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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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• 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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• The Avalanche earn their fourth opportunity to beat Dallas in a Game 7

Photo by Brian Bahr/Getty Images The Dallas Stars and Colorado Avalanche have played four game sevens since the 1998-99 season. Saturday will bring another. The Colorado Avalanche and Dallas Stars are used to doing-or-dying hockey, with the teams bringing a combined 67 playoff appearances. (Colorado 30 - Dallas 37) They have also become accustomed to facing each other within this context, ...2025
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• NHL 25: Stars eliminate Avalanche for the second straight season in overtime heartbreak

Ron Chenoy-Imagn Images The Avalanche entered the third period leading 2-1 and ended it with a 4-4 tie. The Dallas Stars will eliminate the Colorado Avalanche on Thursday night at Ball Arena. According to the NHL 25 simulation conducted Tuesday night which had Dallas winning 5-4 in overtime. The Stars scored three goals in the third period to force overtime and it was enough to send them ...2025
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• NHL 25: Avalanche win in overtime to take 3-2 series lead

Jerome Miron-Imagn Images I can’t lie. I was actually on the edge of my seat watching it myself. The Colorado Avalanche will win Game 5 of the Western Conference First Round at American Airlines Center. That’s according to NHL 25, but if the simulation is even remotely accurate, it will be stressful and down to the wire. Colorado won 4-3 in overtime to secure the victory. Jack Drury scored...2025
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• Open Thread: Game 4 Dallas at Colorado (7:30 p.m,)

Photo by Michael Martin/NHLI via Getty Images It’s another Colorado Avalanche playoff gameday! Despite the improbable three-year return of Gabriel Landeskog to Ball Arena ice for Game 3 on Wednesday, the roars from the crowd and the chants of “Landy, Landy” were not enough for the Avs to set forth their best effort on the ice. A sloppy game that saw the Avalanche struggle to generate susta...2025
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• NHL 25: Stars eliminate Avalanche for the second straight season in overtime heartbreak
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• NHL 25: Avalanche win in overtime to take 3-2 series lead
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• NHL 25: Stars push Avalanche toward brink of elimination with 2-1 win

Isaiah J. Downing-Imagn Images The Avalanche went 0/4 on the power play and registered just three shots on net combined on their first three opportunities with the man-advantage. Brutal. NHL 25 has predicted that the Dallas Stars will defeat the Colorado Avalanche 2-1 in Game 4 to take a commanding 3-1 series lead at Ball Arena. Gabriel Landeskog scored the lone goal for the Avalanche, wh...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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• NHL 25: Landeskog scores in first game back, Avs win 5-2

Mark J. Rebilas-Imagn Images Valeri Nichushkin was the hero, but Landeskog took the crown. NHL 25 is 2-0 in the series, and let’s hope they go 3-0 because the Colorado Avalanche are projected to score a 5-2 win over the Dallas Stars Wednesday night at Ball Arena. Valeri Nichushkin scored two goals, and Gabriel Landeskog scored his first professional goal in three years. Jack Drury and Nath...2025
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• Game 3 Preview: We Must Protect This House!

Raymond Carlin III-Imagn Images The Colorado Avalanche return home tied 1-1 with the Dallas Stars, and need more top six offense to win at Ball Arena. Credit to the Dallas Stars, down a goal in the third period of Game 2, they refused to fly to Denver without getting at least one win at home. That game may not have ended the way Colorado Avalanche fans wanted, but it was absolutely the mos...2025
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• Avalanche optional skate raises some questions

Jayne Kamin-Oncea-Imagn Images Could Scott Wedgewood get the start in Game 1 against Dallas? CENTENNIAL — The Colorado Avalanche are officially gearing up for the playoffs. Nearly every player on the roster participated in Tuesday morning’s optional skate at Family Sports Center. Nathan MacKinnon was the first on the ice, followed by Valeri Nichushkin. Then, everyone else joined the fray....2025
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• Open Thread: Colorado Avalanche vs Vancouver Canucks (7:00 p.m.)

Photo by Derek Cain/Getty Images It’s a Colorado Avalanche gameday! Following a thrilling shootout victory over the Vegas Golden Knights on Tuesday evening, the Colorado Avalanche are back in Ball Arena for the final time this regular season to wrap up their season series with the Vancouver Canucks. The Avs are looking to avoid a series sweep to the Canucks, as they struggled mightily to ...2025
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• Preview: Avalanche wrap up home portion of schedule against Canucks

Isaiah J. Downing-Imagn Images The Avs looking to build momentum as postseason rapidly approaches. Following a thrilling shootout victory over the Vegas Golden Knights on Tuesday evening, the Colorado Avalanche are back in Ball Arena for the final time this regular season to wrap up their season series with the Vancouver Canucks. The Avs are looking to avoid a series sweep to the Canucks,...2025
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• Opinion: Rantanen trade blew up in our faces, fire Bednar and MacFarland
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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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• 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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• Weekly Grades: Guest Edition!

Photo by Dustin Bradford/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images The Colorado Avalanche won two tough games this week but were they any good? With the weekly grades specialist Erza on vacation I will do my best to depict the week that was as your guest evaluator. We saw the Colorado Avalanche go 2-1-0 in their last home stand before the start of a long road trip, which began with a disappointing ...2024
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"Roughly eight minutes into the period, Joel Kiviranta rang a shot off the left-side post."

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"Joel Kiviranta scored a hat-trick and is having by far the best year of his young career with 10 goals and 2 assists."

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"This time, it belongs to Joel Kiviranta, who was a member of the Dallas Stars."

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"FORWARDS Jason Robertson - Roope Hintz - Joe Pavelski Jamie Benn - Tyler Seguin - Denis Gurianov Michael Raffl - Luke Glendening - Joel Kiviranta Tanner Kero - Jacob Peterson - Alexander Radulov DEFENDERS Ryan Sutter - Miro Heiskanen Esa Lindell - Jani Hakanpaa Thomas Harley - Joel Hanley GOALTENDERS Dallas will likely go with Jake Oettinger, who has looked good so far in his young career."

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"942 (9) Raffl & Heiskanen, 2 G Leader Boone Jenner, 4 Miro Heiskanen, 4 A Leader BJORKSTRAND & Voracek, 5 Miro Heiskanen, 6 P Leader Oliver BJORKSTRAND, 7 Jani Hakanpaa, 21 PIM Leader Sean Kuraly, 9 2-2-0 Home / Road 3-1-0 3-2-0 Last 10 3-2-0 Projected Lineups Columbus Blue Jackets Patrik Laine Boone Jenner Jakub Voracek Gregory Hofmann Jack Roslovic Oliver BJORKSTRAND Gustav Nyquist Cole Sillinger Yegor Chinakhov Eric Robinson Sean Kuraly Alexandre Texier Zach Werenski Jake Bean Vladislav Gavrikov Adam Boqist Gabriel Carlsson Andrew Peeke Elvis Merzlikins Joonas Korpisalo Dallas Stars Denis Gurianov Roope Hintz Joe Pavelski Michael Raffl Radek Faksa Tyler Seguin Jacob Peterson Jamie Benn Alexander Radulov Joel Kiviranta Luke Glendening Tanner Kero Ryan Suter John Klingberg Esa Lindell Miro Heiskanen Andrej Sekera Jani Hakanpaa Braden Holtby Anton Khudobin"

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"Stars rookie Joel Kiviranta completed a hat trick with a series-clinching goal in overtime Friday to lift his team to a 5-4 win over the Avs in Game 7."

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• NHL 25: Avalanche win in overtime to take 3-2 series lead
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• Avalanche optional skate raises some questions
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• Open Thread: Colorado Avalanche vs Vancouver Canucks (7:00 p.m.)
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• Friday Feels: Stayin’ Motivated

Russell LaBounty-Imagn Images Locked into the Central 3 Seed, the Avs need to stay motivated to close out the regular season Kind of an ugly stretch of game this week, eh? Two losses to Western playoff bubble teams, a shootout win over lowly Chicago, and a win taking advantage of an off night for Blue Jackets goalie Elvis Merzlikins have made it clear this team realized they’re locked int...2025
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• Friday Feels: Sammy Time

Marc DesRosiers-Imagn Images The Feels is back with a lot of love for Sam Malinski Wow, been a while since we got a Friday Feels on the site, hasn’t it? That’s a direct quote from outgoing managing editor Evan Liu, subtly telling me he’s disappointed. And hey, I’m truly sorry I’ve been MIA on the writing front - but life is busy, and I give my all to the podcast. So please forgive. I have...2025
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• Recap: Avs score four in first period, defeat Senators 5-1

John E. Sokolowski-Imagn Images Colorado’s depth was on display and Cale Makar made more history. The Colorado Avalanche snowed in the Ottawa Senators on their own ice Thursday night at Canadian Tire Centre. Brock Nelson scored his first and second goals in an Avalanche uniform, while Nathan MacKinnon and Joel Kiviranta each added insurance to help the Avalanche defeat the Senators 5-1. It...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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• NHL 25: Stars eliminate Avalanche for the second straight season in overtime heartbreak
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• NHL 25: Avalanche win in overtime to take 3-2 series lead
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• Game 4 Preview: Avalanche look for offense against Stars in Denver

Photo by Dustin Bradford/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images Pressure mounts as the Avs aim to tie the series 2-2 as they head back to Dallas Despite the improbable three-year return of Gabriel Landeskog to Ball Arena ice for Game 3 on Wednesday, the roars from the crowd and the chants of “Landy, Landy” were not enough for the Avs to set forth their best effort on the ice. A sloppy game that...2025
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• NHL 25: Landeskog scores in first game back, Avs win 5-2
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• Game 3 Preview: We Must Protect This House!
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• Open Thread: Colorado Avalanche vs Vancouver Canucks (7:00 p.m.)
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• Recap: Avalanche can’t get out of early hole, fall 5-4 to rival St. Louis
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• Avs blow third period lead again, lose in overtime as Dallas takes series lead
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• Friday Feels: Stayin’ Motivated
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• Open Thread: Colorado Avalanche vs Toronto Maple Leafs (5:00 p.m.)
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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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• Recap: Colorado falls to Minnesota 2-1 in shootout

Photo by David Berding/Getty Images And just like that, Colorado’s six-game win streak is snapped. After going a perfect 6-0 on a homestand going into this game, the Colorado Avalanche saw their win streak finally came to an end on the road as they lost 2-1 to the Minnesota Wild in the shootout. Let’s take a look at how it all happened tonight. First Period This game was very low event fro...2025
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• Recap: Nathan MacKinnon makes history, Wedgewood shines in 3-0 shutout over Blackhawks

Ron Chenoy-Imagn Images Wedgewood continues to have the best season of his career. It was a night to remember for Nathan MacKinnon and the Colorado Avalanche. MacKinnon became the 100th player in NHL history to secure his 1,000th career point, and the Avalanche completed a perfect six-game homestand with a 3-0 victory over the Chicago Blackhawks Monday evening at Ball Arena. Scott Wedgewo...2025
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• Recap: Avs rout the Sharks in fourth straight win at home

Photo by Michael Martin/NHLI via Getty Images Colorado remains perfect on the homestand so far! Talk about a hectic night. Colorado is officially halfway through their current homestand and are perfect throughout this stretch, as they won against the San Jose Sharks by a final score of 7-3. The Avs also made a huge splash while the game was still going on and acquired Brock Nelson from the...2025
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• Stars' 'secret weapon' Kiviranta hero in Game 7
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• Colorado Avalanche Game Day: Seeing Stars on Division Rivalry Night
Photo by Glenn James/NHLI via Getty Images Avalanche and Stars rematch; Avs look to double down on dominance. The Dallas Stars come to Ball Arena for a Central Division showdown with the Colorado Avalanche tonight. These two clubs just met on Sunday for a matinee contest, and Colorado dominated most of the action and secured a 4-0 shutout. Colorado is 17-0-2 in their last nineteen games a...2022
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• Avs sign Joel Kiviranta to a PTO

Photo by Bruce Bennett/Getty Images Another forward could end up being depth down the line. Another day, another professional tryout. During the dog days of summer this August, the Colorado Avalanche have brought on their second PTO of the summer. This time, it belongs to Joel Kiviranta, who was a member of the Dallas Stars. The name may sound familiar. In case you forgot for very obvious ...2023
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• NHL 25: Stars eliminate Avalanche for the second straight season in overtime heartbreak
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• NHL 25: Landeskog scores in first game back, Avs win 5-2
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• Another wave of cuts before game in Dallas

Photo by Michael Martin/NHLI via Getty Images 41 players remain for preseason game five. On practice day Tuesday there was small announcement of cuts before putting several on waivers in anticipation of more cuts prior to the road game against the Dallas Stars. The Colorado Avalanche are getting closer to their opening night roster with a couple tough decisions ahead. We have announced...2023
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• Avalanche cut three prior to game in Minnesota

Photo by Michael Martin/NHLI via Getty Images The regular season is getting closer. It was a quick practice in Denver prior to tonight’s game group packing up and heading to Minnesota to face the Wild tonight for preseason game number three. The expected lineup is definitely the “B Squad” as only Jack Johnson is the only sure NHL regular on the list. It will be a good test to see those fi...2023
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• Avs blow third period lead again, lose in overtime as Dallas takes series lead
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• Open Thread: Colorado Avalanche vs. Dallas Stars, Round 1 Game 3 (7:30 p.m. MT)

Jerome Miron-Imagn Images It’s a Colorado Avalanche playoff game day! Credit to the Dallas Stars, down a goal in the third period of Game 2 they refused to fly to Denver without getting at least one win at home. That game may not have ended the way Colorado fans wanted, but it was absolutely the most exciting hockey game the Avs have played in a while — they just needed to win to make it e...2025
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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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• Weekly Grades: MacKinnon Nichushkin Domination Edition

Photo by Bruce Kluckhohn/NHLI via Getty Images The Avs went 2-2 this week. But were they any good? We’re back with the Colorado Avalanche weekly report card! This week Colorado couldn’t get their engines going against the Jets, swallowed the Sharks, got goalied in Chicago, and rode a career night from Nathan MacKinnon to victory over the Senators. But were they any good? THE GAMES Satur...2023
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• Recap: Avs give up two at the buzzer to lose a heartbreaker in Nashville

Photo by Danny Murphy/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images Just when it looked like the Avs would sneak out with two points, disaster struck, and they leave Nashville with zero The Colorado Avalanche hoped to extend their winning streak to four games against the Nashville Predators on Monday night, and just when it looked like that would happen...it didn’t. The game had some positive takeaways...2023
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