Jesse’s Observations: JT Compher has been Clutch It’s a contract year for JT, and to this point, he is setting himself up for a nice little payday next summer. Compher has always been the Swiss Army knife of Colorado’s forward core. Able to moonlight in the top six is a center who can play on the wing if necessary (though…
1. Rough start for a couple of former Avs It has been a tough last couple of off-seasons for Avalanche fans who grow closely attached to some of the team’s players. Some real fan favorites have gone out the door over the last two summers. Obviously winning a Stanley Cup takes almost all of the sting out of losing those…
Testing… testing… 1, 2, 3. Is this thing on? Boy oh boy it has been a minute, but it is Labor Day weekend and you know what that means, your regularly-scheduled trash pickup will come a day late. It also means… We are back at it here on the DNVR Avalanche beat. It’s so funny, in past years when the…...
It’s like the first day of school. Actually no… it’s like Christmas morning. You’ve talked about it, looked forward to it, imagined what it would be like, ad now it’s here. The NHL Playoffs. We’ve talked so much about the lead up to the end of the regular season, and how teams were mailing it in just trying to get…...
Less than a week to go in the NHL season, and that just means the storylines around the league are getting more and more interesting. A wild game on Sunday night, another great player calls it a career, and the Avs stumble down the stretch causing some to be concerned. Ryan Getzlaf hangs ‘em up Ryan Getzlaf officially called it…...
Last you heard from this column we were busy going 0-4 on our straight wagers and 1-6 overall. So we took the week off to regroup, and we are going to keep it simple this week to provide some much-needed post-Easter loot. Minnesota -1.5 (-110) vs. Seattle The Kraken snuck up on the Avs the other night. Terrible teams aren’t…...
We are coming down the home stretch here, with less than two weeks to go until the playoffs start, and we are starting to get some clarity on what matchups will look like, at least in half of the league. The Colorado Avalanche continue to take advantage of a great position in the standings and are gearing up for the…...
The trade deadline is behind us, and NHL teams are now sprinting to the finish. Plenty to go over now that all the trade rumors are done, so let’s get into it. Dadonov saga Ok ok, I promise this will be the last time I bring this up, but this has maybe been the most interesting storyline of the season…...
It was another busy week in the NHL, and for he Colorado Avalanche specifically. Let;s get right into it. 1. Heritage Classic I know a lot of folks have really started to write off the outdoor games, as they have lost their sense of unique-ness as we eclipsed 35 total games played with no roof, but I still think they…...
We’re back for another edition of the Weekly 5-on-5. Lots going on in the world of hockey this past week, Cale Makar continues to climb in the record books, there was another number sent to the rafters, this time in Columbus, and the IIHF sent a strong message with its ruling on the Russian national teams immediate future on the…...
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