The Avs get their first overseas win in team history as Mikko Rantanen scores a hat trick on home soil. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l9Mc4gn90Vc

The Avs opening day roster is officially set and the bottom six is starting to take shape with the only true rookie looking to be Ben Meyers. Can he succeed in the NHL alongside veterans like Cogliano, Compher, and more? https://youtu.be/WAX0IP2A-OI

With the Avs plying a roster of mostly prospects and minor league players JT Compher proved how big the gap between the NHL and AHL is shining as one of the Avs best forwards in their victory over Vegas. https://youtu.be/Ygj4N-HKAM4

You may be convinced you could hold your breath to the bottom of the Marianas trench after that. The Avs defeat Edmonton for the third straight game to take a vice grip hold on the Western Conference Finals. JT Compher has chosen the right time to get hot. https://youtu.be/YQaZNzUbItE

Alright, before we get started on the game itself, I’ve gotta give some love to the folks here at Rogers Place. This building is amazing. State of the art top to bottom, and absolutely beautiful in every sense of the word. Literally everything you’d want in a hockey rink, I couldn’t be more impressed. Really the whole city of Edmonton,...

Everyone was expecting superstar power in this series and Game 1 was chock-full. The Avs ultimately got scoring from everywhere in the lineup to take down a win in a 14-goal game where defense and goaltending were more suggestions than anything else. https://youtu.be/qAEOddwn62s

The Avalanche are back in the Western Conference final for the first time in 20 years thanks to their forward depth. The St Louis Blues got to play the sacrifice as the Avs finally slew their Round 2 demons. https://youtu.be/yADuV00FWYs

At morning skate today, every member of the media that I talked to said roughly the same thing, “I can’t believe we’re back here.” Halfway through Game 5, everybody was making plans for what they would do with their days off in between series, and obviously you know what happened next. So there we were, sitting inside the Enterprise Center...

As the Avs skaters start to ramp up towards the playoffs Darcy Kuemper has been battling a bit. With a loss placed squarely on his shoulders is it something to be concerned about or can it be brushed off? https://youtu.be/zE9FE1a8HcM

All offense all the time in the battle of the forces of nature. The Avs clinch the Western Conference as they score another touchdown in a game that saw every line score at least one goal. https://youtu.be/5iLudCHD1zo

With special teams finding their step once again the Avs make any opponent with any style seem trivial. With the roster in flux, Mikko Rantanen is showing he can step it up if he wants to. https://youtu.be/8TZeiPIwjk8

Two goals and a three-point night from Cale Makar leads the Avs in a win that was much stronger than the final score indicates. Back to business as usual for Colorado as they remain on top of the league. https://youtu.be/3BKhuPN_V5E

Sometimes you don’t have to play well for very long to win a game. The Avs needed less than 30 seconds to flip this game on its head and escape Vegas with a W. The Avs quick-strike potential should terrify every team in the league. https://youtu.be/ZxKQxOaB8xc

The Avs get the two points and that’s almost certainly the only thing anyone not named Tage Thompson is going to remember about this game. The Avs exerted the minimum effort required to get the W. https://youtu.be/UGAuOO4k1LQ

What should have been a routine win turned into a bit of an adventure in a crazy third period but the result remains the same. A Colorado team that continues to show growth on a nightly basis should terrify the league. https://youtu.be/VQxv9exo1OI

A glitch in the matrix perhaps? Two 7 – 3 games with fairly similar storylines one after the other leads the Avs to feel quite good about themselves but Rudo may be stuck on repeat. https://youtu.be/jbl4pTYdVdw

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

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

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