Woo boy, ok. That game left me feeling like I need a cigarette, and I don’t smoke. But, as the old saying goes, any time you can start your organization’s fourth goalie and still win, you’ll take it. No? Is that not a saying? Well, it is now, because I said it. The Colorado Avalanche won 7-5 on a night…...

The Avs final put together a standard win against the Montreal Canadiens. With well-rounded play from the entire lineup, the penalty kill played a crucial role in getting the Avs going. https://youtu.be/bjSRT9lT140

It was a near picture-perfect response from the Colorado Avalanche after their lackluster performance last night in Dallas, as the Avs knocked off old friend Matt Duchene and the Nashville Predators 6-2 Saturday night back at home. If you tuned into the DNVR Avalanche Postgame Show after the Avs lost 3-1 in Dallas, you heard a show filled with plenty…...

The Avs fell to a familiar foe in Dallas with an icky feeling of the season that shall not be named. A small blip as an isolated event but still not one that was enjoyable. https://youtu.be/QFDmB3k2cZ8

Jack Johnson – D Pretty average Jack Jonnson night, honestly. The Avs were sloppy all night,  he got beat out from behind the net for the first goal, and that bumped him down grade-wise. Erik Johnson – D- The sharp decline is here. Erik Johnson has become problematic for this team when he plays like he did tonight. The play…...

The Avs are starting to make blowouts routine with another 5 goal game. The offensive confidence seems to be on the rise throughout the entire forward core and Cale and Naz can’t stop, won’t stop. https://youtu.be/Ejk3bMzx_Fs

The Avs won and that may be the only tangible thing you can take from this hockey game where up was down and left was right. A fun experience but not a sensical one. https://youtu.be/U37ZcAtGpFU

Jack Johnson – (C-) He was fine. Nothing egregious, but didn’t really contribute much. Eric Johnson – (D) HIs decision-making has been questionable, at best recently, and honestly it was more of the same tonight. He’s just not great with the puck on his stick anymore. Devon Toews – (B+) Don’t know how many times you can say it, Toews…...

The Avs unload their third blowout in four games as goals are getting poured in from everywhere. Cale Makar leads the way as he sets himself on pace for more than 20 goals this season. https://youtu.be/QNA2fJb1VDQ

Over the past couple of days, the new city and new arena have been the stars of the show. Pretty much every media scrum started with a question about what coaches and players thought of playing somewhere they never had before. It’s been a really cool thing to experience. But once the sun went down, and the Colorado Avalanche arrived…...

The Avs finally win a game that doesn’t qualify as a blowout, and while it was full of flaws the Avs completed the job they were tasked with and now sit on a winning streak. https://youtu.be/qZKTT5rWdIs

The Avs finally played to the best of their ability…without Nathan MacKinnon. An easy victory is exactly what doctor dubs ordered but this needs to be the start of something more for Colorado. https://youtu.be/F6ptlaOk0PY

Ok, we’ve had our week of doom and gloom. A week where everybody feels down on what this Colorado Avalanche group is truly capable of. And if you go based on Avalanche forward Mikko Rantanen’s comments, the players don’t feel particularly great about how they’re playing either. So how do you fix it? How do you get out of the…...

The Avs take down the previously undefeated Blues in dominant fashion as they start to see the depth scoring figure it out. In a game full of nonsense the scoreboard is maybe the least interesting thing about this game. https://youtu.be/WCbax-dM9nc

The Avs offense comes up short against Vegas once again as Colorado falls to 2 – 4 on the season. Some encouraging signs from the defense were not enough to get the avs over the hump and back to .500. https://youtu.be/TCIyivTHelA

In danger of dropping four of their first five, the Avs big guns came to play in Tampa Bay. In the end, it was Cale Makar showing up with the pressure on in the shootout to get the job done for Colorado. https://youtu.be/fvMzD17svgU

A night the Avs would very quickly like to forget. Despite the return of Nathan MacKinnon to the lineup, Colorado played one of the worst games they have in the last few years. At least JT Compher was dope? https://youtu.be/KxiINQbAT00

The Avs season begins tomorrow, and while the defense won’t be at full power for opening night, the defense that has been built is hard to argue with. One final beast of a preview before it’s back into the fray. https://youtu.be/oIHTcheLo9A

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…...