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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Assessing options for Colorado Avalanche in NHL draft first round
Chris MacFarland could use another couple of days at the NHL draft like he experienced a year ago. The Colorado Avalanche general manager won’t have some of the same tools …
Andrew Cogliano retires, joins Avalanche front office
Andrew Cogliano has decided to retire after 17 NHL seasons and will join the Colorado Avalanche front office, he announced Friday through the club. Cogliano, who played 1,294 regular-season games …
Who could Colorado Avalanche target to fill holes at forward?
The 2024 NHL offseason started unofficially Wednesday with a flurry of transactions, as several teams decided they couldn’t wait until the end of the Stanley Cup Final to start reshaping …
What could Casey Mittelstadt’s next contract look like?
The Colorado Avalanche believes it found the long-term solution at a key position just before the 2024 NHL trade deadline. Figuring out how to lock in that player on the …
What’s next for the Avalanche and Valeri Nichushkin?
BUFFALO, N.Y. — The view from outside Denver on Valeri Nichushkin’s situation with the Avalanche is filled with fascination and conflicted feelings. Nichushkin is suspended through at least mid-November and …
Avalanche GM Chris MacFarland, Jonathan Drouin’s agent to meet
BUFFALO — One of the few certainties of this Colorado Avalanche offseason is Jonathan Drouin would like to continue playing for the team and the most important members of the …
Jerry DeVaul overcame losing his legs, addiction to emerge as local hockey icon
Jerry DeVaul was lying in a puddle of water, his legs severed, when he made a vow to himself and the sky above. It was October 2011, and DeVaul was …
Avalanche needs its value-rebuilding factory to work again
Zach Parise called his time with the Colorado Avalanche amazing and special and said it “pushed me to a spot I didn’t feel I could still (get to)” shortly after …
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 …