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It’s the middle of Summer, and hockey season is still months away. It’s that time in the offseason where so many get so bored while waiting that we can’t help but speculate on the future of the sport. To help keep us occupied, many game developers like EA Sports take the time to show off […]

The Colorado Avalanche have already made some shrewd moves this offseason, putting themselves in a great position to compete for another Stanley Cup after winning hockey’s ultimate prize in 2022. Although they traded Alex Newhook to the Montreal Canadiens and lost JT Compher to free agency, GM Chris MacFarland added Ryan Johansen and Ross Colton […]

The Florida Panthers made a key addition in free agency on Sunday after a recent trade, adding forward Evan Rodrigues on a four-year contract. The deal has an average annual value of $3 million, per NHL insider Elliotte Friedman. Rodrigues spent this past season with the Colorado Avalanche after a career year with the Pittsburgh […]

The Colorado Avalanche are going to try to get back to the form that led them to the Stanley Cup in 2022, and one of the moves they have made should make Nathan MacKinnon quite happy. They have reportedly agreed to a one-year deal Jonathan Drouin. Hearing #GoAvsGo are reuniting Nathan MacKinnon with old Halifax […]

As free agency gets underway in the NHL Saturday, Colorado Avalanche general manager Joe Sakic would love to see his team return to elite status in the league. The Avs won the Stanley Cup in 2022, but the team never found its way during the most recently concluded season. The Avalanche ended up winning the […]

Although there was some hope in the Colorado Avalanche camp that the team might be able to re-sign pending unrestricted free agent JT Compher, that no longer seems to be the case after The Athletic’s Peter Baugh reported on Wednesday that the 28-year-old will move on from the team and go to market on July […]

The 2023 NHL Draft begins Wednesday night in Nashville, Tennessee and fans of the NHL’s most popular teams will be waiting to see who their squad selects in the first round. It is now time to continue our NHL Draft odds series with draft predictions and picks for popular teams. Some of the most popular […]

The Colorado Avalanche did not have the defense to their 2022 Stanley Cup victory that they were likely hoping for, as they ended up crashing out of the 2023 Stanley Cup Playoffs in their first round series with the Seattle Kraken. As a result, the Avs have been very busy to start the offseason, and […]

The Montreal Canadiens are trying to build themselves back up into a Stanley Cup contender, and have been busy at work early on in the NHL offseason. That continued on Tuesday afternoon, when they pulled off a deal with the Colorado Avalanche for Alex Newhook, sending over a first and second-round pick in the 2023 […]

The Colorado Avalanche have found their second-line centre in the form of Ryan Johansen, after completing a trade that will send Alex Galchenyuk back to the Nashville Predators, the teams announced on Saturday. “Ryan is a talented, veteran center who helps our top six,” Avalanche general manager Chris MacFarland said, according to NHL.com. “He gives […]

Stanley Cup champion and longest-serving Colorado Avalanche skater Erik Johnson has informed the team he likely won’t re-sign and plans to test free agency on Jul. 1, The Athletic’s Peter Baugh reported on Thursday. Johnson will become an unrestricted free agent and can sign a contract with whatever team he wishes for 2023-24 and beyond. […]

Colorado Avalanche captain Gabriel Landeskog will miss the entire 2023-24 season while rehabbing right knee surgery, and a few of the exercises shared on his Instagram over the weekend include impressive underwater movements. The Swedish star shared some video clips from the rehab program after cartilage replacement surgery on his right knee back in May, […]

The Toronto Maple Leafs finally won a playoff series this season, their first since 2004. Fans and the team alike buzzed with anticipation for the deep run to come. However, that run never came. The Maple Leafs were pushed aside by the Florida Panthers. Florida nearly swept the Maple Leafs, but dominated throughout nonetheless. In […]

The 2022-23 NHL season has officially come to a close with the Vegas Golden Knights winning their first Stanley Cup in franchise history. As the offseason officially begins, 31 other franchises now have the task of getting to Vegas’ level. And there’s no team that’s more true for than the Toronto Maple Leafs. Despite Toronto […]

Former legendary goaltender Patrick Roy just coached the Quebec Remparts to a Memorial Cup championship as the top team in junior hockey, but he admitted he’s had a tough time finding an NHL coaching gig after the way he left the Colorado Avalanche in 2016. “It’s hard for me to get a job because of […]

Colorado Avalanche forward Valeri Nichushkin will be eligible to return to the team and is expected to be in attendance at training camp in the fall, The Athletic’s Peter Baugh reported on Friday. It’s been six weeks since Avalanche team employees found an intoxicated woman in the Russian’s hotel room during the team’s first-round series […]

Last June, Colorado Avalanche captain Gabriel Landeskog was on top of the hockey world, leading his club to the franchise’s first Stanley Cup championship since 2001. The Swedish star hasn’t played a hockey game since. After missing the entire 2022-23 season and Stanley Cup Playoffs due to right knee surgery, the 30-year-old received an absolutely […]

Colorado Avalanche right wing Valeri Nichushkin is in hot water for an encounter he had with a woman in a Seattle hotel. The woman was found in a hotel room that Nichushkin was staying in, and recent audio of a 911 call reporting the incident sheds more light on what happened, reports the Seattle Times’ […]

Cale Makar was the single best player in the 2022 Stanley Cup Playoffs, winning the Conn Smythe trophy as postseason MVP and leading the Colorado Avalanche to their first championship since 2001. He scored 29 points in 20 games to help the Avs clinch the Stanley Cup and proved he’s the best defenseman on the […]

The Colorado Avalanche won’t be back-to-back Stanley Cup Champions, following a surprising first round loss to the Seattle Kraken. The series wrapped up Sunday night, with the Avalanche falling 2-1 in Game 7 on home ice. It marks the first time in five years the Avalanche didn’t get past the opening round of the playoffs. […]

It was quite a night of upsets in the National Hockey League on Sunday, as both the President’s Trophy winning Boston Bruins and Jared Bednar’s Stanley Cup defending Colorado Avalanche were stunned in their respective Game 7s. Bednar gave credit where credit is due after a disappointing 2-1 loss to the Seattle Kraken in front […]

The Seattle Kraken have advanced to the second round of the Stanley Cup Playoffs. Seattle took down the defending champion Colorado Avalanche in Game 7 to punch their ticket forward. In the process, the Kraken have made a bit of NHL history. They are the first team to win their first-ever playoff series against a […]

The Seattle Kraken have done it. In a historic upset, the Kraken have eliminated the defending Stanley Cup champion Colorado Avalanche. The NHL’s youngest franchise has its first taste of playoff success. Seattle’s victory ensures we will not have back-to-back Stanley Cup champions since 2018 and 2019. Furthermore, it ensures we won’t have the defending […]

The Colorado Avalanche are gearing up for their huge Game 7 matchup against the Seattle Kraken on Sunday night, but they are going to have to find a way to overcome the loss of Andrew Cogliano if they want to win. Cogliano suffered a vicious hit from Jordan Eberle in the Avs Game 6 win, […]

Seattle Kraken forward Jordan Eberle has avoided a suspension from the NHL’s Department of Player Safety after running Colorado Avalanche’s Andrew Cogliano into the boards from behind in Friday night’s 4-1 loss at Climate Pledge Arena. Cogliano was injured on the play, heading straight down the tunnel after the check while Eberle received only a […]

The Seattle Kraken and the Colorado Avalanche will battle in an epic Game 7 showdown in the first-round series. We are in Colorado, sharing our NHL odds series, making a Kraken-Avalanche Game 7 prediction and pick while showing you how to watch. The Avalanche defeated the Kraken 4-1 in Game 6 to force an epic […]

The Colorado Avalanche find themselves in a do-or-die Game 6 on Friday night in a series they were heavily favored to win against the Seattle Kraken — and they remain without Valeri Nichushkin, who has been away from the team since an altercation with a woman in a  Seattle hotel room over the weekend. More […]

The defending Stanley Cup champion Colorado Avalanche will attempt to stay alive as they face the Seattle Kraken in Game 6 of the first-round series. We’re in Seattle, sharing our NHL odds series, making an Avalanche-Kraken Game 6 prediction and pick while showing you how to watch. The Kraken defeated the Avalanche 3-2 at Ball […]

Jared Bednar knows what it feels like to be at the highest peak of being a head coach in the NHL. After all, he steered the Colorado Avalanche to a Stanley Cup title in the 2021-22 season. This time, though, he and the Avs are on the brink of elimination right in the very first […]

The Colorado Avalanche are the defending Stanley Cup champions. However, their title defense could end prematurely at the hands of the Seattle Kraken on Friday. Game 5 of the Stanley Cup Playoffs ended with Colorado on the losing end of a 3-2 score. And as with many other games this postseason, the Avalanche’s loss comes […]

This exhilarating series is all tied up at two games apiece, as Game 5 in Denver has officially arrived between the Seattle Kraken and the defending champion Colorado Avalanche. It is time to check out our NHL odds series where our Kraken-Avalanche prediction and pick will be revealed. Trailing 2-1 in the series entering Monday night, […]

Colorado Avalanche defenseman Cale Makar has been suspended for one playoff game due to his interference penalty against Seattle Kraken forward Jared McCann, the NHL Department of Player Safety announced. Cale Makar’s hit on McCann came in the first period of the game. He was initially assessed a major penalty, but it was eventually reviewed […]

The Colorado Avalanche could be without one of the game’s best defenseman for a pivotal Game 5 as Cale Makar will have a hearing with the NHL’s Department of Player Safety for a late hit on Seattle Kraken forward Jared McCann on Monday night. “Colorado’s Cale Makar will have a hearing today for Interference against […]

Colorado Avalanche star Cale Makar is finding himself in some hot water following Colorado’s Game 4 loss to the Seattle Kraken. Makar delivered a controversial hit on Seattle’s Jared McCann, which could have a huge effect on the rest of the Stanley Cup Playoff series. After the game, Makar defended himself and the hit. “I […]

It might be the first ever playoff series for the Seattle Kraken, but that doesn’t mean they should be taken lightly — not at all, according to Colorado Avalanche superstar Nathan MacKinnon. “It’s a really great team. This is definitely the hardest first round I’ve been in, I think,” MacKinnon said when asked for his […]

The Colorado Avalanche look to take a commanding 3-1 series lead as they face the Seattle Kraken in Game 4 of the first-round matchup. We are in Seattle, sharing our NHL odds series, making an Avalanche-Kraken Game 4 prediction and pick while showing you how to watch. The Avalanche defeated the Kraken 6-4 in a […]

The defending Stanley Cup Champion Colorado Avalanche find themselves tied a one in their series against the Seattle Kraken. It’s time to continue our NHL odds series with a game three Avalanche-Kraken prediction, pick, and how-to-watch. In both games, the Avalanche have gone down early. In game one, Eeli Tolvanen scored just 3:26 into the […]

The Seattle Kraken have a 1-0 lead heading into game two against the Colorado Avalanche. This game will continue our NHL odds series as we give out a Kraken-Avalanche prediction and pick. Game one of this series was surprsingly low scoring. Eeli Tolvanen opened up the scoring in the first period for the Kraken. Top […]

Seattle Kraken goaltender Phillip Grubauer played three seasons for the Colorado Avalanche, but arguably saved his best performance for the other end of the crease, leading his new team to a Game 1 victory in Denver on Tuesday night — and Avs forward Nathan MacKinnon was not happy about it. “Nothing,” the Colorado forward said […]