The Colorado Avalanche have recalled goaltender Roman Will from the San Antonio Rampage of the American Hockey League. Will, 23, will serve as the backup for the Avalanche behind Calvin Pickard for the team’s Wednesday night tilt in San Jose as the Avalanche take on the Sharks. Will has appeared in 16 games for the Rampage, compiling a 6-5-2 record…...
With the affiliation change over the summer, the only former Monsters guaranteed to suit up for the San Antonio Rampage are players within the Colorado Avalanche system. Of course, not every player in the system will be seeing AHL ice time this season, but we can expect a handful of them to do so. While a couple of these guys…...
Since the retirement of Patrick Roy in 2003, the goaltender position has often been filled by players with a great many questions. From David Aebischer and Jose Theodore to the painful Peter Budaj/Andrew Raycroft tandem and through the drama of Craig Anderson’s short tenure to the now bright future and stability Semyon Varlamov has brought, goaltending has been in…...
When Joe Sakic and Patrick Roy took over the Avalanche front office, they obtained a team with some high end young talent, but with an alarming lack of organizational depth and very few prospects for the future. They also took over a team with only two players, Jan Hejda and Semyon Varlamov, who did their amateur development overseas.…...
Welcome back for the Year 2 Review of “Joe Sakic and Patrick Roy play GM!” If you missed yesterday’s breakdown, be sure to check it out here! As was the case yesterday, this breakdown features an average grade between all 6 BSN Avalanche writers. The draft is not graded because it is simply too early to accurately assess the…...