Deadlines spur action, and both sides sure waited until the last second, but it’s done with. With a little over 20 minutes to spare, the Avs and Gabriel Landeskog came to an eight-year agreement totaling $56 million to keep the Captain of the team around for most of the next decade. The deadline where teams could offer their pending unrestricted…...

The Avs made four picks with three of them in the top 100 at the NHL entry draft this year and came away with a solid if uninspired group to add to their prospect pool. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QDTjj64GJfo

“At the end of the day, it’s a business.” Every year, we hear this phrase over and over when teams and players go through the occasionally painful process of negotiating a contract. Players have an extremely limited window to capitalize on their athletic abilities and teams have a salary cap under which to operate. It really is a business, after…

The 2021 NHL Draft is in the books and the Colorado Avalanche selected four players throughout the process as they added to their prospect pool. Over the course of two days and 224 picks, the Avs found four players who fit the traits we’ve come to expect from the scouting department of the organization even though this was the first…...

With the open of free agency looming in just a few days, the Colorado Avalanche took care of a huge piece of business as they found the common ground with star defenseman Cale Makar and signed him to a six-year, $54 million deal. The AAV on Makar’s deal comes out to $9M per year just one night after division rival…...

The Colorado Avalanche escaped the Vegas expansion draft relatively unscathed, losing goaltender Calvin Pickard to the Golden Knights and improving at the position in the years after. That was not the case with this year’s round of expansion as the Seattle Kraken were set to take one of the $3M players on Colorado’s roster. Between Ryan Graves, J.T. Compher, and…...

https://twitter.com/Gaspar5280/status/1416390682332188673?s=20 This one is pretty easy for me. The whole point of this league is to win a championship, right? Sure, you have to deal with some mediocrity for a little bit, but it’s very difficult to win in this league, and as a fan, to see a championship in your lifetime is something you never forget. Give me the…...

In a move that comes following reports that the Avalanche and Gabriel Landeskog’s camp are far apart in contract negotiations, it is now expected that Landeskog, the Avs captain, will be left unprotected in the expansion draft. With the trading this week of Ryan Graves, it’s clear the three defensemen the Avs will protect in the expansion draft to be…...

In the rare case of the rumor mill getting one right, the Avalanche announced tonight they had traded Ryan Graves to the New Jersey Devils in exchange for a 2021 second-round pick and forward Mikhail Maltsev. The trade of Graves two days before the Avalanche must submit their protection list for next week’s expansion draft is an important move for…...

Fun news day today in the NHL world, as the league really jumps into its offseason and gets going. We saw the Stanley Cup dented in a boat party in Tampa Bay, Montreal’s interim head coach get a three-year deal, Pekka Rinne retired, and here in Colorado Erik Johnson agreed to waive his No-Movement Clause in order to not be…...

Protected lists are due in one week and while some teams may be scrambling to make moves the Avs protected list should be pretty set except for the final few spots. This video breaks it all down for the Avs. https://youtu.be/klvJt1grcSo

Even though the Stanley Cup was awarded a few days ago, today marks the unofficial beginning of the NHL offseason as the initial buyout window is now open for teams to begin making meaningful financial decisions. This year’s window is especially intriguing because the Seattle expansion draft looms in less than two weeks and we might see a number of…...

Thank you so much to everyone who has watched along this season. The offseason to come will be full of content. DNVR has you covered every step of the way. https://youtu.be/e_9sR56uRLY

Pierre-Edouard Bellemare – B Bellemare was out there on the game-winning goal for Vegas, and the forwards on the ice were a jumbled mess all around but felt he had a good night overall. Picked up the primary assist on the Burakovsky goal and played well. Andre Burakovsky – C- Why didn’t we see more of that shot this series?…...

Colorado’s season ended Thursday night with a 6-3 loss in Game 6 against the Vegas Golden Knights. The first four-game losing streak of the season for the Avalanche ended up costing them their chance at the Stanley Cup as the Avs once led 2-0 in the series and watched it all slip away. The Avs were significantly better than their…...

With three straight losses, the Avs will have to pull some escape artist magic to claw their way back into the series. Or they could simply remember where they left the key. https://youtu.be/Y_iiuBFdm78

Pierre-Edouard Bellemare – C Really didn’t play much in the last half of the game, but spent a lot of time defending in the first period, and had a bad icing in the first when he had a chance to hit his teammates for an odd-man rush. Jumped up a bit in the second. Andre Burakovsky – F ANOTHER game…...

In a best-of-series, there’s a certain margin of error afforded each team. It’s exactly three games. After that, a team has to be perfect to get through to the next round. After Mark Stone’s game-winning goal in overtime won Game 5 for Vegas, Colorado’s margin for error is now completely gone. Once up 2-0 in this series, the Avalanche has…...

Outplayed and defeated for the second game in a row the onus is now on the Colorado Avalanche to prove who they are. A top team in the league? Or just another second-round wash-out? https://youtu.be/x7s3AcqgrRw