Comparing the 2020-21 Avalanche to the 1996 & 2001 Stanley Cup Champs Ben Rossi | January 8, 2021 As the puck is set to drop on the Colorado Avalanche’s season in just a week, the team blows into the season with a different set of divisional foes, but…
Revisiting the Avalanche’s Rollercoaster 2013-14 Season Avery McGrail | January 5, 2021 The 2013-14 season was the beginning of a new era for the Colorado Avalanche. After years of play as a bottom feeder in the league, the organization hoped that a…
Joe Sakic Is the Avalanche’s All-Time Best Gift Julian Mongillo | December 23, 2020 The Colorado Avalanche has been a long storied franchise going back to the Quebec Nordique days. They have seen plenty of Hall of Fame-caliber players don their sweaters throughout the…
Avalanche Victorious in Saad-for-Zadorov Swap David Briggs | October 13, 2020 The free agency signing period in the NHL is always fascinating, with big-name signings, trades, salary dumps, and the like. 2020 Free Agency has been no different, despite the fact…
Avalanche/Nordiques Top 10 Goal Scorers All-Time J.D. Killian | September 5, 2020 Have you ever wondered who the top goalscorers are in Colorado Avalanche/Quebec Nordiques franchise history? Wonder no more. The franchise has had an interesting history that boasts some Hall of…
Avalanche Have a Long History of NHL Award Winners Chris Haddad | July 23, 2020 Within the past couple weeks, the NHL has trickled out its nominees for several of its prestigious regular season awards, most of which are voted on by the Professional Hockey…
A Look Back at RFAs and Offer Sheets Brandon Share-Cohen | June 28, 2020 The history of offer sheets in the NHL is a long one. While there hasn’t been a successful offer sheet since the Edmonton Oilers signed Dustin Penner to one in…
5 Best Avalanche/Nordiques Draft Classes J.D. Killian | June 16, 2020 The Colorado Avalanche share a 40-year history with the Quebec Nordiques, including a checkered record concerning draft selections. The Nordiques joined the NHL for the 1979 season and played 16…
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…
Avs Go From the Basement to Contenders in 3 Years J.D. Killian | March 7, 2020 How did the Colorado Avalanche transform themselves from one of the league’s worst teams, with 48 points in 2016-17, to contending for the top seed in the Western Conference in…
Avalanche Bet on Their Core at the Trade Deadline J.D. Killian | February 26, 2020 Many rumors swirled around the Colorado Avalanche making a big trade prior to the deadline on Monday, Feb. 24. Those whispers crashed and burned as the cutoff time came and…
How the Avalanche Became Contenders Under Sakic Ryan Szporer | December 7, 2019 Remember when Colorado Avalanche general manager Joe Sakic signed Nathan MacKinnon to what was then considered a rich seven-year, $44.1 million deal? Yeah, so does MacKinnon. MacKinnon was recently asked…
