Avalanche face unique challenges during uncertain summer
No NHL team has won more regular-season games over the past four seasons than the Colorado Avalanche. The only clubs with more playoff victories in that span are Tampa Bay, …
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Avalanche offseason depth chart: Plenty of questions, openings
For a handful of teams around the NHL, it is existential crisis season. Early playoff exits lead to macro-level discussions like does Team X have the right core players or …
Avalanche’s five biggest questions for the offseason
No other team in the NHL has three players in the prime of their careers at the level of Nathan MacKinnon, Cale Makar and Mikko Rantanen. Conversely, no other team …
Alexander Georgiev kept Colorado alive before Matt Duchene delivered knockout
Instant reaction from the Avalanche’s 2-1 loss against Dallas in Game 6 of their second-round Stanley Cup Playoffs series. Georgie’s finest. Fistfights aren’t pretty. They sometimes require just hanging tough. …
Avalanche’s 3-1 deficit too steep a hill to climb
Instant reaction from the Avalanche’s 5-1 loss to Dallas in Game 4 of their second-round Stanley Cup Playoffs series. 1. No mojo = hard road: Whatever the Avs did to …
If Avalanche’s Jared Bednar doesn’t adjust, Stars’ Pete DeBoer will smother him
What is it about the Stanley Cup Playoffs that turns Peter DeBoer into Robert Oppenheimer and Jared Bednar into Opie Taylor? “The margin between winning and losing is so slight,” …
Defense-first Stars befuddle Avalanche, win Game 3 for 2-1 series lead
Colorado’s high-flying hockey team has run into a problem it’s going to need to solve, and that’s the defensive acumen of the Dallas Stars. The Avalanche dominated Game 3 of …
Alexandar Georgiev deserved more support
Instant reaction from the Avalanche’s 4-1 loss to Dallas in Game 3 of their second-round Stanley Cup Playoffs series. 1. Georgie deserved better: As maddening as the opening 55 minutes …
Josh Manson’s Game 1 save another highlight in strong season
DALLAS — Alexandar Georgiev has earned a lot of deserved praise for his mental toughness and resilience after a tough Game 1 to start the 2024 Stanley Cup Playoffs. Josh …
Dallas Stars dared Avalanche’s Alexandar Georgiev to beat them. He did.
DALLAS — He’s a Stanley Cup felon now, wanted in two countries, but the law can’t catch Alexandar Georgiev if he catches them first. Two counts of petty theft in …