Tag: nhl
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Chaotic summer of expensive contracts, CBA changes could impact Cale Makar extension | NHL Insider
A year later than expected, the dam has fully broken in terms of salaries for elite NHL players. It’s difficult to believe that won’t have an impact on Cale Makar’s next deal with the Avalanche, an extension fans are eagerly waiting to be announced. There’s no reason to panic about whether it will get done…
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Ross Colton excited for new opportunity, holds no grudges after Avalanche traded him
Ross Colton is still trying to figure out what the heck happened to the Avalanche in a span of six days in late May. Being swept out of the Western Conference final was not on Colorado’s bingo card. “It really didn’t sink in I’d say until I got home with how quick it ended,” Colton…
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Grading the offseason moves from the Colorado Avalanche | NHL Insider
The overwhelming consensus from Avalanche fans on their team’s offseason? Eh. Summer plans for the Avalanche changed the moment Nazem Kadri was acquired directly before the trade deadline in March. Bringing in a forward carrying a cap hit of $5.6 million for the following three seasons has repercussions. Those repercussions were felt in late June…
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Winter Classic, September opener highlight Avalanche’s full schedule for 2026-27 season
Mark your hockey calendars, and don’t forget to add two more games. The NHL on Thursday released the full schedule for the 2026-27 season. The Avalanche open theirs Sept. 30 at home against the Los Angeles Kings and close it April 10 at home against the Minnesota Wild. One highlight is the Winter Classic between…
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Avalanche to open new 84-game season at home vs. Los Angeles Kings in September
Regular-season hockey is coming to September. The NHL said Wednesday the Avalanche will open their 2026-27 season at Ball Arena on Sept. 30 against the Los Angeles Kings at 8 p.m. The matchup is the nightcap of a doubleheader on TNT with the first game featuring the Flyers vs. the Penguins. It will be the…
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Bringing in Patrick Kane, Fabian Lysell’s role and surprise contributors | 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. The Avalanche were linked to Patrick Kane. What are your thoughts on bringing him in for one year? This isn’t the first time the Avalanche have been linked to Kane. When the former…
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Avalanche enter summer deep in net as elite goaltender sits on trade market | NHL Insider
Joe Sakic wouldn’t be doing his job if he didn’t at least make a call, right? “I had a couple teams say to me they wondered if Colorado took a shot at Connor Hellebuyck,” NHL insider Elliotte Friedman said on the “32 Thoughts” podcast. Hellebuyck, the best goaltender in the NHL, hasn’t explicitly asked for…
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Central teams get aggressive as grip at top of division loosens for Avalanche | NHL Insider
The NHL is a funny league. No one would argue that the two best divisions in hockey are the Central and Atlantic. There are high-end teams in each, but there is also depth. And yet, at the end of this season, no team from either of those divisions represented their conference at the Stanley Cup…
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Avalanche restock prospect pool with 9 selections, make minor trade during NHL draft
Nick Pryor, the director of amateur scouting for the Colorado Avalanche, was a heck of a lot busier this weekend than he was during last year’s NHL draft. The Avalanche entered the day with 10 selections, which would have been the most they’d made since the league went to a seven-round draft. They traded two…
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Avalanche release preseason schedule for 2026-27 season
Preseason will look a little different for the Avalanche and the rest of the NHL next season, and now we know when it will start. The Avalanche on Monday released their four-game preseason schedule for the 2026-27 season, when they will play home-and-home series against both the Utah Mammoth and Winnipeg Jets. This is the…