Philipp Grubauer won plenty of games last year for the Colorado Avalanche. 30 of 40 of them, in fact, as he had a Vezina Trophy-caliber season. Yet, when the NHL season opened last night, Grubauer was in Seattle watching four pucks find their way behind him as he started and lost the first game in Kraken history. Back in Denver,…...
The Avs have some unfinished business to attend after yet another second-round exit last season. With the start of the season right around the corner DNVR Avs kicks off their season preview with the goaltenders and asks the question, can Darcy Kuemper be the man in Colorado? https://youtu.be/_P1q5mzW5t8
In a big-time “balls on the table” type of move, the Avalanche finished off the first day of the new NHL calendar year by trading for Arizona Coyotes goaltender Darcy Kuemper. The Avs tried to grind out a contract with Philipp Grubauer, who was coming off a career year, but couldn’t find the right middle ground as he left for…...
The Arizona Coyotes may have won this battle but their game plan will not win them the war. The Avs have to much firepower for this to be sustainable for Kuemper. https://youtu.be/6bke3vJW9OY
The vast majority of games, there’s plenty of stuff for me to talk about. I can get into systems breakdowns and the different matchups that worked or didn’t work and all of the work that goes into line matching and the randomness of special teams on any given day. Today, though, Colorado lost their first game of the series 4-2…...
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