5 Keys to Avalanche 2020 Playoff Success Chris Haddad | June 14, 2020 The Colorado Avalanche experienced several high-profile injuries during the 2019-20 season. A fully healthy squad should make a deep run in the playoffs, and expectations couldn’t be higher. All eyes will be on…
Flames Have Many Options to Retool Their Defense at 2020 Draft Chris Haddad | June 8, 2020 The Calgary Flames have made the postseason in four of the past six seasons, including 2019-20. However, they’ve had limited success in their recent quest for the Stanley Cup, with…
Avalanche’s 2022 Olympics Roster Projections Chris Haddad | May 30, 2020 If the NHL permits its players to play in the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics, then we can expect to watch several members of the Colorado Avalanche compete. The current Avalanche roster is…
Avalanche 2020 Mock NHL Draft Picks Chris Haddad | May 28, 2020 The 2020 NHL Draft will have multiple rounds of 1st-round caliber players. That’s what made the THW Writers’ Mock Draft such a challenge; there’s no one “correct” fit for any draft slot. I should…
Avalanche 7 Round Mock Draft Chris Haddad | May 22, 2020 The Colorado Avalanche’s NHL roster is one of the best in the league, and the team has salary cap space to acquire talent over the next few seasons. Top prospects who have…
4 Lightning NHL Draft Targets Chris Haddad | May 18, 2020 The Tampa Bay Lightning are a perfect example of how the current NHL promotes high-speed and high-scoring teams. The team features three legitimate scoring lines that it stocks with short but compact, speedy but balanced players who have powerful shots. If the 2019-20 regular season restarts, then the…
5 Hurricanes First-round Targets Chris Haddad | May 9, 2020 The Carolina Hurricanes have a rosy outlook for the next several seasons. They have one of the best defensive teams in the league, they have a young nucleus of cost-controlled stars (Sebastian…
5 Capitals First-Round Draft Targets Chris Haddad | May 7, 2020 It’s common to hear analysts use the phrase “win-now mode” when discussing the Washington Capitals. While it’s true that they have traded away many draft picks for NHL talent over the…
5 Panthers First-Round Draft Targets Chris Haddad | May 5, 2020 The Florida Panthers have a young, solid nucleus around which to build a good on-ice product that includes centre (C) Jonathan Huberdeau, C Aleksander Barkov, and defenseman (D) Aaron Ekblad. These three are not UFAs until 2023,…
Avalanche Paths to Signing a Top Free Agent Chris Haddad | May 3, 2020 The 2020 free agent pool lacks much scoring depth outside of a few players: LW Taylor Hall (Arizona Coyotes), RW Mike Hoffman (Florida Panthers), RW Evgenii Dadonov (Panthers), and RW Tyler Toffoli (Vancouver Canucks). The Colorado Avalanche…
Projecting the Avalanche’s Lines in 2021-22 Chris Haddad | April 30, 2020 The Colorado Avalanche have several choices to make across the next two seasons as general manager (GM) Joe Sakic constructs the team. For our purposes in this article, “the team” consists of 18 players: four…
5 Avalanche First-Round Draft Targets Chris Haddad | April 28, 2020 While the draft order and date of the 2020 NHL Entry Draft are still unknowns, we know that the Colorado Avalanche only have four picks in the top 151 because of player moves made…
