July 1, 2019. A day that forever changed the trajectory of the Avalanche and Maple Leafs alike. Tyson Barrie and Alex Kerfoot were shipped to Toronto in exchange for Nazem Kadri and Calle Rosén. Both Joe Sakic and Kyle Dubas surrendered cornerstone assets in exchange for much-needed role players. On Saturday night, we saw the results of that trade come…...

The two best Avs and an ex Av from tonight’s loss to the Toronto Maple Leafs https://youtu.be/qxa_tPZ8ln4

The Cale Makar hype train is leaving the station. Conductor Joe Sakic asks you to take your seats and hold onto something. This is going to be a wild ride. Sakic and company dealt Tyson Barrie to the Toronto Maple Leafs on July 1, effectively doubling down on their confidence in the NHL newbie. Following this move, the expectations for…...

I was browsing the internet the other day when I stumbled across a picture from the set of the third installment of the Bill & Ted movie franchise. Seeing them walk away from their time-traveling phone booth had me waxing nostalgic about when I moved back to Colorado in 2009 and was watching the first two movies a lot.…...

This hypothetical is sounding more like a reality every minute with rumors flying regarding his destination. Tyson Barrie is coming off his best National Hockey League season in which he notched 14 goals and 45 assists, combining for a career-high 59 points. He was the seventh-highest point-producing defenseman in the league, he set the franchise record for most all-time goals…...

SAN JOSE, Calif. – From an Avalanche perspective, the record is 2-15-6. From a San Jose Sharks perspective, the record is 21-2-0. Either way for the Avs, the record stinks like a dead skunk in the middle of the road. The Avs have won two games at the SAP Center, formerly H-P Pavilion, formerly the San Jose Arena, since March…...

Colin Wilson is like the vast majority of hockey players in that he takes a nap before every game he plays. Unlike most hockey players, before and after every nap Wilson puts a metallic headband around his head, with an external wire connected to an app called Muse on his smartphone. To the manufactured sounds of rain falling in a…...

A 2-0 deficit after one period, boos from the fans. Wow, did that all change in a hurry tonight eh? Let’s get to the grades: Derick Brassard (C+) – Not his best game ever, but he finished a plus-1. Only played 12:46. Nathan MacKinnon (A) – He got the comeback party started with a great goal, his 40th. He split…...

Andrew Agozzino (B) – I loved Agozzino tonight. Not a ton happened with him out there but he was feisty and stepped to Colin Miller twice when Miller tried to give him some business. He wasn’t having it and even laid a fool out for good measure. Colorado’s fourth line was humming tonight. Sven Andrighetto (B) – Andrighetto, too. He transformed into…...

It’s all about the long game. In their season-long question to have their cake and eat it, too, the Avalanche pulled off the double dip perfectly. With the Ottawa Senators sneaking a point against the New York Islanders tonight, the Sens moved to within just three points of the Detroit Red Wings for last place in the NHL. With the…...

CALIFORNIA – Remember last Saturday? No? Let me rewind: That day, the Colorado Avalanche went into Nashville and shut out the Predators 5-0, not even 17 hours after they’d gone in to Chicago and beaten the Blackhawks in their barn. The Avs played aggressive, smart, team hockey, with a roster specked with some youngsters who really helped add to the cause.…...

When you’ve lost seven games in a row, there aren’t really any positives you can take into the eighth game that don’t sound hollow or meaningful. The Avalanche went out and had the kind of first period they really needed to have. Sure, there were some mistakes but asking a team to play mistake-free is asking a team not to…...

ARLINGTON, Va. – Hello from the Old Dominion (that’s the official nickname of Virginia), where the Avs had a practice today. I’ve got four pieces of uncut audio for your listening pleasure. I would say the Avs had an upbeat practice here. No, there aren’t tons of laughs and jokes around the team right now, but I think the attitude was…...

Inside the Avalanche's plan to turn things around

Joe Sakic said it Tuesday night: He’s been talking with fellow NHL general managers for “three, four weeks now” about potential trades to better his sputtering Colorado Avalanche hockey club. Off limits, however, are any of his top prospects and/or upcoming “high draft picks.” There are 19 days until the trade deadline. Here are my thoughts on who is the…...

Tyson Barrie completed his seventh NHL season in 2017-18, all so far with the Avalanche. Despite being one of the most tenured players on the team, the defenseman is still just 26. OVERVIEW Among NHL defensemen who posted 50 or more points this past season, only Ottawa’s Erik Karlsson had a better points-per-game average than Tyson Barrie’s 0.84 (Karlsson’s was…...

The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly breaks down the Colorado Avalanche end of season progress.

NASHVILLE, Tenn. – Here is your uncut locker-room audio from today at Bridgestone Arena. Some reflection from Tyson Barrie on the hit from Johansen, Sven Andrighetto on what the team needs to do to win Game 2 and Jonathan Bernier on what he thinks of those chants by the Nashville home crowd: Barrie:...

Tyson Barrie upset over no discipline for Nashville's Ryan Johansen