After a horrific 2012-2013 season the Colorado Avalanche were left with the first overall selection in the 2013 NHL draft.  With this pick they selected forward Nathan MacKinnon from the Halifax Mooseheads. Some believed the Avalanche would have used this first overall pick to bolster its struggling blue line by selecting promising defenceman Seth Jones […]

In the 116 days from the 2015 NHL trade deadline to the first round of the 2015 NHL draft, the Colorado Avalanche cut ties with four players.  All were ranked in the top 16 of the team’s point production last season. Two of these players were involved in trades with eastern conference teams and two […]

On Thursday, the Colorado Avalanche announced a one year contract extension for 23 year old goaltender Calvin Pickard. Pickard experienced his first NHL action during the 2014-2015 season when he played a total of 16 games. Starting goalie Semyon Varlamov missed action during the season with an injured groin which made normal back-up goalie Reto Berra the […]

Colorado Avalanche center John Mitchell finished last season eighth on the team in points with 26, despite only playing in 68 games. Mitchell signed with the Avalanche as a free agent back in 2012 on the same day the Avalanche signed P.A. Parenteau. Parenteau was brought in to play along Matt Duchene like he had […]

The 2014-2015 Colorado Avalanche learned the hard way that a rough start to the season can result in a short season and the same mistake has to be avoided to start this season. To start the 2014-2015 season the Avalanche only won three games during the month of October. The first win was a buzzer beater winner scored […]

Last month the NHL board of governors announced that in the coming season NHL regular season games would feature a 3 on 3 overtime instead of the standard 4 on 4. The purpose of this move is to reduce the number of shootouts that are needed on a day-to-day basis to decide winners of games. When the […]

As the dust settles on the NHL draft and the opening of NHL free agency, it is clear the Colorado Avalanche are going to look noticeably different this coming season. The biggest question mark of the Avalanche roster of the past few seasons has been on the defensive side of the puck and the Avalanche […]

The management of the Colorado Avalanche had a very successful few days leading up to the NHL entry draft and moving into the early hours of free agency. Every off-season, […]

On the eve of the NHL entry draft, the Colorado Avalanche acquired the rights to Carl Soderberg who was set to become an unrestricted free agent. The sixth round pick […]

The Colorado Avalanche signed veteran defenceman Francois Beauchemin within the first 15 minutes of the NHL free agency window on July 1.  The 35-year-old signed a three-year deal worth $13.5 […]

The foreseeable end of Ryan O’Reilly being a member of the Colorado Avalanche came to pass at this years NHL entry draft.  Right after the Buffalo Sabres selected Jack Eichel […]

Every now and then a player in the NHL that went undrafted can explode onto the scene and have all other clubs asking why they passed on him.  When the […]

The Colorado Avalanche have done a wonderful job over the past six years of establishing what is considered its core of young players. In the 2009 NHL entry draft, the […]

The Colorado Avalanche is a team that has built its core primarily through the NHL entry draft. Names like Matt Duchene, Gabriel Landeskog and Nathan MacKinnon are just some of […]

May 23, 2015 was the two year anniversary of the return of Patrick Roy to the Colorado Avalanche.  This stint in Colorado would have Roy behind the bench as the […]

Team Canada dominated Russia in the gold medal game of the IIHF World Championships by a final score of 6-1.  The stacked Canadian team featured NHL stars like Sidney Crosby, […]

Prior to the 2013-2014 season Nick Holden had seven, yes seven, games of NHL experience. When he cracked the Colorado Avalanche lineup for the 2013-2014 season he experienced seven games […]

The Colorado Avalanche is a team on the rise with a young core of speedy forwards and a solid number one goalie in Semyon Varlamov.  As far as the teams […]

At the beginning of the 2013-2014 season the Colorado Avalanche began what was called a new era of Avalanche hockey.  With young players like Matt Duchene, Ryan O’Reilly and first […]

Now that the Colorado Avalanche season has come to a close certain situations from the regular season stand out as highlights for what this team is capable of.  A rough […]