The Colorado Avalanche have an exciting young roster ready to make an impact in the NHL. The roster looks very similar to the one that took the ice in Denver last season, but the Avalanche have made a couple of signings to fill a couple of needs. Greg Zanon and John Mitchell help the Avalanche ...
The lockout is over, and now we can all get back to focusing on our teams and the season that is to be played. The season will be an abbreviated one, about 50 games, and will likely be an all in-conference schedule. While every team will be bound to feel some effects of the lockout, ...
In the 2011-12 season the Colorado Avalanche won more regular season games than the Stanley Cup winning Los Angeles Kings. In the end, they were separated by seven points. Their respective seasons could not have been more opposite. Whilst the Kings swept all before them, the Avalanche were confined to another season without playoff hockey. ...
The highest honor a current NHL player can have is to wear the “C” on the front of his jersey. The role of an NHL captain entails being a leader, which is usually reserved for players with years of experience. However, many teams have captains who aren’t wily veterans. When the Colorado Avalanche selected sophomore Gabriel Landeskog ...
Yesterday, the Colorado Avalanche sent out a release stating that Milan Hejduk had relinquished his captaincy and Gabriel Landeskog would be taking over the role. With the news, not only does Landeskog become the 4th captain in the history of the Avalanche (following Joe Sakic, Adam Foote & Hejduk), but he also now becomes the ...
In case you missed it the other day, Justin Bourne of the Backhand Shelf blog posted a helpful introduction to a new stat category that evaluates which NHL players are routinely facing off against the highest level of competition. Brought to light by Eric T from NHLNumbers.com, the stat (referred to as TOI Qualcomp) is ...
One of the big questions facing the Colorado Avalanche as a new season approaches (hopefully) is how Gabriel Landeskog will follow up his Calder-winning rookie season. While his NHL debut demonstrated that he is indeed a force to be reckoned with from both an offensive & physical point of view, there’s always the danger that the dreaded ‘sophomore slump’ ...
Greetings, Avs fans. My name is Ian, and I write to you from Guelph, ON (just down the road from Jamie McGinn’s hometown of Fergus); I have a huge passion for the game of hockey and for writing, and have been working towards combining the two for a few years now. As such, it’s my ...
Every year, the National Hockey League’s awards are voted upon by the league’s general managers or the Professional Hockey Writers Association. The idea is to get a balanced cross-section of opinions and, hopefully, cancelling out any specific homerish voting patterns. With writers in all 30 NHL cities, some with multiple writers, and several at-large subject ...
The NHL has begun to release their nominees for the annual individual awards, starting with the Calder trophy today. The award is handed out to the league’s best first year player, and Edmonton Oilers rookie Ryan Nugent-Hopkins is among the three candidates. Nugent-Hopkins finished the season tied for the rookie lead in points with 52, despite playing ...
