Denver Post sports writer Mike Chambers responds to questions in the Avs Mailbag every other week during the regular season. Pose an Avalanche- or NHL-related question for the Avs Mailbag. When I saw Bo Byram last year in spring training he clearly looked like the best player on the ice most shifts. I could understand
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Even the Pepsi Center’s name change to Ball Arena is a fantastic movement for Denver baseball. John Hayes, the chairman, president and chief executive officer of Broomfield-based Ball Corporation, is a hockey guy. He plays adult-league baseball and was the very proud owner of the Denver Cutthroats, the Central Hockey League affiliate of the Avalanche
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With untrue Stanley Cup ambitions and oodles of money to spend, why didn’t the Avalanche splurge on prior MVP Taylor Hall on the first day of NHL free service? COVID-19. Does linebacker Von Miller get crabby when a Denver radio station asks him about taking a paycut to stay with the Broncos? COVID-19. How can
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Maybe what America needs is your pleasure of a hockey fight. Don’t even understand about you. However, everywhere I look, out of baseball commissioner Rob Manfred into NBA crusader Kyrie Irving, somebody’s fighting mad about something (or what ). From shore to shore, in red states and blue skies, people ’ve peaceful marches in the
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The joint ticks every box. A 55-inch TV is visible from almost every angle. A collection of game-worn hockey sweaters and baseball jerseys hangs with pride along one wall, with special dispensation for the No. 92 of Avalanche center Gabe Landeskog and the No. 31 worn by former University of Denver goalie Evan Cowley. If
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It was forced by us into Memorial Day with our sanity intact. Mostly. The New York Jets simply threw a cone filled with money in the stagnant husk that was Joe Flacco, the surest sign yet that matters are creeping back into normal again. “That’s the story of existence. It’s a matter of when,” Bill
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Denver Post sports writer Mike Chambers responds to queries in the Avs Mailbag every week throughout the season. Pose an Avalanche- or NHL-related question for its Avs Mailbag. When the NHL resumes, how would the Loveland Express be up and running? In other words would be the Eagles be playing so players can have ice
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We find out if the Avalanche is so serious about becoming a Stanley Cup contender, or if director Joe Sakic is content to play for next year. The NHL trade deadline is Feb. 24. As presently constructed, the Avs are great enough to break the heart. His action (or inaction) will speak louder than words
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DENVER– The Colorado Avalanche released the 2019-2020 regular season schedule on Tuesday. The Avalanche will open play on Thursday, October 3, against the Calgary Flames at the Pepsi Center. Colorado beat Calgary in the first round of the Stanley Cup Playoffs in January, taking the series 4-1. It will be the first time since moving
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DENVER — Captain Gabriel Landeskog scored 2:32 into overtime after Colorado squandered a late lead in law and the Avalanche beat the San Jose Sharks 4-3 on Monday night to force a decisive Game 7 in their Western Conference semifinal series. Landeskog dumped the puck into the zone, turned into a big hit along the
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