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Patrick Roy

Time to Fire Patrick Roy

Jim Luchetta | March 9, 2016

If the Avalanche Miss the Playoffs, It’s Time to Find A New Coach The Central Division is typically considered one of, if not the, toughest division in the NHL.  From…

Categories Avalanche Management, Colorado Avalanche, Uncategorized

The Great Grigorenko

Sebastian Noble | February 16, 2016

When the Colorado Avalanche traded Ryan O’Reilly to the Buffalo Sabres, it’s become clear as to why Mikhail Grigorenko was targeted as one of the main pieces coming back. The…

Categories Colorado Avalanche

Colorado Avalanche: It’s Not Time for Mikko Rantanen, Yet.

Kevin Goff | February 14, 2016

The Colorado Avalanche are in a pickle. They currently sit in one of the Wild Card playoff spots in the Western Conference, but are playing some of their worst hockey…

Categories Avalanche Prospects, Colorado Avalanche

Patrick Roy Deserves a Ton of Credit for Surging Avs

Kevin Goff | January 25, 2016

The Colorado Avalanche have been one of the hardest teams to figure out from the perspective of somebody who covers the team and they have been even harder to figure…

Categories Avalanche Management, Colorado Avalanche

Colorado Avalanche: Is Patrick Roy Too Soft of a Coach?

Kevin Goff | January 7, 2016

Let me be clear from the very beginning, I generally like Patrick Roy as a head coach. He’s got a lot of things working for him, he does a good…

Categories Avalanche Management, Colorado Avalanche

Top Colorado Avalanche Moments of the Last 10 Years- Part 2

Kevin Goff | December 24, 2015

Even though the past 10 years of Colorado Avalanche hockey haven’t been filled with championships and banner seasons nearly as often as the first 10 years, there has still been…

Categories Avalanche History, Colorado Avalanche

The Colorado Avalanche Must Get Out of Their Own Way

Kevin Goff | December 10, 2015

The Colorado Avalanche have to be the most infuriating team to watch on a nightly basis, you simply never know what you’re going to get from them. This is not…

Categories Colorado Avalanche

Colorado’s Problem Is a Simple Fix

Sebastian Noble | December 3, 2015

Colorado did not start their season off particularly well. In fact it was one of the worst starts ever. However it’s not because they are playing bad hockey. The one…

Categories Colorado Avalanche

Colorado Avalanche Must Keep Focus On Long Term

Kevin Goff | December 3, 2015

The Colorado Avalanche remain an interesting story to examine. Patrick Roy came to the helm just before the 2013-2014 season with only one real promise about the team, a “Stanley…

Categories Avalanche Management, Colorado Avalanche

What Ever Happened to Krys Kolanos?

Aaron Davis | November 29, 2015

Krystofer Kolanos was drafted by the Coyotes in 2000 and was supposed to be franchise’s gamechanger, unfortunately that never panned out. Kolanos holds one of the most high profile moments…

Categories Arizona Coyotes, Coyotes History

Make the Nets Larger? Not So Fast…

Matt Brauckmann | November 19, 2015

Ask any hockey fan, what is the most hotly debated topic in the NHL right now? A few might tell you concussions, a few might utter out something about fighting,…

Categories NHL News

Grigorenko Trade Paying Dividends For The Avs

Alessandro Seren Rosso | November 17, 2015

After not being able to crack the Sabres lineup, Mikhail Grigorenko was traded with Nikita Zadorov to the Colorado Avalanche this summer. In Denver, Grigorenko reunited with his coach in…

Categories Colorado Avalanche
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