In 1982, the Colorado Rockies left for New Jersey meaning there would be no NHL hockey in Denver for another 13 years. In 1995, the Quebec Nordiques moved west and became the Colorado Avalanche. In the 19 seasons since that move, the Avalanche have gone from envy of the hockey world to rebuilding bottom feeder. […]

In little more than a month training camp will begin for the Colorado Avalanche. The organization will be looking for a better season than last year, and that will mean putting on the ice a group of players that can get Colorado back to the playoffs. There will be new faces at this year’s camp, […]

It’s been a good summer in the Mile High City. General Manager Joe Sakic has done just about everything he needed to do to improve the Avalanche. Sakic has addressed team needs in multiple areas, from defense to the salary cap. The big trade he pulled at the NHL draft, in particular, was a big […]

For all the talent that Colorado had last season in their forward core, their power play was mostly ineffective. Newly departed players like Ryan O’Reilly and Jamie McGinn were some of the Colorado’s better power play specialists. They’ve left, but they’ve been replaced by the likes of Carl Soderberg, and Mikhail Grigorenko. Colorado had the 29th ranked […]

The Colorado Avalanche are learning. Last off-season was a disaster for general manager Joe Sakic and company. Paul Stastny left town for nothing, and almost nothing was done to fix […]

Ryan O’Reilly is as good as gone. It’s unlikely that Colorado’s young center puts on the burgundy sweater come October. The acquisition of Carl Soderberg has sealed O’Reilly’s fate. General […]

As the summer heats up, and the playoffs begins to wind down all eyes turn to the 2015-16 season. But before all 30 teams are back on the ice in […]

The Colorado Avalanche don’t have a very good defense. In fact you could say it’s bad. Lucky for the Avalanche, they have a top 10 pick in the 2015 NHL […]

On December 9th the Colorado Avalanche fell to the Nashville Predators 3-0. Their record following that game was 9-13-6. Since that game Colorado has gone 10-4-4, and have played a […]

It’s Ironic that the sole representative from the Colorado Avalanche headed to the All-Star Game is a defenseman, not a forward. Erik Johnson, arguably Colorado’s best player in the first […]

Recently it seems like there has been a revolving door between Cleveland and Denver. Recent calls ups for the Colorado Avalanche have included Andrew Agozzino, Tomas Vincour, Michael Sgarbossa, Paul Carey, […]

One of the hallmarks of Patrick Roy’s first year was his approach to defensive zone coverage. While most teams play zone while 5 on 5, Patrick Roy opted to go […]

During last night’s game in Ottawa Altitude Television commentators Mike Haynes and  Peter McNab joked that if Calvin Pickard would have been injured the only option left for the Colorado Avalanche […]