Tag: Nicolas Roy
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Game 1 starter, playoff ‘X’ factor and best first-round matchup | 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. I told myself no power-play questions due to the Avalanche’s improvement since the Olympic break, but… Will our power play return to scaring the “living daylights” out of our opponents? Or at this…
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Avalanche’s Nicolas Roy adds ‘long, strong’ nasty to forward group
Jared Bednar’s favorite way of describing a big player could be “long, strong.” It’s an appropriate description for new Avalanche forward Nicolas Roy. Roy, who on Thursday was acquired from the Toronto Maple Leafs for first- and fifth-round draft picks, immediately stepped into the Avalanche lineup in Dallas on Friday. He had played for a…
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Avalanche get bigger down the middle, acquire center Nicolas Roy from Toronto
ANAHEIM — The Colorado Avalanche just got even bigger down the middle. The Avalanche on Thursday said they acquired veteran center Nicolas Roy from the Toronto Maple Leafs. He did not come cheaply, as the Avalanche are sending a conditional 2027 first-round pick to Toronto and a conditional 2026 fifth-round pick. The 2027 first-round pick…