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NHL season preview: Power Rankings, predictions, X factors
More Teams. More Games. Take a look back at some of the NHL’s greatest rookie debuts as we await Connor Bedard‘s first game with the Blackhawks. (1:33) Opening night of the 2023-24 NHL season is Tuesday, with a tripleheader of games on ESPN and ESPN+: Nashville Predators-Tampa Bay Lightning (5:30 p.m. ET), Chicago Blackhawks-Pittsburgh Penguins […]
Continue readingNHL season preview: Power rankings, best- and worst-case scenarios and bold predictions
The 2021-22 NHL season is being called a return to normalcy. Last season was an unprecedented one for the NHL due to the COVID-19 pandemic: Four geographically realigned divisions, including one solely comprising Canadian teams; teams playing only opponents within those divisions; and a new playoff format that eschewed wild-card teams. But it ended just […]
Continue readingStanley Cup champion Colorado Avalanche sign Evan Rodrigues to one-year, $2M deal
The move comes on the heels of losing Nazem Kadri in free agency to Calgary. The Avalanche are banking that Rodrigues can help fill the void. Rodrigues arrives in the Mile High City after a season in Pittsburgh, where he set career highs with 19 goals and 24 assists. Rodrigues was the lone Penguins player […]
Continue reading2022 NHL free agency: Winners and losers of Day 1, plus the best remaining players
The opening hours of NHL free agency did not bring us an answer as to where Nazem Kadri and John Klingberg would be skating in 2022-23, but there was no shortage of money being doled out elsewhere. Plus, we were treated to some blockbuster trades, as the Carolina Hurricanes added Brent Burns and Max Pacioretty […]
Continue readingColorado Avalanche coach Jared Bednar says nothing to controversy surrounding Nazem Kadri’s Game 4-winning goal
TAMPA, Fla. — Jared Bednar said there was “nothing” to the controversy surrounding Nazem Kadri’s game-winning goal in the Colorado Avalanche’s 3-2 overtime victory against the Tampa Bay Lightning in Game 4 of the Stanley Cup Final on Wednesday. Kadri scored midway through the extra frame to give the Avalanche a 3-1 series lead, with […]
Continue readingStanley Cup 2022: Best sights and sounds from Lightning-Avalanche Game 2
The Tampa Bay Lightning experienced a Colorado Avalanche in Game 2 of the Stanley Cup Final on Saturday — pun intended. Colorado scored early and often, notching three goals in the first period. The onslaught never let up, as the Avalanche routed the Lightning 7-0. Valeri Nichushkin and Cale Makar scored two goals apiece for […]
Continue reading2022 Stanley Cup Final: What we learned in Game 2, and how it impacts the rest of Avalanche-Lightning series
Game 1 of the 2022 Stanley Cup Final was a back-and-forth thriller, with the Colorado Avalanche winning a 4-3 contest in overtime over the Tampa Bay Lightning. Game 2 was … not nearly as thrilling, with the Avs jumping out to an early lead and then pouring it on en route to a 7-0 win. […]
Continue readingColorado Avalanche ‘close to perfect’ in Game 2 blowout of Lightning, Jared Bednar says
It was a performance so good that even Avalanche coach Jared Bednar had no real notes on how to improve. “It was certainly as close to perfect of a game as you can get from your players,” Bednar said. “Coming out of Game 1 we were dangerous offensively, but I thought there was another step […]
Continue readingAndre Burakovsky plays playoff hero again, scores OT winner to lift Colorado Avalanche to Game 1 victory in Stanley Cup Final
DENVER — Andre Burakovsky was like a kid on Christmas morning before Game 1 of the Stanley Cup Final on Wednesday. Only he ended up delivering the gift. Colorado’s big winger scored the game winner in overtime to lift the Avalanche past the Tampa Bay Lightning 4-3 for a 1-0 lead in the series. Burakovsky […]
Continue readingAndre Burakovsky (leg) keeps ‘making progress,’ should be 100 percent for Colorado Avalanche
The Avalanche forward blocked a shot off his leg in Game 1 of the Western Conference finals against the Edmonton Oilers, forcing him out of the next two games. He returned for Colorado’s series-clinching Game 4 victory — replacing the injured Nazem Kadri — but it wasn’t until the last couple of days that Burakovsky […]
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