Even the goalie position couldn’t escape the wrath of injuries for Colorado this season, However, for the most part, the Avs look smart for taking a risk on Georgiev as their starter. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UunM2vfivQc
The Avs find another way to collapse despite a two-goal lead, multiple soft goals from Francouz, and some major defensive weaknesses betrayed a quality game from Mikko Rantanen and Sam Girard. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-nD8c2ki74Q
There’s always a fun vibe in the air when you’re at Ball Arena for a Colorado Avalanche game the night before a major holiday. I can’t really describe it, but it’s kind of like the energy that everyone had for a “last day of school” assembly. Add in the fact that the Avs were coming into their matchup with the…...
Goalies, eh? Every year going into the season, you know there are going to be a couple of games that you lose because the opposing goaltender just refuses to give in. On the flip side, you know you’re going to steal a couple of games because your goaltender is the one locked in. You can pretty easily argue the Avs…
A game that lacked intensity and pace from the effort saw Bowen Byram and the second line attempt to carry the team to victory but the Avs were just too heavy. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FImShfh3rH8
The Avs biggest question mark to start the 2022-23 season may be in goal. With both Georgiev and Francouz unproven as a starting goaltender someone will have to step up and earn the job. https://youtu.be/VZNpAa0W8H4
On June 26th, 2022, the job was done. It was speculated but not yet known that Darcy Kuemper had simultaneously played his final game in an Avalanche uniform. He spent just one season in Denver, but it was enough to become a Stanley Cup Champion. From the risk he carried coming from Arizona on the heels of a 0.907 SV%…...
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,…...
It was a big news day for the Colorado Avalanche as they got back on the ice after a disappointing three-game road trip that saw them go 1-2. The most surprising news of the day was Gabe Landeskog’s decision to have knee surgery and will be out indefinitely, though that just means there is currently no clear timeline for a…...
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 get their 16th straight win at home and finally one that felt pretty routine. With quality goaltending and defense for most of the night the Hawks never really got into this game. https://youtu.be/EWbrDDRvTNI
This morning, Colorado Avalanche head coach Jared Bednar said that he thought the team’s play has dipped a bit lately due to fatigue, which makes sense given the Avalanche are in the middle of an extremely condensed schedule ahead of next week’s All-Star break. In an attempt to remedy the issue, Bednar and his staff gave the team a day…...
In what will almost certainly be the least interesting game of the season the Avs found yet another way to win a hockey game. With very little to talk about this is the shortest review of the year. https://youtu.be/smIaxsOhn6c
Jack Johnson – C+ Jack Johnson was exactly what you’ve come to expect from him tonight. Thought he made a couple good plays, and I liked him a little better away from EJ on the penalty kill. We talked about it the other day on the DNVR Avalanche Podcast, but playing like he did tonight, JJ would be the absolute…...
A game that’s hard to feel comfortable about still ultimately ended in an Avalanche win. With a bit of controversy on both sides, the Avs and Pavel Francouz deserve credit for getting the job done. https://youtu.be/v_7Io0fTtIs
For Colorado Avalanche goaltender Pavel Francouz, a return to the ice has been turbulent. During a preseason game earlier this year against the Vegas Golden Knights, Francouz left the game in the second period with an ankle injury that has kept him sidelined until now. “I made it back during the summer,” Francouz said. “I was skating. I was getting…...
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
Avalanche hockey returns in less than two weeks and DNVR is previewing the entire roster in this new series starting with the goaltending position. Philipp Grubauer and Pavel Francouz have a lot still to prove this season. https://youtu.be/v6I0_jsAo7A
Three of the best Avs from a dominant performance against the Dallas Stars in the round robin. https://youtu.be/paGwUYSfdtc
“The puck stops here.” That’s the quote, right? No? Well for our purposes here today we’re going to pretend it is as we look at our final position preview before the Avalanche play their first round-robin game this afternoon against the St. Louis Blues. We’re looking at the goaltenders, of which the Avs have two who had solid (or better)…...
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