Colorado’s first game of the season didn’t go very well as they looked out of sync and lethargic in a 4-1 loss to the St. Louis Blues. With the baseball-style series implemented for this season, the Avs will have a chance for revenge tonight at Ball Arena. There wasn’t a lot to come out of morning skate as the same…...
A rusty start to the season for the Avalanche as they have only themselves to blame in a messy loss to the St. Louis Blues on opening night. Correct the obvious mistakes and move on to the next one. https://youtu.be/yD-VUgAeU_4
Pierre-Edouard Bellemare – D Bednar said in the post-game that he liked his fourth line, but he specifically named the other two players on it and not Bellemare. Bellemare played 13 minutes at even strength tonight. That won’t happen every night, but as we’ve seen in the past, that’s not the role you want him in. That line had chances…...
“Too many guys not doing enough.” That’s how Avalanche head coach finished his press conference following Colorado’s season-opening 4-1 loss to the St. Louis Blues. To be honest, that could have been the first and only thing he said and it would’ve been completely appropriate. Coming into the season as one of the darlings of the NHL and as a…...
The Avalanche finalized their opening night roster yesterday and officially announced it today. Because of salary cap restrictions, they are not utilizing the full 23-player allotment, instead going with 21 players but using a full six-player taxi squad. The breakdown of the roster is: 12 forwards Burakovsky MacKinnon Rantanen Saad Kadri Landeskog Nichushkin Compher Donskoi Jost Bellemare Calvert 7 defensemen…...
The face of the Colorado Avalanche returns for another year with a single-minded focus. Win the Stanley Cup. Will his greatness be enough to take the Avs all the way or will they come up short again? https://youtu.be/Bgth7Qs_dOU
Before he even began taking questions from the media, Avs GM Joe Sakic wanted to make it clear that the organization will be honoring the late, great Pierre Lacroix not just this season, but in the future as well. Sakic announced that there will be a special pre-game ceremony and moment of silence for the former Avs GM prior to…...
Cale Makar has been in the spotlight since the moment he stepped on to NHL ice and has lived up to the hype at every turn. What else does the next great blueliner have to give? https://youtu.be/ABYOop52xKs
Opening night is just two days away and the roster for the Colorado Avalanche is starting to take shape. What will the whole squad surrounding Nathan Mackinnon, Mikko Rantanen, and Cale Makar end up looking like? We get into all things Colorado Avalance and break down everything you need to know! DON’T FORGET TO SUBSCRIBE TO THE POD! iTunes link– Stitcher Link– Pocket…
Mikko “The Big Moose Rantanen” is a key fixture in the Avs lineup. After an up and down season can he become an elite player this season or will he just ride the coattails of Nathan MacKinnon? https://youtu.be/fXh3eKkfsvk
The dust has settled on the biggest U20 tournament of the year and after all four Avs prospects at the tournament played in the final match, the USA brought home the gold over Canada. The Avs players ranged from rock-solid to downright stunning throughout and on this edition of The Tape we breakdown some of their top plays. 1. Justin…...
The second-longest tenured Captain in Avs history enters the final year of his contract with one goal in mind, a Stanley Cup. Gabe Landeskog is poised to lead the Avalanche back to glory and hopefully sign a new contract that will keep him in Colorado for the rest of his career. https://youtu.be/rGjneTmwUrY
The Denver Nuggets are eight games into their season, the Colorado Avalanche are five days out from their first game of the 2021 season. The Denver Broncos season just ended and John Elway has stepped down as GM. And the Colorado Rockies spring training is set to start in the next few months. With all of that, what are the…
The next preview of the 2021 season adds some heat with Rudo and Evan bringing their hot takes to the table for the Avs’ bottom six forwards. Will Pierre-Edouard Bellemare be replaced or re-sign? What about Matt Calvert? and many other takes on the likes of Donskoi, Compher, Jost, and Nichushkin. https://youtu.be/83bOsR3-Pu8
Hockey games are won and lost as a team, all goals count the same which is why the Avs’ second line players must become secondary stars in their push for the Stanley Cup. Nazem Kadri and Andre Burakovsky are set to play key roles in the top six this season and could be the difference makers. https://youtu.be/PR58sfwCq_c
Injuries or not, the Avalanche know they let an opportunity slip away last season when they were knocked out in game seven of the second round by Dallas. Through the opening days of camp, the message from the players has been clear: anything less than a Stanley Cup championship isn’t good enough. “I don’t think we need to hide it,…...
Joe Sakic went for the throat this offseason acquiring two big pieces to help push the Avs toward a Stanley Cup. On this season preview, DNVR breaks down how Brandon Saad and Devon Toews fit into the Avs lineup. https://youtu.be/npG6Q51HsSI
The Avs have a number of young talented players trying to carve out an NHL role fore themselves coming into this season. Will Bowen Byram make the roster out of camp? Will Martin Kaut find his way to consistent playing time? These questions and many more answered on the Rookie Season Preview. https://youtu.be/Mj4h12YuFp4
The Avs are sporting what could be considered the best defense in Avalanche history coming into this season. With talent that was regularly seen on the top pair just a few short years ago, the depth of the defense is work diving into. https://youtu.be/qte_yb6FCiM
When the Colorado Avalanche released their training camp roster on Saturday, there were very few surprises. No PTOs, no deals signed we hadn’t heard about, no shenanigans of any sort. Yet, at the very top sporting the new number four was Bowen Byram. Given he’s arguably the best defenseman in the world not currently in the NHL, it wasn’t a…...