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The Colorado Avalanche’s only hope is that their moves earlier in the season don’t return to haunt them in the Stanley Cup Playoffs. General manager Chris MacFarland was in a tough spot in the middle of this season. Longtime star Mikko Rantanen’s contract expires at the end of this season, and MacFarland feared they’d lose […]

The Colorado Avalanche faced the Toronto Maple Leafs on Wednesday night in Toronto. Colorado got the better of their Canadian opponent the last time the teams faced back on March 8th. However, history would not repeat itself this time around. Nathan MacKinnon and the Avalanche lost to the Maple Leafs on Wednesday by a score […]

The Colorado Avalanche are still getting used to their new-look roster after a very busy trade deadline, and of course that will come with some growing pains. The Avalanche got the trade season started early when they trades star winger Mikko Rantanen to the Carolina Hurricanes back win January. By the time they were done […]

The Colorado Avalanche extended their winning streak to six games with a 3-0 win over the Chicago Blackhawks on Monday. It also was the last matchup in a six-game homestand as the Avalanche now hit the road for two games. During the game, Nathan MacKinnon had a pair of points and assists, which led to […]

The Colorado Avalanche are in a good position in the Stanley Cup Playoff race. Colorado made massive moves at the 2o25 NHL Trade Deadline, including a blockbuster trade for Brock Nelson with the New York Islanders. They loaded up for the postseason push ahead. And any team led by Nathan MacKinnon is a team that […]

The Colorado Avalanche didn’t wait until the NHL Trade Deadline to start mixing up their team. It began early in the season when they acquired MacKenzie Blackwood as their starter and Scott Wedgewood to be his backup. Then, it continued in the 4 Nations break, when they traded longtime star Mikko Rantanen to the Carolina […]

Team Canada will be facing significant pressure when it takes the ice at TD Garden for its Monday afternoon game against Team Finland. Connor McDavid and his teammates are trying to earn a spot in the 4 Nations Face-Off championship game against Team USA, and the Canadians will have to beat Finland in regulation time […]

The 4 Nations Face-Off kicked off on Wednesday night with an overtime thriller. Team Canada beat Team Sweden 4-3 in overtime in Montreal on Wednesday night to start the tournament. After the game, Canada forward Nathan MacKinnon had some thoughts on the ten-minute, three-on-three overtime. TSN’s Pierre LeBrun caught up with the Colorado Avalanche star […]

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 […]

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 […]

In what turned out to be the closest Heisman Trophy race in fifteen years, Colorado Buffaloes two-way star Travis Hunter edged out Boise State running back Ashton Jeanty to win the most prestigious award in college sports on Saturday night, capping off a tremendous junior season that will likely catapult Hunter to NFL stardom. Hunter’s Heisman […]

The National Hockey League is often driven by the play of its stars. While there is no star brighter than Connor McDavid of the Edmonton Oilers, perhaps no team has a greater collection of superstars than the Colorado Avalanche. Begin with the speed and power of Nathan MacKinnon, who can dominate any game when he […]

The Colorado Avalanche got off to a shaky start to the 2024-25 season. They responded to that move by making two goalie trades just a few days apart, re-setting the position. Now, Mackenzie Blackwood and Scott Wedgewood will play goalie for the team. Those moves were made because their offense always shows up to play. […]

As part of the 2023-24 NBA MVP award presentation for Denver Nuggets star Nikola Jokic, Nathan MacKinnon of the Colorado Avalanche presented Jokic with the trophy. This comes after Jokic presented MacKinnon with the 2024 Hart Memorial Trophy, the NHL’s award for most valuable player, two weeks ago. Nathan MacKinnon returned the favor by presenting Nikola […]

Once again, the Colorado Avalanche enter the 2024-25 season as one of the Western Conference’s top teams. Only two years removed from a Stanley Cup win, the Avalanche roster features some of the game’s top stars. There’s an argument to be made that Cale Makar, Nathan MacKinnon and Mikko Rantanen represent three of the NHL’s […]

Chicago Blackhawks star forward Connor Bedard snagged a well-deserved Calder Trophy at the NHL Awards on Friday night — but he wasn’t the big winner of the evening. That title belongs to Nathan MacKinnon, who finally captured his first Hart Trophy as league MVP after a terrific 2023-24 campaign. The Colorado Avalanche superstar also took […]

Nathan MacKinnon from the Colorado Avalanche emerged as the standout at the NHL awards ceremony on Thursday, claiming both the Hart Memorial Trophy for league MVP and the Ted Lindsay Award for the NHL Players Association’s top player. He began the season with a 35-game point streak at home, ranking second all-time behind only Wayne […]

The Colorado Avalanche stayed alive for at least another 48 hours after a critical 5-3 win over the Dallas Stars in Game 5 of their Western Conference second-round series at the American Airlines Center on Wednesday night. With their season on the line, superstar defenseman Cale Makar stepped up and scored two goals — including […]

The city of Denver is one of the few cities with two pro sports teams in their respective playoffs right now. The Denver Nuggets are currently in the NBA’s Western Conference Semi-Finals. The Colorado Avalanche are also in the second round of the NHL playoffs. Both the Nuggets and Avalanche have been consistently good teams […]

The Colorado Avalanche stole home-ice advantage from the Winnipeg Jets after winning Game 2 in Manitoba, but they needed to capture Game 3 at Ball Arena on Friday night to keep it. And led by Nathan MacKinnon, that’s exactly what the Avs did, scoring five unanswered goals to beat the Jets and open up a […]

Nathan MacKinnon quickly made history last night as his Avalanche got off to a hot start in a 5-1 beatdown of the Oilers. The Avalanche scored four goals in the first period, two of which came from Valeri Nichushkin. Nathan MacKinnon had two assists on those goals, and that helped him achieve a franchise record. […]

The 2023-24 season is becoming a remarkable year in terms of hockey achievement and the numbers that the top players are putting on the board. While nobody is approaching the level of peak Wayne Gretzky and Mario Lemieux, the foursome of Nathan MacKinnon, Nikita Kucherov, Connor McDavid and Auston Matthews are all making great arguments […]

Scoring 50 goals in a single NHL season is quite an accomplishment for a player. Doing it for the first time – in the middle of a hat trick no less – is even more special. Nathan MacKinnon knows what that feels like after his latest stellar performance in a 5-2 Colorado Avalanche win over […]

The Colorado Avalanche crushed the Dallas Stars in Denver on Tuesday night, and like he’s been for so much of the 2023-24 campaign, Nathan MacKinnon was the focal point. The Hart Trophy contender scored a goal and an assist in a 5-1 Avs win at Ball Arena, increasing his home point streak to 29 games. […]

The Colorado Avalanche are playing this season just like their name suggests. The club is finding that they have one of the hottest offenses in the NHL, and are causing an avalanche when it comes to scoring goals. As the second half of the NHL season approaches, it is time to take a look at […]

The first semi-final of the NHL All-Star game starts with Team MacKinnon facing off with Team McDavid. It is time to continue our NHL odds series with an NHL All-Star Semi-final Team MacKinnon-Team McDavid prediction, pick, and how-to-watch. On Thursday Night, the NHL All-Star draft took place, with each team making their selections. Team MacKinnon, […]

Nathan MacKinnon is putting together an almost unflappable Hart Trophy case with the 2023-24 Colorado Avalanche, and the superstar added an incredible feat to an NHL-best season on Wednesday night. MacKinnon scored four times in a 6-2 rout of the Washington Capitals at home, and in the process, became the first player since 2007-08 to […]

Last season, Edmonton Oilers superstar Connor McDavid ran away with the Hart Memorial Trophy as he rightfully earned NHL MVP honors with a 153-point season. Things are a little different this season and McDavid has plenty of competition to retain the MVP. Perhaps no player is set up to give the three-time Hart Trophy winner […]

The Colorado Avalanche could be one of the only teams to send three players to the 2024 NHL All-Star Game in Toronto in February. Nathan MacKinnon, Mikko Rantanen and Cale Makar have been just that good this season. MacKinnon has been especially prolific, and he tallied three points in a 5-4 overtime win against the […]

Connor Bedard and his Chicago Blackhawks were shut out the first time they played Nathan MacKinnon’s Colorado Avalanche this season, and the 18-year-old star will be looking for a better result at home on Tuesday night. The Hawks will play three games before the Christmas break, and the first one will be a rematch with […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

The Colorado Avalanche haven’t been as sharp as they have in previous seasons. However, they could take a huge step in turning things around as star forward Nathan MacKinnon is close to returning. The Avalanche star missed the last 11 games with an injury. However, he could return to the lineup on Saturday against the […]

The Colorado Avalanche are dealing with a litany of injuries, and things don’t figure to get much better following the latest update from Jared Bednar. In what an optimist would describe as a mixed bag of injury updates, Bednar revealed that Nathan MacKinnon is skating again, before indicating that he didn’t have such positive news […]

The Colorado Avalanche are dealing with a multitude of injuries to key players, and things only got worse during Monday night’s loss against the Philadelphia Flyers. Superstar center Nathan MacKinnon left in the first period of the game after picking up an injury and did not return to the contest. On Tuesday, Jared Bednar provided […]

The Colorado Avalanche locked up forward Nathan MacKinnon to an eight-year contract extension just before the start of the season. The deal carries a $12.6 million cap hit, which will make him the league’s highest-paid player. He’s currently in the final season of a deal which carries a $6.3 million cap hit, with the new […]

The Colorado Avalanche are coming off a Stanley Cup-winning campaign and will be looking to repeat as champions during the 2022-23 NHL season. In order to do that, they’ll need their star players to be at their best, and that starts first and foremost with Nathan MacKinnon. After signing a brand new contract extension to […]

The Colorado Avalanche are looking to repeat as Stanley Cup champions in the 2022-23 NHL season, and early on the indications are that they’ll be among the Cup favorites in 2023. The Avalanche did lose some talent in the offseason, but they’re retaining most of their core players and star power. We’re back with some […]