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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 Colorado Avalanche have battled through myriad injuries in 2022-23, losing several key players for long periods of time. Reinforcements have been slowly rejoining the ranks, and now the latest Avs star could be on the verge of getting back on the ice on Monday. Ahead of Colorado’s clash with the Detroit Red Wings, 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 have been without star forward Valeri Nichushkin for a couple of weeks now, but it seems as if his injury will keep him out a while longer. On Tuesday, Avs head coach Jared Bednar revealed that Nichushkin will require ankle surgery and figures to miss around another month of action, via Peter […]

Colorado Avalanche star Valeri Nichushkin was the subject of a Russian doping scandal dating back to 2013, but the International Ice Hockey Federation has officially cleared the player of any wrongdoing. Via ESPN, the Russian Hockey Federation announced that the IIHF had dropped all charges against Nichushkin and would not be moving forward with efforts […]

Following their Stanley Cup win, the Colorado Avalanche locked up forward Valeri Nichushkin ahead of free agency last week. Nichushkin’s extension is for eight years and carries a $6.13 million cap hit. The forward is coming off a breakout year offensively, scoring 25 goals and 52 points in 62 games. Below, we take a look […]

The Colorado Avalanche had a few key decisions to make regarding a handful of impending free agents. After making the decision to move on from goaltender Darcy Kuemper, the Avs have managed to lock down one of their key free agents on a massive new deal. According to Pierre LeBrun, the Avalanche have signed Valeri […]

The Colorado Avalanche have already made some key decisions on a few Stanley Cup-winning players from last year’s team, including Nicolas Aube-Kubel and Darcy Kuemper. Among the free agents the Avalanche still have to take care of include star forwards Nazem Kadri and Valeri Nichushkin. According to Pierre LeBrun, contract talks between Nichushkin’s camp and […]

The Colorado Avalanche have finally won the Stanley Cup after a 21-year drought since the last time they hoisted the coveted trophy in 2001. While the players will surely spend the next week, or more, celebrating their hard-fought victory, the front office will be busy plotting out the next steps for the franchise. There are […]

Ahead 3-2 over the Tampa Bay Lightning, the Colorado Avalanche are looking to pull off a win on the road on Sunday and crown themselves Stanley Cup champions. They may have to do so without a key attacker on the ice for Game 6, however, as Valeri Nichushkin has been dealing with a lower-body injury. […]

The Colorado Avalanche are taking the Tampa Bay Lightning to the woodshed in Game 2 of the Stanley Cup Finals, and that’s saying a lot, considering that the Bolts are the reigning and defending two-time NHL champions. But the reality of the situation is simply that the Avs are so far too much to handle […]