The Hockey Writers’ 2023-24 NHL Season Predictions

With the 2023-24 NHL season just around the corner, the majority of offseason moves have been made and teams are getting ready for training camp and preseason with their new rosters. With the season coming up fast, staff from The Hock...

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Avalanche’s Captain Options With Landeskog Sidelined

There was hope that Gabriel Landeskog would play for the Colorado Avalanche last season, but surgeries kept him out for the entire campaign. There is no such hope this season, as the Avalanche veteran will be sidelined for all of 2023-24. Landesk...

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Avalanche’s 3 Best Contracts for 2023-24 Season

In a salary cap environment, efficiently using the limited resource of cap space is of utmost importance while working towards both short- and long-term success in the NHL. The Colorado Avalanche have juggled this ta...

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Avalanche Should Trade 2023 First-Round Draft Pick

The Colorado Avalanche find themselves at a crossroads. With their star players either near or already firmly in their prime, the next few seasons present the team with the best opportunity to challenge for multiple Stanley Cups. In light o...

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3 Issues That Caused Avalanche’s First Round Exit

It was a disappointing end to a complicated year for the Colorado Avalanche. The Game 7 first-round loss to the Seattle Kraken capped off a season full of struggles and decline for the 2022 Stanley Cup champions. While it's fai...

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Avalanche Face Questions & Concerns Heading Into Game 5

With their series against the Seattle Kraken tied 2-2, the Colorado Avalanche got some less-than-stellar lineup news ahead of their Game 5 tilt, taking place on April 26 in Denver. Both Cale Makar and Valeri Nichushkin will be unavailable for the contest, but for di...

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NHL Rumors: Avalanche, Canucks, Penguins, Maple Leafs, Oilers

In today's NHL rumors rundown, Cale Makar will have a hearing with the NHL DoPS for his hit on Jared McCann of the Seattle Kraken. Will he be suspended and for how many games? The ...

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5 Takeaways From The Kraken’s First Ever Home Playoff Win

For the first time in NHL history, the Seattle Kraken won a home playoff game defeating the Colorado Avalanche 3-2 in overtime of Game 4. The heroics were provided by none other than Jordan Eberle, who scored three minutes into overtime on the power play. H...

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3 Takeaways From the Avalanche’s Game 4 3-2 OT Loss

Game 4 of the Colorado Avalanche's series against the Seattle Kraken certainly offered a glaring look at some of the team's weak points, which were especially apparent in the first period. Sure, the Avalanche are being largely stymied by their former netminder, Philipp G...

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Avalanche Gameday Preview: San Jose Sharks

A back-to-back with the San Jose Sharks may not seem like much, but the pair of contests could decide home-ice advantage for the Colorado Avalanche, as well as ultimately decide the first-round matchup for the club. They are just two points behind the di...

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Avalanche Defensemen Set Tone Down the Stretch

The Colorado Avalanche has had the best record in the Western Conference for the last two seasons. After a dismal and injury-riddled start to the 2022-23 campaign, the Avs are making a desperate push for the No. 1 seed in the West once again. Colorado will need some...

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3 Takeaways From the Avalanche Win Over the Ducks

Even though the Anaheim Ducks are not a playoff team, the Colorado Avalanche could not afford to take their collective foot off the gas pedal as the two clubs faced off on March 27. With the race for the top spot in the Central Division...

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Avalanche Can Still Win 2022-23 Western Conference Crown

With about a month to go until the end of the season on April 14, three of four divisions and one conference are still up for grabs to make for plenty of dramatic tension. The record-chasing Boston Bruins h...

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Top 5 Avalanche Storylines to Follow in Race to 2023 Playoffs

With the 2023 NHL Trade Deadline finally in the rear-view, the league's collective attention has shifted to the lead-up to the 2023 Playoffs and how the postseason seeding will shake out for Round One.

The Colorado Avalanche opted to improve around the...

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Avalanche 2023 Trade Targets: Reinhart, Schmaltz & More

With the 2023 NHL Trade Deadline just around the corner on March 3, the Colorado Avalanche are running out of time to bolster their lineup ahead of what is anticipated to be a difficult Stanley Cup defence.

Although th...

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3 Reasons Why the Avalanche Are Succeeding in 2023

After a turbulent start to the 2022-23 season in which injuries to several significant contributors beset them, the Colorado Avalanche appear to have turned a corner heading out of the All-Star Break. The reigning Stanley Cup champions own an 8-5-0 recor...

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Avalanche Get Healthier, But Woes Continue

Things were pretty rosy for the Colorado Avalanche entering the 2022-23 season. They were coming off winning their third Stanley Cup, they just re-signed Nathan MacKinnon to a brand new contract extension, and had a roster that looked more than capable of a repeat.

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Avalanche Must Fix Attitude and Power Play Problems

Fans of the Colorado Avalanche have needed patience this season. The team has been hit with injuries, but the expectation was that they would improve when healthy and work their way back to where they belonged in the standings.

However,...

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Blues’ Must Watch Games in January 2023

The St. Louis Blues enter January with a number of issues. Injuries have become a problem as they'll be without Torey Krug, Vladimir Tarasenko, and Ryan O'Reilly for this entire month. On top of this, they're four points out of a playoff spot with no consistency in sight.

Rel...

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4 Reasons Why the Avalanche Are Still Stanley Cup Favourites

Even after navigating an offseason in which they shed a ton of their forward depth, the Colorado Avalanche's start to the 2022-23 season has been a relative disappointment. The 2021-22 campaign saw them miss out on the President...

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