Tag: Macfarland
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The Lehkonen dilemma, Brindley’s plan and center depth | Avalanche mailbag
Welcome to Evan’s mailbag, where each week Avalanche reporter Evan Rawal answers all your Avalanche- and hockey-related questions. Mailbag questions can be sent to evan.rawal@gazette.com. Do you think they’ll be able to afford Artturi Lehkonen? A lot of Lehkonen questions, which makes sense. With the Cale Makar extension done, Lehkonen is the next big name…
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Avalanche players and storylines to watch when training camp opens Sept. 17 | NHL Insider
Green Day’s Billie Joe Armstrong got it wrong. For hockey fans, it’s “Wake me up when September starts.” Training camp for the Avalanche begins in two weeks, and with the arrival of September, hockey fans are waking up. Although the richest deal in NHL history helped the final few days of August pass by, the…
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Can NHL maintain momentum from Olympics, Stanley Cup playoffs? | Evan’s take
All is quiet on the Avalanche front. With Joe Sakic out of town and not addressing media until Thursday, there’s not much happening in Colorado. Outside of a brief statement it released last week in regard to Chris MacFarland leaving for Nashville, the franchise has been silent since its season came to an abrupt end…
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What now for the Colorado Avalanche as Chris MacFarland departs? | Evan’s take
Joe Sakic is once again the general manager of the Avalanche. Don’t expect that title to stick. With general manager Chris MacFarland departing for a promotion with the Nashville Predators on Tuesday, Sakic is back in the GM saddle — for now. “(Avalanche President) Joe Sakic will resume the general manager duties for the foreseeable…
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Avalanche GM Chris MacFarland leaves organization for Nashville Predators, Joe Sakic takes over in interim
Chris MacFarland is headed to a division rival. The Nashville Predators on Tuesday announced they have hired MacFarland to be their president of hockey operations and general manager. MacFarland leaves the Avalanche after being the general manager for the past four seasons. In the immediate, Joe Sakic will resume general manager duties for the Avalanche.…
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Gabriel Landeskog looks like old self as Avalanche thrive with captain in lineup | Evan’s take
ANAHEIM — Gabriel Landeskog’s teammates, coach and general manager love where his game is at. Landeskog himself is not satisfied. “I got some stuff to work on, and it’s a work in progress, as it always is,” Landeskog said earlier this week. “Nobody’s a finished product ever. (Just) continue to work, and I’ve felt pretty…
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Avalanche show ‘trust’ in Martin Necas, confident he will repay them for $92 million extension | NHL Insider
Let’s get one thing straight. Martin Necas was never unhappy in Denver. “There’s so much stuff I see out there that’s not true,” Necas told The Gazette earlier this month in regards to the rumors about him last summer. That being said, everyone wants to feel the love every once in a while — Necas…