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Open Thread: Colorado Avalanche @ Winnipeg Jets (2:00 P.M.)

The Colorado Avalanche have been soaring to incredible heights all season. Today, the highest-flying team in the NHL will fly into Canadian airspace at Canada Life Center against Connor Hellebuyck and the Winnipeg Jets to finish off their two game road swing. Colorado Avalanche The Avalanche come into today’s game fresh off a 5-1 victory […]

MHH Roundtable: Is the Avalanche defense improved enough?

After a wild and monumental trade deadline which saw the return of Nazem Kadri, the Colorado Avalanche have their roster for the remainder of the 2025-26 season in hopes that it will end with a Stanley Cup. Here we unpack where this team stands heading into the stretch run of the regular season. What are […]

Recap: MacKinnon’s four-point night powers Colorado over Seattle

After a frustrating game against the Edmonton Oilers on Tuesday, the Colorado Avalanche took on the Seattle Kraken tonight to begin a two-game road trip. The visitors scored early and often to end up winning by a final score of 5-1. Let’s take a look at the action from tonight! First Period Martin Necas would […]

Open Thread: Colorado Avalanche vs. Seattle Kraken (8:00 p.m. MT)

After a frustrating loss to the Edmonton Oilers on Tuesday night, the Colorado Avalanche head back out on the road tonight to take on the Seattle Kraken. This will be the second out of three regular-season matchups between these two teams, with the Avs having won the first game by a final score of 5-3. […]

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Morning Flurries: Nečas named second star of the week

Following a successful weekend with dual shootout triumphs over their central division rivals, forward Martin Nečas of the Colorado Avalanche was named the NHL’s second star of the week with eight points over four contests. The best part of the trade deadline passing is when the true stories of what happened behind the scenes during […]

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Recap: Oilers thump Avalanche 4-3

After a whirlwind weekend which saw the return of Nazem Kadri and big shootout wins over the Dallas Stars and Minnesota Wild, things settled back down into a game every-other-day routine with the Edmonton Oilers in town. In a possible first round match up, this game showed that Edmonton still can pose some problems as […]

Open Thread: Colorado Avalanche at Edmonton Oilers (8:00 p.m.)

The Colorado Avalanche are once again riding a five-game winning streak after beating both the Dallas Stars and Minnesota Wild via shootout last week, and they’ll look to make it six straight against an Edmonton Oilers team that simply can’t seem to keep the puck out of their own net. Edmonton’s defensive issues — both […]

Preview: Avs test the streak against struggling Oilers

The Colorado Avalanche are once again riding a five-game winning streak after beating both the Dallas Stars and Minnesota Wild via shootout last week, and they’ll look to make it six straight against an Edmonton Oilers team that simply can’t seem to keep the puck out of their own net. Edmonton’s defensive issues — both […]

Rinkside Recap: Kadri assists MacKinnon in Avs’ 3-2 shootout win over Wild

Denver, CO — Nazem Kadri has returned to the Mile High City, and we were in the press box and locker room at Ball Arena to give our massive, loyal, and downright die-hard community a closer look at Avalanche vs. Wild! We were hit with some not-so-good news just as the Colorado Avalanche came out […]

Breaking: Gabe Landeskog ‘week-to-week’ with lower-body injury

DENVER, CO — We are back in the press box at Ball Arena and just in time to see the return of Nazem Kadri, however, before that we got a bit of bad news. It appears that whatever was ailing Gabe Landeskog against Dallas that forced him to go back to the dressing room momentarily, […]

Open Thread: Minnesota Wild @ Colorado Avalanche (12:00 P.M.)

The Colorado Avalanche, boasting the most formidable lineup in the NHL this season, just got a little nastier coming out of the NHL trade deadline. Or, perhaps more fittingly, Naz-tier. Nazem Kadri begins his second stint as a member of the Avs today, who face the newly reconfigured Minnesota Wild in a high stakes matchup […]

Preview: A Naz-ty Reunion Against Minnesota

The Colorado Avalanche, boasting the most formidable lineup in the NHL this season, just got a little nastier coming out of the NHL trade deadline. Or, perhaps more fittingly, Naz-tier. Nazem Kadri begins his second stint as a member of the Avs today, who face the newly reconfigured Minnesota Wild in a high stakes matchup […]

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Recap: Avs edge Stars 5-4 in a shootout

Following a monumental trade deadline which saw the return of Nazem Kadri, the Colorado Avalanche still had a game to play. One of the most important Central Division games was on tap this Friday evening in Dallas against the Stars. Ultimately the Avalanche would win 5-4 in a shootout after numerous last second goals in […]

Open Thread: Colorado Avalanche at Dallas Stars (6:00 p.m.)

The trade deadline frenzy isn’t the only hockey-related thing happening today! In fact, the Colorado Avalanche and Central Division rival Dallas Stars are set to face eachother for the first time since October 11, 2025. It feels like it’s been that long, and although there’s probably not much to take away from a game last […]

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Breaking: Colorado reunites with Stanley Cup champion Nazem Kadri

In what looked to be a pretty quiet deadline day for the Avs, as they had already gotten most of their business taken care of in the weeks and days leading up to the deadline, they managed to get a deal into the queue before the official cutoff to bring home a very familiar face […]

Preview: Avs welcome Nic Roy and face Dallas Stars

The trade deadline frenzy isn’t the only hockey-related thing happening today! In fact, the Colorado Avalanche and Central Division rival Dallas Stars are set to face eachother for the first time since October 11, 2025. It feels like it’s been that long, and although there’s probably not much to take away from a game last […]

Open Thread: Trade Deadline Frenzy 2026

Here we are at the home stretch just 24 hours to go before the March 6th NHL trade deadline at 1 p.m. MT. It’s been a quick turn around since the Olympic break but the league remained fairly quiet until late this week as the deadline is fast approaching. Will the tight standings and new […]

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Breaking: Avalanche trade first round pick for Nicolas Roy

Today the Colorado Avalanche continued to reshape their roster for the stretch run and acquired their first new forward in right shot center Nicolas Roy from the Toronto Maple Leafs. The 29-year-old is a good fit for Colorado’s bottom six forward group as he possesses size at 6-foot-four and 201 lbs and is known for […]

Colorado Eagles three stars from February

The shortest month of the year saw a brief pause for the AHL All-Star festivities in which Colorado Eagles captain Jayson Megna took home MVP honors for scoring seven points in the All-Star game. For the Eagles, they played a much calmer schedule than the previous month and hosted six of the nine games at […]

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Breaking: Colorado acquires Nick Blankenburg

We’re less than 48 hours away from the NHL Trade Deadline this upcoming Friday, and the Avs have made another trade a week after acquiring defenseman Brett Kulak from the Pittsburgh Penguins. This time around, Colorado acquired right shot defenseman Nick Blankenburg from the Nashville Predators in exchange for a 2027 5th-round draft pick. The […]

Mile High Pollster: Will MacFarland pull off a Kadri reunion?

Well, folks, it’s that time of the year again! Teams and their management groups are working with player reps and other teams to make the final moves ahead of Friday’s 3 p.m. ET NHL trade deadline, and with that in mind, we need to look at things from the Colorado Avalanche perspective and ask the […]

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