Category: Colorado Avalanche
Colorado Avalanche Top 25 Under 25: 2024 Honorable Mentions
Mile High HockeyPhoto by Richard T Gagnon/Getty Images A trio of prospects who just missed the cut. The Top 25 Under 25 is a collaboration by members of the Mile High Hockey staff. Six writers have ranked players under the age of 25 as of August 1, 2024, in the Colorado Avalanche organizati...
Read moreColorado Eagles may be on the move
Colorado EaglesKevin Lytle The Avalanche’s AHL affiliate might be out of Loveland soon. Reports out of Northern Colorado revealed some interesting details about the AHL affiliate for the Colorado Avalanche. The Colorado Eagles might be on the move out of Loveland and out of the newly named...
Read moreMakar Making Strong Hall of Fame Case: 2024 Offseason Update
Shea WeberAs the Colorado Avalanche are in the dog days of the 2024 NHL offseason, there is no better time to revisit Cale Makar’s career progression and update his résumé for…
Read moreLost in the Avalanche: Where are the champions?
Colorado AvalanchePhoto by Christian Petersen/Getty Images Just how much of the 2022 Stanley Cup champion Colorado Avalanche has changed? Time moves fast and with it the changing complexion of the NHL keeps evolving. While the Colorado Avalanche still have Stanley Cup aspirations they’ll have...
Read moreNikita Zadorov Considered Reunion With Former Team
Nikita ZadorovHe was in demand in this year's Free Agent Frenzy, and it was the Boston Bruins that eventually won the services of hulking defenseman Nikita Zadorov with a massive 6-year, $5 million AAV deal. But before he signed that monstrous contract, Zadorov considered an offer to return to the team he'd spen...
Read moreMorning Flurries: Avalanche hire two from Pittsburgh Penguins
Wade KlippensteinPhoto by Dave Sandford/NHLI via Getty Images A new Director of Amateur Scouting and Head of Strength and Conditioning head west. Summer is the time for change in the NHL and the Colorado Avalanche have followed suit poaching two members of the Pittsburgh Penguins organization...
Read moreNikita Zadorov turned down the opportunity to reunite with Colorado
RG.orgSergei Belski-USA TODAY Sports The 29-year-old defenceman said in an interview that he felt the Boston Bruins gave him the best opportunity to win an elusive Stanley Cup. The Colorado Avalanche tried but ultimately came up short in its quest for a reunion with defenceman Niki...
Read moreNo, Colorado is not becoming the Toronto Maple Leafs
Toronto Maple LeafsPhoto by Matthew Pearce/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images Let’s debunk a claim that’s floated around a bit with a Rantanen extension on the horizon. With the off-season being in full swing, we got a piece of Colorado Avalanche-related news earlier this week, and it seems like...
Read moreAvalanche Giving Nikolai Kovalenko a Chance to Prove Himself
Calum RitchieThe Colorado Avalanche still have a couple big question marks surrounding their line combinations, but one of their prospects might have an inside track to get some good minutes to…
Read moreMorning Flurries: Nabokov faces NHLers
Sergei BobrovskyPhoto by Maksim Konstantinov/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images Your daily dose of Avalanche news, along with other interesting storylines across the NHL. It was a sleepy July weekend without much hockey news as we await the two months to training camp. However, there w...
Read more3 Avalanche Players With the Most to Prove in 2024-25
Casey MittelstadtThe Colorado Avalanche did not add many external reinforcements during the first, and busiest, part of the 2024 NHL offseason. A pair of defensemen in 33-year-old Calvin de Haan (one…
Read more2024 Top 25 Under 25: Your Fan Votes!
Colorado AvalanchePhoto by Michael Martin/NHLI via Getty Images Adding on a new and different aspect to our annual series. For the Colorado Avalanche and us here at Mile High Hockey, it truly is the dog days of summer. It’s tough to find things to talk about and coverage to look at. But lucki...
Read moreSenators’ Latest Trades Helping Team Become More Balanced
Ottawa SenatorsThe Ottawa Senators made two surprising moves this past week, trading away top prospect Roby Jarventie to the Edmonton Oilers along with a fourth-round pick for Xavier Bourgault and Jake…
Read moreHinote named associate head coach of Eagles
Dan HinoteThe Colorado Avalanche have hired Dan Hinote as associate head coach of the organization’s American Hockey League affiliate, the Colorado Eagles.Photo: John Russell/NHLI via Getty Images Hinote, 47, returns to the organization where he began his professional career. Drafted by … Continue reading → T...
Read moreColorado Avalanche Top 20 Prospects: Post-2024 NHL Draft
Colorado AvalancheThis offseason, the Colorado Avalanche addressed key areas in their prospect pool. They traded out of the first round and made multiple trades to maximize their draft picks for future…
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