin. If I get anything wrong, I sincerely apologize and will correct my mistake as soon a...2024
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• Avalanche add veteran Zach Parise on one year deal

Photo by Mike Stobe/NHLI via Getty Images Parise appeared in all 82 games for the New York Islanders last season. Can you call this the first “big” move of the 2024 NHL Trade Deadline? After a couple of days of excitement and speculation following a report from longtime Minnesota Wild reporter, Michael Russo, the Colorado Avalanche announced on Friday that they would be signing veteran Le...2024
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