Will any full-time NHL players actually go through with the arbitration process? Outside of Spencer Stastney in Nashville, each player that has filed for arbitration has come to terms with their team before duking it out with a mediator. That happened …
Read MoreHockey highlights in July? And relevant to the Colorado Avalanche? What exactly is going on? Well, a charity match between KHL All-Stars and NHL All-Stars, to be exact. On Saturday, a charity game mixing the two leagues came together, thanks in large p…
Read MoreTwo recent Colorado Avalanche players have gotten official titles in the front office for the organization. Andrew Cogliano and Pavel Francouz, two members of the 2022 Stanley Cup winning team, have moved on to the next chapter of their careers. Franco…
Read MoreBarring a value signing late in the summer, it wouldn’t surprise me if the Colorado Avalanche are done making moves until at least training camp. On Friday night, the Avalanche announced they had re-signed forward Jason Polin to a one-year contract. Po…
Read MoreI get asked almost daily about why the Colorado Avalanche haven’t signed or drafted DU goaltender Matt Davis. The simple answer is that he’s too old to be drafted and plans to return to school. Although he hasn’t been drafted, he’s still eligible to at…
Read MoreAlthough he didn’t officially announce his retirement from hockey until this past April, it was well known that Pavel Francouz had likely played his last game in a Colorado Avalanche uniform back in 2023. That’s still the case, but Francouz is not done…
Read MoreHe was a key acquisition at the Trade Deadline in 2022, and gave an important speech in front of his teammates prior to Game 6 of the Stanley Cup Final. After 1,294 NHL games, Andrew Cogliano is calling it a career. This is not goodbye, though. On Frid…
Read MoreI’m not saying the Colorado Avalanche will trade Josh Manson this summer, but recent a change to one of the clauses in his contract now gives them some options. When the Avalanche signed Manson to his four year, $18 million contract after winning the S…
Read MoreColorado Avalanche GM Chris MacFarland is already getting his off-season work started, even if this move one is pretty…minor. Trent Miner, Colorado’s seventh round pick back in 2019, has been re-signed by the organization to a one-year contract that wi…
Read MoreIt was hardly a secret, as Chris MacFarland let it spill that this might be coming last month, but on Friday, Colorado Avalanche netminder and Stanley Cup Champion Pavel Francouz announced that he is officially retiring from the game of hockey. The 33 …
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