Do or die, now or never, lose and go home. Whichever cliche you wanted to use, they applied to this game. The Colorado Avalanche went into Climate Pledge Arena on the brink of elimination, looking desperately to find a way to win Game 6 and send things back home for a decisive Game 7. This series has felt like a…
Jesse’s Observations Gabe Landeskog After literal months of hearing next to nothing regarding the status of Colorado Avalanche Captain Gabriel Landeskog, we were finally told to expect to see him on the ice for the first time since before Christmas. Selfinshly, I was just happy to finally have something to say to the countless number of folks who have asked…
After what felt like an eternity of a week with no games on the schedule, the Colorado Avalanche entered the final stage of what has been the weirdest chunk of scheduling I’ve seen in quite some time. The third set of back-to-back games in last 10 days from the Avalanche, all with multiple days off in between. Something Andrew Cogliano…
Studs Andre Vasilevsky I know I know, this is supposed to be the DNVR Avalanche Studs and Duds, but my goodness Vasilevsky was absolutely fantastic tonight. The early going tilted in Tampa Bay’s favor, but I really thought the Avs rebounded nicely and was able to push the play and generate some legitimate offensive opportunities. Vasilevsky had the answer every…
This is always such a funny week for hockey. You are smack dab in the middle of the dog days of the season, everything just feels like it’s on autopilot, and everyone is ready for a break. That said, what waits on the other side of the All-Star break is an all-out sprint to the end of the season. The…...
The early part of the schedule for the Colorado Avalanche has featured multiple emotional reunions with members of last year’s Stanley Cup Championship team, and we got one more tonight before the team heads out on the road for more than three weeks. Andre Burakovsky made his first return trip to Ball Arena after signing with the Seattle Kraken in…...
Auston Matthews I wrote last week about Toronto’s Auston Matthews and Edmonton’s Leon Draisaitl both eclipsing the 50-goal threshold. Well, Auston Matthews hasn’t stopped scoring since. Matthews now has 58 goals on the year, with 10 games still remaining, and is now the Toronto Maple Leafs’ single-season record holder for most goals in a season. Perhaps the most impressive feat…...
The Avs finished their rookie tournament in Arizona with a record of 2-1, winning their final two games after getting shut out in the opener. Rather than put together tournament grades for all players, we figured it would be easier to just look at the players who stood out, the ones who struggled, and the ones who were in between.…...
After what is likely their most impressive win of the year to date, Jared Bednar delivered some unfortunate news to the media. Matt Calvert, who was originally listed as day to day, is now being listed as “out indefinitely”. The 31-year-old winger was sitting fifth on the Avs in ice time among forwards, but now will be out for an…...
Welcome to the Avs mailbag, where we answer whatever Avs questions you have on your mind. If you have any questions for the mailbag, leave them for Evan Rawal on Twitter, Discord, or respond in the comments. https://twitter.com/FlyByCygnus2112/status/1353386122680782851?s=20 For starters, the salary cap implications played a role in the Avs running 7 defensemen in one of the games, as they…...
Pierre-Edouard Bellemare – C- Quite literally nothing happened with Bellemare on the ice tonight. He took the penalty late in the game, which quite frankly was hard to tell if he really did anything too egregious, but for a fourth-line center, I’ll take a quiet game. Bowen Byram – B Honestly, I thought there were some rough moments for Byram…...
Jared Bednar has been pestered by the media for over a week now on when super prospect Bowen Byram would make his long-awaited NHL debut. That wait is over. Byram, along with newly acquired Greg Pateryn, will enter the Avalanche lineup on Thursday evening in place of Erik Johnson and Dennis Gilbert. While Andre Burakovsky was able to hit the…...
Before he even began taking questions from the media, Avs GM Joe Sakic wanted to make it clear that the organization will be honoring the late, great Pierre Lacroix not just this season, but in the future as well. Sakic announced that there will be a special pre-game ceremony and moment of silence for the former Avs GM prior to…...
Welcome to the Avs mailbag, where we answer whatever Avs questions you have on your mind. If you have any questions for the mailbag, leave them for Evan Rawal on Twitter, Discord, or respond in the comments. https://twitter.com/CatriNazem/status/1321191746097737729?s=20 I have a hard time saying Byram would get worse if he had to head back to the WHL, but I really…...
After over four months away from the game due to the COVID-19 pandemic, you had to know the players were eager to get into a game situation after a few days of practice. On Thursday, Avalanche head coach Jared Bednar and his staff gave all the players that opportunity, separating the 30 players between two teams and letting them go…...
Welcome to the weekly Avs mailbag, where we answer whatever Avs questions you have on your mind. If you have any questions for the mailbag, leave them for Evan Rawal on twitter or respond in the comments. https://twitter.com/Avalangelist/status/1239339192762511360?s=20 I doubt it comes down to something like this, but if it did, I am pretty sure the Avs organization would not hesitate…...
Welcome to the weekly Avs mailbag, where we answer whatever Avs questions you have on your mind. If you have any questions for the mailbag, leave them for Evan Rawal on twitter or respond in the comments.
Welcome to the weekly Avs mailbag, where we answer whatever Avs questions you have on your mind. If you have any questions for the mailbag, leave them for Evan Rawal on twitter or respond in the comments. https://twitter.com/jowressnig/status/1229515377513816064?s=20 I was not so sure that the injuries were going to change his direction all that much…until last night. The Mikko Rantanen injury…...
Welcome to the weekly Avs mailbag, where we answer whatever Avs questions you have on your mind. If you have any questions for the mailbag, leave them for Evan Rawal on twitter or respond in the comments.
Breaking their goose egg this preseason, the Colorado Avalanche were able to get on the board, coming out ahead of the Minnesota Wild by a score of 3-2 in a shootout. How did each player perform? Let’s find out… Dan Renouf – B-: I’m not sure Renouf has much of a shot at making the team, but he’s making an impression…...
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