NHL Players Likely To Retire In the Event Of A Full-Season Lockout Fred Poulin | November 13, 2012 Most NHL players would like to retire at the top of their game just like Nicklas Lidstrom of the Detroit Red Wings did after the 2011-12 season. However, that doesn’t…
Gabriel Landeskog Named Captain of the Colorado Avalanche Ian C McLaren | September 5, 2012 Yesterday, the Colorado Avalanche sent out a release stating that Milan Hejduk had relinquished his captaincy and Gabriel Landeskog would be taking over the role. With the news, not only…
Advanced Stats For Avalanche Forwards in 2011-12 Ian C McLaren | August 19, 2012 In case you missed it the other day, Justin Bourne of the Backhand Shelf blog posted a helpful introduction to a new stat category that evaluates which NHL players are…
Milan Hejduk: Hockey’s Underrated Captain Ian C McLaren | August 13, 2012 About a month ago, Adrian Dater of the Denver Post suggested that the Colorado Avalanche would be wise to pursue free agent Shane Doan. While that argument could certainly be…
Undead Devils Live to Fight Another Day Dan Rice | June 8, 2012 They’ve only won one game in the Stanley Cup Finals, but the New Jersey Devils still have a pulse and will try to pull off one of the more improbable…
Avalanche Keeping Their Leadership for 2012-13 Michael Bannigan | June 4, 2012 The Colorado Avalanche begun a critical off-season by returning head coach Joe Sacco, and resigning team captain Milan Hejduk (the team also signed a trio of minor league goalies, which…
Mile High Minute: Colorado Avalanche Week in Review Cheryl Bradley | February 15, 2012 Wild Wild West It’s tough being a team in the Western Conference of the NHL, and the Colorado Avalanche are well aware of it. Currently, the team is sitting at…
An Avalanche of Free Agency Mike Verminski | June 13, 2011 With the signing deadline rapidly approaching teams throughout the league have begun locking up their players for the upcoming year. Any team who does not sign their players by July…
NHL Power Rankings, Dec. 21 Steve Kendall | December 21, 2010 Through games of Monday, Dec. 20: 1. (3) Philadelphia (22-8-5): Despite a 5-0 loss to Florida on Monday, not many teams are playing better than Philadelphia right now. The Flyers…
Who Makes The Colorado Avalanche out of Camp? Mike Verminski | September 13, 2010 It’s that time of the year again. Arena crews are painting logo’s and starting to lay down ice and training camps around the league are starting to open. In fact,…