Posts About "Mikko Rantanen"
Avalanche's Season Pummeled Expectations
April 26th, 2018 The Colorado Avalanche roared back into hockey relevancy this past season, pummeling all expectations. Did they advance past the first round of the playoffs? No. But at the start of the season, the majority of opinions indicated Colorado would be basement dwellers yet again. The Avalanche had different ideas. The Avalanche Buried Last...
Avalanche Will Test the Predators
April 12th, 2018 While many people credit the Colorado Avalanche for having an incredible comeback season, few actually think they can defeat the Nashville Predators for one game, let alone a series. There are reasonable concerns about the Avalanche’s chances. Colorado went 0-3-1 against the Predators during the regular season. The last time the...
Finns Flash in Today's NHL
March 20th, 2018 As hockey has grown as a global sport, an increase in non-North American players in the NHL has occurred simultaneously. Although the best and largest number of players still come from North America, other nations have had an increase in representation in the NHL in recent seasons. It is one thing for a country to have a growth in the...
The Colorado Avalanche: An Odyssey of Idiocy, Part 4
August 24th, 2017 The end of the 2014-15 season seemed to mark a turning point for the Colorado Avalanche. The team was coming off a disappointing regression in 2015, and as we saw in the third part of the Odyssey of Idiocy, there were plenty of reasons for this, bad drafting being chief among them. The 2015 draft seemed to be a welcome change. It's...
5 NHL Sophomores Poised To Build on Rookie Campaign
August 14th, 2017 "The Sophomore Slump" has claimed numerous victims over the years. Sometimes it serves as a mere bump in the road toward a lengthy, productive career. Sometimes it derails best-laid plans altogether. In recent memory, Calder Trophy winners Nathan MacKinnon, Jonathan Huberdeau, Gabriel Landeskog and Jeff Skinner all saw their scoring...
Colorado Avalanche: A Look at the Pipeline
June 15th, 2017 As we approach the 2017 NHL Draft, everybody is looking into their crystal balls trying to predict what will happen. Before diving neck-deep into mock drafts, it is important to take a look at the current pool of prospects. So let's take a look at the Colorado Avalanche pipeline. Forwards The Avalanche have drafted well since Joe Sakic...
