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• 3 Avalanche Players Most Likely to Be Traded
The Colorado Avalanche didn’t wait for the offseason to officially begin before making their first impactful move. They shored up their second-line center position by re-signing Brock Nelson to a…...2025
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• Winnipeg Jets’ AHL Prospects Review – Part 2
Welcome to the third article in Arctic Ice Hockey’s review of the Winnipeg Jets’ prospects under the age of 25 years. Previously we have covered the players that suited up with Canadian Hockey League franchises and the forwards who dressed for the American Hockey League’s Manitoba Moose, giving us an idea of how 13 of the 23 prospects did last season. Those included looks at some...2025
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• Avalanche “In One” with Martin Necas Who Shuns Big Contract

The post Avalanche “In One” with Martin Necas Who Shuns Big Contract appeared first on NHL Trade Talk. The Colorado Avalanche may have to look at trading Martin Necas after he reportedly turned down a massive contract offer. The post Avalanche “In One” with Martin Necas Who Shuns Big Contract appeared first on NHL Trade Talk....2025
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• Avalanche’s Cale Makar Wins 2025 James Norris Memorial Trophy
Colorado Avalanche defenseman Cale Makar has won the James Norris Memorial Trophy for the second time in his career, capturing 176 of the 191 available first-place votes. The trophy is annually awarded…...2025
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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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• Avalanche’s Cale Makar Wins Second Career Norris Trophy
NEW YORK – Cale Makar of the Colorado Avalanche is the 2024-25 recipient of the James Norris Memorial Trophy, awarded “to the defense player who demonstrates throughout the season the greatest all-round ability in the position,” as selected by the … Continue reading → The post Avalanche’s Cale Makar Wins Second Career Norris Trophy first appeared on Pro Hockey News....2025
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• Mile High Pollster: Voters say trading Sam Girard would be a lateral move

Photo by Michael Martin/NHLI via Getty Images How satisfied are we with Jared Bednar and Chris MacFarland? Was game three of the SCF entertaining? On this week's version of Mile High Pollster, we ask fans if they really want to trade Sam Girard (again), if they are satisfied with the coaching and management, and invite them to weigh in on the goonery of Game 3 of the Stanley Cup Final. Let...2025
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• Winnipeg Jets’ AHL Prospects Review – Part 1
In the second part of Arctic Ice Hockey’s look at the Winnipeg Jets’ prospects under the age of 25, we are moving onto to those that should be considered closest to being National Hockey League ready….since they were the ones that played last season for the Manitoba Moose of the American Hockey League. In case you missed the first article of our Prospects’ Review, you ca...2025
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• Colorado Avalanche Receive Major Injury Setback With $15,000,000 Forward To Miss Start Of 2025-26 NHL Season
The Avalanche will open the 2025-26 NHL season missing a key piece of their forward depth due to an injury recovery expected to last into November....2025
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• Examining upcoming RFA decisions

Photo by Matthew Stockman/Getty Images Colorado needs to give Qualifying Offers to these players by the end of the month. An important set of decisions that must be made in preparation for the next season is upcoming. That is to determine which restricted free agents will receive Qualifying Offers for the Colorado Avalanche to retain their negotiating rights. As always there are some tough...2025
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• Breaking: Logan O’Connor out 5-6 months following another hip surgery

Photo by Michael Martin/NHLI via Getty Images It’s O’Connor’s second hip surgery in just over a year. The Colorado Avalanche will be ready to hit the ice again for regular season action in October, but one player won’t be around for quite some time. Logan O’Connor will not be ready for the start of the 2025-26 season after undergoing his second hip surgery in 15 months. The Avalanche annou...2025
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• Avalanche forward Logan O’Connor expected to be out at least 5 months after undergoing hip surgery
DENVER (AP) — Colorado Avalanche forward Logan O’Connor is expected to be out at least five months after undergoing hip surgery on Friday....2025
• MHH Roundtable: Attacking the Offseason

Photo by Andy Devlin/NHLI via Getty Images Transactions to shape the 2025-26 roster will happen soon. Now a month into the early summer, it’s time turn the page from the disappointments of the 2024-25 season and begin plans for the 2025-26 campaign, which will be here before we know it. Therefore here are our thoughts on how the Colorado Avalanche front office should proceed this summer. ...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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• NHL 25: Oilers shut out Dallas 1-0 in classic defensive showcase

Photo by Leila Devlin/Getty Images With a win, the Oilers will take a 2-1 series lead with more home cooking en route. A defensive masterpiece. The Edmonton Oilers will win Game 3 of the Western Conference Final this afternoon against the Dallas Stars per NHL 25. The reigning Stanley Cup Final runner-ups defeated the Stars 1-0 on the simulation. Connor McDavid had one goal and an assist, ...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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• Yo Adrienne’s Travel Guide: Round one in Dallas, TX

Adrienne Ruth Superfan and creative Adrienne, a.k.a. @guffychan, has advice for Avs fans who will visit Dallas in round one! The Colorado Avalanche are playoff-bound for a 7th consecutive season! To celebrate, we contacted the owner and operator of Murder On Ice Design Co., Adrienne Ruth, who is a hockey, art, and travel mystro best known for her creation of the infamous "too-many-men" gra...2025
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• Recap: Avalanche can’t get out of early hole, fall 5-4 to rival St. Louis

Photo by Joe Puetz/NHLI via Getty Images Mistakes and turnovers put Colorado in a 4-0 hole, but despite a valiant effort, it was too much in the end. The mistakes were too much to overcome. The Colorado Avalanche got into a deep hole early on and ultimately fell to the St. Louis Blues 5-4 Saturday evening at Enterprise Center despite putting up a valiant effort late in the game. Ross Col...2025
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• How to enjoy the Mile High City while in town for March Madness

Photo by: Joe Sohm/Visions of America/Universal Images Group via Getty Images Denver will host first and second round games of the men’s 2025 NCAA tournament. March Madness is soooo close, and if your team is lucky enough to be sent to Ball Arena in Denver for the first and second rounds of the 2025 NCAA tournament, then you absolutely must go. And if you don’t have a favorite team but you...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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• Deadline Moves by Past Cup Champs
Before I switch my attention to the upcoming 4 Nations Face-Off, I decided to tackle some questions that have been bothering me for a while. Based on the comments I read on hockey blogs, in PuckPedia’s GM mode, and even in articles by the professional experts in the media…your team MUST add players at the deadline if they really want to win the Stanley Cup. And a lot of them typically ...2025
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• Altitude & Comcast Agree: Avs and Nuggets are finally back on Xfinity

Photo by Michael Martin/NHLI via Getty Images This is a massive victory for the fans of the Colorado Avalanche and Denver Nuggets! Today, Kroenke/Altitude Sports made an announcement. It is one that many local fans of both the Denver Nuggets and Colorado Avalanche have long since waited for. The stalemate between Altitude and Comcast has come to an end, meaning that all Altitude programmin...2025
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"For the first time in over 3 years, the Colorado Avalanche will have their captain, Gabe Landeskog, on the ice with them."

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"Colorado Avalanche forward Valeri Nichushkin has entered the NHL/NHLPA player assistance program and will be away from the team for an indefinite amount of time."

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"Every other expansion team (so we’re not counting relocated teams like the Colorado Avalanche) needed at least three seasons during that span to qualify for postseason play."

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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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"Photo by Michael Martin/NHLI via Getty Images The Colorado Avalanche forward retires after 566 games in the NHL Colorado Avalanche forward Matt Calvert has announced his retirement from the NHL after 10 seasons and 566 games."

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"Baseball Hall of Famer Larry Walker to serve as emergency backup goalie for Colorado Avalanche"

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"While some fans of the Colorado Avalanche don’t believe trading for Hall is something the team should do, general manager Joe Sakic very much disagrees - and he doesn’t want to wait until the trade deadline."

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"Colorado Avalanche beat New York Rangers for ninth consecutive win"

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"The New Jersey Devils won the NHL draft lottery, vaulting four teams including the last-place Colorado Avalanche and expansion Vegas Golden Knights for the right to the first pick in the draft "

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"DENVER - The Colorado Avalanche have signed forward Nathan MacKinnon to a seven-year deal that runs through the 2022-23 season."

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"Regehr, a 15-year league veteran, was originally drafted by the Colorado Avalanche 19th-overall."

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"VIDEO: P.K. Subban schools the Colorado Avalanche"

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• Avalanche “In One” with Martin Necas Who Shuns Big Contract
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• Leadership biggest factor in success for Colorado Eagles

Ashley Potts/Colorado Eagles Veterans led the way for the Eagles to their first Pacific Division title in franchise history. The Colorado Avalanche ended their season on a sour note, getting eliminated in seven games against the Dallas Stars. At the same time, the Colorado Eagles enjoyed their most successful season in franchise history. Colorado had the best home record in the American Ho...2025
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• Morning Flurries: Which Av is on the move?

Photo by Dustin Bradford/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images A look at the names recently in the rumor mill. With less than a month to go until the fireworks of July 1st and free agency, the rumor mill has kicked back into action. Naturally, the Colorado Avalanche have been featured especially after spending the bulk of their cap space on a Brock Nelson extension. Last week started off with...2025
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• Examining upcoming RFA decisions
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• Breaking: Logan O’Connor out 5-6 months following another hip surgery
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• Brock Nelson is back for three years

Photo by Tyler McFarland/Clarkson Creative/Getty Images A continued heavy investment at $7.5M per year. The Colorado Avalanche got their man and they intended to keep him signing Brock Nelson to a three-year contract extension worth $7.5 million per year. After the hefty price paid to obtain the 33-year-old center the organization couldn’t let him walk quickly finding common ground on a c...2025
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• Avalanche boost depth at center by bringing back Brock Nelson on a 3-year contract worth $22.5M

DENVER (AP) — The Colorado Avalanche shored up their depth at center Wednesday by bringing back Brock Nelson on a three-year deal....2025
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• Nelson signs 3-year contract to stay with Avalanche
Brock Nelson signed a three-year contract with the Colorado Avalanche on Wednesday. Financial terms were not disclosed. The 33-year-old forward had 56 points (26 goals, 30 assists) in 80 regular-season games for the Avalanche and New York Islanders this season, … Continue reading → The post Nelson signs 3-year contract to stay with Avalanche first appeared on Pro Hockey News....2025
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• Breaking: Cale Makar wins second Norris Trophy
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• Leadership biggest factor in success for Colorado Eagles
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• Mile High Pollster: Voters say trading Sam Girard would be a lateral move
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• Winnipeg Jets’ AHL Prospects Review – Part 1
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• Examining upcoming RFA decisions
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• Breaking: Logan O’Connor out 5-6 months following another hip surgery
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• 3 Realistic Colorado Avalanche Trade Targets
The Colorado Avalanche invested heavily in their top-end talent, resulting in a cap crunch that presents them with challenges heading into the offseason. They are also facing challenges when it…...2025
• Brock Nelson is back for three years
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• Nelson signs 3-year contract to stay with Avalanche
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• Winnipeg Jets’ AHL Prospects Review – Part 2
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• Leadership biggest factor in success for Colorado Eagles
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• Recap: Oilers shutout Stars 3-0 to even series

Photo by Sam Hodde/Getty Images There was no comeback story in this one as the Dallas Stars offense fell on deaf ears. Tonight, the comeback kids took a nap. The Edmonton Oilers tied their best-of-seven Western Conference Final series at one game apiece against the Dallas Stars Friday night, shutting out the home team 3-0 at American Airlines Center. The game played out very similar to Gam...2025
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• Friday Rockpile: More people can watch the Rockies today. Will they? Should they?

Ron Chenoy-USA TODAY Sports Colorado Rockies news and links for Friday, May 23, 2025 The good news is the Rockies game will be free to watch today for people living in the Denver metro and surrounding areas of Colorado. The bad news is the Rockies are 8-42 and are playing the New York Yankees, who are 30-19. Friday’s game marks the first of 10 in a new partnership between the Rockies and T...2025
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• Winnipeg Jets: Playoff Post-Mortem – Pt 2
A couple of days ago, donning the guise of Dr. BigOl’JetAirliner I published the first part of my look at the Winnipeg Jets’ playoff run in the 2024-25 National Hockey League season with the goal of identifying the causes for our club’s early exit. In Part One of the post-mortem, I looked back at the history of the Atlanta Thrasher-Winnipeg Jets’ franchise before diving...2025
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• Rd2 Gm6 Preview: Winnipeg @ Dallas
The Winnipeg Jets will be hoping to copy their Canadian counterparts today after watching the Toronto Maple Leafs pick up a road win against the Florida Panthers to force a Game 7 in their series. The True Northers need to do the same thing tonight against the Dallas Stars if they hope to extend their playoffs, something made all the more difficult due to the fact that the Jets have yet to pick up...2025
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• Friday Question: Which athlete do you hate the most?

Time to be a big old bunch of haters. In a perfect world there’d be no hate. I don’t know if John Lennon said that, or Elmo from Sesame Street. Obviously we all should aspire to hate less and love more, but when it comes to sports that’s not an option. Naturally there are athletes we just grow to hate with a red-hot passion. People who get our blood boiling every single time they set food on the f...2025
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• MacKinnon puts up three points, Canada burns Austria 5-1

Photo by Ben Jackson/4NFO/World Cup of Hockey via Getty Images Canada started the game down 1-0 despite 23 shots on goal in the first period. Nathan MacKinnon was the star of the show. Team Canada improved to 4-0 in the IIHF World Championship Thursday with a 5-1 victory over Austria. The Canadians outshot Austria 52-16, showing just how impressive Austrian netminder Florian Vorauer was in...2025
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• MHH Roundtable: Reactions to another early exit

Photo by Andy Cross/MediaNews Group/The Denver Post via Getty Images Picking up the pieces after yet another Game 7 loss. After a stunning loss in Game 7 to the Dallas Stars, it’s an abrupt end to the season for the Colorado Avalanche. We will have a whole offseason to dissect what went wrong and where the team goes from here but these are our initial reactions. Who was your round one M...2025
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• MacKinnon signs 7-year deal with Avalanche
DENVER - The Colorado Avalanche have signed forward Nathan MacKinnon to a seven-year deal that runs through the 2022-23 season. The 20-year-old MacKinnon had 21 goals and 31 assists last season. He missed the last 10 games after he sprained a......2016
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• Avalanche busy in free agency Friday, sign Colborne, Tyutin
DENVER - The Colorado Avalanche were busy in free agency Friday, signing a crop of players that includes forward Joe Colborne. The 26-year-old Colborne agreed to a two-year deal as he leaves Calgary after a season in which he set a career hig......2016
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• AP Source: Avalanche place Brad Stuart on waivers
A person with direct knowledge of the decision has confirmed to The Associated Press that the Colorado Avalanche have placed veteran defenceman Brad Stuart on waivers with the intention of buying out the final year of his contract. The person......2016
• Rangers acquire defenceman Nick Holden from Avalanche
NEW YORK, N.Y. - The New York Rangers have acquired defenceman Nick Holden from the Colorado Avalanche for a fourth-round pick in the 2017 draft. The 29-year-old Holden had six goals and 16 assists and 24 penalty minutes this past season. ......2016
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• Avalanche acquire Grimaldi from Panthers for Berra
DENVER - The Colorado Avalanche added another forward by picking up Rocco Grimaldi from the Florida Panthers for goaltender Reto Berra. The 23-year-old Grimaldi scored three goals and had two assists in 20 games for the Panthers last season. ......2016
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• Wings enjoy boos, then cheers
DENVER -- If only the fans at Coors Field knew how much Darren McCarty enjoyed their boos, they might have remained silent. For Colorado Avalanche fans, Red Wings McCarty, Kris Draper and Chris Chelios were -- and still are -- the enemy and wer......2016
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• Canada names final seven players for 2016 World Cup of Hockey roster
TORONTO - Canada's roster for the World Cup of Hockey was finalized Friday night with the addition of four forwards and three defencemen. Matt Duchene of the Colorado Avalanche, Brad Marchand of the Boston Bruins, Claude Giroux of the Philade......2016
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• Opinion: Rantanen trade blew up in our faces, fire Bednar and MacFarland
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• Can Simon Gagne Replace Jarome Iginla's Veteran Presence on the Boston Bruins?
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• Winnipeg Jets’ AHL Prospects Review – Part 2
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• Breaking: Cale Makar wins second Norris Trophy
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• Leadership biggest factor in success for Colorado Eagles
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• Avalanche’s Nelson Signing Means More Trades Coming
The Colorado Avalanche are slightly closer to solidifying their opening-night lineup for the 2025-26 NHL season. Brock Nelson – brought in along with Charlie Coyle at the 2025 NHL Trade Deadline…...2025
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• Mile High Pollster: Voters say trading Sam Girard would be a lateral move
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• Colorado Avalanche 2024-25 Player Report Card: Artturi Lehkonen
The Colorado Avalanche have a lot of questions facing them in the wake of yet another Game 7 playoff loss. They have already addressed an important piece of the puzzle,…...2025
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• Colorado Avalanche 2024-25 Player Report Card: Devon Toews
The playoffs are in the rearview mirror for all but two teams, the rest mired in various levels of disappointment. Another first-round exit, at the hands of former Colorado Avalanche…...2025
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• Breaking: Logan O’Connor out 5-6 months following another hip surgery
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• Mile High Pollster: Voters say trading Sam Girard would be a lateral move
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• Morning Flurries: Which Av is on the move?
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• Breaking down the upcoming Drouin decision

Photo by Melissa Tamez/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images Has Jonathan Drouin played his last game in Colorado? Over the next month the Colorado Avalanche have a lot of decisions to make regarding their upcoming unrestricted free agents. One player in particular might shape the dynamic of the offseason ahead and that’s in the case of left winger Jonathan Drouin. It was a great signing for t...2025
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• MacKinnon puts up three points, Canada burns Austria 5-1
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• Summer Concert Nights - Part One

With the warmer weather upon most of us in the Great White North, there will be a rise in the number of concerts that happen outdoors at various venues across Canada. I suspect that a number of you who stop by this blog will take in a performance or two when it comes to those summer concerts, so HBIC decided to save all its best performers in hockey jerseys for this occasion! Being that I'm not a ...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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• Playoff Gm1 Recap: Blues @ Jets
The long wait is finally over…..the National Hockey League Playoffs kicked off with the league leading Winnipeg Jets taking on the St. Louis Blues in the opening round on Saturday evening. A contest featuring the #1 ranked Jets squaring off against the #8 ranked Blues would give one of these franchises the opportunity to pick up the first victory of the NHL 2024-25 post-season. The fans i...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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