Paul Stastny Picking His Game Up In March Michael Bannigan | March 23, 2012 If the Colorado Avalanche finish in the top 8 of the West this season, several recent factors can explain. Semyon Varlamov dominating the crease, increased defensive play from last year…
Avs Begin Final Stretch Michael Bannigan | March 15, 2012 Fans of the 7-11 seeds in the Western Conference can agree on one thing: the playoffs started weeks ago for them. None of that sentiment is lost in Colorado, a…
Colorado, Buffalo Both Looking For Playoffs Chris White | March 15, 2012 The NHL playoffs are coming and few weeks ago, the Colorado Avalanche and Buffalo Sabres were both pretty close to being dead in the water when it came to the…
Analyzing the Western Conference Playoff Bubble The Hockey Writers | March 13, 2012 One of the biggest buzz words of the post-lockout NHL is “parity”, and a quick look at the playoff races in either conference reveals why. With mere weeks to play…
Fantasy Hockey Chutes And Ladders: Playoffs? PLAYOFFS? Chris Wassel | March 13, 2012 We have survived much this fantasy hockey season but now comes the first March edition of “Chutes And Ladders”. Riding the fortunes of a fantasy hockey team can be a…
Fantasy Hockey Panel: All-Purpose Playoff Pickups Anatoliy Metter | March 12, 2012 With the fantasy hockey playoffs rapidly approaching, fantasy managers have limited time to snag a piece that might greatly impact their playoff run. For the next couple of weeks, Fred…
Greetings From Smashville! Landslide Edition Jas Faulkner | March 9, 2012 by Jas Faulkner, contributing editor They say that handsome is as handsome does and many of the faces in the video released by YouCanPlayProject.org got that much more so after…
Semyon Varlamov Giving Avs Playoff Hopes Michael Bannigan | March 8, 2012 Semyon Varlamov, for the most part, began his career as a Colorado Avalanche netminder on shaky ground. Before his start on February 11th at St. Louis, “Varly” surrendered 5 goals…
Changing The Culture In Colorado Michael Bannigan | March 1, 2012 The Colorado Avalanche dealt their way into the trade deadline conversation. As mentioned, The Avs acquired forward Steve Downie from the Tampa Bay Lightning. The team also involved themselves in…
Fantasy Chutes And Ladders: Post Trade Deadline Mashup Chris Wassel | February 27, 2012 This trade deadline should almost be called the deadline that nearly went according to the script. Only 16 trades were made today and that was just in our target range…
Avalanche Deal for McGinn, Prospects; Winnik, Galiardi to San Jose Sharks Geoff Rosenthal | February 27, 2012 The 2012 trade deadline was more a trade dudline (how many times have you heard that one) but the Avalanche managed to be involved in one of the bigger transactions…
NHL Rumors Galore: Deadline Edition Part 1 Fred Poulin | February 24, 2012 With only about 72 hours before the February 27 NHL trade deadline, rumors are swirling all over the Internet, and especially on Twitter, as fake insiders try to get the…