Well, who saw this one coming? Picked up in a deadline day swap back in 2018, Ryan Graves was looked at purely as a depth defenseman who would hopefully regain some of that promise he had after putting up 30 points in the AHL as a 21-year-old. He didn’t exactly light the world on fire in Colorado, as he put…...

The three best Avs from their tough loss to the New Jersey Devils in game 4 of the Cup Finals. https://youtu.be/HoQ7vGlZ5fM

The three best Avs from their win over the New Jersey Devils in game three of the 2001 Cup Finals. https://youtu.be/01Jp0y-D4UI

The three best players from the Avs loss to the New Jersey Devils in game two of the ’01 cup finals. https://youtu.be/5T1w_ae0EWs

When the Avs signed Valeri Nichushkin on August 19 in the dead of the summer, it was met with a lot of skepticism (myself included). Why did the Avs, as deep as they had been in years, decide to take a chance on a struggling player? Why would they block younger players already in the organization? Why was this reclamation…...

The three best players from the Avs win over the New Jersey Devils in game one of the 2001 Stanley Cup Finals. https://youtu.be/kFm91P3Z0yM

The player that could break the streak of failed late-round picks. https://youtu.be/QDtcnj-ZEIo Season highlights: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pnwdk6c80O8

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…...

If that’s the game the season has to end on, I’m ok with it. https://youtu.be/JVdGD4IXmv0

Mark Barberio – C Barbs once again did not play much, but had a good chance in the first and broke up an icing late in the game. He even dropped back to defense to kill a penalty in the third. Pierre-Edouard Bellemare – B Bellemare playing in overtime is not something I ever anticipated seeing, but he even picked…...

Cale Makar along with the second and third best Avs from their overtime win over the New York Rangers. https://youtu.be/RC2jVfUHfAs

Allie Monroy and Nathan Rudolph discuss more injury news for the Avs, what to expect moving forward and more! https://youtu.be/v9QEw-UyIEU

Time to go into the options and turn injuries off. https://youtu.be/2osDxpq2FOc

Mark Barberio – D Barberio played forward again in this one, and I’m not sure why. The Avs scratched two forwards to do it. He barely played, at five minutes, and that’s with MacKinnon missing the final half of the game. Pierre-Edouard Bellemare – B Bellemare grinded it out in this one. His goal was flukey as can be, but…...

The two best Avs in their loss to the Los Angeles Kings and sacrifice to the hockey gods. https://youtu.be/9DqrSAWB8-M

Players scoring on their old team might be the only consistent thing about the NHL. https://youtu.be/vUDERZPbFrc

Mark Barberio – C Outside of two odd-man rushes allowed in the second period, the third pair was completely invisible, and extremely low event. Barberio was very quiet in this game, which isn’t the worst thing in the world. Pierre-Edouard Bellemare – B+ I really felt Bellemare had a strong game in this one, except for maybe the last minute…...

The San Jose Sharks suck this year. After how last year ended for the Avalanche, I’m sure there’s some real schadenfreude going on with regards to how the Sharks have fallen apart and won’t even have their own draft pick to benefit from this lost season of theirs. But up close and back in the Shark Tank for the first…...

The three best Avs plus one from their road win over the San Jose Sharks. https://youtu.be/P9lV8HTZOJ8