Matt Duchene Trade Analyzed Dayton Reimer | January 16, 2023 At the beginning of the 2017-18 season, expectations were high for the Nashville Predators and the Ottawa Senators. The Predators were just coming off of their first trip to the…
Avalanche’s Shane Bowers Future on the Line Back in AHL Craig Jones | December 15, 2022 Shane Bowers entered the Colorado Avalanche organization with a solid reputation and was expected to make the NHL. He came as part of the Matt Duchene trade deal and was…
3 Takeaways from the Avalanche’s 5-3 Win Over the Predators Len Vlahos | November 11, 2022 The Colorado Avalanche returned to Ball Arena in Denver Thursday night from a two-game trip to Finland, and a four-day break, to host the Nashville Predators. It was the first…
Avalanche Need to Look to AHL Eagles for Bottom-6 Help Len Vlahos | November 7, 2022 Five of the Colorado Avalanche’s top six forwards are off to a tremendous start. Nathan MacKinnon has 19 points in 11 games, and six times in the young season he…
4 Prospects the Avalanche Need to Come Through in 2022-23 Kerry Collins | September 24, 2022 The massive deal the Colorado Avalanche gave to Nathan MacKinnon wasn’t much of a surprise since both sides were very vocal about getting a deal done before the season. The…
Av’s AHL Affiliate Eagles Looking for Another Strong Season Len Vlahos | September 12, 2022 The Colorado Eagles of the American Hockey League (AHL) are the Colorado Avalanche’s main affiliate to feed them talent. The club, located just under an hour north of Denver in…
Avalanche Give Bowers One More Chance Kerry Collins | August 20, 2022 When the Colorado Avalanche signed Shane Bowers to a one-year extension, the move didn’t draw a lot of attention. But this one-year deal might be the most important contract of…
Avalanche Have Several Prospects All Battling for Playing Time Chris Micieli | August 7, 2021 The Colorado Avalanche offseason is, for the most part, complete after the signing of defenseman Ryan Murray to a one-year, $2 million deal. General manager (GM) Joe Sakic was correct…
Avalanche Should Be Enthusiastic of Bowers’ Smooth Progression Ilyas Hussein | March 24, 2021 Drafting is essential to a team’s construction on their path to becoming a contender in the NHL, however, the draft is not the only way to acquire prospects. The Colorado…
Avalanche Could See NHL Debuts From Byram and Bowers in 2020-21 William Fitzpatrick | January 14, 2021 The Colorado Avalanche are entering the 2020-21 NHL season as the seventh-youngest team in the NHL, with an average age of 26.77 years old. The roster is loaded with young…
Avalanche Prospect Profile: Shane Bowers Chris Haddad | August 2, 2020 A couple of months ago, when I wrote that the Colorado Avalanche farm system is weak down the middle, I didn’t mean it as a slight on Shane Bowers. He…
Avalanche Need to Take Advantage of the Flat Salary Cap Chris Haddad | July 9, 2020 The NHL salary cap is expected to remain flat at $81.5 million in 2020-2021. Several teams could have used a higher cap limit to re-sign their free agents. Eight teams have…
