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What are the biggest Avalanche storylines to follow this season? – Hockey Mountain High

The regular season is less than a week away as training camp already begins to wind down, and the Avs roster begins to take shape with more cuts after a preseason loss in Winnipeg. What are the biggest storylines to watch for the Avalanche during this regular season, and who will have the most expectations on them? What will the opening day roster look like? Send questions to the mailbag here: https://forms.gle/7ytuJfsiTr1x3VDt6 Keep up with everything on the site at HockeyMountainHigh.com Fol...

Avalanche Announce More Cuts

Following the completion of their first set of back-to-back preseason games, the Colorado Avalanche made just one cut on Tuesday sending Beckett Hamilton back to Red Deer in the WHL. He had a great showing in camp skating with top Avalanche forwards and scored a goal against Utah. He will likely play two more years […]

Four NHL Teams that May Have Regressed this Offseason

The 2026 Stanley Cup playoffs ended with a shocking twist. It wasn’t the Carolina Hurricanes’ first championship in two decades that shocked the world, but rather the team they faced to claim the crown: the Vegas Golden Knights, and the sweep that nobody saw coming. They faced a Colorado Avalanche team in the Western Conference […]

Four NHL Teams that May Have Regressed this Offseason

The 2026 Stanley Cup playoffs ended with a shocking twist. It wasn’t the Carolina Hurricanes’ first championship in two decades that shocked the world, but rather the team they faced to claim the crown: the Vegas Golden Knights, and the sweep that nobody saw coming. They faced a Colorado Avalanche team in the Western Conference […]

Avalanche Make 5 More Roster Cuts

The Colorado Avalanche made five more cuts on Wednesday, reducing their training camp roster to 39 players. Earlier in the […] The post Avalanche Make 5 More Roster Cuts appeared first on Colorado Hockey Now .

Reading the Room: The Avalanche show no panic on day one

Centennial, CO — Media members swarmed MacKenzie Blackwood at the start of the scrum. This time, it wasn’t because of his performance, but because he attended the Avalanche training camp. Blackwood missed the start of last season and training camp because of offseason surgery. MacKenzie looked in better physical shape than he did at the […]

Waiver Wire: 9/23/26

As the start of the NHL regular season inches closer, teams across the league are trimming their rosters in order to get closer to a final set of players for opening night. Nobody was claimed from yesterday’s batch of players who hit the waiver wire. But as teams start making calls on their toughest roster decisions, the odds of seeing waiver claims will rise with each passing day. Here are the players who have been placed on waivers for today: Boston Bruins D Maxence Guenette Colorado Avalanc...

Avalanche Place Two Defensemen on Waivers

The Colorado Avalanche placed defensemen Christian Wolanin and Domenick Fensore on waivers on Wednesday. Assuming they clear, they’ll be sent […] The post Avalanche Place Two Defensemen on Waivers appeared first on Colorado Hockey Now .

NHL Central Division Preview: Can the Avalanche Repeat?

In part one of The Lead’s division preview, the non-playoff teams were intriguing. Last season’s Central Division playoff teams seem likely to stick around in 2027. Even so, plenty of questions remain. What will become of the Stars and Avalanche after a cap-crunched offseason? With the same center depth from last season, how can the […] The post NHL Central Division Preview: Can the Avalanche Repeat? appeared first on The Lead .

Avalanche Building Toward Trade Deadline Move

The Colorado Avalanche don't think there's a clean answer to replacing Valeri Nichushkin.  According to Denver Post insider Corey Masisak , part of their plan is to simply wait and see what the trade deadline offers instead. Asked how Colorado moves forward without the two-way winger, goaltender Mackenzie Blackwood didn't sugarcoat it. "I don't know that you do," Blackwood said. "I think there's guys that will fill roles and take positions, but I don't think you necessarily get a new Vale...