Cale Makar says “the college route” prepared him for the NHL and Calder Trophy nomination
Avalanche defenseman Cale Makar was named one of the three finalists for the Calder Memorial Trophy on Wednesday. The former…
Nathan MacKinnon named finalist for the Ted Lindsay Award
The NHL has announced that Avalanche superstar Nathan MacKinnon is one of three finalists for the Ted Lindsay award alongside…
Avalanche’s top six takes shape as training camp begins
The Avalanche are back. And so are all their previously injured top-six forwards. After a 124-day break because of COVID-19…
Tyson Jost begins training camp as 13th forward
With the commencement of Phase 3 and a nearly completely healthy Avalanche roster participating, Colorado’s 2016 first-round draft…
Avalanche Talk Podcast: Everything is Ratified
This week’s episode of Avalanche Talk covers all of the finalized plans for the NHL restart. Recording shortly after the release…
NHL and Players’ Association tentatively agree on 2020 return to play plan, CBA extension
The NHL and its players’ union have reached a tentative agreement on a return to play plan and a memorandum of understanding for a…
Avalanche Talk Podcast: Return To Play Negotiations
Avalanche Talk returns with a Fourth of July episode looking at all the topics of negotiation between the NHL and NHLPA regarding…
Avalanche Talk Podcast: Draft Lottery and Hall of Fame Reactions
JJ Jerez and Aarif deen connect the day after the NHL Draft lottery for a quick reaction on the drama that ensued. The discussion…
Avalanche Talk Podcast: Safe in the bubble
After a handful of players recently tested positive for COVID-19, Avalanche Talk takes a look at the rest of Phase 2 in the NHL’s…
Avalanche Talk Podcast: Phase 2 & Landeskog’s Zoom
Aarif Deen and JJ Jerez begin this week’s episode of Avalanche Talk with a look at the opening of Phase 2 of the NHL’s return to…
NHL announces formal training camps will begin July 10
Exactly three months from the last 2019-20 NHL game, the NHL and the NHL Players’ Association have announced that Phase 3 of its…
Avalanche Talk Podcast: Hockey IS for everyone
In lieu of recent events in society, this week’s episode of Avalanche Talk opens with a discussion on how those events have…
NHL announces more details for tentative playoff format; date for Phase 2
The NHL has announced more details on the tentative Return to Play Plan that will resume the 2019-20 season this summer. The…
Avalanche Talk Podcast: A Step In The Right Direction
After the NHL announced its initial return to play plans, hosts JJ Jerez and Aarif Deen give their reactions on how it will all…
NHL announces initial plans of 24-team return to play format
NHL Commissioner Gary Bettman officially announced details of the leagues 24-team return to play playoff format on Tuesday — the…
NHLPA expected to approve 24-team return to play format, TSN’s Bob McKenzie says
Word came out late Thursday that the NHL had proposed a 24-team return to play format to the NHL Players’ Association. The…
Avalanche Talk Podcast: When will it end?
Avalanche Talk pokes its head out during quarantine and the hockey hiatus to breakdown the latest news regarding the NHL’s…
Why a 24-team playoff is the NHL’s best option in resuming the season
The latest talks around the resumption of the 2019-20 NHL season, reported last week by Sportnet’s Elliotte Friedman and others,…
The Avalanche would pick 29th overall in proposed early June NHL draft
The NHL’s plan to host the 2020 NHL Draft before the resumption of the 2019-20 season gained traction Friday after an eight-page…
NHL and NHLPA issue official update on 2019-20 season
For the first time since the NHL’s March 12th pause, the league and NHL Players Association provided a status update on the 2019-…
Analyzing the Avalanche’s forwards in a potential return to play
The NHL has grown more optimistic that a summer return is likely, taking steps towards navigating the COVID-19 pandemic to finish…
Five weeks later, Avalanche coach Jared Bednar discusses NHL pause, possible return
In one of the most bizarre moments in recent sports history, the NBA’s shutdown just before tip-off of the Utah Jazz and Oklahoma…
Regular-season games are a priority if the NHL can salvage season
It’s still too early to say whether the NHL can resume play this season. The pause, which began March 12 due to COVID-19 concerns…
Avalanche Talk Podcast: Do you remember the time?
Hosts J.J. Jerez and Aarif Deen discuss the regular-season finale that would’ve been between the Avalanche and the St. Louis Blues…
Flames GM Brad Treliving was almost hired by the Avalanche
Some of the most fascinating stories in the NHL are those that almost happen. In 2017 the Avalanche had just finished the worst…