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Avalanche’s Cale Makar celebrates 21st birthday with increased physicality: “He’s got a little edge to his game”

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Cale Makar turned 21 on Wednesday along with the Avalanche defenseman celebrated with a brief brawl inside the Pepsi Center. Go on and place the bouncer. Makar isn’t afraid to battle. In the phase of Colorado’s 4-3 overtime loss to the Panthers, Avs goalie Phillip Grubauer covered a puck while Florida winger Dryden Hunt continued
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Altitude Sports executive: We’ve proposed 4K technology, skycam to “stonewalling” distributors

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Until Friday night, negotiations between Altitude Sports and the Big 3 carriers — Comcast, DISH and DirecTV — had remained behind closed doors. But Altitude COO Matt Hutchings, speaking on Altitude&rsquostation 20 broadcast of Friday night’s Nuggets match, revealed some of what the most recent offers to vendors have involved. “We’ve put on the desk,
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J.T. Compher moves into Mikko Rantanen’s role on the Avalanche’s top line

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LAS VEGAS – J.T. Compher will play wing with center Nathan MacKinnon and left wing Gabe Landeskog in even-strength Friday afternoon against the Vegas Golden Knights. Compher replaces Mikko Rantanen, who’s diagnosed with a lower-body injury. “I enjoy the way our traces played on that road trip and we all had a success this past
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“Positive activity” in standoff between Altitude Sports and distributor, executive says

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The standoff involving Altitude Sports and three significant television distributors may be thawing. Altitude COO Matt Hutchings stated there’s “positive action ” in recent times involving among those big 3 distributors. He didn’t explain which of Comcast, DirecTV or Dish Network was included in the talks. All three saw its contracts with Altitude die more
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Chambers: NHL should ditch video review for offside

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The Boston Bruins got a deal Thursday — like this injustice absorbed by the Avalanche in Game 7 of its playoff series in San Jose. The NHL’s no offside review stinks. It was introduced to fix negligence but has come to be a unneeded portion of the game. In the third period of a 2-2
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Avalanche star Nathan MacKinnon (leg/hip bruise) questionable at Florida

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SUNRISE, Fla. — Star center Nathan MacKinnon will be a game-time choice Friday as soon as the Avalanche plays the Florida Panthers. MacKinnon endured a deep bruise on his leg/hip at Wednesday’s 3-2 overtime loss at Pittsburgh and didn’t take part in Friday’s morning skate. “His leg’s sore. He got struck there the other night
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Avalanche GM Joe Sakic discusses Nathan MacKinnon injury, Mikko Rantanen contract, Jared Bednar extension and more

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Avalanche general manager Joe Sakic held a season-ending news conference Tuesday, less than a week after his team lost Game 7 of a Western Conference semifinal playoff series to the San Jose Sharks. Sakic — Star center Nathan MacKinnon will not require shoulder surgery after suffering the injury early in Game 7. “Just rest,” Sakic
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Avs win in OT, force Game 7 with Sharks

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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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4 playoff games in 4 nights: How Pepsi Center crews pull off switch from ice to hardwood

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DENVER — One can call it the perfect storm: For the first time the Nuggets and Avalanche are both playing in the round of their respective playoffs. Both play under the same roof, which is producing an unbelievable flurry of activity inside the Pepsi Center. “You don’t really have a sleep pattern,” joked Matt Mennona.
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For Avalanche rookie sensation Cale Makar, the sky’s the limit

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Cale’s strengths are his overall foundational hockey abilities (skating, puck handling, checking, etc.). Cale also has a love and passion for the game. He loves to play and he loves to practice. — Crowchild Pee Wee coach John Smith’s end-of-season report card on Cale Makar, April 2010 It wasn the way Cale Makar toed the
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