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The Colorado Avalanche stunned the hockey world a little over a week back when they traded Mikko Rantanen to the Carolina Hurricanes. The Mikko Rantanen trade is one of the biggest midseason trades in NHL history. Rantanen has a strong case for being a top-five player in this league. At the very least, he is […]

The St. Louis Blues will head to the Rocky Mountains for a showdown with the Colorado Avalanche. It will be a battle at Ball Arena as we continue our NHL odds series and make a Blues-Avalanche prediction and pick. The Avalanche are 38-36 over the past 74 games. Significantly, the Avs are 8-2 in the […]

The Colorado Avalanche are still trying to shake off the effects of their trade last week. Still, they’ve had the opportunity for plenty of team bonding as they finish a lengthy East Coast road trip with a matchup with the New York Islanders on Tuesday night. Colorado has been on the road since Saturday, which […]

The Carolina Hurricanes and Colorado Avalanche pulled off the trade of the year on Saturday involving Mikko Rantanen. The talented scorer was moved from Colorado to Carolina with free agency pending. While no one saw this trade coming, it was easy to piece together why it happened after the fact, with many assuming negotiations fell […]

When former Colorado Avalanche winger Mikko Rantanen was traded in a shocking 3-team blockbuster, it left many stunned, including Rantanen himself. The former Avalanche winger spent his entire career with the franchise. After being drafted in 2016, he secured an All-Star bid and helped Colorado secure the 2021-22 Stanley Cup Final. As the trade went […]

The Colorado Avalanche traded Mikko Rantanen to the Carolina Hurricanes on Friday night. The Avalanche had discussed a contract extension with Rantanen — a pending free agent — throughout the season. Some reports indicate Rantanen was willing to continue discussions with Colorado to facilitate a deal. In the end, the team decided to move on. […]

The general manager of the Colorado Avalanche wants fans and the NHL to know that his club remains strong, after dealing away Mikko Rantanen. The Avalanche dealt Rantanen on Friday to Carolina, as part of a three-team trade that also involved Chicago. Colorado got some pieces in return, including former Hurricanes Jack Drury and Martin […]

The surprising trade that saw the Colorado Avalanche trade star winger Mikko Rantanen to the Carolina Hurricanes has been met with shock and some level of despair within the Avs’ locker room. Rantanen has twice broken the 100-point mark during his 10 seasons in Colorado, and he has teamed with Nathan MacKinnon and defenseman Cale […]

It seemed like a quiet Friday night in the NHL until Colorado Avalanche general manager Chris MacFarland decided to make a major move by completing a three-way trade with the Carolina Hurricanes and the Chicago Blackhawks. The Avs traded high-scoring winger Mikko Rantanen to the Hurricanes and got Martin Necas back in return. Trade call […]

The Colorado Avalanche will face the New York Rangers on Sunday in Manhattan. It will be a classic at Madison Square Garden as we share our NHL odds series and make an Avalanche-Rangers prediction and pick. The Avalanche have gone 12-10 in the past 22 games against the Rangers. Recently, the Avs defeated the Rangers […]

One of the most consequential trades in recent NHL history was pulled off on Friday night, with several notable players changing locations. The Colorado Avalanche, Carolina Hurricanes and Chicago Blackhawks all combined for a monumental deal that resulted in Mikko Rantanen and Taylor Hall joining the Hurricanes, Martin Necas and Jack Drury (and draft picks) […]

In one of the most notable trades in recent National Hockey League history, the Carolina Hurricanes and Colorado Avalanche got together on an absolute stunner of a deal, while the Chicago Blackhawks were also involved. The full trade is as follows: Hurricanes receive: Mikko Rantanen from Colorado, Taylor Hall from Chicago Avalanche receive: Martin Necas, […]

The Colorado Avalanche stunned the hockey world on Friday night, making one of the biggest blockbuster trades of the 21st century that sent superstar forward Mikko Rantanen to the Carolina Hurricanes. The only logical explanation for the Avs giving up a player of Rantanen’s caliber is that the front office was worried the pending unrestricted […]

The Carolina Hurricanes stunned the world with their trade for Mikko Rantanen on Friday night. Rantanen and the Colorado Avalanche had discussed a contract extension throughout the 2024-25 season. However, no deal came to pass. As a result, the Avalanche decided to deal the pending free agent to the Hurricanes in a three-team deal involving […]

The Colorado Avalanche have sought to sign Mikko Rantanen to a contract extension. However, a deal had not come to pass as the 2025 NHL Trade Deadline crept closer. Many believed Colorado would hold onto Rantanen given their status as a playoff contender. However, Rantanen has shockingly been traded to the Carolina Hurricanes. Rantanen is […]

The Colorado Avalanche will face the Boston Bruins in a Saturday Matinee. It will be a battle at the TD Garden as we share our NHL odds series and make an Avalanche-Bruins prediction and pick. The Avalanche are 13-10 in the past 23 games against the Bruins. However, the Bruins beat the Avalanche 5-3 on […]

Although the Colorado Avalanche have slowly been getting healthier as the 2024-25 National Hockey League season progresses, the roster has been riddled with injury troubles throughout the campaign. Players like Artturi Lehkonen, Ross Colton, Jonathan Drouin and Miles Wood have all missed time with various ailments, while captain Gabriel Landeskog and key forward Valeri Nichushkin […]

The Colorado Avalanche have already been without key forward Valeri Nichushkin for the last 10 games, and the Russian is not close to returning to the lineup. After suffering a setback in his recovery from a lower-body injury, the 29-year-old is now week-to-week, head coach Jared Bednar confirmed on Wednesday. “Any time without Val is […]

If you’re looking for the best game on Wednesday night, you may not need to look further than the Winnipeg Jets visiting the Colorado Avalanche. These two teams have a bitter rivalry dating back to the final games of last season, and they are currently battling for playoff positioning in the Central Division. It’ll be […]

The Columbus Blue Jackets were not supposed to have any kind of success in 2024-25. With unimaginable tragedy hanging like a dark cloud over the franchise, Dean Evason’s team was widely expected to miss the NHL playoffs for a fifth consecutive campaign. Patrik Laine being traded didn’t help the outlook; neither did captain Boone Jenner […]

The Dallas Stars will play the Colorado Avalanche on Saturday. It’s a Western Conference showdown at Ball Arena as we share our NHL odds series and make a Stars-Avalanche prediction and pick. The Avalanche have gone 44-43 in the past 87 games against the Stars. Recently, the Stars defeated the Avalanche 5-3 on November 30, […]

The Colorado Avalanche have been without team captain Gabriel Landeskog since he helped lead them to the Stanley Cup in the spring of 2022. He’s undergone several surgeries and was hopeful to make a return to action at some point in the near future, but those plans were unfortunately put on hold. The good news […]

The Edmonton Oilers will battle the Colorado Avalanche on Thursday night in Denver. It’s a Western Conference showdown at Ball Arena as we share our NHL odds series and make an Oilers-Avalanche prediction and pick. The Avalanche are 27-23 over the past 50 games against the Oilers and 6-3-1 (four overtime wins) over the past […]

The Colorado Avalanche’s season so far has been a tale of two drastically different teams. The early-season goaltending tandem of Alexandar Georgiev and Justus Annunen sank the ship most nights, posting a combined save percentage of .873 to keep the Avs on the outside of the playoff picture, despite solid play from the crease out. […]

The Colorado Avalanche have yet to have forward Valeri Nichuskin in their lineup in the calendar year of 2025. He hasn’t played since their 5-2 win over the Winnipeg Jets on New Year’s Eve. He’s already missed six games, and it doesn’t look like the Avalanche can expect him back any time soon despite initially […]

The New York Rangers are still trying to figure things out, but they have been improving recently. It’ll be another challenging test when they visit the Colorado Avalanche, but it’s a matchup the Rangers have handled well over the past few seasons. The Rangers have won three consecutive games against the Avalanche after a four-game […]

When the Detroit Red Wings fired Derek Lalonde at the end of December, sitting 13-18-4 and near the bottom of the NHL’s Eastern Conference, it looked like another postseason-less spring awaited in Motown. But fast forward two weeks — and seven consecutive victories under new head coach Todd McLellan — and the Wings are just […]

The Colorado Avalanche will battle the Minnesota Wild on Thursday night at the Xcel Energy Center. It’s a Central Division showdown as we share our NHL odds series and make an Avalanche-Wild prediction and pick. The Wild have gone 45-43 over the past 88 games against the Avalanche. This will be the first meeting between […]

It is a Central Division battle as the Colorado Avalanche face the Chicago Blackhawks. It is time to continue our NHL odds series with an Avalanche-Blackhawks prediction and pick. The Avalanche come into the game 25-15-1 on the year and have won seven of the last eight games, while the Avalanche continue to see injuries […]

For the first time in 49 iterations of the IIHF’s World Junior Hockey Championship, the United States of America has gone back-to-back. Teddy Stiga was the overtime hero against Finland on Sunday night, scoring his first goal of the tournament to seal a thrilling 4-3 come-from-behind victory. USA was down 3-1 halfway through the game, […]

The Florida Panthers will battle the Colorado Avalanche on Monday in Denver. Two conference powers collide at Ball Arena as we share our NHL odds series and make a Panthers-Avalanche prediction and pick. The Panthers and Avalanche have split the last 22 games. However, the Avalanche demolished the Panthers 7-4 in Sunsure on November 23, […]

Scott Wedgewood is one half of a completely new-look goaltending tandem for the Colorado Avalanche — but the team will be without the veteran for at least the next couple of weeks, head coach Jared Bednar confirmed on Friday. “He’s still getting evaluated, so I’m guessing it’s going to be week to week,” the bench […]

The Colorado Avalanche will once again be without forward Valeri Nichushkin, but this time due to injury. According to head coach Jared Bednar, Nichuskin won’t be available for the foreseeable future after suffering a lower-body injury and could be absent for up to a week or longer, via TSN. “I don’t think it’s really serious, […]

The Colorado Avalanche have been without captain Gabriel Landeskog since Game Six of the 2022 Stanley Cup Final; he lifted the Stanley Cup at Amalie Arena after their victory over the Tampa Bay Lightning to claim the franchise’s first championship since 2001. Since then, he’s yet to appear in a single regular season or playoff […]

The Buffalo Sabres head to the Mile High City to take on the Colorado Avalanche Thursday night. Check out our NHL odds series as we hand out a Sabres-Avalanche prediction and pick. We will also let you know how to watch the game. Here are the Sabres-Avalanche NHL odds, courtesy of FanDuel.  NHL Odds: Sabres-Avalanche […]

The Winnipeg Jets will be riding high after taking care of business against the Nashville Predators on Monday night. However, it might be difficult for them to travel to Denver to take on the Colorado Avalanche. It isn’t easy to travel to face a top opponent in the second half of a back-to-back, but you […]

With the last Monday of 2024 falling the day before New Year’s Eve, we decided at ClutchPoints to change up the NHL Power Rankings a little bit this time around. Although capturing the week-to-week progress of each team is the usual goal of this exercise, we’re looking at the big picture on the verge of […]

The Florida Panthers are the defending Stanley Cup champions. And the Panthers are having a decent enough time defending their championship in 2024-25. However, things aren’t all sunshine and rainbows in Sunrise, Florida. The team has worked to sign pending free agent Sam Bennett, but nothing has come about. As a result, the Panthers forward […]

Colorado Avalanche superstar Nathan MacKinnon won the Hart Trophy as the NHL’s Most Valuable Player last season, and the Canadian superstar is making a great case to go back-to-back in 2024-25. The 29-year-old became the first player this season to reach 60 points after recording three assists in a 4-1 road victory over the Utah […]