The next preview of the 2021 season adds some heat with Rudo and Evan bringing their hot takes to the table for the Avs’ bottom six forwards. Will Pierre-Edouard Bellemare be replaced or re-sign? What about Matt Calvert? and many other takes on the likes of Donskoi, Compher, Jost, and Nichushkin. https://youtu.be/83bOsR3-Pu8
When the Avs stars come to play, it’s time for the Coyotes to go far away. https://youtu.be/zOEfL5Vwd3c
There’s almost nothing in hockey more romanticized than the fourth line. Made up of a healthy mixture of youth and experience, the same barrier is true for almost all guys on the fourth line: they simply aren’t good enough to play higher in the lineup. Because of this, you typically find defensive specialists on fourth lines around the league as…...
Ever since the Avalanche returned to the ice last week, we’ve talked about the need for intensity to ramp up and reach a level fit for the Stanley Cup Playoffs. Apparently Avalanche head coach Jared Bednar agreed. Just before beginning a structured five-on-five drill, Bednar stopped the practice the unleash a verbal tirade directed at his team. He loved the…...
As we worked our way through Colorado’s two Stanley Cup runs during the ongoing DNVRWatches series, there was something that kept nagging at me as we watched two very different Avalanche teams win the Stanley Cup. The stars are always obvious but you can’t win championships without role players, the glue guys who really bring a roster together and make…...
Funny what a couple of years can do in the NHL. It wasn’t that long ago that Joe Sakic was in the shadow of the impetuous attitude of Patrick Roy, his former teammate back during their glory-filled playing day. Their management structure didn’t last long and yielded almost disastrous results. Their parting of ways left their pet project, the Colorado…...
The three greasiest Avs in their tight win over the Minnesota Wild. https://youtu.be/psCuCrNU0Mg
The Avs could make their lives a whole light easier by showing up for the first and last ten minutes of every game. https://youtu.be/utJzt8DwwD8
The three best Avs from another blown lead loss. This time to the Minnesota Wild. https://youtu.be/5iyx49wkshc
This is a problem the Avs need to nip in the bud immediately. https://youtu.be/ogDukdsinhw
The three best Avs from their blown lead loss to the Chicago Blackhawks. https://youtu.be/GrxyRwkR21M
The three best Avs from their nationally broadcast win over the Philadelphia Flyers. https://youtu.be/ujR5qCyCIqQ
The three best Avs from their tight win over the Montreal Canadiens. https://youtu.be/5idtaDktv_s
There are a whole lot of things more important than two points and health is pretty high on that list. https://youtu.be/enUdLfMKu8A
Sports justice is one of those things that sometimes you have to wait years for. As a Kansas basketball fan, nothing was more cathartic than watching the Jayhawks blow out their former head coach who had stabbed them in the back and left them in the lurch after the 2003 season. It was perfect sports karma but we had to…...
“Next man up.” One of the most reliable axioms across all sports is the idea that when injuries strike, whoever steps in as the replacement has to keep the ball rolling. Life is hard and there’s no time to feel sorry for yourself in pro sports when there’s always a tomorrow to be worried about. When Philipp Grubauer went down…...
You know sometimes you go into matchmaking with a group of friends and you get into a game where the opposing team is a bunch of randos who have never played together before? That was kind of the video game equivalent of the Avalanche annihilating Vegas today. The 6-1 Avalanche win comes on Nevada Day, a holiday nobody outside of…...
The three best players from the Avs overtime loss against the Pittsburgh Penguins. https://youtu.be/dPGbB87V5fw
While I still believe the rules around goalie interference and offsides need to be rewritten, they sure helped the Avs in this one. https://youtu.be/mz9RFd4n6Kc
There was a different feel at Avalanche practice today. With the recent cuts putting the roster down to 37, the Avs separated into two distinct groups, with the veterans taking the ice first, and the youngsters afterward. The difference in pace was noticeable. “It’s been a while since we’ve had a group like that together and practiced that hard,” veteran…
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