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What potential concerns do the Avalanche face heading into the playoffs? | NHL Insider
Top spot in the West? Secured. Presidents’ Trophy? Done. So that means everything is sunshine, lollipops and rainbows, right? For the most part, yes. There are still some lingering concerns. The Colorado Avalanche are and have been the best team in the NHL from the start of the regular season right until the end. They’ve…
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Avalanche get revenge on Blues, lose Nazem Kadri in 3-1 victory | 5 takeaways
For the first time all season, coach Jared Bednar had his entire arsenal of forward options at his disposal. That lasted about 25 minutes. His team still found a way to get the job done. The Avalanche went into St. Louis and defeated the Blues 3-1 at Enterprise Center, getting some revenge for a loss…
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Nazem Kadri addition gives Avalanche options when building playoff lineup | NHL Insider
If Jared Bednar wants to bring that 2022 mojo back to the Colorado Avalanche, he already has one combination in mind that could do that. His team just has to get healthy first. The Avalanche presently are without four of the eight wingers they’d prefer to dress in the postseason in Ross Colton, Gabriel Landeskog,…
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Nazem Kadri makes immediate impact as Avalanche down Wild 3-2 in playoff-like atmosphere
Leave it to Colorado’s big deadline addition to make the difference in a game that had a playoff-like atmosphere to it. Nazem Kadri picked up an assist on a second-period goal from Nathan MacKinnon as the Avalanche took down the Minnesota Wild in a thrilling game by a score of 3-2 on Sunday at Ball…
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Avalanche the big deadline winner with Kadri — and as other impact centers stay put | NHL Insider
DALLAS — Nazem Kadri was dealt. The other big-name centers on the market were not. It was almost like two victories in one day for the Colorado Avalanche. Or, more like three after they beat the Dallas Stars 5-4 in a shootout hours after the deadline had passed. Not a bad little Friday. In acquiring…
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Chris MacFarland understood the assignment bringing Nazem Kadri back to Avalanche | Evan’s take
DALLAS — Chris MacFarland didn’t completely empty the cupboard, but it’s looking pretty bare right about now. That’s the cost of doing business as a contender in the NHL. “We’re going to leave no stone unturned,” MacFarland said earlier in the week. Every stone was sufficiently turned over ahead of Friday’s NHL trade deadline. As…
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Nazem Kadri returns home as Avalanche reacquire Stanley Cup-winning center
DALLAS — It turns out you can go home again. After multiple reports that the Colorado Avalanche and Calgary Flames couldn’t reach a trade agreement this week, both sides finalized a deal just before Friday’s deadline that brings Nazem Kadri back to the Avalanche. The Calgary Flames will retain 20% of Kadri’s contract, meaning he’ll…
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Brock Nelson ‘a more comfortable player’ for Colorado’s Stanley Cup pursuit | 2025-26 Avalanche Preview
No one in Colorado knows Brock Nelson better than Devon Toews. Toews, the Avalanche defenseman who played with Nelson with the New York Islanders, was in the center’s ear this summer, convincing him to re-sign in Colorado. His persistence paid off when the 34-year-old Nelson signed a three-year deal with the Avalanche back in June.…