Posts About "Nikita Zadorov"
Avalanche All-Decade Team: Defensemen
January 12th, 2020 The Colorado Avalanche entered the past decade with a couple of big name players finishing their careers and new additions transitioning into a new era. The blueliners who took tough shifts over the past decade exemplify the kinds of changes the Avalanche experienced. Some were flashy, some were steady, and some took their share of...
Avalanche Coaching Costs Them a Win
December 21st, 2019 The Colorado Avalanche lost to the Carolina Hurricanes in heart-wrenching fashion, giving up a 1-0 lead by surrendering three goals in the final three minutes of the game. There’s plenty of blame to go around. While the players wrestled with their own problems on the second night of a back-to-back, they were not the only ones with...
Avalanche Face Biggest Foe – Injuries
November 17th, 2019 The Colorado Avalanche rolled to a hot start as the hockey season began. Even when the lines were working on timing issues with the new players, the team found ways to win. Then, their true enemy entered the scene – the injury bug. Since it first appeared, each game has become a battle between winning and the cost of the mounting...
Avalanche Fight Through Adversity and Keep Winning
October 24th, 2019 The Colorado Avalanche flew through four road games as part of a five-road games-in-eight-days swing, fighting through adversity to keep racking up points. Their hard work paid off but it was a bumpy road. Breaking down all the Good, the Bad, and the Ugly during the past week, ranging from weird injuries to a hat trick to depth scoring....
Avalanche on Fire: 5 Straight Wins
October 16th, 2019 The Colorado Avalanche started the season with a four-game homestand, setting the pace for five straight wins through Monday, Oct. 14. They became the last team to remain undefeated in regulation, a rare treat for the Avalanche. With such a hot start, there’s a lot to cover in breaking down the good, bad, and...
The Avalanche's 2019-20 Preseason Awards
October 1st, 2019 Center Nathan MacKinnon kicks of the Colorado Avalanche preseason awards.
Avalanche Face Roster Crossroads
June 24th, 2019 The Colorado Avalanche enter free agency discussions at an interesting crossroads. They have only 13 starting players under contract and only 27 contracts signed of the 50 allowed. The rest of the players, both with the Avalanche and the Eagles, are either unrestricted free agents (UFAs) or restricted free agents (RFAs). It’s a...
3 Key Avalanche Roster Questions - Defense
September 23rd, 2018 The Colorado Avalanche face some interesting defensive questions this preseason. Banged up for large portions of last season, the Avalanche often looked like they were running the blue line by committee. Between injuries and the summer acquisition of veteran blueliner Ian Cole, three key questions face the Avalanche as they prepare for...
Avalanche Launch Into High Energy Training Camp
September 15th, 2018 The Colorado Avalanche launched into full training camp mode Friday. Rolling out a roster of 54 players, the skaters were split into two sessions. Coach Bednar Sets Direction Coach Bednar stated his goal was to teach his structure to everyone during the four days prior to the Avalanche’s first preseason game. In order to accomplish...
Nikita Zadorov Finding His Place
October 19th, 2017 It has been a long negotiation but in the end, Colorado Avalanche defenseman Nikita Zadorov continued his relationship with the Colorado Avalanche, signing a new two-year deal worth $2.15 million of the Avalanche's salary cap. The young, Russian defenseman started the season well, and in a recent game against the Boston Bruins, he...
Mikhail Grigorenko Back Home With the Right Attitude
September 11th, 2017 After trying to live up this his potential in multiple seasons, Mikhail Grigorenko didn't get a qualifying offer from the Colorado Avalanche and became an unrestricted free agent. He is now the top scorer for CSKA Moscow, having scored eight points in seven games so far. In this translated interview, originally appearing on the...
Questions the Avalanche Must Answer
September 10th, 2017 The Colorado Avalanche have had an interesting offseason filled with turnover and turmoil. Most of last season's roster has been sent packing, many younger players have been brought in to fight for roster spots, and two of the most prominent names on the team remain in limbo. Though Joe Sakic has done a decent job answering most of 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...
