I always dread covering games against the Dallas Stars. They and the Colorado Avalanche have had a sneaky little rivalry that goes back to the late 90s/early 2000s when the Stars beat the Avalanche in back-to-back Western Conference Final Game 7s. I don’t dread the games because I have flashbacks to those conference finals matchups though, I dread them because…...

The Avs made short work of the Dallas Stars so everyone could get on with their big Sunday plans. It’s tough to find any faults in Colorado’s play for this one. https://youtu.be/tbhF9wJou5o

On Super Bowl Sunday, the NHL had the brilliant (I’m not being sarcastic) idea to blow off a morning of talking about something that’s going to happen later and have a handful of NHL teams play make-up games from the waves of COVID that crashed onto the league’s shores during December. One of those games took what would have been…...

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

Welcome to the offseason. Not injuries, not luck, not the hockey gods. Just Avs. https://youtu.be/f81A9WB2xdg

Through injuries, bad bounces, questionable calls, poor play, and more the Avs have found a way to force a game seven. We go again. https://youtu.be/tPuAgcrbnps

The Avs offense broke out against Ben Bishop and kept them alive in the series as they ran away with Game 5. https://youtu.be/87M_tfPMue8

The Avs have put themselves on the verge of elimination and they  have no one to blame but themselves. https://youtu.be/jt4nMxuO41Y

One of those hockey sayings you hear all the time is that you can’t win a game in the first period but you can certainly lose one. Tonight was the obvious night to apply that to as the Dallas Stars came out smelling blood with their 2-1 series lead and not wanting a repeat of Game 3 where they had…...

An absolute blast of a hockey game that could go down as a wild moment in the series, it’s all broken down here but it still takes a back seat to the things that are important. https://youtu.be/xBle22ccnOQ

On a day where the sports world largely pressed pause on itself beginning with the Milwaukee Bucks deciding not to play their postseason game and focus on issues back in Wisconsin, the NHL and its players largely decided to play on. “I don’t think I’d call those distractions,” Cale Makar said after the game when asked about his approach to…...

A tough one to judge, ultimately the Avs have made this series harder than it had to be. https://youtu.be/LOY1oXzXUqQ

I don’t even know what to say. Colorado had complete control of Game 2. They were leading 2-0 and controlling play. They were in a rhythm and playing well. There was intensity, effort, everything you wanted after a team played a bad Game 1. One extremely weak slashing call on Sam Girard, followed seconds later by Corey Perry freely slashing…...

Sometimes it’s not the guys with the stick that have a high impact. https://youtu.be/CxNBuXTm3t0

Outside of the top line the Avs let the Dallas stars capitalize on far too many mistakes https://youtu.be/u6LEd-WjmTc

The Avs may have taken the L but if that’s the Nathan MacKinnon this series is gonna get, Avs fans have nothing to be worried about. https://youtu.be/g-gFwhcy_P0

In sports, as in life, when things are going well, it’s easy to imagine all the ways in which that can turn and all your good vibes and fortune disappear. The fear is not knowing at which angle the universe will attack you. Enter the Avalanche, a team that entered Game 1 of their series against the Dallas Stars having…...

The Avs forward core has championship-caliber depth, and the defense isn’t far behind. https://youtu.be/2mD-X3wLv_s

There are lots of ways I could start this postgame piece off. Puns, alliteration, dramatic flair, making fun of Texas (a Colorado favorite). Instead, let’s just be real about what we saw on the ice Wednesday in Edmonton. That was an ass-kicking. The Avs took the last vestiges of shine off the Dallas Stars on Wednesday evening in a 4-0…...