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Avalanche Players Who Need to Bounce Back
August 31st, 2017 If the Colorado Avalanche want to have any remote chance of competing for the playoffs this year, they need some of their players to return to form. Even with the new additions to the team, there are still some issues with depth in their potential lineup. Therefore, the Avalanche need their top-end players to be at their best. Return to...
Is Chris Bigras Ready for the NHL?
August 18th, 2017 The Colorado Avalanche are surprisingly in a bind. Once Nikita Zadorov re-signs with the Avalanche, which seems likely, the team will only have four NHL defenders under contract. Competition for those last two spots will be fierce. Colorado doesn’t have the strongest defensive squad in the league, but they do have many prospects who...
Top 5 Matt Duchene Moments
July 16th, 2017 It has already been eight years since Matt Duchene’s name was called at the 2009 NHL Entry Draft. Duchene was visibly relieved when the Tampa Bay Lightning didn’t select him second overall, leaving the door open for his childhood favorite team, the Colorado Avalanche, to draft him third overall. Drafting Duchene signaled a new era...
Nail Yakupov’s Last Chance to Earn an NHL Career
July 10th, 2017 When the Colorado Avalanche signed the former 2012 first-overall pick, Nail Yakupov, just under a week ago, I was a little confused. Why would a team who just had the worst season since the Atlanta Thrashers first joined the League, sign a player who’s struggled to make his mark in the NHL? Does Avalanche general manager, Joe Sakic,...