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Colorado Avalanche Win NHL Draft Lottery
Get ready to see Erik Johnson and Seth Jones together. Oh, don’t kid yourself. The Avs need a D-man. Jones lived in Denver. Put it together. Colorado (16-25-7) beat out the Florida Panthers, will select second, for the first pick. The Tampa Bay Lightning, Nashville Predators and Carolina Hurricanes will round out the top five. Follow me on twitter, @StevenEllisNHL.
Two Points Are Two Points, I guess
The Kings were coming off a terrible game against the Dallas Stars on Tuesday, but Darryl Sutter gave them a chance to redeem themselves, making no changes to the lineup as they returned home tonight to face the worst team in the NHL, the Colorado Avalanche. The Kings had a rough mini road trip, going [...]
Leafs Add O’Byrne to Defense
For the surprising Toronto Maple Leafs, their biggest weakness this year has been their defense, and their only move at the trade deadline was one to try to help remedy that, acquiring Ryan O’Byrne from the Colorado Avalanche in exchange for their fourth-round pick in the 2013 NHL Entry Draft. O’Byrne is a 28-year-old native [...]
Avalanche Acquires Vincour From Stars In Return For Gaunce
The Colorado Avalanche traded defenseman Cameron Gaunce today to the Dallas Stars in return for forward Tomas Vincour. The 24 year old Vincour has appeared in 15 games this season for Dallas, scoring two goals and adding an assist (three points). The 6-foot-2, 204-pound center has scored seven career goals and has amassed eight assists in his 86-game NHL career with [...]
Flames sign Avs’ O’Reilly to two-year, $10M offer sheet
According to TSN’s Darren Dreger, the Calgary Flames have filed an offer sheet on forward Ryan O’Reilly for 2 years with a cap hit of $5M per season. If Colorado was to not match, Calgary, who offered O’Reilly $1M the first season and $6.5M the second, would have to give up their first and third [...]
Vaclav Nedorost Gets Two Year Extension With Donbass
Vaclav Nedorost has received a two year extension with Donbass Donetsk in the KHL after 35 points in 52 regular season games this season. Nedorost was drafted in the first round, 14th overall, by the Colorado Avalanche in the 2000 NHL Entry Draft. Drafted out of HC České Budějovice of the Czech Extraliga, Nedorost made his North American debut with Colorado’s American Hockey [...]
Burying the Avalanche
Coming off an strong win against the Calgary Flames on Wednesday, the Kings made one changes to the lineup today, as Jonathan Quick was back in goal. Quick sat the game in Calgary and watched Jonathan Bernier have another impressive performance, but played the Kings’ two games before that, and played well for the most [...]
Aaron Palushaj Claimed By Colorado
After missing a lengthly period of time due to injuries, the Colorado Avalanche have claimed Aaron Palushaj off of waivers from Montreal. Palushaj was drafted 44th overall in the 2007 NHL Entry Draft by the St. Louis Blues. Palushaj previously played junior hockey in the USHL with Des Moines Buccaneers before playing two-years of collegiate [...]