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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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• Morning Flurries: Summer Skates

Photo by Minas Panagiotakis/Getty Images Your daily dose of Colorado Avalanche news and links. This week the NHL released the jam-packed 2025-26 NHL schedule and we broke down how the Colorado Avalanche’s exciting slate is shaping up starting with opening night on October 7th. If you can’t wait for puck drop then check out Brock Nelson scoring in Minnesota’s famous summer scrimmages in Da...2025
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• MHH Roundtable: Summer Checklist

Photo by Ashley Potts/NHLI via Getty Images Examining where the Colorado Avalanche stand in early summer. It’s been an unusual start to the 2025-26 league year as teams weren’t largely finished shaping their rosters by the July 4th holiday. Most teams were able to retain their free agents, and as a result, there have been fewer options on the market. The Colorado Avalanche were never big ...2025
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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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• Open Thread: Free Agency Frenzy (10:00 am)

Photo by Brian Babineau/NHLI via Getty Images A fool and their money will soon be parted. Are there any free agents left? Are we SAVING ANY FUN for July 1st?!!? #NHLFreeAgency— Katie Gaus (@katie_gaus) June 30, 2025 Let’s find out which gems and bargains are left for the Colorado Avalanche as free agency officially opens at 10:00 a.m. MT this morning. Also, where do some old friends...2025
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• Avalanche re-sign Sam Malinski to one-year contract

David Gonzales-Imagn Images The Avs defenseman was a Restricted Free Agent with arbitration rights. On the eve of the NHL’s free agency window opening, the Colorado Avalanche got their most important RFA signed, as the club announced a one-year extension to defenseman Sam Malinski this morning, according to PuckPedia. Time was getting urgent on this matter as Malinski held arbitration rig...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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• 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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• 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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• 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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• 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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• Playoff Preview: Defense Wins Championships

Jerome Miron-Imagn Images Let’s take a look at how the Avs and Stars compare on the blueline! Playoffs are right around the corner, and the Colorado Avalanche drew its seemingly inevitable matchup with the Dallas Stars. We’ve already previewed the forward matchup, so let’s dive in to the defense! Dallas Projected Defense Pairs Thomas Harley - Ilya LyubushkinEsa Lindell - Cody CeciBrendan ...2025
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• Recap: Avs rally to defeat Ducks 4-2, face Dallas next in first round

Photo by Ronald Martinez/Getty Images Even the minor leaguers had a slow start and come back finish. It was a fan appreciation night at Honda Center, and the Anaheim Ducks thanked their fans by giving up four goals to the Colorado Avalanche in the third period en route to a 4-2 defeat Sunday night. Colorado fans said, “Thank you very much!” as Wyatt Aamodt, Jack Drury, Charlie Coyle, and...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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• 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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• Open Thread: Colorado Avalanche vs. Edmonton Oilers (8:00 p.m.)

Photo by Codie McLachlan/Getty Images It’s a Colorado Avalanche game day! The Avalanche aren’t logging any vacation hours this weekend as they get set for their second contest in as many nights, this time against the Edmonton Oilers. The Avalanche fell to the Dallas Stars last night by a score of 5-3. Can they bounce back against the Oilers, who also played yesterday? Edmonton beat the Uta...2024
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• Preview: The Avalanche are back at it against the Oilers

Photo by Andy Devlin/NHLI via Getty Images The Avalanche will play their second of a back-to-back in Edmonton against the Oilers. The Avalanche aren’t logging any vacation hours this weekend as they get set for their second contest in as many nights, this time against the Edmonton Oilers. The Avalanche fell to the Dallas Stars last night by a score of 5-3. Can they bounce back against the ...2024
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"It all went down after Sam Malinski was penalized for interference on Roope Hintz."

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"Projected Lineup Artturi Lehkonen - Nathan MacKinnon - Mikko RantanenJoel Kiviranta - Casey Mittelstadt - Logan O’ConnorIvan Ivan - Parker Kelly - Nikolai KovalenkoNikita Prishchepov - TJ Tynan - Chris Wagner Devon Toews - Cale MakarSamuel Girard - Josh MansonCalvin de Haan - Sam Malinski Los Angeles Kings LA lost its last game 3-1 against the Calgary Flames on Monday night."

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"Sam Malinski, yet another NCAA captain, is a right handed defenseman from Cornell University and might eventually meet up with his former teammate Matt Stienburg in Loveland but we’ll see about that later."

• Mile High Pollster: Re-signing Makar should already be the ultimate priority
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• MHH Roundtable: Summer Checklist
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• Breaking: Brent Burns signs one-year deal with the Avalanche
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• Open Thread: Free Agency Frenzy (10:00 am)
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• Avalanche re-sign Sam Malinski to one-year contract
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• Avalanche select three on day two of draft

Photo by Zac BonDurant/Getty Images Welcome Francesco Dell’Elce, Linus Funck and Nolan Roed to Colorado! It was a long wait to get to the first pick of the 2025 NHL draft for the Colorado Avalanche, but yet not as long as expected. As the Charlie Coyle trade provided the club with an extra selection at 77th overall in the third round. In addition to the two picks they already held in the f...2025
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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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• 2024-2025 Colorado Avalanche Grades: Defenseman
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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: Summer Skates
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• Breaking: Brent Burns signs one-year deal with the Avalanche
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• Avalanche re-sign Sam Malinski to one-year contract
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• Avalanche select three on day two of draft
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• Examining upcoming RFA decisions
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• Brock Nelson is back for three years
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• 2024-2025 Colorado Avalanche Grades: Defenseman
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• Recap: Rantanen scores hat-trick, Avs implode in 4-2 disaster as Stars advance
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• Breaking: Brent Burns signs one-year deal with the Avalanche
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• Recap: Rantanen scores hat-trick, Avs implode in 4-2 disaster as Stars advance
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• Stars push Avalanche to brink of elimination with 6-2 smacking
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• Recap: Avs rally to defeat Ducks 4-2, face Dallas next in first round
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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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• 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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• Avalanche prospects at the NCAA tournament

Photo by Richard T Gagnon/Getty Images No points but a lot of experience for four players. With a severely depleted prospect pool, the Colorado Avalanche still had good presence at the 2025 NCAA Tournament with four teams and players participating in the opening round of 16 teams. Here are the results of those performances. Maine Black Bears It was a much shorter than anticipated tournam...2025
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• Recap: Third period penalties too much for Avs as Blues skate away with 2-1 win

Photo by Michael Martin/NHLI via Getty Images The Avalanche see their home win streak snapped at 11 games. The Colorado Avalanche were defeated by the St. Louis Blues Saturday afternoon by a final score of 2-1. While the atmosphere on the ice was somewhat reminiscent of a playoff atmosphere, the Avs were unable to take control of the game at any point in time. The Blues had a clear mission...2025
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• Recap: Brock Nelson’s shootout tally wins it, the Avalanche survive the Canadiens

David Kirouac-Imagn Images The Avalanche had a commanding 4-1 lead entering the third period, but it nearly came unglued. Tour De Canada ended with Montreal madness, but the Colorado Avalanche overcame a rough third period to escape Bell Centre with a 5-4 victory Saturday night. The Avalanche entered the third period with a commanding 4-1 advantage until the Canadiens nailed Colorado with ...2025
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• Avalanche nab more NCAA free agents
Photo by Erica Denhoff/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images Will the strategy of signing older players pan out? On their day off Chris MacFarland and the Colorado Avalanche continued their spending spree on NCAA free agents. This time adding a defenseman to the mix in addition to another forward. Sam Malinski, yet another NCAA captain, is a right handed defenseman from Cornell University and ...2023
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• Recap: Rantanen scores hat-trick, Avs implode in 4-2 disaster as Stars advance
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• Preview: Colorado looks to continue hot streak against Los Angeles

Photo by Tyler Schank/Getty Images The Avalanche hope to continue their winning streak against number one Los Angeles Kings. After the Colorado Avalanche had a dramatic 3–2 overtime win over the Nashville Predators on Monday night, they look to take on the Los Angeles Kings. This will be the first three meetings between the old rivals, two in Denver, and one in LA. The Kings have be...2024
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• Prospect Mailbag: Summertime Sadness
Photo by Ashley Potts/NHLI via Getty Images There’s still a few prospects left to discuss. With the downtime the Colorado Avalanche have before a very busy end of the month now is a good time to take the temperature of the development system heading into an important offseason. It hasn’t been a pretty year (decade) in that department for the organization but there’s still decisions and ch...2023
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• NHL 25: Landeskog scores in first game back, Avs win 5-2
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• Recap: Brock Nelson’s shootout tally wins it, the Avalanche survive the Canadiens
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• NHL 25: Nichushkin scores twice, Avalanche advance to Second Round
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• Stars push Avalanche to brink of elimination with 6-2 smacking
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• Mile High Pollster: Re-signing Makar should already be the ultimate priority
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• Morning Flurries: Summer Skates
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• MHH Roundtable: Summer Checklist
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• Examining upcoming RFA decisions
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• 2024-2025 Colorado Avalanche Grades: Defenseman
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• 5 biggest questions heading into the Avalanche offseason
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• Recap: Rantanen scores hat-trick, Avs implode in 4-2 disaster as Stars advance
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• Game 7 Open Thread: Colorado Avalanche vs. Dallas Stars (6:00 p.m. MT)

Jerome Miron-Imagn Images It’s time for game seven in Dallas! It’s the game day we’ve all been waiting for as the Colorado Avalanche visit the Dallas Stars to settle this best-of-seven, round one series with one final showdown. Can the Avalanche win their first win against Dallas in game seven? Will Dallas once again send Colorado packing? Colorado Avalanche It feels like a relatively sim...2025
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• Game 7 Preview: Do-or-die for both the Avalanche and Stars

Jerome Miron-Imagn Images Will the Avalanche finally best the Stars in a game seven? It's the game day we've all been waiting for as the Colorado Avalanche visit the Dallas Stars to settle this best-of-seven, round one series with one final showdown. Can the Avalanche win their first win against Dallas in game seven? Will Dallas once again send Colorado packing? Colorado Avalanche It feel...2025
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• Game 6 Open Thread: Colorado Avalanche vs. Dallas Stars (7:30 p.m. MT)

Photo by Matthew Stockman/Getty Images It’s another Colorado Avalanche playoff game! It all comes down to this. The Colorado Avalanche take on the Dallas Stars in a pivotal game six tonight, as they try to stay alive in this series and stave off elimination. Game Six.#GoAvsGo | #BuiltDifferent pic.twitter.com/ViQIz20XjH— x - Colorado Avalanche (@Avalanche) May 1, 2025 Colorado Avalan...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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• Open Thread: Colorado Avalanche at Boston Bruins (11 a.m. MT)

Photo by Michael Martin/NHLI via Getty Images It’s another Avalanche gameday! As the Colorado Avalanche embark on their first east coast road trip of the calendar year, they will encounter an unusual quirk in the schedule of back-to-back matinee games. First up is a meeting with the Boston Bruins before heading to New York. The biggest storyline of the day (decade?) is the shocking trade o...2025
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• Preview: The Martin Necas era begins in Boston

Photo by Matthew Stockman/Getty Images The new-look Colorado Avalanche don’t have a long time to adjust. As the Colorado Avalanche embark on their first east coast road trip of the calendar year, they will encounter an unusual quirk in the schedule of back-to-back matinee games. First up is a meeting with the Boston Bruins before heading to New York. The biggest storyline of the day (dec...2025
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• Open Thread: Colorado Avalanche vs. Chicago Blackhawks (5:30 p.m.)

Photo by Tyler Schank/Getty Images It’s Colorado Avalanche gameday! The Avalanche start a back-to-back situation with the Chicago Blackhawks tonight at the United Center in Chicago, IL. The Avalanche are climbing the standings as they stack points, having secured at least one in their last eight contests. It's the year of the debut, as Trent Miner will get the starters net tonight against ...2025
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• Preview: Trent Miner and the Avalanche breeze into The Windy City

Photo by Michael Martin/NHLI via Getty Images Can Colorado extend their league-leading point streak to nine games with Trent Miner between the pipes? The Avalanche start a back-to-back situation with the Chicago Blackhawks tonight at the United Center in Chicago, IL. The Avalanche are climbing the standings as they stack points, having secured at least one in their last eight contests. It'...2025
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• Morning Flurries: Another wave of small cuts from Avalanche camp

Christopher Hanewinckel-Imagn Images The roster now stands at 40 players going into the second half of preseason. At the Colorado Avalanche are halfway through their preseason slate of games — and still in search of a win — they have gotten down to business making a few small trims to the roster over the last couple of days down a total of 40 players at this time. With the following three...2024
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• Weekly Grades: The Finnish Dad Edition

Photo by Matthew Stockman/Getty Images Mikko Rantanen (or Ismo Lehkonen?) powered the Avalanche to a 2-1-0 week. We’re back with the Colorado Avalanche weekly report card! This week Colorado couldn’t solve Philadelphia, came back in the third to extinguish the Flames, and ran a Mack truck through the Buffalo Sabres. But were they any good? THE GAMES Saturday vs Philadelphia: 5-2 LMonday ...2023
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• Open Thread: Colorado Avalanche vs. Anaheim Ducks (7:00 p.m.)

Photo by Debora Robinson/NHLI via Getty Images It’s a Colorado Avalanche gameday! After a difficult road trip where the Colorado Avalanche lost all three games—albeit while still capturing two points—they return to Ball Arena tonight to begin a five-game stretch at home where they have been one of the best teams in the NHL. Colorado Avalanche The Avs didn’t play badly on their road trip,...2023
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